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 [...]
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Lung Sin Waterhole; Besra Alert – Thailand Birding
February 26th, 2019 
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Posted in Birdwatching in Thailand, Kaeng Krachan, Nature, Western Thailand 
Tags: bird watching, bird watching in thailand, thai birds, thailand, thailand bird watching, thailand birding, thailand birds 
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Birding at Mae Ping National Park | Thailand Birding
February 26th, 2019 Nick As part of a recent birding tour I led in January/February we made a visit to Mae Ping National Park in Lamphun province, Thailand. This site consists mainly of dry dipterocarp woodland which has little variation within it, with only a few pine trees and damp gullies providing any other vegetation types, meaning that avian biodiversity [...]
Becoming a Gull-Watcher in Winter | South Korea Birding
January 23rd, 2019 Nick To say that gull watching is an acquired taste would be to ignore the fact that many birders never do acquire the taste. However, on two consecutive tours to South Korea many of those accompanying me have started out as skeptics but have quickly found watching large numbers of gulls and a wide variety of [...]
Posted in Bird Behaviour, Birdwatching in South Korea, Gulls, Nature Tags: bird watching, bird watching in Korea, birding Korea, gulls, thailand birdwatching trips Comments Off
Winter Wildfowl | South Korea Birding
January 18th, 2019 Nick Having recently returned from leading my third winter birding tour to South Korea I have some time to reflect on different aspects of this excellent trip. While the big draw is to see large numbers of Red-crowned, Hooded & White-naped Cranes, Steller’s Sea Eagle, Relict Gull, Oriental Stork and many other rare and range-restricted East [...]
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Birding Highlights of 2018
January 3rd, 2019 Nick Happy New Year! I am looking forward to what I have planned ahead in 2019 with a birding trip starting in South Korea tomorrow but over the last few days I have also been thinking about some of my birding highlights in 2018. As usual I did a lot of birding in Thailand, which always [...]
Posted in Birdwatching in Austria, Birdwatching in China, Birdwatching in Malaysia, Birdwatching in Thailand, Birdwatching in UK, Nature Tags: bird watching Comments Off
Doi Lang East Photography Day Trip – Thailand Birding
December 26th, 2018 Nick Although I am in Northern Thailand as part of a non-birding trip, I wanted to make time to look for a few rare species on the east side of Doi Lang along with it being a great place to get to grips with a new camera, blessed as it is with several species that are [...]
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Birding from Shanghai – China Birding
December 13th, 2018 Nick I recently returned from leading an enjoyable and bird-filled tour to Southeast China where we were able to observe many of Asia’s rarest migratory waterbirds. Our trip consisted of three distinct sections, the first of which took us to coastal wetlands and farmland to the north and Southeast of our starting point, Shanghai, where we [...]
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