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Birding with UK birders 12-16 Mar 2020

Posted by wengchun Saturday, March 14, 2020

After a gap with no birding tour (several cancellation due to global virus outbreak), finally I get to guide a group of birdwatchers from UK. Started from the city, we head towards lowland forest near Bentong and then towards the Genting valley. Next, we visited Bukit Tinggi, Fraser's Hill and end the trip with a walk in mangrove nature reserve.

BINGO! A Banded Kingfisher

Spent a short time for Babbler and Bulbul

Encountered a family of Siamang feeding on a fruiting tree

Dennis spotted a big raptor!

Spotted the Orange-breasted Trogon

then, comes the golden chicken ...ahem... Ferruginous Partridge 😁

Millipede. It's small but always attract attention

Target bird doesn't want to come out into the open this afternoon. Very obscured sighting initially but at the end we had good views.

Morning birding provided us with unbelievable number of male Red-headed Trogon as well as other birds.

We tried several times for Malaysian Partridge and finally nailed it at it's usual ground

Linda and Mel with their reward of the day! 😁

The morning walk at the mangrove reserve is generally hot but still able to get several good species

Steve got something to show to the group

Keith waiting at the back for his turn to get a better view of a Laced Woodpecker

On the way back to Kuala Lumpur, we made a quick stop for Pitta, 2 species of it

...concluded with a Blue-winged Pitta

















Birding with UK birders 12-16 Mar 2020



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I'm a bird watcher, digiscoper, photographer and a licensed nature guide. Welcome to my 'A Malaysian Birder' blog. I will post my bird sightings and photographs on this blog. I started bird watching while studying in university. After graduating with a degree in forestry specializing in parks and recreation management, I have been attached to the parks and gardens industry. My past work experiences involve conducting environmental education program, bird watching and many more. When I go out to the field, I will usually have my Leica Ultravid 10x32 binocular and Kowa TSN-501 spotting scope with me. This is the lightest setup for me as I prefer to go light these days. There are times, I will have my parabolic microphone in the field for recording bird calls.

In the past, I will have my Kowa BDXD 8x32 binocular, Zoom H2N recorder, Kowa TSN-501 and my favorite Nikon1 V1 with a 70-300mm lens. This is the lightest setup I have tried.

Bird Watching Tours

There are quite a number of birding groups from Australia, United States and United Kingdom that come over to Malaysia annually visiting the traditional key sites that include Kuala Selangor, Fraser's Hill and Taman Negara. There is not doubt that the 3 sites are the preferred birding sites in Peninsular Malaysia. So if you are coming over for birding and intend to hire a guide, you can send me an email at nature2pixel@gmail.com and go over to posting section to view photos and summary of trip reports with testimonials from past clients.

Besides following the traditional route, I also customized trip according to clients needs, preference and interests. So there are some local patches that I can introduce to all bird watchers, digiscopers and photographers.

Here are a few of my favorite birding spots around Kuala Lumpur.

• Kuala Selangor - the habitats include mangrove forest. Good for woodpecker and kingfisher. Some amount of walking is required on flat terrain.

• Fraser's Hill - one of the traditional key sites for birding in Peninsular Malaysia and still the best place to visit. Elevation between 900 - 1200m above sea level. The species found here are different from the city of Kuala Lumpur. Targets may include Trogon, Woodpecker, Partridge, Laughingthrush, Leafbird, Spiderhunter and Sunbird.

• Hulu Langat - one of the most visited birding spot due to its proximity from the city centre. Walking is required but on easy terrain in this lowland forest. Sometimes need to wait at fruiting trees. Generally a good spot for Broadbill, Kingfisher, and Babbler.

• Bukit Tinggi - An alternative spot if you do not want to spend too long hours travelling to Fraser's Hill. It's about 900m to 1,000m above sea level and you get a combination of lowland and highland species at this elevation. Walking is required but just a short distance. Traditional known for Broadbill, Hornbill, Partridge and Pheasant.

• Gombak-Ampang - Generally recommended for photographers targeting Blue-eared Kingfisher and at times during fruiting season, it attracts many species of Bulbul and Barbet. Located in urban area.

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