Thailand Days Six and Seven- Khao Yai NP

Been a very busy couple of days exploring the magnificant Khao Yai National Park. A few photo highlights below.

Trip list now on 252, live report HERE.

Female Banded Kingfisher

Silver-breasted Broadbill

Buffy Fish Owl

Wreathed Hornbill

Female Red-headed Trogon

Great Hornbill

Collared Owlet

Silver Pheasant

Male Siamese Fireback

Pig-tailed Macaque 

Malayan Porcupine 

Thailand Day Five- Blue Pitta

We spent the morning at a bird hide in Kaeng Krachan HERE . Highlights included a stunning male Blue Pitta and a few other nice little bits (images below).

Then we spent the rest of the day travelling to our next destination.

Just a few trip ticks today, now on 214. Live report HERE 

Blue Pitta

Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher

Scaly-breasted Partridge

Puff-throated Babbler

Hainan Blue Flycatcher

Northern Treeshrew

Thailand Day Four

Another fantastic day in the Kaeng Krachan NP. We spent time around the Ban Krang Campgrounds, Kilometer 30 and the three streams, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. Highlights included Great Hornbill, Blue-throated Bee-eater, Sulphur-breasted Warbler and Orange-headed Thrush, some nice high altitude species and a few extra WP vagrants including Dark-sided Flycatcher and Eye-browed Thrushes. 

The main highlight was the Sun Bear at the Ban Krang Campgrounds, a habituated animal that feeds on scraps around the camp ground. 

Trip list now on 208, live trip report HERE.

Orange-breasted Trogon

Blue-throated Barbet

Sulphur-breasted Warbler

Mountain Bulbul

Ashy Bulbul

Flavescent Bulbul

Two-barred Warbler

Eye-browed Thrush

Great Hornbill

Orange-headed Thrush

Blue-throated Bee-eater

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Sun Bear

Dusky Langur

Thailand Day Three

A great day in Kaeng Krachan National Park, we started off birding on the main road HERE, then lunch at Baan Maka Nature Lodge HERE and in the afternoon we had a magical afternoon at Bird's Hide HERE. Highlights included Grey Peacock Pheasant, Scaly-breasted and Bar-backed Partridge, Kalij Pheasants, Brown Boobook, some nice Laughing Thrushes and a nice little selection of WP vagrant species including Two-barred Warbler, Siberian Blue Robin, Radde's Warbler, Taiga Flycatcher, Asian Brown Flycatcher and Yellow-browed Warblers. 

Also a nice little selection of mammals. 

Now on 180 for the trip, Live trip report HERE. 

Grey Peacock Pheasant

Kalij Pheasants- awesome! 

Brown Boobook 

Lesser Necklaced Laughing Thrush

Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush

White-crested Laughing Thrush 

Greater Yellownape

Female Siberian Blue Robin 

Dusky Langur

Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain (Mouse Deer). 

Thailand Day Two

Another day on the saltpans today with the morning at Pak Thale Nature Reserve HERE and then Laem Phak Bia Royal Project HERE. Then after a failed mission to get out to a sand bar for Malay Plover (the tide and wind was wrong) we headed early over to Kaeng Krachan and our lodge for the next three nights, the Boathouse Paradise Resort. 

Highlights of the day included Nordmann's Greenshank, Asian Dowitcher, Chinese Egret, stacks of Eastern waders and Golden-bellied Gerygone at the Royal Project. 

Now on 112 for the trip. Live Trip Report HERE.

Nordmann's Greenshank (above and below) 

Asian Dowitchers (above and below) 

Chinese Egret (left) with Little Egret

Great Knots and Grey Plovers

Mainly Terek Sandpipers

Greater and Tibetan Sand Plovers and Terek Sandpipers

Very large numbers of Caspian Tern 

Painted Stork 

Golden-bellied Gerygone

Asian Water Monitor- an enormous one