[Gary F B]

Just took a drive around the area over the back of the airport, between Suwintawong road and Khum Klao. A pleasant area of rice paddies, lots of kingfishers, bitterns, pond herons, open bills, weavers and even 7 black headed ibis. Anyone been here in winter?
At the moment the rice fields are full of crops, but in the fields that have been harvested, they are teeming with life.
Definitely worth a visit if you have a spare morning.

[portnoy58]

Nice one, Gary. Bangkok and its surrounds offer amazing birding all year round and it really comes into its own once migratory species are on the move, like right now. Always good to see Ibis. I had 16 Black-headed Ibis about a week or so ago in Phetchburi province; I think this species' numbers are generally in the ascendant. Watch out for flocks of Spot-billed Pelicans too. Dave Gandy saw Eastern Crowned Warbler today in down town Bangkok; his blog, http://www.bangkokcitybirding.blogspot.com is really worth checking out too. And keep posting your observations here !

[GraemeS]

Thanks both for the info.

[gandytron]

Hi Gary,

Do you have a Googlemap of the area that you are recommending? I'd be interested to know where exactly you were.

I remember being taken "the long way" round the airport when it first opened - my taxi driver was totally lost and so we ended up circumnavigating the airport. I was a bit irritated by this as i was meeting a friend arriving from the UK, but I do remember being mightily impressed by the number of Oriental Pratincoles that I could see on the runway.

Best

Dave

[Gary F B]

Hi Andy

Will do, I have a google map already sorted with places added including your recommendations from Rot fai fah (I think it was you!)

[YannickW]

Hello,

I like to go birding in Lat Krabang around this location:

http://goo.gl/maps/yAhJX

I will post on my gallery some pictures from this location in the next few days.

Yannick

[Gary F B]

Thanks Yannick, that is near where is saw the Black Headed Ibis. Maybe I will see you next time you are out .

[YannickW]

Hello Gary, Unfortunately I won't be there until my next vacations, next summer :(

I just came back in Switzerland from a 5 weeks trip in Thailand, and I have spend more than 10 mornings birding in Lat Krabang. I like this area, with all the water and paddy fields.