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/birding-highlights-of-2017/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-highlights-of-2017/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:19:26 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11892 Happy New Year! I am looking forward to what I have planned ahead in 2018 with a birding trip starting in Northern Thailand in a few days and a two week trip to Myanmar at the end of the month, but I also looked back to some of my birding highlights of 2017. Birding in [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-highlights-of-2017/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/tangkoko-delights-birding-indonesia/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/tangkoko-delights-birding-indonesia/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:55:10 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11631 With comfortable accommodation, good food and a reputation for great birds the leg of our trip that took us to Tangkoko, North Sulawesi, was much anticipated by my group earlier this month. While the weather was not exactly how we imagined it, with lots of rain, we still managed, with local assistance, to find a lot [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/tangkoko-delights-birding-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/the-hunt-for-lompobattang-flycatcher-birding-indonesia/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/the-hunt-for-lompobattang-flycatcher-birding-indonesia/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2017 08:51:52 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11622 As part of the recent tour of Sulawesi/Halmahera that I have finished leading, we made an excursion to Makassar, in Southwest Sulawesi, to head to the foothills of Mount Lompobattang which is a fairly recently recognized centre of endemism where there are a few endemic birds and mammals as well as a number of distinct [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/the-hunt-for-lompobattang-flycatcher-birding-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/lore-lindu-sulawesi-birding-indonesia/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/lore-lindu-sulawesi-birding-indonesia/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:26:36 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11602 With endemic species including Satanic Nightjar, Hylocitrea, Malia, Sulawesi Thrush, Cinnabar Boobook, Sulawesi Masked Owl, Great Shortwing, Scaly-breasted Kingfisher, Red-eared Fruit Dove, Sulawesi Hawk Eagle and Purple-bearded Bee-eater it was hard to choose the best bird of our 5-night stay at Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, on the Sulawesi/Halmahera tour that I have recently returned [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/lore-lindu-sulawesi-birding-indonesia/feed/ 0