Yesterday afternoon I spent an hour at Sri Nakorn Kuan Kan park in Bangkok. The humidity was quite uncomfortable and clear weather did not seem to be the right recipe for migrating birds to land with just a couple of Hair-crested Drongos, an Ashy Drongo, 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher and a Black-naped Oriole. However, for [...]
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Black-collared Starling In Bangkok: Thailand Birding
March 18th, 2014 
Nick 
Posted in Bangkok, Birdwatching in Thailand, Central Thailand 
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A Successful Birding Tour: Thailand Birding
March 17th, 2014 Nick From 11th January to 4th February 2014 I led a birding tour of central and northern Thailand. We all have high hopes when starting a birding trip but all those who have been bird watching for some time will know that it is not always easy to find the species that make the trip a success. [...]
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Return of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper – Thailand Birding
November 16th, 2013 Nick Last week I made my first visit to Pak Thale this “winter” to see Spoon-billed Sandpiper. The first record of this highly sought-after species this season was on 27th October at Khok Kham where Mr Tii found one bird. A total of 7 Spoon-billed Sandpipers have been found at various sites around the Gulf of [...]
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recording Information Pages
September 12th, 2013 Nick The Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force of East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership has published a nice, 4-page, fact sheet on this critically endangered species. The fact sheet contains illustrated information on Spoon-billed Sandpiper plumage details and ages as well as the known areas and times of the year that it occurs. The fact sheet is designed to [...]
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Rice Fields Near Petchaburi – Thailand Birding
May 27th, 2013 Nick Rice fields around the provincial capital of Petchaburi are at their most productive for birds in the dry season when there are lots of migrant species present, perhaps most notably large raptors. However, during the wet season this area of agriculture has some ornithological attractions that are not available in the drier months. A few [...]
Posted in Birdwatching in Thailand, Central Thailand, Migration Tags: bird watching in thailand, thai birds, thailand, thailand bird watching, thailand birding, thailand birds Comments OffThailand Birding: Khao Yai – there and back in a day.
April 2nd, 2008 Nick Usually I would spend more than a day at Khao Yai due to its distance from Bangkok and the number of birding opportunities it presents but Minoro Shimono, Satomi Kodama and Eriko Kodama were on a brief birdwatching trip to Thailand from Japan and had only a day to spare so, together, we headed off [...]
