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Central Thailand
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Khok Kham saltpans
(central wader concentrations / Spoon-billed Sandpiper site)
N 13°30.565’ E 100°21.297’
Altitude 2m
Interesting birds; Mainly waders, few Terns…
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Red-necked Stint Broad-billed Sandpiper
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Khok Kham
(mangrove walkway & access to mudflats)
N 13°29.254’ E 100°20.115’
Altitude 4m
Interesting birds; Waders with low tide, Terns, Racket-tailed Treepie.
Also a Dolphin watch point incl. viewing tower.
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This Asian Dowitcher and a Black-tailed Godwit photographed along the access road to the site, just a 100m before the location.
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Khao Look Chang
(Entrance to the site from the main road.)
N 12°48.763’ E 99°48.092’
Altitude 40m
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Khao Look Chang
(Parking and start of walk in dipterocarp forest.)
N 12°48.666’ E 99°48.441’
Altitude 52m
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Spotted Owlet Red-breasted Parakeet Hair-crested Drongo
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Khao Look Chang
(View by the lake at the forest edge.)
N 12°48.656’ E 99°48.577’
Altitude 48m
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Pak Thale
(Spoon-billed Sandpiper site.)
N 13°09.244’ E 100°03.813’
Altitude 2m
Birds of interest; Plenty waders but also Ashy Tailorbird and Golden-bellied Gerygone in the nearby mangroves. Terns, waders and Chinese Egret from the beach here but depends on tides.
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Long-toed Stint
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Laem Pak Bia
(Nordmann’s Greenshank site.)
N 13°03.599’ E 100°03.909’
Altitude 2m
Birds of interest; Great Knot, Asian Dowitcher, sometimes Spoon-billed Sandpiper, plenty other waders.
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A big flock of Great Knots favours the area as well as up to 60 Nordmann’s Greenshank.
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Laem Pak Bia
(Environmental Research Project site.)
N 13°02.879’ E 100°05.112’
Altitude 2m
Birds of interest; Plenty waterbirds, Slaty-breasted Rail, Ruddy-breasted Crake, Painted Snipe, Racket-tailed Treepie in the mangroves, Reed Warblers, White-shouldered Starlings come to roost, Indian Nightjar at dusk. Also huge Water Monitors, and Large Flying Fox at dusk.
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Javan Pond Heron Ruddy-breasted Crake |
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Laem Pak Bia
(Sandspit)
N 13°03.645’ E 100°06.312’
Altitude 1m
Birds of interest; White-faced Plover, Malaysian Plover, Chinese Egret, Terns, Waders, Gulls…
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Great Crested Terns and Brown-headed Gull White-faced Plover
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Laem Pak Bia Mr. Deang
(For boat trips to sandspit.)
N 13°02.443’ E 100°05.302’
Altitude 2m
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Coffee and lunch after a successful trip. Birders join Mr. Deang to visit the sandspit.
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Hat Chao Samran restaurant on the beach.
(For lunch while birding in the Laem Pak Bia area)
N 13°00.305’ E 100°03.908’
Altitude 1m
Birds of interest; Pacific Reef Egret on the breakers, Terns.
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