I spent a couple of days with my wife in Petchaburi province on 29th and 30th October doing some birdwatching and some lazing on the beach. On the afternoon of 29th I headed to Pak Thale to see if I could find a returning Spoon-billed Sandpiper. A new road was being layed part the way [...]
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Thailand Birding: Art Exhibition
October 2nd, 2009 
Nick Some time ago Louise Truslow contacted me asking where she could go to see birds in large flocks. I suggested wetlands around Petchaburi as a great place to look. The reason she wanted to know was to get some ideas for a series of oil paintings of birds. It seems that she found what she [...]
Thailand Birding: Doi Inthanon Summit
August 15th, 2009 Nick Chestnut-tailed Minla at summit of Doi Inthanon (Photo by Nick Upton) The summit of Doi Inthanon is one of my favourite birding spots in the world. There are a number of species which are specialities of the summit and most of them are fairly easy to see and can even be found in the [...]
Thailand Birding: A Day in Petchaburi Province
August 10th, 2009 Nick Yesterday I met David Scott in Cha-am and we went on a tour of various habitats in Petchaburi province. Dry Dipterocarp Forest at Khao Look Chang Our first stop of the day was a patch of dry dipterocarp forest at a location called Khao Look Chang, it is right next to the Wildlife Friends of [...]
Thailand Birding: Wetland and Forest Birds in July
July 27th, 2009 Nick July is not the time of year that most birders plan a visit to Thailand but if it is the only time that is available it shouldn’t put you off. On 22nd July I visited wetlands at Muang Boran Fishponds, Bang Poo and Bang Poo Soi 119 with Mark and Jonty Hiley and it turned [...]
Butterflies at Khao Soi Dao
June 26th, 2009 Nick At the end of April 2009 I spent a few days at Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary in Chantaburi province. I was hoping to see any of the specialities of the site: Eastern Green Magpie, Blue-rumped Pitta, Siamese Partridge and Rufous-throated Fulvetta. Unhappily I failed to get even a sniff of any of these birds [...]
Thailand Birding: Eared Pitta Photograph
May 30th, 2009 Nick Sometimes when you are birdwatching, you just get lucky. One morning in March I was birding at Khao Yai National Park with Merl & Marty Arnot and it seemed that our luck was out with light but persistent rain and poor visibility. After watching a number of common birds like Black-naped Oriole, Green-eared Barbet, Asian [...]
