Wildlife and Conservation
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Basic info on wild birds and H5N1 avian influenza Notions that migratory birds are responsible for spreading the New n Nasty H5N1 Bird Flu Variant around Asia are quackers (chiefly looking at 2003/2004 outbreaks) |
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Bauhinia - Hong Kong orchid tree Bauhinia, emblem of Hong Kong, is a tree with beautiful, orchid-like flowers. Also known as Hong Kong orchid tree. |
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Beidaihe - Bird Migration Hub of the Orient
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Beidaihe Autumn Bird Migration Report Autumn bird migration at Beidaihe, China, 1986-1990 |
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Beidaihe autumn report - species accounts Beidaihe autumn bird migration report (1986-1990): species systematically treated |
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Beidaihe autumns conclusions Autumn bird migration at Beidaihe 1986 to 1990 conclusions |
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Beidaihe Can Create Exciting Bird Reserve I believe that at Beidaihe, we have the chance to create the world’s most exciting reserve for migratory birds. |
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Bird Flu inc H5N1 Info Info and links re bird flu, especially the nasty H5N1 variant in Asia |
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Black-faced Spoonbill Birders though Black-faced Spoonbill was common, till they found it was almost extinct. |
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Captive breeding Philippine Eagles Domingo Tadena: Captive breeding Philippine eagles |
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Catfish Farm Catfish at fish farm in Java fed dead chickens - helping show integrated fish farming may play role in spreading H5N1 bird flu. |
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Checklist of Beidaihe Birds Checklist of the birds of Beidaihe, east China |
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Conservation Plan for Beidaihe A conservation plan for Beidaihe, China |
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Deep Bay wetland in Hong Kong Deep Bay wetland, Hong Kong - internationally important, especially for water birds |
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Forest Conservation in Indonesian Borneo
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Gurney's Pitta in Thailand Gurney's Pitta back from oblivion |
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Healing Power of Pets Pets can help people heal from illnesses |
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Hong Kong Birding intro Birding in Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong Black Kites Black Kite is one of Hong Kong's most familiar birds. |
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Hong Kong Wild Stars Hong Kong's rare dolphin, spoonbill, tree frog, and a dragonfly |
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Not BB i birding humour The magazine for the serious birdspotter |
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Not BB ii The magazine for the serious birdspotter, Vol II |
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Not BB III The magazine for the serious birdspotter, Vol III |
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Openbill Storks
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Philippine Eagle Mindanao Philippine Eagle conservation on Mindanao, the Philippines |
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Reptile search in HK
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Saving Yunnan snub-nosed monkey Xi Zhinong - helping save Yunnan snub-nosed monkey |
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South China tiger Hunting and habitat destruction have brought these magnificent cats perilously close to extinction. Can the most threatened of the sub-species claw its way back? |
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Sundarbans in Bangladesh Here's part 1 of a video I shot, on a trip to the Sundarbans mangrove forest in October 2009: |
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Taman Negara rainforest, Malaysia Taman Negara - rainforest national park in Malaysia |
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TCM and Conservation Traditional Chinese Medicine and conservation |
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Turtle Park, Malaysia Green turtle conservation on Pulau Selingaan, Sabah, Malaysia |
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Wind farms and migratory birds Issue of wind farms and actual or possible threats to migratory birds is of interest to me, partly as I've been asked about a very few wind farm projects in China; one - already built - is right beside a wetland reserve on the north coast of the Bohai. It lies on the coastal flyway; the developer has permission to build more turbines within the reserve (!) |
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Wuliansuhai Birds, Inner Mongolia Birds at Wuliansuhai |
Given the numbers of birds traveling the flyway over Beidaihe, I said, the reserve could host bird densities as high as the best migrant traps in North America. "Yes," replied Archibald. "But these are megaticks."
I'm visiting Borneo to learn about the deforestation and its impacts on wildlife and human lives. And to meet people working to save the remaining forests of Borneo, which was described by the great 19th-century naturalist Charles Darwin as, "One great untidy luxuriant hothouse made by nature for herself."
Visits to openbill stork colonies in Thailand
Chek Lap Kok will be levelled to make way for runways, leaving only a token hill... this is the last survey Lazell and Goodyear will make on the island...DocMartin Photos