Thailand Birding: Boat Trip at Bueng Boraphet

Last week I took a boat trip on the lake at Bueng Boraphet to see the large numbers of waterbirds that occur there. At the "Nok Nam Park" on the southern side of the lake Mr Phanom has been taking birders and photographers out for many years and he always knows what is to be seen on the lake.

Our trip was spent mainly taking photographs of the commoner waterbirds; I have been out on the lake many times but it is always a beautiful sight to see so many birds amongst the colorful water lilies and lotus flowers.

I am not really a photographer but many of the birds were so close that I was able to get a few nice pictures using just a point-and-shoot camera.

Intermediate Egret by Nick Upton

I have used the above photograph as one of many updates to the Bueng Boraphet page on thaibirding.com.

On this visit we were able to see a large number of migratory ducks which had recently arrived; 1200 Northern Pintail, 800 Garganey, 9 Common Teal, 2 Ferruginous Pochard and 1 Tufted Duck; perhaps a rarity will turn up soon.