Streams: There are no longer any rivers in Hong Kong. The Shing Mun and Kam Tin Rivers are in fact concreted ditches which are built to channel water flow. Natural streams can be found in Country Parks. A stream might pass through many different habitats including woodland, wetland etc. They provide habitats for insects, and at the same time good feeding habitats for forktails, redstarts and flycatchers.

Woodlands: In the 18th century, visitors described Hong Kong as "a barren rock, without a tree upon it". At that time, most woodland was found in small fung shui patches behind Hakka villages. Nowadays, most of the vegetation cover is secondary woodland, which has regenerated since the Second World War ended in 1945. Most of the woodlands are located within the country parks, which provides a high degree of protection against development. These areas, which have generally lower human disturbance, have gradually become more mature and attract species, which favour forest habitat including barbets, minivets, cuckoo-shrikes, bulbuls, warblers, tits, sunbirds, thrushes and flowerpeckers.

Examples of bird watching sites:
Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve
Shing Mun Reservoir
Ng Tung Tsai
Shek Kong
Ho Chung
Dong Ping Chau
Mount Davis
Lung Fu Shan
Mount Austin
Sha Lo Tung

 

Urban area	Wetlands	Open country	Woodlands and Streams	Sea, coastal area and islands

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