Tuesday morning we returned to Pak Thale for another look at the
Spoon-billed Sandpipers, within ten minutes of arriving on site we had found five feeding with a few
Red-necked Stint, with no wind and perfect light the views were amongst some of the best I have ever had. Amongst the many hundred of waders present was a single
Asiatic Dowitcher,
Sanderling, 4
Red Knot, 500
Great Knot and at least 800
Eurasian Curlew.
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| Common Snipe |
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| Pintail Snipe |
We then moved to Laem Pak Bia and took a boat out onto the sandspit and within five minutes of landing had seen male and female
White-faced Plover, two
Chinese Egret and 3
Malaysian Plover. Also present were at leasts four dark phase
Pacific Reef Egret and half a dozen
Sanderling. The rest of the morning was spent in the nearby research stagnation, where on saltpans there was a
Hueglin's Gull and a
Ruff.
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| Little Cormorant |
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| Indian Cormorant |
As usual there was plenty of birds in the research station, where we had very close views of both
Common and
Pintail Snipe feeding alongside each other and good views of
Pacific Golden Plover,
Wood and
Marsh Sandpiper,
Spotted Redshank,
Whiskered Terns, Night Heron,
Eastern Yellow Wagtail and
Richard's Pipit.
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail |
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