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Archive for October, 2009

31 Oct

Thailand Birding: Spoon-billed Sandpiper Returns

I spent a couple of days with my wife in Petchaburi province on 29th and 30th October doing some birdwatching and some lazing on the beach.
On the afternoon of 29th I headed to Pak Thale to see if I could find a returning Spoon-billed Sandpiper. A new road was being layed part the way into […]

02 Oct

Thailand Birding: Art Exhibition

Some time ago Louise Truslow contacted me asking where she could go to see birds in large flocks. I suggested wetlands around Petchaburi as a great place to look. The reason she wanted to know was to get some ideas for a series of oil paintings of birds.
It seems that she found what she was […]

02 Oct

Birdwatching in Britain: My Trip

Back in Thailand I have been going over my notes from my 5 week visit to England. It wasn’t really a birding trip, just a visit home, although I did go out birding a fair bit.
In total I saw 129 species. The best of which I suppose were Red-backed Shrike, Great Egret and Glossy Ibis. […]

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