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/a-morning-at-fang-hot-springs-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-morning-at-fang-hot-springs-thailand-birding/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2019 09:34:34 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21557 I often visit Fang Hot Springs very briefly, stopping to see the Spot-winged Grosbeaks and then leaving but recently while leading a Thailand birding tour I was able to enjoy a longer session of birding at this pleasant location. In the early morning there is always a lot of bird activity and staying nearby at Tangerine [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-morning-at-fang-hot-springs-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/doi-lang-east-photography-day-trip-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/doi-lang-east-photography-day-trip-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2018 13:58:42 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21428 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 [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/doi-lang-east-photography-day-trip-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/enjoying-the-birds-you-see-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/enjoying-the-birds-you-see-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:33:34 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=14370 Sometimes, as birders, we can heap pressure upon ourselves to see certain species and quite frequently the expectations that build up when anticipating a birding trip can be a little unrealistic in terms of entertaining ideas of “cleaning up”. Sometimes these hopes can take a severe hit if there are unfavourable conditions such as high [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/enjoying-the-birds-you-see-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/doi-lang-in-november-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/doi-lang-in-november-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 26 Nov 2017 05:26:14 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11827 Doi Lang is definitely one of the best birding sites in Northern Thailand, probably THE best single site in fact hosting most of the county’s high altitude birds and being the only known site for several species. Most birders visit the mountain between January and mid March when there are many active photographic stakeouts but [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/doi-lang-in-november-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/northern-thailand-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/northern-thailand-thailand-birding/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:14:59 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11269 I have just returned home having led a North & Central Thailand trip which was a great success in terms of both numbers and quality of birds. As usual the North provided us with a lot of good birding, nice flocks, colourful birds and wonderful photo opportunities with a long list of highlights including Mrs Hume’s [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/northern-thailand-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photographic-report-from-a-recent-trip-northern-thailand-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photographic-report-from-a-recent-trip-northern-thailand-thailand-birding/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:36:07 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11159 After a 15 day trip with just two of us armed with cameras I now have an enormous amount of photos to wade through. I recently finished a 15 day trip with Nick Robinson who has set himself a quest to photograph all of the world’s Leaf Warblers, a tricky task given not only the [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photographic-report-from-a-recent-trip-northern-thailand-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/north-central-thailand-tour-february-2016-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/north-central-thailand-tour-february-2016-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2016 14:53:20 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1228 For the last seventeen days I havebeen in Northern and Central Thailand. This year we saw over 470 species in the 17 days of the trip with another 5 leader-seen-only and 10 heard only species recorded despite some unusual weather conditions resulting in some difficult birding at several locations. Some personal highlights included Rusty-naped Pitta, Green [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/north-central-thailand-tour-february-2016-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/watching-rusty-naped-pitta-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/watching-rusty-naped-pitta-thailand-birding/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:18:41 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1220 Pittas are one of the most sought-after group of birds in Thailand as well as one of the hardest to observe so it is always a special experience to see any of the species that occur here. Of all the Pittas in Thailand, Rusty-naped is one of the hardest to see when bird watching in [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/watching-rusty-naped-pitta-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/baikal-bush-warbler-abundance-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/baikal-bush-warbler-abundance-thailand-birding/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:10:23 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1133 Bush Warblers are a group of birds that are extremely difficult to observe on their wintering grounds even when they are abundant and few people manage many/any observations of these birds when visiting Thailand. Baikal Bush Warbler was split from Spotted Bush Warbler some years ago and range maps for this taxon show that it [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/baikal-bush-warbler-abundance-thailand-birding/feed/ 0