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/hotel-grounds-golf-course-birds-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/hotel-grounds-golf-course-birds-thailand-birding/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:35:42 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21720 Much gets written about the prime birding spots in Thailand such as Kaeng Krachan, Doi Lang, Pak Thale and others but there are a vast amount of other locations, both national parks and otherwise, that do not get talked about much. Many visitors to Thailand are accompanied by non-birding friends or family and cannot get [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/hotel-grounds-golf-course-birds-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-when-not-birding-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-when-not-birding-thailand-birding/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:51:38 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21595 For the vast majority of tourists to Thailand the primary focus of the trip will not be birding. Even for many birders a holiday to Thailand is a non-birding, family holiday which locates them away from prime bird watching sites and over the last few days I have found myself in that situation taking a [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-when-not-birding-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/some-photos-from-a-recent-birding-trip-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/some-photos-from-a-recent-birding-trip-thailand-birding/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2018 10:03:07 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=12907 When leading bird watching trips it can sometimes be difficult for the leader to get quality observations of many species because they are busy making sure that everyone in the group is able to see the birds. This is the situation in which I sometimes find myself so when the opportunity does arise to get [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/some-photos-from-a-recent-birding-trip-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/beach-thick-knee-close-up-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/beach-thick-knee-close-up-thailand-birding/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:50:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11329 Last month I made two short visits to Southern Thailand where a long-staying Beach Thick-knee had been repeatedly seen at Laem Pakarang in Phang Nga province. Both of my trips took me to this site after some birding in the mangroves and on both occasions I was lucky enough to see this weird and wonderful [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/beach-thick-knee-close-up-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/oriental-plover-at-pranburi-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/oriental-plover-at-pranburi-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:01:09 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11315 Last night I was driving home from Southern Thailand and as it got dark I decided to spend the night somewhere before continuing the journey the next day. As I was close to Hua Hin I thought I would find somewhere to stay near Pranburi Forest park and check the location for passage migrants the [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/oriental-plover-at-pranburi-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/phang-nga-mangroves-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/phang-nga-mangroves-thailand-birding/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2016 06:22:06 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1440 Over the last few months I have made several visits to two mangrove sites in Phang Nga province; Ao Phang Nga National Park HQ and Ban Bang Phut.  On both occasions the birding has been very rewarding and I have been able to find most of the species that occur in this habitat quite quickly, getting [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/phang-nga-mangroves-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/bala-wildlife-sanctuary-wet-season-birding-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/bala-wildlife-sanctuary-wet-season-birding-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:52:45 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1434 I recently spent 4 nights at the Bala sector of Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary in Narathiwat province on the Thai-Malaysia border. This is probably the best birding site in Southern Thailand but I have made very few visits due to the long distance from Bangkok, where I live, and the ongoing violence in the area that [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/bala-wildlife-sanctuary-wet-season-birding-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/laem-pakarang-shorebirds-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/laem-pakarang-shorebirds-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:58:35 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1378 One of the locations I visited on my recent trip to Southern Thailand was Laem Pakarang in Phang Nga province. This is one of the south’s most visited shorebird sites and makes a nice stop when driving between Phang Nga Bay  and Sri Phang Nga national parks. I stopped there in the late afternoon of [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/laem-pakarang-shorebirds-thailand-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/mangrove-birding-birding-in-thailand/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/mangrove-birding-birding-in-thailand/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:58:23 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1361 Mangroves can be a very tough environment for birding in due to the low density of birds, low number of species and the often fragmented habitat with limited access. However, over the last week I have visited a couple of areas of mangroves in Southern Thailand where the birding has been surprisingly good and I [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/mangrove-birding-birding-in-thailand/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/sanderlings-feeding-rhynchokinesis-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/sanderlings-feeding-rhynchokinesis-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:33:49 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1352 A few days ago I visited Pranburi Forest Park in Prachuab Kiri Khan province for a few hours in the afternoon. There was not a lot to be seen in the mangroves and the coastal woodland, just a single Forest Wagtail, some Malaysian Pied Fantails, an Indian Roller and a few Golden-bellied Gerygones. However, on [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/sanderlings-feeding-rhynchokinesis-thailand-birding/feed/ 0