Black Bitterns and Forest Wagtail

White-shouldered Starlings

On the way back to Suphanburi we stayed Friday night at Nakhon Sawan, to check out accommodation options for a birding trip to Beung Bhoraphet next month. I spent a couple of hours birding around the bird park on the south side of the lake, as always lots of birds, best three different Black Bitterns and 2 Forest Wagtails. Around the car park at least 60 White-shouldered Starlings were present along with a pair of Speckled-breasted Woodpecker and along the nature trail numerous Black-browed and Oriental Reed Warbler, Dusky Warblers and at least 7 Siberian Rubythroat including several very obliging males feeding on the paths. 

Coppersmith Barbet

Also recorded were at least 50 Garganey, 6 Cotton Pygmy Goose, Stork-billed and 4 Black-capped Kingfisher, many Blue-tailed Bee-eater, 2 Pink-necked Green Pigeon, 100 Purple Swamphen, 2 Ruddy-breasted Crake, Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacana, 50 Black-winged Stilt, 3 Black Kite, 4 Black Baza, 4 Purple Heron, 3 Cinnamon and 2 Yellow Bittern, a female Cyornis flycatcher, 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul, Striated Grassbird and Yellow-bellied Prinia.