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/gull-feeding-frenzy-at-samut-sakhon-birding-in-thailand/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gull-feeding-frenzy-at-samut-sakhon-birding-in-thailand/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2026 08:38:03 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=71059 A beautiful sunrise, thousands of birds, the sound of the sea; all the ingredients for one of the world’s birding hotspots, but in reality this is the atmosphere I was able to enjoy on a short morning excursion from Bangkok when visiting the “Red Bridge” coastal boardwalk in neighbouring Samut Sakhon province. Rather than being [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gull-feeding-frenzy-at-samut-sakhon-birding-in-thailand/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/daap-toon-hide-at-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/daap-toon-hide-at-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2022 02:25:28 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=63082 What I most enjoy is taking long walks in beautiful countryside and being able to see a wealth of bird life along the way. In temperate countries this is a very pleasant way of bird watching and usually by covering a lot of ground and different habitats brings a lot of bird sightings but in [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/daap-toon-hide-at-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/an-afternoon-at-nui-hide-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/an-afternoon-at-nui-hide-thailand-birding/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:38:10 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21945 Over the last few years I have visited a number of hides that are dotted around Kaeng Krachan National Park in Western Thailand, all of which are great to visit if you want to get close up views of birds. These hides always provide birders with superb views of lots of common forest birds but [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/an-afternoon-at-nui-hide-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/lung-sin-waterhole-besra-alert-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/lung-sin-waterhole-besra-alert-thailand-birding/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:57:14 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21540 Sometimes things do not go quite according to plan. Hides around Kaeng Krachan national park provide birders with a lot of superb sightings of both common and scarce birds. Right now there are a number of hides where good birds can be seen but one of the most consistently good experiences can be had at [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/lung-sin-waterhole-besra-alert-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/garden-birding-at-baan-maka-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/garden-birding-at-baan-maka-thailand-birding/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:36:26 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21386 Baan Maka Nature Lodge is always a nice place to stay near Kaeng Krachan national park in western Thailand and I was lucky enough to have Ian and Games as my host for a night while I checked out a few birding spots around Petchaburi province over the last few days. Things are very wet [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/garden-birding-at-baan-maka-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/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/daap-hide-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/daap-hide-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:26:22 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11353 The hides/waterholes close to Kaeng Krachan have become famous with birders in Thailand and beyond and quite rightly as they always seem to deliver good birds and it is a great experience to get so close to so many species at these locations. Ban Song Nok and Lung Sin Waterhole are the most frequently visited [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/daap-hide-kaeng-krachan-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/central-thailand-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/central-thailand-thailand-birding/#comments Fri, 10 Mar 2017 07:18:23 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11289 Having had a very enjoyable tour of the North of Thailand recently and I moved on to the central leg of the tour in mid February. Visiting Wat PraPhuttabaht Noi, Khao Yai, Pak Thale/Laem Pak Bia, Petchaburi Rice Fields and Kaeng Krachan National Park turned up a wide variety of exciting species from wetlands, forest and [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/central-thailand-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/petchaburi-birding-trip-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/petchaburi-birding-trip-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:38:25 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11208 Just yesterday I finished a nice trip which lasted for 8 days of birding in Petchaburi province with a group of birders from Wales. Although the first day of the trip was plagued by some really awful weather, and more was forecast, we had some really good birding in a number of sites which gave [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/petchaburi-birding-trip-thailand-birding/feed/ 0