Friday 31 January 2014

THAILAND BIRDS.

Here are some shots from our recent trip to Thailand.
Although we were a little disappointed with the trip we did manage to see
 a few lifers and a lot of Butterflies which Sue is now editing.
DARK-SIDED FLYCATCHER

ASIAN PIED STARLING

BLACK-WINGED STILT

BLUE WHISTLING THRUSH

BROWN SHRIKE

BROWN-WINGED KINGFISHER

CATTLE EGRET

CHESTNUT-TAILED STARLING

COLLARED KINGFISHER

COPPERSMITH BARBET

DARK-NECKED TAILORBIRD

GREAT EGRET

GREATER-CRESTED TERN

GREATER SAND-PLOVER

GREEN BEE-EATER

MALAYSIAN PLOVER

ORANGE -BELLIED FLOWERPECKER

PIED FANTAIL

PLAINTIVE CUCKOO

POND HERON

RED-BILLED MALKOHA

OLIVE-WINGED BULBUL

REDSHANK

SPOTTED DOVE

TREE SPARROW

WRYNECK

ZEBRA DOVE

Sunday 19 January 2014

THAILAND

We have just returned from a birding trip to Thailand and sorry to say, from a birding point of view, it was the worst trip we have done. We did get the Spoonie which is what most birders go to Thailand for but over-all the birding was hard and we only saw a fraction of what we expected. The country itself is, in places, very beautiful and the people are lovely but we did suffer in the humidity and mosi bites were plentiful. Sue also got a leech in her boot which bled like mad.
SPOONBILL SANDPIPER

SPOONBILL SANDPIPER

SPOONBILL SANDPIPER

SPOONBILL SANDPIPER