We’re at sea level here, but several kilometres from the nearest warming ocean at Mai Po.
Frosty plants are a novelty to photograph, but cold weather can be an extra hazard for wildlife.
Wood Sandpiper
Still cold in the shadows, but Blue Magpies were active.
Green Sandpiper
Masked Laughingthrush
Ground frost can damage winter crops like lettuce. Frost is relatively rare (we’re in the tropics, after all) so not many field areas in the New Territories are protected against it.
We’d had a clear, cold night, but a warm sun was coming up !
Certainly been a bitter cold winter, more frost than I can remember!
ReplyDeleteYes,I’ve had the cold weather gear out for several weeks, now !
DeleteFrost in HK! I had no idea...........
ReplyDeleteNot often, but it happens... it can kill off some of the vegetation, though.
DeleteNow here's a contrast for you - you have frost, we have snow - and a fellow blogger in Western Australia is growing pineapples in her backyard!
ReplyDeleteIt’s all good, clean fun !
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