Bang Pra is an excellent site for seeing a wide range of species, with woodland, grassland and wetland habitats it is possible to see a high number of excellent species here. Combined with an afternoon at wetlands near Bang Poo and some coastal birds at Bang Poo itself, an excellent day of birdwatching is possible; [...]
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Thailand Birding: Storks, Weavers, Grassbird and Jacanas
April 23rd, 2008 
Nick Having dropped my wife off in Bang Na, on the morning of 20th April, I had most of the day to kill so I took a trip to Soi 119 (about 4 km beyond Bang Poo) which I had scouted out a few weeks earlier: Soi 119. Last time I didn’t go beyond the entrance road [...]
Thailand Birding: Weaver Wonderland
April 22nd, 2008 Nick Asian Golden Weaver is not at all common in Thailand and becoming increasingly rarer due to habitat destruction, although it can be found at a few sites I know; the most reliable being Muang Boran Fishponds where it is easy to get fairly close to a nesting colony without disturbing the birds. Ashley Banwell had [...]
Thailand Birding: Phuttamonton Park
April 22nd, 2008 Nick On 17th April my wife and I were itching to get out of the house so we made our way to Phuttamonton Park even though it was midday. This is a large park on the Bangkok/Nakorn Pathom provincial border and whilst it is covered in trees, previous visits had found it to be rather sparsely [...]
Thailand Birding: Birdwatching Sites around Petburi
April 21st, 2008 Nick Having survived the worst of the Songkran water fighting I was joined, on the 15th April, by Mark Thomas, Jenny Atkins and Jason Goodwin for a day of general birding around Petburi province. After a little trouble finding it, I collected them from the Twin Towers Hotel near HuaLompong station at a little after 5am [...]
Thailand Birding: Late afternoon at Bang Pra
April 11th, 2008 Nick After lazing on the beach at Bang Saen for most of the afternoon yesterday, my wife and I moved on to Bang Pra reservoir in Chonburi province to look at the late afternoon birds. The non-hunting area is suffering badly from high water levels reducing the amount of grassland habitat and overuse of what remains [...]
Thailand Birding: A look at Soi 119
April 7th, 2008 Nick Many local birders visit Soi 119, Bang Poo for good views of freshwater wetland birds. I had never visited this location before so after lunch at Bang Poo I went to take a brief look. Now, Soi 119 is not to be mistaken for Sukhumvit 119 near Bang Na . It is slightly confusing as the road [...]
