I often visit Fang Hot Springs very briefly, stopping to see the Spot-winged Grosbeaks and then leaving but recently while leading a Thailand birding tour I was able to enjoy a longer session of birding at this pleasant location. In the early morning there is always a lot of bird activity and staying nearby at Tangerine [...]
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Lung Sin Waterhole; Besra Alert – Thailand Birding
Sometimes things do not go quite according to plan. Hides around Kaeng Krachan national park provide birders with a lot of superb sightings of both common and scarce birds. Right now there are a number of hides where good birds can be seen but one of the most consistently good experiences can be had at [...]
Birding at Mae Ping National Park | Thailand Birding
As part of a recent birding tour I led in January/February we made a visit to Mae Ping National Park in Lamphun province, Thailand. This site consists mainly of dry dipterocarp woodland which has little variation within it, with only a few pine trees and damp gullies providing any other vegetation types, meaning that avian biodiversity [...]
Doi Lang East Photography Day Trip – Thailand Birding
Although I am in Northern Thailand as part of a non-birding trip, I wanted to make time to look for a few rare species on the east side of Doi Lang along with it being a great place to get to grips with a new camera, blessed as it is with several species that are [...]
Garden Birding at Baan Maka – Thailand Birding
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 [...]
Enjoying The Birds You See – Thailand Birding
Sometimes, as birders, we can heap pressure upon ourselves to see certain species and quite frequently the expectations that build up when anticipating a birding trip can be a little unrealistic in terms of entertaining ideas of “cleaning up”. Sometimes these hopes can take a severe hit if there are unfavourable conditions such as high [...]
Watching Nesting Weavers – Bird Behaviour
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 [...]