Khao San Road, Bangkok, Thailand. This place is great for good accomodation, Travel agencies, bars and restaraunts, it can become over-crowded at times and a few days is all that I can take before having to get away from the noise and pollution that comes with it The salt pans of Khok Kham provide employment to local people and is a significant site for waders.
Globally Threatened! Only 1 Spoon Billed Sandpiper at Khok Kham this winter and 8 at Ban Pak Thale with no sightings of any colour/flagged ringed birds found this winter.
This might not look much to you but when seen amongst 300 winter plumaged birds it was quite stiking! This Marsh Sandpiper sporting the latest in fashion designs shows that the colour combination of Black Flag over Green Flag ring proves that this bird was apart of a Thai ringing programme. If it were to be the other way around (green flag over black flag ring) it would prove that the bird is apart of a Cambodian ringing programme). A nice Nordmans, this bird was part of a flock over 20 birds, Tii managed to count 23 but there has been up to 60 present lately. Lesser (Mongolian) Plover showing signs of summer plumage, 6000+ were present on the mudflats during the rising tide at Khok Kham.
From a winter of watching Red Knot to a day of watching Great Knot. Over 5000+ birds were roosting on the salt pans of Ban Pak Thale during the high tide. Birds were in various stages of plumage. I think Great Knot are quite a good Calidrius and the largest of all the Calidrius group.
Any visit to the far east always starts and ends with a visit to Knok Kham, Not only to see SBS but also to spend a few days with Tii. I even Chose Thailand as a stop over site on the way to Australia one year just to get my Fix of SBS! now that is dedication....
Globally threatened, this bird was the only SBS present at Khok Kham this winter. I have seen 2 together in previous winters and the site has held 4 together at one time and Tii has even had a near fully summer plumaged bird on the 28th April on year. The sight has also had flag/colour ringed birds of which were trapped and ringed on the breeding grounds of Chucotka, Siberia. Spoon Billed Sandpiper is critally endangerred and recent surveys on the breeding grounds are producing less and less numbers and they are struggeling to locate breeding birds or nest site locations at traditional localities.
Khao San Road, Bangkok, Thailand. This place is great for good accomodation, Travel agencies, bars and restaraunts, it can become over-crowded at times and a few days is all that I can take before having to get away from the noise and pollution that comes with it
The salt pans of Khok Kham provide employment to local people and is a significant site for waders.
Globally Threatened! Only 1 Spoon Billed Sandpiper at Khok Kham this winter and 8 at Ban Pak Thale with no sightings of any colour/flagged ringed birds found this winter.
This might not look much to you but when seen amongst 300 winter plumaged birds it was quite stiking!
This Marsh Sandpiper sporting the latest in fashion designs shows that the colour combination of Black Flag over Green Flag ring proves that this bird was apart of a Thai ringing programme. If it were to be the other way around (green flag over black flag ring) it would prove that the bird is apart of a Cambodian ringing programme).
A nice Nordmans, this bird was part of a flock over 20 birds, Tii managed to count 23 but there has been up to 60 present lately.
Lesser (Mongolian) Plover showing signs of summer plumage, 6000+ were present on the mudflats during the rising tide at Khok Kham.
From a winter of watching Red Knot to a day of watching Great Knot. Over 5000+ birds were roosting on the salt pans of Ban Pak Thale during the high tide. Birds were in various stages of plumage. I think Great Knot are quite a good Calidrius and the largest of all the Calidrius group.