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Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Mai Po, Hong Kong, April 2008

The Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis breeds in north-eastern Siberia and northern and western Alaska. The vast majority then follow the the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to spend the southern summer months in non-breeding areas in South-East Asia and Australasia south of about 25° S. As many US birders […]

When I was not revelling in numerous species of terns yesterday (June 19th) I spent a happy hour on Po Toi trying to photograph some of the island’s stunning butterflies. One in particular I spent a while trying to sneak up on was the large, bright, and very active Red Lacewing Cethosia biblis: I’m glad […]

I’ve been in Hong Kong for three days and it hasn’t stopped raining until today. And rain in HK (as us lazy types like to type it) is not for the faint-hearted. The world turns a slate-grey, the view from the hotel window disappears in a cloud of drizzlymist (that’s just for you Corey!), and […]

Migration - that extraordinary time of the year when the world’s animals are on the move, when we’re reminded that international borders mean nothing to the rest of the planet’s lifeforms, that while we complain about cramped seats on a jumbo jet and how tired we feel after a ten-hour flight there are bundles of […]

When I was in Hong Kong (a report from the world-renowned Mai Po wetland is on its way) I went to a small offshore island called Po Toi with friend and tour-leader Martin Williams. Po Toi is gaining a reputation as a hotspot for finding vagrants to Hong Kong (this year alone it’s produced eg […]

Never let it be said that we here at 10,000 Birds don’t aim to bring you, our readers, the world. And not just its 10000 bird species either: despite the impression we may give of being sweaty men who love nothing more than hiking out to the middle of nowhere laden down with optical gear […]

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius scach scach
Hong Kong, 10 November 2006

The Long-tailed Shrike Lanius scach has a huge breeding area, from central Asia to the Chinese Pacific coast, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea. It is normally a scrub species associated with lightly wooded country, cultivated areas, and gardens. Generally a bird of lowland areas the nominate form […]

Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong
06 September 2005
 
The wetlands around the Mai Po Marshes and Inner Deep Bay in the northwestern corner of Hong Kong, have been known as an important staging and wintering area for migratory waterbirds (including threatened species such as Black-faced Spoonbills and Spoon-billed Sandpipers) for many decades. Not recognized as any form […]

Hong Kong, Shing Mun Nature Park: 22 January 2005.
 
From the entrance to Shing Mun Nature Park a country trail leads through mixed secondary forest along the edge of the Shing Mun Reservoir and into the beautiful Shing Mun Valley. The park covers a total of 1400 hectares. It extends from Lead Mine Pass in the […]

Intermediate/Yellow-billed Egret Egretta/Meosophyx intermedia
Mai Po wetlands, Hong Kong. 21 April 2008
 

 
Photographs copyright Charlie Moores