Whilst rummaging through a pile of stuff on my desk I found a CD with a collection of photographs that I took when I was lucky enough to accompany Phil Round on a ringing trip to Laem Pak Bia in Thailand in August 2003.

Phil and I went to the site the evening before the ringing session to set up the nets. We ended up doing this in the dark which meant I got stuck in the mud although it gave me a chance to see hundreds of Fruit Bats flying from their roost in the mangroves to forage for the evening.

The next day we caught a number of shorebirds (along with some other species), although not in any great numbers as the migratory period had not got into full swing.

I took a number of pictures of the birds in the hand and have put a few here for people to view.

Pictures 1, 4, 6 and 7 are of Lesser Sand Plovers, picture 2 is of a Long-toed Stint and pictures 3 & 5 are of a Wood Sandpiper. Click on the images to see larger versions.

People visiting Thailand or other countries in Southeast Asia should look out for leg-flagged shorebirds.