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/autumn-colours-at-knole-park-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/autumn-colours-at-knole-park-british-birding/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:30:00 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21349 With a few hours to spare I took a short drive to Knole Park in Sevenoals, Kent, to see if I could find any Redwings which have started to arrive from Scandinavia. It was great that I saw my first one very shortly after I arrived but it took some time before I got a [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/autumn-colours-at-knole-park-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/autumn-birding-in-the-alps-austria-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/autumn-birding-in-the-alps-austria-birding/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:00:14 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21255 There is no doubting the beauty of the Alps and to be able to experience them in near perpetual September sunshine was wonderful over the last few weeks in Austria. For birders Autumn is not really the time to visit but I spent some time birding in the mountains while on a general touristic visit [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/autumn-birding-in-the-alps-austria-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/tangkoko-delights-birding-indonesia/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/tangkoko-delights-birding-indonesia/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:55:10 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11631 With comfortable accommodation, good food and a reputation for great birds the leg of our trip that took us to Tangkoko, North Sulawesi, was much anticipated by my group earlier this month. While the weather was not exactly how we imagined it, with lots of rain, we still managed, with local assistance, to find a lot [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/tangkoko-delights-birding-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ancient-birds-of-angkor/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ancient-birds-of-angkor/#comments Sat, 14 May 2016 15:21:37 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1406 Recently I had an email asking me if I noticed many representations of birds around the temples of Angkor during my visit there last March while leading a birding tour to Cambodia. A photo I posted previously on this blog of Sarus Cranes – Birding Around Angkor Wat –  on a bas-relief on the Bayon temple [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ancient-birds-of-angkor/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/mammals-at-lung-sin-waterhole/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/mammals-at-lung-sin-waterhole/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2015 09:57:28 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1167 The Lung Sin waterhole at Kaeng Krachan national park is a great spot to see and photograph many species of birds that visit to feed, drink and bathe but it is also worth talking about the species of mammals which are regular visitors too. I recently spent an afternoon at the Lung Sin waterhole with [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/mammals-at-lung-sin-waterhole/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photographing-insects-in-the-heat-of-the-day/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photographing-insects-in-the-heat-of-the-day/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:05:34 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=636 Recently bird activity has been at its lowest that I can remember during the dry season, making for some frustrating times looking for birds. I think that this is mostly due to the strange weather patterns that have produced late rain and hotter temperatures than normal and which are now followed by wind; these weather [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photographing-insects-in-the-heat-of-the-day/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/british-butterflies/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/british-butterflies/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:30:49 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/index.php/british-butterflies/ One thing I have noticed over the last few weeks in the UK is how many butterflies are around. A walk around farmland and nature reserves seems to reveal a plentiful supply of butterflies of a variety of species. A few years ago the EU changed agricultural subsidies so that they would only paid if [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/british-butterflies/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/butterflies-at-khao-soi-dao/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/butterflies-at-khao-soi-dao/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:54:44 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/index.php/butterflies-at-khao-soi-dao/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/butterflies-at-khao-soi-dao/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/butterflies-at-kaeng-krachan-2/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/butterflies-at-kaeng-krachan-2/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:31:57 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/index.php/butterflies-at-kaeng-krachan-2/ Kaeng Krachan national park is well-known for its birdlife but it is also a fantastic place to find a huge variety of butterflies. At certain times of the year, during the wet season for example, it is worth staying out on the trails all day to find birds; things slow down during the middle of [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/butterflies-at-kaeng-krachan-2/feed/ 0