The last month has been busy with a trip to the UK, travel to Mae Sot and various work commitments. Birding time has been a bit thin on the ground, so for the most part I'll just caption a few images in this post.
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male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker |
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female Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker |
A pair of
Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers raised two chicks in our front garden in early March. Our balcony made an excellent viewing platform.
Arriving in the UK in early March I spent just a couple of days with birding friends in Norfolk. The rarest bird of the trip was a
Rough-legged Buzzard seen very distantly at Chosley Drying Barns. There were also several
Yellowhammers around that area which showed well.
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male Yellowhammer, Chosley, Norfolk |
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female Yellowhammer, Chosley, Norfolk |
Whilst in Norfolk we also went
Adder'ing on one of the first warm days on the spring, with a couple of males seen and this one photographed.
Once back in Thailand in mid-March I had to visit Mae Sot for work. An early morning visit to fields around Mae Sot airport on 18th produced a migrant
Himalayan Cuckoo, singing
Horsfield's Bushlark, several
Red-throated Pipits and a couple of
Little Bee-eaters.
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Little Bee-eater |
On returning to Bangkok a couple of short trips to Suan Rot Fai produced another
Himalayan Cuckoo and a
Taiga Flycatcher that had completed its moult to breeding plumage (below) on 23rd, a
Black Baza prospecting for a roosting site late one on the afternoon of 25th, as well as 2-3
Black-winged Cuckooshrikes and
Ashy Minivet on 27th. Spring passage is really getting going now.
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Himalayan Cuckoo, Suan Rot Fai |
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Taiga Flycatcher, Suan Rot Fai |