A highlight of any trip to Laem Pak Bia is the boat trip out to the sand spit where we can look for Terek Sandpiper, Malaysian Plover and check out the gull/tern roost for species such as Lesser & Greater Crested Terns along with Hueglin's and Pallas's Gull.

Having feasted on shorebirds and seabirds we can have lunch and later move on to a series of nearby locations in search of Painted Stork, Spot-billed Pelican, wintering Aquila eagles and Eurasian Thick-knee.

Only a small number of non-shorebird species are usually seen here, but the excellent views of large numbers of wading species and terns make Khok Kham worth visiting. Half day trips, either morning or afternoon, can be arranged for Khok Kham, or this location can be combined with others for a full day's birding.

E-mail me and book a day tour to Khok Kham: nickupton@thaibirding.com

This tour is an excellent opportunity to travel to an area that few visiting birdwatchers get to. Bang Pra reservoir and surroundings are home to a wide variety of open country and whislt taking breakfast on the edge of some woodland, close to water we should be able to watch Rufous Treepie, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, White-crested Laughingthrush, Laced Woodpecker and many others as we eat and moving on we should be able to track down a variety of wetland species such as Jacanas, Bitterns and Egrets along with other birds including both Baya and Asian Golden Weaver.

Set between Samut Prakarn's Muang Boran open air museum and large factories, the fishponds are a real surprise and full of excellent wetland birds. Having found our way into the site, through a maze of residential streets, good views across the wetlands provide the opportunity to find White-winged Tern, Pheasant-tailed Jacana and a myriad of egrets, herons and bitterns as well as one of the site's most conspicuous birds - Striated Grassbird.

A number of points around this site have their own specialities and with experienced knowledge of this location we should be able to find many types of crakes and rails, Asian Golden Weaver, Indian Cormorant and a variety of warblers with a chance of finding Manchurian Reed Warbler. This can be a superb site if one knows where to look!