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    Intro to Sundaic birding - where to go?

    Thank you for all these suggestions! Looking into it further, I think I'm quite keen to leave Malaysia for another time, and either stay in Java, or head to Gunung Kerinci or Way Kambas in Sumatra. If anyone has any suggestions for guides (or lodges with good guides attached) in either spot...
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    Intro to Sundaic birding - where to go?

    Hello all, I am going to Jakarta with work in late March, and am planning to add on some leave for a 5-6 day birding trip somewhere in the region after meetings are done. I've been to Thailand several times, but I've never been to Indonesia before, and have only once been to Peninsular...
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    Advice wanted: birding southern Brazil and the Pantanal

    Hi all, I’m planning a trip with two friends to Brazil in July. We’re all going to visit the Pantanal and Rio, but while they’re keen to see the big stuff, they’re not birders. Having never visited South America, I think I’d find it excruciating to just do general tours and miss hundreds of...
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    Advice on birding week in Panama, late November

    Thank you much everyone for your tips and suggestions, really very helpful. I'm overdue getting started on my revision – if anyone has a suggestion for the best field guide (book) to be using in Panama, that would be much appreciated!
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    Advice on birding week in Panama, late November

    Thank you so much (both of you) for these tips, that's really helpful. I'd be interested in looking at guiding for at least some of the time, so if you do have any info to share on that package deal, and guiding in Metropolitan Park, that would be really helpful!
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    Advice on birding week in Panama, late November

    Hi all, I've found myself heading to Panama City in November for a work trip, and am adding on a week of holiday at the end of the month, to hopefully fit in some birding. This will be my first time ever in Latin America, and I know nothing whatsoever about birding in Panama, so I'd really...
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    Laotieshan, China, October 2019

    Thanks very much! To be honest I forgot goshawk was a possibility, everyone's expertise much appreciated!
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    Laotieshan, China, October 2019

    Hi all, A few birds I'd like to get a second opinion on if possible. 1. Pretty sure this is a Yellow-browed Bunting. 2. Eastern Buzzard. 3. A picture of one of the many Accipiters seen. I presumed all were Eurasian Sparrowhawk - anything here to suggest otherwise? Thanks in advance!
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    Birding Dalian + Hainan

    Hi all, Apologies for the delay! In the end I had only a morning free at Laotieshan itself, but all your advice was extremely helpful. The day before, I was taken along to visit the bird ringing station nearby, where birds caught included Red-flanked Bluetail, Coal Tit, Brambling...
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    Birding Dalian + Hainan

    Hi Tom, Thank you so much for taking the time to put all this information together! This looks extremely useful, thank you. I was planning to stay as close to Laotieshan as possible so your suggestion looks ideal. And the snakes warning especially well noted！ I look forward to reading through...
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    Birding Dalian + Hainan

    Hi Owen, Thanks so much for sharing - it sounds like just setting up camp at Laotieshan for a couple of days might be the way to go! I'll read those reports with interest. I meant Hainan as in Hainan Province (Jianfengling, Yinggeling etc.). At the moment I'm planning on trying Jianfengling...
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    Birding Dalian + Hainan

    Hello all, A last minute request for any help possible! I'm expecting to be travelling to China next week, and should have a couple of days free in Dalian (21-22 October) and Hainan (27-28 October). I would love to fit in some birding in these places if possible! I wondered if anyone knows any...
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    Guides for Kaeng Krachan / Pak Thale Jan 2019

    Thank you all!
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    Guides for Kaeng Krachan / Pak Thale Jan 2019

    Hi all, Apologies for repeating an oft-repeated question but since some of the existing guide recommendations are a few years old now, is anyone able to recommend a guide for three-four days in late January? I will be coming from Pechaburi, close to Kaeng Krachan, so these two sites look like...
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    Grey Partridge strongholds

    Thank you so much everyone for your suggestions - I'll definitely check out some of the places you mentioned for grey partridge. I actually tried to see the LSW on Wimbledon Common when it was spotted a few weeks ago, but no luck. I'll try again next year!
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    Grey Partridge strongholds

    Hi all, As a twentysomething birder in Britain, there are a few species whose populations have fallen hugely and which I've never been able to find in the UK. Key among these is the grey partridge - rare enough for me never to have found one in many hours in the countryside, but frequent enough...
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    Crossbill, Glen Affric, Scotland

    Thanks very much all, very interesting! Not a bird group I'm very familiar with so others' opinions are most appreciated. Lovely birds in a lovely place whatever species they were.
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    Crossbill, Glen Affric, Scotland

    I know that definitive ID is impossible without recordings, but I'd be interested to see what others' impressions are of this bird. Photographed 29 May 2017, in Glen Affric, Highland, one of a group of 5-6 on a Scots pine. All images are of the same bird. My impression is that the bill is a...
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Yesterday's trip to Wulai proved that some birds can still be spotted in this weather. I spotted Plain Flowerpecker and Black-throated Laughingthrush up at the top of the road branching off the road passing the cemetery (thanks for the tip Dave!) and was within two metres of a Bamboo Partridge...
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    Phylloscopus warbler in Rajasthan

    Thanks so much!
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    Three weeks left - any tips?

    Thanks so much for the tips! I know the road you mean in Wulai - I've attempted to head up it but have always turned back when faced with scary dogs. Taiwanese dogs are one thing I will definitely not miss when I head home next week. I'll head to Wulai tomorrow and see what I can find! I went...
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    Three weeks left - any tips?

    Thanks so much for the tips! In Wulai, do you mean walk the round route past the school and cemetery, or to take the road going uphill that branches off that road? And in Guandu, do you mean the plank bike path that goes into the mangroves, behind the wharf?
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    Taiwan - Birding Reports

    Sounds like a great day at Daxueshan - very glad my tip came good!
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    Hong Kong, Mai Po, waders

    In terms of identifying as many species as possible - isn't that a Chinese Egret at the back of the fifth picture?
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    Phylloscopus warbler in Rajasthan

    Hello all, Sorry this is the last photo from India! I photographed this bird (poorly) in Ranthambore National Park. I remember thinking it looked a bit different from the Greenish Warblers that were everywhere, and the photos seem to show a hint of a crown stripe. There's a possibility of...
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