LINKS
HONG KONG
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
The HKBWS was founded in 1957 and now has a membership of nearly 2,000 people. As well as carrying out research and organizing field trips and indoor meetings, it publishes a quarterly bulletin and an annual report. The website gives details of its activities and has a discussion forum to which members contribute. See http://www.hkbws.org.hk/web/eng/index_eng.htm
World Wide Fund for Nature (Hong Kong)
WWF (Hong Kong) first established an office in Hong Kong in 1981 and started managing Mai Po in 1983. A number of management initiatives have been implemented over the years to enhance the environmental value of the shrimp ponds (gei wai) on the reserve and to increase the wetland's biodiversity. WWF are also heavily involved with marine conservation in Hong Kong waters. See http://www.wwf.org.hk/en/ .
There are two local birding blogs of interest. John Holmes's blog can be found at https://johnjemi.blogspot.com/ and Matt Kwan's blog is at https://matthewkwanbirding.blogspot.com/ .
FURTHER AFIELD
The Oriental Bird Club
Most Hong Kong birders I know are members of the OBC. The club encourages interest in Asian birds, particularly from a conservation perspective. Members receive two colourful bulletins a year (BirdingAsia) and a scientific journal (Forktail). For full details see http://orientalbirdclub.org/news/ .
The club also has a sister website called Oriental Bird Images which contains almost 3,000 images of birds from the region. This very useful reference site can be found at http://orientalbirdimages.org/ . A number of Hong Kong bird photographers have images in the collection.
xeno-canto
If Oriental Bird Images is an important reference for identifying birds by their plumage features, then xeno-canto is a great reference for aiding identification of birds by their songs and calls. The site holds nearly 350,000 records of over 9700 species from all around the world. Its website address is http://www.xeno-canto.org/ .
China Bird Blogs
There are two blogs I know of that are of particular interest to English-speaking birders. The first is Terry Townshend's Birding Beijing blog. This can be found at https://birdingbeijing.com/ . The second is Craig Brelsford's Shanghai Birding at http://www.shanghaibirding.com/welcome/ . Both give details of latest sightings, local birding sites etc. in and around their respective cities. Also of interest is Nick Green's Birding in China website at http://www.birdinginchina.com/. Nick is a bird photographer based in Shanghai and the galleries on his site include images taken in various regions of China, as well as further afield in Asia.
Other Asian Bird Blogs
SteveM's Birding Page is the blog of an expatriate bird watcher based in Taiwan. Although Steve seems to have vanished into mid-air after May 2020, his blog remains and is well worth a look. The website address is http://birdingpage.blogspot.hk/ .
Birds Korea at http://www.birdskorea.org/BK-Startpage.shtml is a detailed site dedicated to the birds of Korea. There is an emphasis on conservation and identification, along with latest sightings, birding sites etc.
Dave Bakewell's blog about Malaysian birds Dig deep: Malaysian birding can be found at https://digdeep1962.wordpress.com/ . This site contains detailed identification notes on difficult species and there are a number of links to other useful Malaysian birding websites. There is also a useful, concise explanation of moult sequences in shorebirds on the wader page.
Another Malaysian blog I have just come across is Choy Wai Mun's The Penang Birder. This site can be found at
https://penangbirder.blogspot.com/
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
The HKBWS was founded in 1957 and now has a membership of nearly 2,000 people. As well as carrying out research and organizing field trips and indoor meetings, it publishes a quarterly bulletin and an annual report. The website gives details of its activities and has a discussion forum to which members contribute. See http://www.hkbws.org.hk/web/eng/index_eng.htm
World Wide Fund for Nature (Hong Kong)
WWF (Hong Kong) first established an office in Hong Kong in 1981 and started managing Mai Po in 1983. A number of management initiatives have been implemented over the years to enhance the environmental value of the shrimp ponds (gei wai) on the reserve and to increase the wetland's biodiversity. WWF are also heavily involved with marine conservation in Hong Kong waters. See http://www.wwf.org.hk/en/ .
There are two local birding blogs of interest. John Holmes's blog can be found at https://johnjemi.blogspot.com/ and Matt Kwan's blog is at https://matthewkwanbirding.blogspot.com/ .
FURTHER AFIELD
The Oriental Bird Club
Most Hong Kong birders I know are members of the OBC. The club encourages interest in Asian birds, particularly from a conservation perspective. Members receive two colourful bulletins a year (BirdingAsia) and a scientific journal (Forktail). For full details see http://orientalbirdclub.org/news/ .
The club also has a sister website called Oriental Bird Images which contains almost 3,000 images of birds from the region. This very useful reference site can be found at http://orientalbirdimages.org/ . A number of Hong Kong bird photographers have images in the collection.
xeno-canto
If Oriental Bird Images is an important reference for identifying birds by their plumage features, then xeno-canto is a great reference for aiding identification of birds by their songs and calls. The site holds nearly 350,000 records of over 9700 species from all around the world. Its website address is http://www.xeno-canto.org/ .
China Bird Blogs
There are two blogs I know of that are of particular interest to English-speaking birders. The first is Terry Townshend's Birding Beijing blog. This can be found at https://birdingbeijing.com/ . The second is Craig Brelsford's Shanghai Birding at http://www.shanghaibirding.com/welcome/ . Both give details of latest sightings, local birding sites etc. in and around their respective cities. Also of interest is Nick Green's Birding in China website at http://www.birdinginchina.com/. Nick is a bird photographer based in Shanghai and the galleries on his site include images taken in various regions of China, as well as further afield in Asia.
Other Asian Bird Blogs
SteveM's Birding Page is the blog of an expatriate bird watcher based in Taiwan. Although Steve seems to have vanished into mid-air after May 2020, his blog remains and is well worth a look. The website address is http://birdingpage.blogspot.hk/ .
Birds Korea at http://www.birdskorea.org/BK-Startpage.shtml is a detailed site dedicated to the birds of Korea. There is an emphasis on conservation and identification, along with latest sightings, birding sites etc.
Dave Bakewell's blog about Malaysian birds Dig deep: Malaysian birding can be found at https://digdeep1962.wordpress.com/ . This site contains detailed identification notes on difficult species and there are a number of links to other useful Malaysian birding websites. There is also a useful, concise explanation of moult sequences in shorebirds on the wader page.
Another Malaysian blog I have just come across is Choy Wai Mun's The Penang Birder. This site can be found at
https://penangbirder.blogspot.com/
