Long Valley lies between the Sheung Yue and Shek Sheung rivers. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department describes the 37-hectare nature park as a combination of wetland conservation, farming and nature education. It opened in November 2024 as an ecological compensation measure connected with development in Kwu Tung North and Fanling North.
From the journal
Long Valley: Farmland as Bird Habitat
Long Valley’s wet farmland, ponds and marshes support wildlife alongside farming. The nature park, opened in 2024, combines conservation, eco-friendly agriculture and nature education in a landscape between two rivers.
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A managed freshwater wetland
Fields, marshes and wildlife
The park is divided into visitor, agriculture and biodiversity zones. AFCD says the agriculture zone supports traditional farming practices, while the biodiversity zone includes restored wetlands, paddy fields, shallow ponds and marshes that provide feeding, roosting and breeding habitat. Its bird information also identifies Long Valley’s wet agricultural land and freshwater ponds as habitat for species including Greater Painted-snipe and Von Schrenck’s Bittern.
A landscape changing through the year
The official park account describes seasonal differences: rice seedlings and feeding birds in spring, lotus flowers in summer, ripening rice in autumn and winter visitors among the harvested fields. Long Valley therefore offers a view of conservation as ongoing work, involving water, crop cycles and habitat zones.