On the 21st and 22nd January I made day trips to Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale for shorebirds. Spoon-billed Sandpiper is still one of the main attractions at this area and the signposts which are on the road help people the find the right vicinity for this species.  The birds are usually within a few hundred metres [...]

These days I don’t get to Khao Yai National Park as often as I used to, so I was pleased to be spending 3 days there in the company of John Plampin from 14th-16th January. After picking him up at La Residence in Surawong Road, Bangkok the journey to the park gate took only about 2 [...]

Whilst Greater Flamingo is not on the Thai checklist of birds, it is a species frequently seen in the wild by many birders here. The reason for this is that a Greater Flamingo which has been resident in the Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale region for a number of years now is in fact an escaped [...]

Johan Svensson Kindly e-mailed me this photograph of a Silver-eared Mesia in a cherry tree; it is so nice I thought that I would share it with everyone.  Johan correctly stated that it was one of my favourite birds, something that I have written about here: My favourite birds of Thailand. Silver-eared Mesia is a [...]

The Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale area of Petchaburi province has established itself as the best shorebird site in Thailand and one of the best in the world. What is impressive about this site is: 1. The Size 2. The sheer number of birds 3. The variety of species 4. The quality of species Recently, I [...]

Throughout November I was away from home most of the time, visiting some of Thailand’s best birdwatching locations with a number of visitors who provided some excellent company. The sites visited in November included Khok Kham, Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale, Tung Bang Jak, Kaeng Krachan, Doi Inthanon, Doi Ang Kang, Huay Tung Tao and Doi [...]

I recently wrote about Phuttamonton Park on this blog – Autumn Migration & Phuttamonton Park – and created a page for it on thaibirding.com – Phuttamonton Park, but it seems I may have understated the potential of the site for birding. I received a couple of e-mails from Stijn De Win who visited the park [...]