When: July 2025 Weather: Hot 30C Nikon P900 We had a 7am start to visit the Tai Ko Pau Nature Park in the New Territories of Hong Kong on our last day in HK. It’s about a 20 min drive … Continue reading
Birding Tai Po Kau Nature Park, Hong Kong
Category Archives: Bird watching
Jakkur Lake Bengaluru Birding
When: July 2025 Weather: Cool 24C Nikon P900 After our meeting, we set off for a city lake in the heart of Bengaluru, formerly Bangalore. It’s a largish lake about 6-7km round. We got there before 7 and it was … Continue reading
Seoul Forest Park birding and a bit more…
When: July 2025 Weather: Warm 27C Nikon P900 Stayed at the Dragon City Novotel Hotel in Seoul for a meeting but there were precious few green patches near the hotel for my usual morning bird ramble….a local friend suggested the … Continue reading
Piddling around Pattaya
When: July 2025 Weather: Hot 25 to 30C Nikon P900 In Pattaya for 24 hours doing a recce for our meeting here next year, I found Chaloem Phra Kiat Park as my next ‘little patch of green’ birding locations near … Continue reading
Madras Moments: Birding in Kumizhi Lake
When: June 2025 Weather: Hot 28C Nikon P900 After the work had been done, I had wanted to do my usual 6am walk to a local park like the Theosophical Society or Guindy Park but my hosts kindly arranged for … Continue reading
The Old England Manor Hotel, He Huan mountains, Taiwan
When: June 2025 Weather: Cool 20C NikonP900, P950, Leica Q3 and M11 From Sun Moon Lake, we drove about an hour and a half up the He Huan Mountain to our hotel, a somewhat incongruously French styled hotel at about … Continue reading
Sun Link Sea Forest & Nature Resort, Taiwan
When: June 2025 Weather: hot 25C Nikon P900, Nikon P950, Leica M11 35mm summilux After our meeting ended in Taipei, we did the 2.5hour drive up to a birding location, Sun-Link-Sea Forest in Nantou province in the middle of Taiwan, … Continue reading
Daan Park Taipei revisited
When: June 2025 Weather: Hot 25-30C Nikon P900 Back in Taipei for a few days, we had one free morning to revisit Daan Park in town..we got there at 8am but it was already getting very warm. We met up … Continue reading
Melbourne Moments
When: May 2025 Weather: Cold 10-16C Nikon P900 In Melbourne this late autumn for a few days visiting relatives and had time to explore a few local parks and the zoo….I stayed in the Hawthorns on the east side of … Continue reading
Lenggor Forest Reserve (Malaysia)
When: May 2025 Weather: Hot and muggy 25 to 35C Nikon P900 Being a two day one night bird outing made a lot of sense for us coming from Singapore…we stayed the night at Kota Tinggi after an extended morning’s … Continue reading
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