Mae Hia Agricultural College is a site I have visited in the past, but I decided to visit again on one of my spare days in Chiang Mai – the 2nd February 2008. From Chiang Mai town centre I took a tuktuk to the site which is a little tricky to describe in Thai, but [...]
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Birding Tour of Thailand 17th January to 6th February 2008
March 5th, 2008 
Nick The reason for not posting on this blog for over 2 months is that I have been busy on numerous birdwatching trips around Thailand. The longest of these trips was a three week tour, beginning in Bangkok and finishing in Chiang Mai, taking in a number of excellent birdwatching sites: Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale, Kaeng [...]
Shorebird Ringing
September 18th, 2007 Nick Whilst rummaging through a pile of stuff on my desk I found a CD with a collection of photographs that I took when I was lucky enough to accompany Phil Round on a ringing trip to Laem Pak Bia in Thailand in August 2003. Phil and I went to the site the evening before the [...]
Large-billed Reed Warbler seen in the wild!
April 21st, 2007 Nick After the recent rediscovery of Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus all eyes have been out to see who can be the first to see it in the field (not in the hand). As predicted it has been seen in northern India, not Thailand where it is apparently a vagrant. Have a look at the photos [...]
