Visitors since 01/09/06

• Upcoming Trips

  • 1-6 April - Doi Ang Kang & Doi Inthanon
  
  
  • 12-14th April - Bang Pra & Khao Yai
  
  
  • 17-20th April - Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale & Kaeng Krachan
    

1. Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale - Mud flats, salt pans, mangrove and paddies provide one of Thailand's premier birdwatching locations. Here we can search for Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Nordmann's Greenshank, Pallas's Gull and much more.

2. Khok Kham - Salt farms in Samut Sakorn province are a great place to look for Spoon-billed Sandpiper and other shorebirds.

3. Bang Pra - A freshwater reservoir surrounded by woodland is an attractive place for a great day's birdwatching and a number of specialities occur here.

4. Muang Boran Fishponds & Bang Poo - Jacanas, Reed Warblers, Crakes, Rails, Egrets, Herons and Bitterns make for a fantastic day's birding.

6. Two or three days: Khao Yai National Park - Three days is recommended for birdwatching in this fabulous habitat, but two days is suitable for those with limited time. Here we should find a variety of hornbill species and a number of trails are good for pittas, pheasants and Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo. Great Eared Nightjar is a great ending to the day in Khao Yai.

Longer stays are easily arranged and we can either stay in one of the campsites or use a nearby resort: contact me.

7. Two or three days: Kaeng Krachan National Park - Once again, three days is recommended bu two day allows enough time to find many of the wonderful birds that occur here. We will search for hornbills, woodpeckers, kingfishers, pittas and broadbills; at night we will spotlight for nightjars and owls.

Camping in a simple campsite or staying in one of a variety of guesthouses is possible depending on your budget: contact me.

8. Two or three days: Khao Soi Dao National Park - Located in Chantaburi province close to the Cambodian border we will search for some regional specialities here including Blue-rumped Pitta. Pick up or drop off at Laem Ngop is possible for arrivals or departures to Ko Chang: contact me.

9. Three days: Bung Boraphet and Mae Wong National Park - Begin by spending a day at Bung Boraphet taking a boat trip to look for wildfowl and other waterbirds including egrets, ibis and reed warblers. Move on to Mae Wong National Park to search for forest species with Rufous-necked Hornbill, Burmese Yuhina and Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler amongst the target species: contact me.

Note: Rufous-necked Hornbill is most often seen in October and November.

10. Three days: Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale and Kaeng Krachan National Park - Start the trip by spending a day near the coast searching for Spoon-billed sandpiper and other wetland species. Travel on to nearby Kaeng Krachan and use two more days to enjoy a magnificent variety of forest species. This trip is likley to produce a massive total of species due to the quality and diversity of the habitats visited. A variety of accommodation options is available for all budgets: contact me.

11. Three days: Nam Nao National Park - Staying in national park accommodation we will explore dry and moist forest in order to observe a wide diversity of species. Nam Nao is superb for woodpeckers and barbets and there is a high likelihood of seeing White-bellied and Great Slaty Woodpeckers as well as many of the smaller species: contact me.

12. Longer tours - Longer tours beginning in Bangkok can be arranged to take in any or all of the above mentioned national parks and travel further afield to the south and/or north for a greater number and variety of species: contact me.

13. Three days: Doi Inthanon National Park - Depart early morning from Chiang Mai and spend the morning birdwatching on Doi Inthanon's famous jeep track where we should see Brown-throated Treecreeper, Blue-winged Minla, Rufous-faced Warbler and a variety of flycatchers. We will also search for Cochoas and Tesias.

Over the next two days we will visit all altitudes of the mountain from the bottom where Black-headed Woodpecker is a target species to the summit where Green-tailed Sunbird is common: at night we will look for owls: contact me.

14. Three days: Doi Chiang Dao and paddies - On his trip we will visit three zones: lowland paddies, forested foothills and high altitude forest. On the first day we should find Oriental Skylark and Wire-tailed Swallow amongst others in the paddies close to Chiang Dao and then we will move on to the lower slopes of Doi Chiang Dao, searching the temple gully for pittas, forktails and Siberian Blue Robin. Finally we will take a trip to the highest points of the mountain where Hume's Pheasnt and Giant Nuthatch will be the target species contact me.

15. Three days: Doi Ang Kang and Fang - A wide range of accommodation makes this trip suitable for all budgets. Departing from Chiang Mai in the early morning we will make a number of birdwatching stops on the journey to Ban Koom at Doi Ang Kang. Over the next few days we will walk a number of trails in order to find the specialities of Doi Ang Kang which include Crested Finchbill, Red-faced Liocichla and Spot-breasted Parrotbill. On the final day we will descend to the farmland around Fang where we can observe a number of wetland and open-country species contact me.

16. Three days: Thatorn and Doi Lang - Driving to Thatorn form Chiang Mai we will make a number of birding stops along the way before spending the afternoon and early evening tracking down wetland and open-country species in the farmland around Thatorn. Up early the next morning we will head up Doi Lang for high altitude species - birds such as Stripe-breasted Woodpecker and White-browed Shrike Babbler are common at this hieght but in the winter months we will be hoping to see the rarer species including thrushes and flycatchers as well as Jerdon's Bushchat contact me.

17. Seven days: Doi Inthanon, Doi Chiang Dao & Doi Ang Kang - Starting with Doi Inthanon this trip will give plenty of time to search for the specialities of all three of these fabulous mountains and a wdie range of excellent bird species should be seen contact me.

18. Extended Trips in the North - Create a longer birdwatching itinerary choosing from sites such as Doi Inthanon, Doi Chiang Dao, Mae Hia, Doi Ang Kang, Doi Lang, Thatorn and Chiang Saen, or go wild and visit them all contact me.

18. Three days: Khao Sok National Park - Taking in a coastal site on the way to this fabulous national park we can spend the afternoon tracking down southern forest species. The whole of the next day will be spent in the forest on our quest for Helmeted Hornbill, Banded Pitta, Blue-banded Kingfisher and a host of other southern specialities. Finally we will spend another morning on the forest trails before heading back and stopping at a wetland site on the way: contact me.

19. Four days: Krabi River and Khao Nor Chu Chi - Beginning with a morning boat ride around the mangroves we will look for the specialities which include Brown-winged Kingfisher, Mangrove Pitta and, if we are lucky, Ruddy Kingfisher. Moving on to KNC there will be sufficient time to watch for Gurney's Pitta and to search for the many other fabulous lowland species that occur here. On the final afternoon we will travle back to Krabi and take another boat trip, this time to the river mouth where shorebirds can be observed including Terek Sandpiper, Great Knot and, sometimes, Nordmann's Greenshank: contact me.

20. Five days: Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary, Bala Sector - This trip will involve a fair amount of travelling on the first and last days but it is worth it to get to this jewel of Thailand's forests. Spending three whole days at the Bala research centre we will indulge ourselves in the many species of hornbills that can be found, including Rhinoceros, Wrinkled, White-crowned, Bushy-crested and Helmeted Hornbills. Other birds we would hope to find are Javan Frogmouth, Bat Hawk and Chestnut-naped Forktail and there is the chance of finding really rare species including Garnet Pitta: contact me.

21. Extended Southern Trips - Longer southern itineraries can be constructed choosing from sites such as Khao Sok, Khao Nor Chu Chi, Krabi, Hala-Bala, Thalebun, and a large number of other speciality sites: contact me.

22. Design Your Own Tour - For those with more time longer itineraries to visit a number of regions of Thailand can be designed. In two weeks the central area and the north can be visited, with three weeks this can be done at a more leisurly pace. With three weeks to a month there is time to visit the southern, central and northern sites. Please contact me to discuss an itinerary that will suit you: nickupton@thaibirding.com