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Wildlife
Javan Jungles inc Ujung Kulon Indonesia
Gunung Halimun National Park Hearing soft calls – woo woo-ooh – I look up, searching the…
Hong Kong Black Kites
As high-rises crowd both sides of Victoria Harbour, there is little wildlife in the heart of…
Beidaihe Can Create Exciting Bird Reserve
[Based on speech I gave to audience inc leaders, at Beidaihe in May 2009] I first visited…
Conservation
Confessions of a crazy conservationist
I’m about to confess to long-term crazy behaviour on my part. And then, I will read…
No use captive breeding rare species if there is no habitat left for them
This past summer, a team of biologists scoured Siberian tundra in search of nests and eggs…
Wind farms and migratory birds
Issue of wind farms and actual or possible threats to migratory birds is of interest to…
DocMartin Photos: fine art photography at very fine prices
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Black Kite, Hong KongHK$88.00 – HK$138.00 -
Mianzimu of Meilixueshan in Shangri-La, Yunnan, at daybreakHK$88.00 – HK$138.00
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Lantau Peak from above Dog Tooth RidgeHK$88.00 – HK$138.00 -
Great Egret and ReflectionHK$88.00 – HK$138.00 -
Gannet pair greeting at Bempton Cliffs, EnglandHK$88.00 – HK$138.00
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Boats on Tung Wan, Cheung Chau – artifiedHK$88.00 – HK$138.00 -
Black-naped Tern on a red buoyHK$88.00 – HK$138.00
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Lighting bolts after sizzling day in Hong KongHK$88.00 – HK$138.00
Science
The Covid Conundrum: Endless Lockdowns, Let It Rip … or What?
Over two years into the Covid pandemic, and with yet more anti-pandemic measures introduced by the…
Science shows Covid including Omicron is Really Not the Flu
Two years into the pandemic, there’s still too much nonsense re Covid being no big deal,…
“Alarmist” Covid predictions outperform Covid deniers’ soothsaying
“HOLY MOTHER OF GOD—the new coronavirus is a 3.8!!!” tweeted Harvard-affiliated public-health researcher Eric Feigl-Ding in…
Travel
Seram and Haruku, South Maluku: The Islands Where Birds Colour the World
There are resorts that might be described as “Away from it all” when, truth be told,…
Danxia Shan – Far More than a Magnificent Rock Penis
Though China’s bullet train network is yet to reach Hong Kong [connected since I wrote this],…
Dapeng – History, Culture and Beachgoing in Shenzhen … Yes, Really!
With its new-city-on-the-block brashness, and gleaming skyscrapers along Hong Kong’s northern fringe, Shenzhen might seem an…