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 [...]
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Some Photos From a Recent Birding Trip – Thailand Birding
April 29th, 2018 
Nick 
Posted in Birdwatching in Thailand, Central Thailand, Kaeng Krachan, Migration, Nature, Southern Thailand 
Tags: bird watching, bird watching in thailand, thai birds, thailand, thailand bird watching, thailand birding, thailand birds 
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Black-crowned Night Herons at Wat Phuttabucha – Thailand Birding
April 24th, 2018 Nick Black-crowned Night Heron is not exactly a rare bird, in fact it is extremely widespread worldwide, but in Western Bangkok there is an amazing spectacle featuring these birds at the rear of Wat Phuttabucha, a little known temple, to the west of the Chao Praya river. At the rear of the temple is a canal [...]
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Taman Negara – Malaysia Birding
March 25th, 2018 Nick Taman Negara, in Peninsula Malaysia, is one of the most legendary birding locations in Southeast Asia. With primary lowland rainforest covering much of the park it is home to many species which are hard to see as well as many that have become very scarce due to habitat destruction making any visit here highly-anticipated. Taman [...]
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Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia Birding
March 13th, 2018 Nick What to do with an afternoon in Kuala Lumpur? Perhaps visit the Petronas Twin Towers or the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Well, it is possible to do both and do a little birding along the way at Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve Park right in the middle of the city. Although the temperature and humidity were sky [...]
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North & Central Thailand Birding Tour – Thailand Birding
March 10th, 2018 Nick For the second year in a row I recorded over 500 species while leading a North & Central Thailand birding tour. Over the course of 17 days we visited most of the best birding sites in Northern and Central Thailand with a short incursion into the Northeastern region and the only reason we were not able [...]
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Collared Myna – Birding in Myanmar
February 17th, 2018 Nick 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 [...]
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Four Days at Mt Victoria – Birding in Myanmar
February 15th, 2018 Nick 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 [...]
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