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Pat Sin Leng Country Park


Pat Sin Leng Country Park (Chinese: 八仙嶺郊野公園; pinyin: Bāxiān Lǐng Jiāoyěgōngyuán) is a country park in Hong Kong located in the Northeastern New Territories. Established on 18 August 1978, the country park covers 3,125 hectares (7,720 acres) of natural terrain. It comprises the Pat Sin Leng mountain range and other spurs, including Wong Leng, Ping Fung Shan, Cloudy Hill and Kwai Tau Leng. Hok Tau Reservoir and Lau Shui Heung Reservoir are also within the country park.

The catchment forests are habitats for avian species such as crested bulbul, Chinese bulbul, hwamei, Oriental magpie robin, Chinese francolin, Japanese quail, common kingfisher, European magpie, crested myna and crows. Also dwelling in woodlands are mammals like Malayan porcupine, Chinese pangolin, masked palm civet, leopard cat and common muntjac.

Lau Shui Heung Reservoir is rimmed by Peking willow and Fortune's keteleeria.


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