Non-piscivorous #kingfishers & myrmecophagous #woodpeckers on my recent trip: Rufous-collared & Banded Kingfishers (the latter w/ a praying mantis), Buff-necked & Buff-rumped Woodpeckers #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Thailand #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #birds #wildlifephotography #animalphotography

14th Oct is #WorldLizardDay. These are Sundaic #lizards from my recent trip in Yala; 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢—a recently split Green Crested Lizard species, Black-bearded Gliding Lizard in a heavy moult displaying its namesake dewlap, & the well camouflaged Sumatran Gliding Lizard #herping #reptiles

Blyth's Frogmouth, Large-tailed Nightjar, Whiskered Treeswift & Cook's Swifts are among #birds belonging in Caprimulgiformes (sensu lato) on my recent Yala trip. I prefer keeping them in a single taxonomic order #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Thailand #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #naturebeauty #swift

Reddish Scops Owl, Barred Eagle Owl, & Brown Boobook (Brown Hawk Owl) are among #owls showing well on my recent trip in S #Thailand not far from the border w/ #Malaysia. The 1st two are classified as Near Threatened. 🦉 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birds #naturebeauty

Pin-striped Tit Babbler, Blyth's Paradise-flycatcher, & Crested Treeswift are among #resident #birds recorded along the #Mekong last week. The babbler is sedentary. The paradise-flycatcher is a partial migrant. The treeswift tends to be gregarious outside #breeding season. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birding

Other #birds I photographed in #NongKhai & #Loei recently include 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 White Wagtail, the recently arrived 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Little Ringed Plover from #breeding grounds further north, Plain Prinias & Red-whiskered Bulbuls. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #birdphotography #wildlife

This 1cy ♂ #bird was the only Jerdon's Bushchat I saw a few days ago along the #Mekong where sizeable #breeding populations were discovered 30 years ago. It is still unclear where they move to post-breeding when the natural #water level is highest. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdwatching #birding #Thailand

Pearson's Horseshoe Bat, Chinese Pipistrelle, Great & Intermediate Roundleaf Bats are among #bat species identified on my casual #caving trip last week. Thanks to experts on @inaturalist.bsky.social!🦇 #nocturnal #wildlifephotography #naturebeauty #bats #nightlife #cave #wildlife #animalphotography

Small Buttonquails (AKA Andulasian Hemipode, Kurrichane Buttonquail, Common Buttonquail) of all plumages giving brilliant views this afternoon in #KhonKaen. Awesome examples of reverse sexual dimorphism. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Thailand #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #naturebeauty #birdsoftheday

Burmese Shrike (pictured here is a juv.), Rufous-winged Buzzard, & Oriental Pratincole are among #birds w/ seasonal movement present during the mid-year in #Thailand. The 1st two are partially #migratory. The last is a breeding visitor. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #migrant

Saraburi Bent-toed Gecko (Critically #endangered), Siamese Green-eyed Gecko, Black-spotted Leaf-toed Gecko, & Fehlmann's Dtella from an isolated #karst landscape in W Saraburi. The 1st three species have tiny global ranges, esp. the bent-toed #gecko #wildlife #animals #nocturnal #reptiles #Thailand

Black-winged Stilt ♂ rotating #eggs & rearranging #nesting materials while #incubation. Sexed by the mantle colouration; solid black in male, dark brown in female. #birdsoftheday #birding #birdwatching #parents #parentalcare #naturebeauty #father #birdnest #birds #waders #breedingbirds #shorebirds

The #endangered Java Sparrow is an #alien species in #Thailand, but the ~100-year-old established population in #Bangkok & adjacent northerly provinces might be important in #conservation as they have derived from wild stock #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #cutebirds

Today's #WorldSnakeDay 🐍 Here are 2 #snakes I photographed recently on an afternoon. 1. A deadly Monocellate Cobra, unfortunately dead, in the beak of the Greater Coucal 2. A nonvenomous Cave Racer, globally threatened, harmless to humans but not to small vertebrates #naturebeauty #wild #animals

Black-winged Stilt (นกตีนเทียน) ♀'s #maternal behaviours during egg #incubation stage #birding #birdwatching #birdoftheday #waterbirds #birdeggs #wild #birds #parentalcare #naturebeauty #wildlife #nesting #mother #animalbehavior #groundnesting #waders #bathing #cleaning #birdparents #stilt #longlegs

Nesting Black-naped Terns & Long-spined Tripodfish (correct me if my ID is wrong) from a #fishing pier in #Chumphon a few days ago. These #tripodfish were soon released back to the #sea. 🌊 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #marine #birding #birdwatching #ocean #wildlifephotography #animalphotography #naturebeauty

Even a small patch of #grass can be useful for Oriental Pratincoles to avoid #heat stress. Young #chicks also instinctively stay still next to it & blend in with the #environment. #birding #birds #birdwatching #camouflage #naturebeauty #animals #wildlife #behavior #instinct #babybirds #cutebirds

Scattered herbaceous #plant like Annual Seablite (Suaeda maritima) on bare grounds serves as a refuge for Oriental Pratincole #chicks from #heat & predators #birdsoftheday #birds #birding #birdwatching #Thailand #waterbirds #insectivorous #waders #shorebirds #naturebeauty #parentalcare #wildlife

Oriental Pratincole #parents & their precocial #chicks jumping, running, drinking & feeding #birdsoftheday #breedingseason #birds #Thailand #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #waterbirds #waders #shorebirds #parentalcare #wildlife #animals #nesting #animalbehavior #insectivore #ornithology #Aves

Pool/pole dancing Oriental Pratincoles #Territorial? #Play? Or #courtship? #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Thailand #Birdoftheday #birding #birdwatching #birds #behavior #wildlife #animals #waterbirds #naturebeauty #interactions #wild #waders #shorebirds #animalbehavior #ornithology #Aves #bathing #drinking

Interspecific tensions over the puddle between Little Tern, Oriental Pratincole, & Black-winged Stilt #BirdsSeenIn2026 #waterbirds #birdbath #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #thirst #birds #behavior #animalinteractions #animalbehavior #wildlife #animals #bathing #drinking #water #Thailand #aves

A hungry 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 (𝘚𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴) challenging charadriiform #dinosaurs in the heat of the day! #ground #nest #predation #water #monitor #lizard #birds #LittleTern #mob #predator #animals #antipredator #animalbehaviour #wildlife #Thailand #nestpredation #nestingseason #birdparent #summer #herpetology

Painted-snipes are a classic example of reverse sexual dimorphism & roles, as well as convergent evolution—being the closest relatives of the #jacanas not #snipes. Photographed here are Greater Painted-snipes, the most widespread species of this tiny, but widely distributed, family #BirdsSeenIn2026

A gang of 3 Water Monitors providing #ecosystem services as #scavengers on a #dog carcass in the #river in #Kanchanaburi #lizards #dragons #wild #monsters #animals #Thailand #herps #reptiles #herpetology #urbanwildlife #watermonitors #monitorlizards #water #wildlife #eating #harmony #animalbehavior

A nonchalant Greater Coucal mobbed by angry Asian Golden Weavers & a Sunda Pied Fantail while searching for eggs & nestlings in a #colony of the former species #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Thailand #birding #birdwatching #birdnest #predator #naturebeauty #birdsoftheday #nesting #season #nestpredation #birds

Nutaphand's Red-eyed Gecko, Orange-tailed Leaf-toed Gecko, & Lacerated Dtella from #Kanchanaburi, #Thailand The first two species are #endemic to this one Thai province! The last was described from a specimen collected there, hence the alternate name Kanchanaburi Four-clawed Gecko #night #animals

Black-winged Stilt ♀ & ♂ #parents on #incubation duties in a dry aquaculture pond in suburban #SamutPrakan, #Thailand. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheday #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdnest #breedingseason #nesting #naturebeauty #waterbird #animalphotography #wildlifephotography #birds

Some members of the megadiverse Muscicapidae—a family consisting of true flycatchers, true robins & pseudo-thrushes—at Doi Phu Kha, #Thailand months ago. Species names in captions #BirdsSeenIn2026 #blue #flycatchers #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #birds

Asian Emerald Cuckoo ♀, 𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘪 "Mrs Gould's Sunbird" ♂, Mountain Bulbul, & Grey-backed Shrike from Doi Phu Kha National Park earlier this year #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Thailand #naturebeauty #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlife #montane #forest #birds #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

The throat colour of a #bird can appear deceptively pale in certain postures, as evident in this Indochinese Blue Flycatcher ♂ when vocal. Goes to show why multiple photos showing different angles/postures are important #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #BirdoftheDay #flycatcher