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28/09/07 : At a harrier roost near Chiang Saen 2 Pied Harriers (Including 1 male) and 3 eastern Marsh Harriers were present on th 27th September.

On the 26th at Wat Pa Mak Nor 13 adult male Pied Harriers, 1 juvenile Pied Harrier, 4 adult male Eastern Marsh Harriers and 4 female/immature Eastern Marsh Harriers were in attendance and an adult male Western Marsh Harrier was seen in flight. In the same region were 1-4 Grass Owls and an Indian Nightjar.

Other migrants seen in the Chiang Saen area in the week leading up to the 25th September were 2 Wrynecks, 3 Asian Paradise Flycatchers, 600 Chestnut-tailed Starlings, 12 Black-crowned Night Herons as well as larger number s of more common migrants.

The above sightings were taken from Mick Davies' and Dowroong Danlamajak's Yonok Wetlands Project Website with their kind permission.

I received some interesting migration observations from a location very close to Hua Hin; the most interesting are reproduced here:

The above sightings were kindly submitted by Jans and Trudi Sikkens.

25/09/07 : A Jungle Myna was seen in a rubber plantation and a Yellow-rumped Flycatcher in mangroves in Eastern Phuket on the 21st September. A boat trip to Ko Yao from Phuket produced good views of a single a Bridled Tern and several Little Terns on the 14th September.

The above sightings were taken from Ike Suriwong's Phuket Birder's Blog with his kind permission.

17/09/07 : Approximately 175 Painted Storks were seen on migration at Hua Hin as well as "some" Chinese and Japanese Sparrowhawks on 15th September. - Jans Sikkens.

A peregrine Falcon arrived at Chiang Saen on 13th September - Mick Davies & Dowroong Damlamajak.

Newly published Recent Reports from June 2007 to August 2007 are now online on the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand's website. Highlights include a colony of Oriental Darters with 30 nests at Wat Huai Jan, Lopburi in May and June; a Malayan Night Heron at the military academy at Khao Cha-Ngok, Nakhon Nayo on 13th August; and Blue-breasted Quail at Bang Pra on 18th August.

See BCST website for full report.

14/09/07 : At least 2 Little Stints were present amongst Red-necked Stints at Khok Kham on the 27th August - Peter Ericsson

09/09/07 : Returning migrant shorebirds included both Greater and Lesser Sandplovers along with Eurasian Curlew at Laem Hin, Phuket on 2nd September. Further returning waders seen were Eurasian Curlew, Whimbrel, Ruddy Turnstone, Lesser Sandplover, Common Greenshank and Common Sandpiper on mudflats in Phuket on the 26th August.

A dead Short-tailed Shearwater was reported at Laypang Beach, Phuket on 19th August.

The above sightings were taken from Ike Suriwong's Phuket Birder's Blog with his kind permission.

05/09/07 : A few interesting sightings from Bangkok included a male Brown Shrike at the Bangkok Youth Stadium in Soi Din Daeng on the 31st August, 4 Sooty-headed Bulbuls (red-vented) in Chatuchak Park on the 28th August and a male Yellow-rumped Flycatcher in Lumphini Park on the 26th August. - Derek Anderson

A pair of Hoopoes were seen flying along the road outside the Viang Yonok Hotel at Chiang Saen Lake on the 30th August.

The above sighting from Chiang Saen were made by Ian Smith of Viang Yonok.