Category Wildlife inc Birding

Birds of Prey Passing Hong Kong in Spring Help Reveal Wonders of Migration

Grey-faced buzzards and Chinese sparrowhawks pass Hong Kong in numbers on spring days with weather deflecting them from oceanic flyway.

whatever is the world coming to? These groups are supposed to be looking after our feathered friends, cute and cuddly creatures, not getting stroppy. And for what?

Inspired by The Malay Archipelago, I'm travelling to Ternate and nearby Bacan and Halmahera.

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Notes giving some impressions regarding places, along with conservation - especially the apparent value of bird photography tourism

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I’m visiting two safari lodges – Abu Camp in the heart of the Okavango, a delta within a desert, and King’s Pool, in northeast Botswana.

Birds may undertake marathon flights using astonishing navigation skills – yet are threatened by careless habitat destruction

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Exploring two outstanding national parks that are close to Jakarta, yet take time to reach - well rewarding the effort with splendid forests, scenery and wildlife watching.

Black kites are by far the commonest birds of prey in Hong Kong, and among the territory’s most familiar birds.

I believe that at Beidaihe, we have the chance to create the world’s most exciting reserve for migratory birds.

Visits to openbill stork colonies in Thailand

Taman Negara rainforest, Malaysia

Taman Negara – rainforest national park in Malaysia Breakfast with hornbills Early morning at Taman Negara Resort. I stand with a group of birdwatchers gathered by a cluster of chalets, and peer into a tree. Unperturbed by the resort staff…