A few weeks ago I found myself in the town of Nakorn Sawan with a morning free to spend birding at nearby Bueng Boraphet (1st May). Rather than take a boat trip, I decided to go to the northeastern side of the lake and drive/walk around the area known as Pramong Panich where there is [...]
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Searching for Short-tailed Parrotbill at Pu Suan Sai National Park: Thailand Birding
Short-tailed Parrotbill is a species which, in Thailand, is restricted to a small corner of the country with the most sightings being made at Pu Suan Sai National Park in Loei province. I made one short trip there a few years ago and was unsuccessful in my search for the Parrotbill although many others have [...]
Migrant Watching at Sri Nakorn Kuen Khan Park: Thailand Birding
Each year I look forward to late March and April when I usually have time to make several visits to Sri Nakorn Kuen Khan Park, which is not far from where I live in Bangkok, in order to see which interesting passage migrants I can find. So far in 2015 I have made six visits [...]
Some Great Birding at Kaeng Krachan: Thailand Birding
Over the last month I have made several visits to Kaeng Krachan National Park where the birding has been getting better and better and I have found many colourful resident species consistently; 6 species of Broadbill on each of my last three visits has been particularly enjoyable and something that is practically impossible to achieve [...]
Gull Identification Problems | Thailand Birding
On 17th February I took a boat trip onto the sand spit at Laem Pak Bia accompanied by six British birders and Mr Daeng to look for White-faced Plover. On arriving at the sand spit a number of large gulls drew our attention including 5 Pallas’s Gulls and a Black-tailed Gull. Whilst watching these several [...]
Bird Watching at Khao Yai – Thailand Birding
Khao Yai national park has long been a favourite place for birders to visit, but birding there can be a bit hit and miss; at its best there can be plenty of sightings of colourful and enigmatic forest species; on other days it can be hard to see anything much at all, particularly with the [...]
Lung Sin Waterhole – Thailand Birding
Last week I made a visit to Lung Sin waterhole at Kaeng Krachan national park. As ever it was a popular place with birders and photographers and it was essential to book a place in the hide; the staff at Ban Maka did this for me. There has been no rain for many weeks in [...]