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/hlawga-national-park-yangon-birding-in-myanmar/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/hlawga-national-park-yangon-birding-in-myanmar/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:07:27 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21967 As part of a short trip of a few days to Yangon, Myanmar, I have been doing some birding in and around the city. Having visited a few parks within the city itself, over the last few days, this morning I took a taxi ride an hour north to Hlawga National Park. This location is [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/hlawga-national-park-yangon-birding-in-myanmar/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/collared-myna-birding-in-myanmar/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/collared-myna-birding-in-myanmar/#comments Sat, 17 Feb 2018 10:48:35 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11981 One of the birds I was targeting in Myanmar was Collared Myna. This range-restricted species occurs only in Myanmar as well as a small part of Southwest China and Northeast India and has been challenging for some other birders to find in the areas we were visiting at some times of the year. We need not [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/collared-myna-birding-in-myanmar/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/four-days-at-mt-victoria-birding-in-myanmar/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/four-days-at-mt-victoria-birding-in-myanmar/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:48:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11967 Natma Taung National Park is more widely known as Mount Victoria, and this mountain, in the Chin Hills in Western Myanmar was one that we focused upon as a location which would turn up a lot of exciting, range-restricted species as well as a few endemics. Well, it certainly did not disappoint us with a [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/four-days-at-mt-victoria-birding-in-myanmar/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/inle-lake-birding-in-myanmar/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/inle-lake-birding-in-myanmar/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:22:57 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11951 Wetlands almost always provide a large number of species on bird watching tours and Inle Lake in Myanmar was no exception while leading a recent birding tour to this interesting country. Much of the lake is open water and there is a lot of disturbance from fishermen and tourists but by investigating the lake edges [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/inle-lake-birding-in-myanmar/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-bagan-birding-in-myanmar/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-bagan-birding-in-myanmar/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:54:41 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11933 Bagan, in central Myanmar, is famous for its thousands of temples scattered across the dry plains alongside the Ayeyarwady river but early in my recent birding tour of Myanmar 2018 we found ourselves in this unusual environment looking for five of Myanmar’s endemic bird species. Birding around this largely open habitat was a very pleasant [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-bagan-birding-in-myanmar/feed/ 0