Sharp-tailed Sandpiper is a very rare, but seemingly regular, passage migrant in Thailand. One recently put in an appearance at Khok Kham, in Samut Sakorn province but unfortunately I was otherwise engaged in the south so did not get a chance to see it myself. Amongst others, Peter Ericsson got some photos and has allowed [...]

Yesterday evening I returned to Bangkok after a 10 day trip to southern Thailand; the trip was a mixture of birding and visiting friends. For the birding I visited Laem Pakarang, Khao Sok, Krabi Mangroves, Krung Ching waterfall and the Tiger Cave Temple. I don’t make many trips to southern Thailand so it is always [...]

White-eyed River Martin is the dream of every birdwatcher in Thailand and whilst I did not have any pretensions of finding it, I did head to Bueng Boraphet in Nakorn Sawan province, where the River Martin was last seen in 1978, for a couple of days with Alex Vargas. On the morning of 13th August [...]

Counting waterbirds can be tricky despite the fact that the open nature of the habitat apparently makes seeing all the birds easy. However, due to many waterbirds skulking amongst thick vegetation, which is usually flooded and inaccessible, making accurate counts can be harder than it first seems. probably the simplest method of making useful counts [...]