沙羅洞 Sha Lo Tung

06.07.22

ShaLoTung this time has a completely different view from our last visit in winter. Not only do you see lots of flies - butterflies and dragonflies, you also get to see mammals that fly - bets! 大暑前一日來到沙羅洞。蔚藍色的天照得各人汗流夾背，1.5L的食水是每人最少的份量。
到沙羅洞，除了一定不會令你失望的蝴蝶和蜻蜓外，還見到了蝙蝠呢！

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夜行大埔滘 Night Walk in Tai Po Kau

06.07.05

Quite unexpected to see fireflies in Hong Kong. Only a few of them would be enough to excite you in the silent darkness. Also astonished by the sheer size of an "aged" larva that is palm-size to a child. The close encounter of a huge frog, by local standard, was one of first rewards in this family night walk.

今次，我們嘗試一家人到大埔滘夜行。
到達大埔滘時，大約是下午六點幾，天色還是很明亮。一下車，子希就發現一只小蜻蛙躲在水管中了。沿途行上去閘口已發現了不少生物。去到了閘口，天色便黑起來了。原來，愈夜愈多小動物。

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香港仔水塘 Aberdeen Reservoir

06.07.01

Pleasant surprise for all of us in Aberdeen Reservoir. You realise summer is truly back when you see such rich species of animals in one short trip. The fishery and argricultural department is building an insect path for children right at the entrance of the park. Dark black caterpillars lining the underside of leaves, butterflies and quite a few mating couples.

香港仔水塘是港島一處十分之方便就可以到達的郊野。
可能由於兒時在石排灣長大的原故,對這個水塘特別有很多回憶。經常游水的溪澗,沿著引水道的小徑,雄偉的水壩,水塘邊的草地。
以前很少留意這裡的小生物,今次發現­原來品種十分之豐富,只是由入口到水壩的一段路已經是目不暇給了。玉帶鳳蝶 Common Mormon; 藍點紫斑蝶 Blue-spotted Crow; 白帶螯蛺蝶 Tawny Rajah; 報喜斑粉蝶 Red-base Jezebel; 沾邊裙弄蝶 Water Snow Flat; 和不知名的甲蟲,蜘蛛,竹節蟲和蛙等。

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