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Recordist's notes
Beacon Hill is located in the northern part of the Kowloon Tong, Shek Kip Mei and Tai Wo Ping and is 457m tall. The hill is located west of Lion Rock, southeast of Eagle's Nest and northeast of Crow's Nest. The secured facility is operated and maintained by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department. Despite the busy traffic around the area, you can hear the sound of crickets and birds singing. 筆架山位於九龍塘、石硤尾、大窩坪以北,高海拔457米。東面為獅子山,西北面為尖山,西南面則為鴉巢山。筆架山屬於獅子山郊野公園範圍,山頂設有民航處雷達站,負責協助機場指揮航空交通。雖然鄰近高尚住宅區,交通繁忙,但仍能聽到蟋蟀與雀鳥的叫聲。
About the place
Wong Tai Sin is a city of about 425,235 people in Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong. OttoAnna lists 7 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
Somewhere south of Beacon Hill Airport Secondary Surveillance Radar…
Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong
Somewhere Southwest of Shek Lei Pui Reception Reservoir
Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
Somewhere At Cheung Yuen Road, south of Kowloon Reception Reservoir
Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Local sound of the Tai Kok Tsui
Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Visiting Wong Tai Sin Temple
Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong
C3407 (Lung Mun Country Trail)
Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
More by AK IN KK - Nature Field Recording HK
Wan Tsai South Campsite at midnight
Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
Outside the entrance of Wan Tsai South Campsite at midnight
Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
Tai Mo Shan
New Territories, Hong Kong
H006 Distance Post
Victoria, Hong Kong
H012 Distance Post
Victoria, Hong Kong
Water Stream between H011 & H012
Victoria, Hong Kong
More birdsong & dawn chorus recordings
Sources & credits
- “Distance Post M111, Maclehose Trail Sec. 5, Lion Rock, Hong Kong - Somewhere southeast of M111 (Beacon Hill)” by AK IN KK - Nature Field Recording HK – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0