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/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/watching-nesting-weavers-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/watching-nesting-weavers-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 08:41:53 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=14350 For much of the year the three species of weavers in Thailand are rather dull birds which are normally seen feeding within rice fields. Certainly they are nice to see and many people are very happy to finally catch up with Asian Golden Weaver here but seeing these birds in non-breeding plumage is not much [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/watching-nesting-weavers-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/a-big-wader-day-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-big-wader-day-thailand-birding/#comments Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:34:56 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11863 Early morning at Pak Thale always provides a sense of anticipation for visiting birders with the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper the much-desired prize. This was the feeling on stepping out of the vehicle at 7am on 23rd December with Graham and Penny Lower with the challenge being to find them a Spoonie with which to [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/a-big-wader-day-thailand-birding/feed/ 1 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 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/wasteland-as-a-bird-habitat-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/wasteland-as-a-bird-habitat-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:58:48 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=10784 On a recent bird photography trip in Petchaburi province myself and Colin Rogers spent some time photographing a number of common species in a quite ugly scrap of “wasteland”. At first glance the area looks of little value with scrubby invasive bushes, piles of illegally dumped rubbish, murky pools of water and rutted tracks – [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/wasteland-as-a-bird-habitat-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photography-at-ban-song-nok-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photography-at-ban-song-nok-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:46:28 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=10764 Getting really close to birds and watching them go about their business is just about the best way to really appreciate them; even some of the apparently dull and very common birds can suddenly reveal themselves to be very interesting. There is probably no better place to be able to do this than some of [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/photography-at-ban-song-nok-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shorebird-heaven-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shorebird-heaven-thailand-birding/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2016 13:31:27 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=10742 As I will be heading back to Pak Thale & Laem Pak Bia for a few days tomorrow I thought I would process some of my photos from my last visit on 3-4th November. Of course for most birders viewing the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper is the top priority and I was successful on both [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shorebird-heaven-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-petchaburi-province-for-the-day-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-petchaburi-province-for-the-day-thailand-birding/#comments Mon, 23 May 2016 15:15:37 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1425 On 20th May myself and Tom Wilson spent a day visiting various birding sites in Petchaburi province, leaving Bangkok at 5am and returning at around 6pm. It turned out to be a really good day with a large number of species and a wide variety of birds including Black-headed Woodpecker, Milky Stork, Indian Thick-knee, Slaty-breasted [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-petchaburi-province-for-the-day-thailand-birding/feed/ 0