The well-known stakeout behind the toilets at Pha Gluai Mai campsite, Khao Yai, produced a few birds yesterday morning. Most of the Thai photographers are camped out on Doi Lang and Mae Wong these days so there seems to be little feeding of the birds at this stakeout in Khao Yai and consequently birds that [...]
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Thailand Birding: Slaty-legged Crake At Lung Sin Hide


Slaty-legged Crake is a bird that is seldom seen in Thailand and its status and movements in the country are poorly known. However, this species has made a number of appearances at the Lung Sin’s waterhole near Kaeng Krachan national park and I was lucky enough to witness this bird’s performance there a few days [...]

A Rarity at Laem Pak Bia Sand Spit


Today I took a boat trip out to the sand spit at Laem Pak Bia, as Mr Daeng landed his boat on the sand spit a group of gulls and terns took flight and as I looked at them through my binoculars I instantly realized that I could see a first winter Kittiwake. I called [...]
Thailand Birding: Fairy Pittas & A Polite Request


Between 9th and 16th April 2012 Philip Round made a trip to Ko Man Nai. in the Gulf of Thailand, in hope of ringing scarce migrants. He was successful in finding Thailand’s second Fairy Pitta as well as at least 13 Japanese Paradise Flycatchers. The news of this prompted quite a number of people to [...]

Thailand Birding: Sri Nakorn Kuan Khan Park


On 3rd April 2012 I found myself with the rare opportunity to get out for a morning close to home. Having had great success in finding migrant species in April 2011 at Sri Nakorn Kuan Khan park, Bangkok, I decided to see if I could get lucky again. Arriving at about 7am seemed a bit early [...]

Thailand Birding: Raptors At Petchaburi


The rice fields around the town of Petchaburi always play host to a good number and variety of raptors in the dry season. The areas known as Nong Pla Lai and Tung Bang Jak are just a collection of rice fields and other mixed agriculture just a few kilometres north of Petchaburi and can be [...]

Thailand Birding: Black-headed Ibis & Other Large Waterbirds


Black-headed Ibis is a very uncommon bird in Thailand, but, like many other large waterbirds, they are increasing in number. In the past many large waterbirds, such as storks, ibises, pelicans, herons etc. were very common birds but years of agricultural intensification and persecution wiped many of these species out or made them very rare [...]