For me, Bangpu is a well hidden secret place for birding especially if you are interested in terns and gulls. During the winter migratory period from late October to February, this place will be flooded by thousands of terns and gulls. I decided to include this special place to visit for my Thailand birding trip in Oct/November.
I took an early morning flight from Singapore & arrived at Bangkok around 9am. It was a busy day at Bangkok airport, it took about an hour to clear the immigration and claim my luggage. It was nearly 10.30am when my guide pick me up from the airport. We set off straight to Bangpu.
The education centre is right at the entrance of the facility.
A very lovely landscape. The tree are trimmed to form the shape of birds!
Right in the middle is the giant sized tern. Is not difficult to guess the star attraction here isn't it? :)
Instead of going to the jetty, I go to the mangrove boardwalk & the hide/watch tower. The access is on the left of the education centre.
From the signs on the wall it tells us that this area indeed is an IBA (Important Bird Area). Number of birds that arrived at this area are count and recorded.
On display outside the hide/watch tower is a Bryde's whale skeleton. I have no idea of the source or time this whale was found as there are no sign.
This place is not just for bird watcher or bird lover, this place is also good for sea food lover. We order 2 sea food dish for lunch, a dish of sea food with salted egg and
Sweet and sour sea food.
The star attraction for most who visit Bangpu is this jetty. Lots of terns & gulls will visit here from October to February.
I'm so excited, I can see there are lots of terns and gulls from a distance away... ( to be continued)
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