http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk Birding from around the world Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:41:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/black-crowned-night-herons-at-wat-phutta-bucha-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/black-crowned-night-herons-at-wat-phutta-bucha-thailand-birding/#comments Sat, 22 Jun 2019 10:12:20 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21731 Wat Phutta Bucha is a fairly typical Buddhist temple, similar to thousands of others around Thailand, but one that happens to be fairly close to where I live and with hidden secret around the back of the temple complex. A canal forms the boundary of the temple grounds at the rear and a group of [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/black-crowned-night-herons-at-wat-phutta-bucha-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrants-heat-humidity-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrants-heat-humidity-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2019 11:09:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21570 Heavy rain yesterday morning foiled my attempt to go birding at Sri Nakorn Kuean Khan Park but today the skies were clear and I got a taxi from home to the park, arriving at 6.45am. Getting out of the air-conditioned taxi I was immediately hit with high temperatures and even higher humidity – the previous [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrants-heat-humidity-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/watching-nesting-weavers-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/watching-nesting-weavers-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 08:41:53 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=14350 For much of the year the three species of weavers in Thailand are rather dull birds which are normally seen feeding within rice fields. Certainly they are nice to see and many people are very happy to finally catch up with Asian Golden Weaver here but seeing these birds in non-breeding plumage is not much [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/watching-nesting-weavers-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/some-photos-from-a-recent-birding-trip-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/some-photos-from-a-recent-birding-trip-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2018 10:03:07 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=12907 When leading bird watching trips it can sometimes be difficult for the leader to get quality observations of many species because they are busy making sure that everyone in the group is able to see the birds. This is the situation in which I sometimes find myself so when the opportunity does arise to get [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/some-photos-from-a-recent-birding-trip-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/black-crowned-night-herons-at-wat-phuttabucha-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/black-crowned-night-herons-at-wat-phuttabucha-thailand-birding/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:44:24 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=13267 Black-crowned Night Heron is not exactly a rare bird, in fact it is extremely widespread worldwide, but in Western Bangkok there is an amazing spectacle featuring these birds at the rear of Wat Phuttabucha, a little known temple, to the west of the Chao Praya river. At the rear of the temple is a canal [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/black-crowned-night-herons-at-wat-phuttabucha-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/north-central-thailand-birding-tour-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/north-central-thailand-birding-tour-thailand-birding/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:41:00 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=12211 For the second year in a row I recorded over 500 species while leading a North & Central Thailand birding tour. Over the course of 17 days we visited most of the best birding sites in Northern and Central Thailand with a short incursion into the Northeastern region and the only reason we were not able [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/north-central-thailand-birding-tour-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-big-wader-day-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-big-wader-day-thailand-birding/#comments Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:34:56 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11863 Early morning at Pak Thale always provides a sense of anticipation for visiting birders with the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper the much-desired prize. This was the feeling on stepping out of the vehicle at 7am on 23rd December with Graham and Penny Lower with the challenge being to find them a Spoonie with which to [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-big-wader-day-thailand-birding/feed/ 1 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/phylloscopus-invasion-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/phylloscopus-invasion-thailand-birding/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:24:57 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11808 couple of days ago, on 31st October, I paid another visit to my local park, near my home in Bangkok: Sri Nakorn Kuen Khan Park. The rainy season seems to have come to an abrupt end and with the air much less humid and the skies clear it was a pleasant morning to be out [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/phylloscopus-invasion-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/returning-migrant-shorebirds-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/returning-migrant-shorebirds-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:15:08 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11790 few days ago I had to make a trip out of town and found myself with some time on my way back so I decided to drive back into Bangkok along the coast, coming from the East. I stopped at the first coastal habitat I found, a set of salt pans, with a convenient track [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/returning-migrant-shorebirds-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrant-hunting-at-phuttamonthon-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrant-hunting-at-phuttamonthon-thailand-birding/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:05:51 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11751 In October migration is in full swing and with resident forest birds very quiet probably the best birding in this month is to find migrant hotspots and search for what has been forced to land in search of food and to rest. Parks within Bangkok are good for this as are copses/wooded areas close to [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrant-hunting-at-phuttamonthon-thailand-birding/feed/ 0