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/returning-migrant-shorebirds-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/returning-migrant-shorebirds-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:15:08 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11790 few days ago I had to make a trip out of town and found myself with some time on my way back so I decided to drive back into Bangkok along the coast, coming from the East. I stopped at the first coastal habitat I found, a set of salt pans, with a convenient track [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/returning-migrant-shorebirds-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shorebirds-in-north-kent-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shorebirds-in-north-kent-british-birding/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2016 23:38:35 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=10576 One of the things I enjoy most when I am back home in Kent is visiting a few sites where there are large numbers of shorebirds that can easily be seen at close range; my two favourite sites for this are Oare Marshes and Shellness although there are plenty of other places such as Cliffe, [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shorebirds-in-north-kent-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrants-at-dungeness-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrants-at-dungeness-british-birding/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:32:39 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1126 By early September bird migration is well and truly in progress. For many species it has not yet reached its peak but for the next few months birders should be able to find migrating birds at any coastal location. With this in mind I made another trip to Dungeness yesterday as it can be a [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/migrants-at-dungeness-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shellness-gulls-waders-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shellness-gulls-waders-british-birding/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:33:53 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1046 Shellness, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, is a location where large numbers of birds can be seen at more or less all times of the year. Today I made a late morning/early afternoon visit to see if there were any interesting passage waders at the high tide roost in the hope of getting some [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/shellness-gulls-waders-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nesting-small-pratincole-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nesting-small-pratincole-thailand-birding/#comments Sat, 03 May 2014 03:33:32 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=802 A few weeks ago I found myself in the town of Chachoengsao with time to kill, so I drove out to Klong Si Yat Reservoir, a location I had passed in 2013 on my way to somewhere else, in order to see what I could find there. Most of the species I found were the [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nesting-small-pratincole-thailand-birding/feed/ 0