Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants such as Amur Paradise-Flycatcher or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's New Territories in recent years. The diminutive piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Among raptors, Crested Goshawk, Besra and Crested Serpent Eagle are resident, while Bonelli's Eagle is sometimes seen in the area.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants such as Amur Paradise-Flycatcher or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's New Territories in recent years. The diminutive piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Among raptors, Crested Goshawk, Besra and Crested Serpent Eagle are resident, while Bonelli's Eagle is sometimes seen here.in the area.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants such as Amur Paradise-Flycatcher or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's new New Territories in recent years. The diminutive piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Among raptors, Crested Goshawk, Besra and Crested Serpent Eagle are resident, while Bonelli's Eagle is sometimes seen here.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants such as Amur Paradise-Flycatcher or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher.Canary-Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's new Territories in recent years. The diminutive Piculet is piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Among raptors, Crested Goshawk, Besra and Crested Serpent Eagle are resident, while Bonelli's Eagle is sometimes seen.seen here.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's new Territories in recent years. The diminutive Piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Among raptors, Crested Goshawk Goshawk, Besra and Besra Crested Serpent Eagle are resident, and Bonelli's while Bonelli's Eagle is sometimes seen.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's new Territories in recent years. The diminutive Piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Among raptors, Crested Goshawk and Besra are resident, and Bonelli's Eagle is sometimes seen.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's new Territories in recent years. the The diminutive Piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's new Territories in ecent recent years. the diminutive Piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants or winter visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher.
The catchwater is one of the easiest places to find the Speckled Piculet, one of two woodpecker species to have re-colonised Hong Kong's new Territories in ecent years. the diminutive Piculet is often heard drumming and/or seen along the first section of the catchwater near Lui Kung Tin village.
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants or winter visitors.visitors, such as Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher.
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Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants or winter visitors.
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2022-01-01 13:07
Pat Heung Catchwater is excellent all year-round, with the obvious caveat that summer is the quiet season for birding in Hong Kong in general. It's a gentle walk with little change in elevation and therefore easier in the humid summer and autumn months than the uphill trek of which most other forest walks in Hong Kong consist.
This is a long metalled road from the minibus stop at Lui Kung Tin to Tsing Tam Reservoir (and beyond, if you really have the time and energy). Once you get to Tsing Tam Reservoir, you can either take a shortcut down to Kam Sheung Road or go back to Lui Kung Tin.
Aside from some flycatchers, thrushes and flowerpeckers, the majority of interesting birds that you would hope to encounter will be in mixed flocks called 'bird waves'. Check each mixed flock. A lot of those birds are populations derived from escapes: Silver-eared Mesia, Red-billed Leiothrix, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Rufous-capped Babbler, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch etc. Others are native resident birds: Swinhoe's White-eye, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chestnut Bulbul, Scarlet Minivet, Grey-chinned Minivet etc. Still others are migrants or winter visitors.
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2021-10-08 14:59
The resident woodland birds can be seen in all seasons. There will also be other birds in spring, autumn and winter.
I would start from Lui Kung Tin and follow the metalled road all the way to Tsing Tam Reservoir. Then I would turn back and return to Lui Kung Tin.
What's good about this walk is that there is hardly any change in elevation. This is one of the easiest routes in Hong Kong for woodland birding.
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2021-09-04 11:08
The resident woodland birds can be seen in all seasons. There will also be other birds in spring, autumn and winter.
I would start from Lui Kung Tin and follow the metalled road all the way to Tsing Tam Reservoir. Then I would turn back and return to Lui Kung Tin.
What's good about this walk is that there is hardly any change in elevation. This is one of the easiest routes in Hong Kong for woodland birding.
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2021-09-04 10:57
The resident woodland birds can be seen in all seasons. There will also be other birds in spring, autumn and winter.
I would start from Lui Kung Tin and follow the metalled road all the way to Tsing Tam Reservoir. Then I would turn back and return to Lui Kung Tin.
What's good about this walk is that there is hardly any change in elevation. This is one of the easiest routes in Hong Kong for woodland birding.
