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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Slowly catching up after recent tours. Spent the first week of April in Scotland. Started with great views of the two White-billed Divers at Inverkeithing on our way up. Then managed to catch up with both the Stejneger's Scoter and White-winged Scoter in Fife too.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Lovely morning in the Brecks with @lnashnature.bsky.social. Great views of female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and very pleased to get brief views of a male today too.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I do love a Broadbill - who doesn't? Kaeng Krachan NP is a great place to see them. Here's a Black-and-Yellow Broadbill from a couple of weeks ago.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Interesting to watch this Rusty-cheeked Hornbill at the nest in Kaeng Krachan NP. With the female walled up inside the hole in the tree, a group of 4-5 adults flew in. At least 3 different birds came in with food items to give to the female. An example of cooperative breeding.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This Sun Bear kept coming in to the back of the restaurant at Ban Krang campsite in Kaeng Krachan NP. We saw it here on a couple of different days. It wasn't even put off by being hit on the nose with a broom and only walked away when it had a bucket of water thrown over it!

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We did visit one of the hides on the edge of Kaeng Krachan NP one afternoon. The highlight was this magnificent male Grey Peacock-Pheasant which came in to feed and drink.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We finished our Thailand tour in Kaeng Krachan NP. We had booked into a hide on one morning to try to see a female Blue Pitta which was coming in regularly but we didn't need to go. The day before, we came across this smart male Blue Pitta by the main track through the park.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Talking of Spoonbills... guiding back in Norfolk last weekend and nice to see several Eurasian Spoonbills already returned to Cley and Holkham. This one was feeding in the shallow pools on the grazing marsh just off the East Bank, showing off its shaggy nuchal crest.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Black-faced Spoonbill is a conservation success, recovering from c400 in 1995 to c7000 in 2024. It breeds mainly on the Korean peninsula, most winter in Taiwan. A rare winter visitor to Thailand (0-3pa?), so we were pleased to eventually catch up with this one near Laem Pak Bia

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Talking of endangered shorebirds, we enjoyed a group of c80 Nordmann's Greenshanks and thousands of Great Knot by the Gulf of Thailand at Pak Thale. Plus a massive flock of c500 Asian Dowitchers, and loads of commoner species. A magical place to visit if you like your waders.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

One of the most sought after species in Thailand at this time of year - we managed to catch up with one of the Spoon-billed Sandpipers wintering at Khok Kham. Mean population est now just 443 mature individuals, ongoing declines of c5%pa - so still perilously close to extinction

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

...also this Pygmy Cupwing on Doi Inthanon. A similar idea to the Tesias - tiny, short-tailed and mostly lurking in thick vegetation in the dark of the forest understorey - but unrelated.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I love Tesias - but they can be impossible to see, hiding in dense undergrowth on the forest floor. So it was a real treat to get such good close views of both Chestnut-headed Tesia and Slaty-bellied Tesia on Doi Lang this year.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Hodgson's Frogmouth can be a tricky bird to find. Last year, we had great views of one on the nest on Doi Inthanon. So I was particularly pleased when we arrived there this year to hear it had been found back nesting in the same tree again just a few days before we arrived.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

...and we also saw at least five different Grey-winged Blackbirds on Doi Ang Khang, North Thailand. Mostly more elusive but this showy individual was coming to mealworms and the water bath at Wat Phra That.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It has been a good winter for thrushes in North Thailand, after a few poor years. We saw at least four different Chestnut Thrushes (3 on Doi Lang & 1 on Doi Inthanon), with some great close up views. An irruptive winter visitor from China...

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Just back from 2 1/2 weeks guiding in Thailand with @oriolebirding.bsky.social. One of the highlights was catching up with the pair of Blue-naped Pittas which has been showing well at a hide in Chiang Rai province this year. Also good to see a pair of Baer's Pochard at Chiang Saen lake.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Lovely sunny morning yesterday, so went for a walk at Blakeney. Great views of the small flock of Twite - after coming in for a drink, they perched up in the sunshine for a preen. Just clinging on here these days, this is only 1 of 2 small groups still coming back each winter

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Lovely day in the Brecks with @lnashnature.bsky.social on Weds. Lots of Crossbills around this year, great to watch - in this group, birds were courtship feeding and bark stripping. Also our first displaying Goshawk of the season, singing Woodlarks and four Hawfinches.

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Sat in the office catching up on admin today in the wind & rain, but had to make a quick dash to Morston late am with @lnashnature.bsky.social to see the Red-breasted Goose. Seemed to be associating with 7 Barnacle Geese, more closely than with the Brents. Nice find by @oriole-ashley.bsky.social

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Then on Sunday with the group in North Norfolk, we managed to catch up with the Eastern Black Redstart, 3 Glossy Ibis, Great Northern Diver, Jack Snipe, Little Gull, Hen Harrier and several Merlins and a great selection of wildfowl and waders, before we just ran out of time

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Guiding in the Norfolk Broads on Saturday - as well as the Black-winged Kite, lots of Cranes, Whooper & Bewick's Swans, Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull & Purple Sandpipers at Sea Palling and a Short-eared Owl to finish

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I used to spend lots of January watching Barn Owls. The population is lower now, after a succession of poor breeding seasons, but those which are around seem to be coming out much less during daylight hours than they used to. Nice to see this one still out early the other morning

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Marcus Nash @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

You can see why Jack Snipe like cut reed. This one has been hanging around outside Bishop Hide at Cley for some time. Mostly asleep during the day, it can be impossible to see at times.

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