Bung pumpeay P/P

feb 27th 2012

pair little ringd plovers, common sandpiper, great egret, little egret, little heron (pair), house sparrow, oriental reed warbler (many), plain prinia (abundant), red-rumped swallow, barn swallow. stonechat (mail and females). pied bushchat, drongo, tree sparrow

a few previous sightings from Boung Pumpeay/ PP

9th April 2012:

short visit  afternoon
 pair greater painted snipe

greenshank

lesser koukal

pair barred buttonquial (male and female)

2 little grebe

moorhen

green bee-eater

blue-tailed bee-eater

collarred kingfisher - pair

common kingfisher

indian roller

red collared dove

peaceful dove

bronze-winged jacana

brown shrike

pied bushchat

barn swallow

plain prinia

oriental reed-warbler

tree sparrow

scaly breasted munia

Out of season Ang Trapeang Thmor

7th July 2012: Ang Trapeang Thmor

The best season to visit ATT is December to April, but there were still plenty of birds today. Highlights were:
2 lingering Sarus Crane
2 Black-necked Stork
c.80 Painted Stork
c.200 Openbill Stork
23 Spot-billed Pelican
1 Spot-necked Woodpecker

Simon Mahood, Sarah Brook + parents of the latter

Waders at Kampot

A gentle drifting around the degraded mangroves and salinas close to Kampot on 2nd July 2012 produced:
Red-necked Stint 15
Curlew Sandpiper 8
Marsh Sandpiper 3
Black-winged Stilt 5
Whimbrel 50
Greater Sandplover 20
Lesser Sandplover 25

No sign of the Grey-tailed Tatler's seen by Tom and Howie at the same site recently but a lot of the waders were in flight heading off to high tide feeding areas in the salinas, this area will repay further exploration and will be amazing in the autumn...

Thanks to Rob Overtoon for the loan of his boat and boatman! 

Simon Mahood, Sarah Brook + parents of the latter.

River Lapwing

Two River Lapwings seen on an area of bare soil on the Four Arms Plain just outside of Phnom Penh at 06:00 today (28 June 2012) by Simon Mahood, Tom Evans and Colin Poole.

This is probably the second Cambodian record from outside of the breeding area (Mekong north of Kratie).

Slender-billed gull Chroicocephalus genei Koh Preah, Mekong River, Cambodia March 18-19, 2012

Slender-billed gull   Chroicocephalus genei  Koh Preah, Mekong River, Cambodia  March 18-19, 2012

Early in the morning of March 18th (1-2AM) a storm hit Koh Preah.  Gale force winds and torrential rain pounded the island until just before dawn.  Upon awakening, I headed to the north end of the island.  I thought perhaps there might be some waders or other migrants that had gotten forced down by the storm.  All along the shoreline and in amongst the small pratincole colony were numerous shorebirds; two curlew, a single godwit, numerous redshanks, three black-winged stilts, two oriental pratincoles and a large flock of gulls and terns.  Amongst this group of gulls, most of which were brown-headed, I noticed one bird that seemed a bit smaller and appeared to have a thinner bill and very long slender neck.  I approached the birds to get a closer look. From this vantage I could clearly see the long thin red bill, pale eyes and the very pale primary tips.  This bird did indeed look like a slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei .  I am familiar with this species from the Delta de Ebro on the Mediterranean coast of Spain where they are a breeding visitor.  I watched the gull for the next hour or so and took many photos.  The following day I returned to the same spot and found the gull in the same location with the brown-headed gull flock.  This time I was able to approach much closer (30m) and take some much clearer photos of the bird.

Structure:  Noticeably smaller than the brown-headed gulls that it was in amongst, very long-necked, long thin bill, long sloping forehead
Plumage:  Pale head with no dark smudge behind the eye, pale eyes, white mirrors on the outer primaries/leading edge of the upper wing, black along the trailing edge of the upper wing


If you would like more info./photos of the bird just email and I will get that to you  Cheers,  Jeff

Black-browed Reed Warbler, Barred Buttonquail  & Yellow-bellied Prinia photographed after crossing Ly Youngphat bridge on 29-04-2012. People in group Ashish John (photographer), Tom Evans, Howie & Karen Nielsen, Simon Mahoud and Charlie.