The final reckoning was 250 species, with the full eBird trip report here. I don't know why I bother repeating all this stuff where when there is a ready-made data driven output that requires zero effort. I estimate doing the trip list below took me about an hour and a half which is silly really. Fortunately I am extremely stubborn and like to do things the old-fashioned way. I expect that AI could likely do this in about a nanosecond if given a .csv file and a decent prompt but I am not clever enough for that. Maybe I'll try and learn something new. Novel.
Anyway, a trip that massively surpassed expectations, and was far more straightforward than I had been expecting. To somehow come away with the Spoon-billed Sandpiper within 20 minutes of first arriving at Pak Thale seemed to take the pressure off and from thereon in it was plain sailing. The habitat ranged from excellent to outstanding, especially for some reason the coastal areas whereas I had been expecting the hills to be the standout. In reality it is all good, but the birding is particularly easy on the coast and at the various wetlands and agricultural areas. Worth noting that low intensity farming is the only kind of farming, and it really shows. As ever returning to birding at home was extremely difficult.
Trip List
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