At the end of January I visited Yangon, Myanmar, for a few days. Although it was not exactly a birding trip, I managed to fit in a fair bit of birding around the city in between conducting the business I was there for. On my first morning I visited People’s Park which is probably the [...]
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People’s Park, Yangon – Birding in Myanmar
February 4th, 2020 
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National Races Village, Yangon – Birding in Myanmar
January 31st, 2020 Nick A little research on eBird showed me that a few interesting sightings had been made at the National Races Village in the eastern suburbs of Yangon. With some time to kill in the city I decided to take a taxi out there and see what I could find. Although the name of the location sounds [...]
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Hlawga National Park, Yangon | Birding in Myanmar
January 29th, 2020 Nick As part of a short trip of a few days to Yangon, Myanmar, I have been doing some birding in and around the city. Having visited a few parks within the city itself, over the last few days, this morning I took a taxi ride an hour north to Hlawga National Park. This location is [...]
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Collared Myna – Birding in Myanmar
February 17th, 2018 Nick One of the birds I was targeting in Myanmar was Collared Myna. This range-restricted species occurs only in Myanmar as well as a small part of Southwest China and Northeast India and has been challenging for some other birders to find in the areas we were visiting at some times of the year. We need not [...]
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Four Days at Mt Victoria – Birding in Myanmar
February 15th, 2018 Nick Natma Taung National Park is more widely known as Mount Victoria, and this mountain, in the Chin Hills in Western Myanmar was one that we focused upon as a location which would turn up a lot of exciting, range-restricted species as well as a few endemics. Well, it certainly did not disappoint us with a [...]
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Inle Lake – Birding in Myanmar
February 14th, 2018 Nick Wetlands almost always provide a large number of species on bird watching tours and Inle Lake in Myanmar was no exception while leading a recent birding tour to this interesting country. Much of the lake is open water and there is a lot of disturbance from fishermen and tourists but by investigating the lake edges [...]
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Birding Bagan – Birding in Myanmar
February 8th, 2018 Nick Bagan, in central Myanmar, is famous for its thousands of temples scattered across the dry plains alongside the Ayeyarwady river but early in my recent birding tour of Myanmar 2018 we found ourselves in this unusual environment looking for five of Myanmar’s endemic bird species. Birding around this largely open habitat was a very pleasant [...]
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