http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk Birding from around the world Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:41:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/jakarta-boat-trip-birding-birding-indonesia/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/jakarta-boat-trip-birding-birding-indonesia/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:20:06 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=65200 Where can you see Christmas Island Frigatebird, Sunda Teal, Pink-necked Green Pigeon, Milky Stork, Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, Cerulean Kingfisher, Clamorous Reed Warbler and a wide range of other species in an urban setting? On a boat trip from Jakarta, Indonesia! The island of Java is one of the most densely populated areas of the world [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/jakarta-boat-trip-birding-birding-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birds-around-incheon-south-korea-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birds-around-incheon-south-korea-birding/#comments Mon, 05 Jun 2023 10:04:58 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=63771 Have you ever started a birding tour by getting off of the plane and rushed into a vehicle, sleep-deprived and confused, spending the remainder of the day birding in extreme weather conditions, seeing some amazing birds but not being able to enjoy them properly due to your body being on the verge of shutdown? Well, [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birds-around-incheon-south-korea-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-at-bach-ma-national-park-vietnam-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-at-bach-ma-national-park-vietnam-birding/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2022 10:20:08 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=63156 At the beginning of November 2022 I found myself with the opportunity to visit Bach Ma National Park, near Danang in Vietnam. While other sites in Vietnam could promise more new birds for me but I had limited time and so arranged a driver to take me from Danang to the national park and back, [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-at-bach-ma-national-park-vietnam-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/daap-toon-hide-at-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/daap-toon-hide-at-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2022 02:25:28 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=63082 What I most enjoy is taking long walks in beautiful countryside and being able to see a wealth of bird life along the way. In temperate countries this is a very pleasant way of bird watching and usually by covering a lot of ground and different habitats brings a lot of bird sightings but in [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/daap-toon-hide-at-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/beach-birding-in-august-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/beach-birding-in-august-british-birding/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:28:51 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=63035 Some birding locations are great to visit because they are new and exciting to explore, with all the possibilities of seeing new birds that goes with that. Other locations are great to visit because they are familiar, always have lots of birds to see, even if they are quite predictable but are just a place [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/beach-birding-in-august-british-birding/feed/ 2 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/forest-birding-at-kitulgala-sri-lanka-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/forest-birding-at-kitulgala-sri-lanka-birding/#comments Thu, 05 May 2022 09:19:41 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=58668 If you want superb views across a forest-lined river, steamy mist forming over the forest, a fantastic morning chorus and lots of birds then Kitulgala is the perfect place. The location that was famously used for filming of the movie “The Bridge on the River Kwai” does not disappoint visually and with three nights here [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/forest-birding-at-kitulgala-sri-lanka-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/back-of-an-airport-hotel-birds-sri-lanka-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/back-of-an-airport-hotel-birds-sri-lanka-birding/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:37:50 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=58642 I recently had the opportunity to visit Sri Lanka, a little over three hours from Bangkok by plane, and I booked a hotel close to the airport for my first night as I arrived at around 4pm and did not want to start travelling overland through the evening. Looking online there were lots of hotels [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/back-of-an-airport-hotel-birds-sri-lanka-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-phuttamonthon-park-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-phuttamonthon-park-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2022 07:01:42 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=23296 When I first came to Thailand one of the first birds I saw was Oriental Scops Owl. I was walking around in a seldom-visited part of Khao Yai national park and a park ranger called me over and pointed out a pair of these tiny owls roosting, just a few feet off of the ground. [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-phuttamonthon-park-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-morning-birding-at-pathum-thani-rice-research-centre/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-morning-birding-at-pathum-thani-rice-research-centre/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:02:53 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=23270 The Central Plains of Thailand are full of rice fields, indeed Thailand is consistently the biggest exporter of rice in the world, but access to many of them can be difficult, requiring walking in hot weather. However, the rice research project in Pathum Thani, on the outskirts of Bangkok, is a perfect place to see [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-morning-birding-at-pathum-thani-rice-research-centre/feed/ 4 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ring-necked-parakeets-sunflower-feast-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ring-necked-parakeets-sunflower-feast-british-birding/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:31:24 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=23250 One day in October 2021 I made a visit to a local woodland, Farningham Woods, but was distracted before I got there by large numbers of Ring-necked Parakeets feeding on sunflower heads along the entrance road to the woods. The sunflowers were grown as a wildlife boundary crop in a strip a few metres wide [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ring-necked-parakeets-sunflower-feast-british-birding/feed/ 0