One of my favourite locations when birding in UK is Shellness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Invariably I have the place more or less to myself and it is a remarkably wild place considering how close to London it is but the main attraction is the fact that it forms a high tide [...]
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Tropical Shellness | British Birding
July 26th, 2019 
Nick 
Posted in Birding in Kent, Birding in Southeast England, Birdwatching in UK, Birdwatching Trips, Nature, Shorebirds 
Tags: bird watching, bird watching in britain, birds in flight, birds of kent, birdwatching trips, british bird watching, british birding, british birds, shellness, shorebirds, waders birds 
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Destruction and Fragmentation of Wildlife Habitats | British Birding
July 17th, 2019 Nick A few days ago I saw an appeal to sign a petition to save a small area of wildlife habitat in my hometown of Dartford in England which has been described as a “wildlife gem” where birds such as Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler and Nightingale have occurred. There is precious little habitat for [...]
Posted in Birding in Kent, Birding in Southeast England, Birdwatching in UK, Conservation Issues, Nature Tags: bird watching in britain, britain, british bird watching, british birding, british birds, conservation Comments Off
Top 5 Birds of Kazakhstan Birding Tour 2019 | Kazakhstan Birding
June 25th, 2019 Nick My 2019 birding tour to Kazakhstan was one of the best I have led over the last few years; incredible landscapes and non-stop fantastic birds made it hard not to enjoy every moment. Species such as Asian Crimson-winged Finch, Eversmann’s Redstart, White-headed Duck, Black Lark, White-winged Lark, Sociable Lapwing, White-winged Woodpecker, White-capped Bunting, Asian Desert Warbler, [...]
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Black-crowned Night Herons at Wat Phutta Bucha – Thailand Birding
June 22nd, 2019 Nick 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 [...]
Posted in Bangkok, Bird Behaviour, Birdwatching in Thailand, Central Thailand, Nature Tags: bird watching, bird watching in thailand, thai birds, thailand, thailand bird watching, thailand birding Comments Off
Hotel Grounds & Golf Course Birds – Thailand Birding
June 18th, 2019 Nick Much gets written about the prime birding spots in Thailand such as Kaeng Krachan, Doi Lang, Pak Thale and others but there are a vast amount of other locations, both national parks and otherwise, that do not get talked about much. Many visitors to Thailand are accompanied by non-birding friends or family and cannot get [...]
Posted in Birdwatching in Thailand, Nature, Southern Thailand Tags: bird watching, bird watching in thailand, thai birds, thailand, thailand bird watching, thailand birding, thailand birds Comments Off
Raptors | Kazakhstan Birding
June 3rd, 2019 Nick Vast landscapes of mountains, farmland, stony plains, semi-desert and steppe have been the backdrop for the last few weeks in Kazakhstan where the birds have been superb in some amazing settings incredible for their scale. Before the trip I was asked if we would see many raptors on this birding tour of Kazakhstan and it [...]
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Birding the Steppe near Astana | Kazakhstan Birding
June 1st, 2019 Nick I am currently sitting in a hotel room in Almaty, looking back on the last few days of the recent Kazakhstan birding tour that I have just finished leading. Our trip ended in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Nur Sultan (recently renamed from Astana), where we spent a few days birding in steppe and wetlands, enjoying [...]
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