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Virtual birding trip in Thailand to Phetchaburi Rice Fields, with me to see some breeding season rice field birds. Watch this other virtual birding trip in Thailand too - https://youtu.be/k_8mgs-sXxg Birding in Thailand rice fields is an experience that always provides many interesting bird sightings. The breeding season is a good time to see some species at their best, in their colourful breeding plumage including three species of weaver birds. I always visit Phetchaburi rice fields when I am leading birding tours in Thailand for its high concentration of birds and large number of species that can be seen in a short space of time. In this video of my birding adventures in Thailand I show birders species as varied as Bronze-winged Jacana, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Javan Pond Heron, Streaked Weaver, Asian Openbill, Lesser Whistling Duck, Zitting Cisticola and the incredible nests of Baya Weaver; just some of the birds in this virtual birding trip. Follow me on Instagram - @nickuptonbirding SUBSCRIBE to Birding with Nick Upton: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_oYlEXUwFyXCEZoaqlGQA?sub_confirmation=1 Videoed Using: Canon 7D Mark II - https://amzn.to/2BaM3vm Canon EF 100-400mm f4-5-5.6L IS II Lens - https://amzn.to/2XMcbUT Panasonic Lumix FZ300 bridge camera - https://amzn.to/3e5bq0d If you are going birding in Thailand I highly recommend this field guide, it's the one I use - https://amzn.to/2ZwdJF7 Watch more videos of birds in Bangkok next - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKPNVXzWV8HzfD-W5isL2cpiPa_3Q228e Check out my Birding Blog http://www.dartfordwaffler.co.uk Filmed at Phetchaburi Rice Fields - http://thaibirding.com/locations/central/petchaburi-rice-fields.htm #birding #birdingwithnickupton #birds

White fronted Goose, Anser albifrons, is a species that winters regularly on marshes in Eastern England but in over forty years of birding my local patch, along the Darent Valley in Kent, UK, I have never previously seen them. When I got a message from a friend that there was an arrival of three White-fronted Geese (also known as Greater White-fronted Goose) in a nearby field I diverted my walk to visit this spot. These are Russian White-fronted Geese, the subspecies albifrons, which can be told from the pinkish colour of their bills. White fronted Goose is a bird that is used to very cold winter weather but I am not and it was quite uncomfortable recording these geese. I have left the wind noise on the audio to convey a little of how fierce the weather was while I was watching these White-fronted Geese. Follow me on Instagram - @nickuptonbirding SUBSCRIBE to Birding with Nick Upton: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_oYlEXUwFyXCEZoaqlGQA?sub_confirmation=1 Video recorded using; Canon 7D Mark II - https://amzn.to/2BaM3vm Canon EF 100-400mm f4-5-5.6L IS II Lens - https://amzn.to/2XMcbUT Panasonic Lumix FZ300 bridge camera - https://amzn.to/3e5bq0d Sound recorded using; Boya BY-MM1 Shotgun Video Microphone - https://amzn.to/2EXgck9 Watch more videos of British Birds next - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKPNVXzWV8HxPsOMyL-H4hFU_g7l5dNI- Check out my Birding Blog http://www.dartfordwaffler.co.uk #birding #birdingwithnickupton #birds

Murmurations of Starlings are one of the most impressive displays to be seen in British birding, a synchronized display of flight from a Common Starling flock (also known as European Starling). When walking on the North Kent marshes I came across this amazing bird murmuration performing mass bird flocking on bushes, trees and reeds as well starling mass flight every time they were disturbed by a predator such as a passing Marsh Harrier. Common Starling, Sturnus vulgaris, might be one of the world's most numerous birds and familiar to many birders across the globe but a Common Starling murmuration is still a sight to make most birders stop and marvel. Follow me on Instagram - @nickuptonbirding SUBSCRIBE to Birding with Nick Upton: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_oYlEXUwFyXCEZoaqlGQA?sub_confirmation=1 Video recorded using; Canon 7D Mark II - https://amzn.to/2BaM3vm Canon EF 100-400mm f4-5-5.6L IS II Lens - https://amzn.to/2XMcbUT Panasonic Lumix FZ300 bridge camera - https://amzn.to/3e5bq0d Sound recorded using; Boya BY-MM1 Shotgun Video Microphone - https://amzn.to/2EXgck9 Watch more videos of British Birds next - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKPNVXzWV8HxPsOMyL-H4hFU_g7l5dNI- Check out my Birding Blog http://www.dartfordwaffler.co.uk #birding #birdingwithnickupton #birds

PurpleSandpipers feeding in winter are almost exclusively found on rocky coasts. But, in areas where rocks are few, ma-made breakwaters make perfectly acceptable habitat which is where I found these birds at Foreness in Kent, Southeast England. SUBSCRIBE to Birding with Nick Upton: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_oYlEXUwFyXCEZoaqlGQA?sub_confirmation=1 Video recorded using; Canon 7D Mark II - https://amzn.to/2BaM3vm Canon EF 100-400mm f4-5-5.6L IS II Lens - https://amzn.to/2XMcbUT Panasonic Lumix FZ300 bridge camera - https://amzn.to/3e5bq0d Sound recorded using; Boya BY-MM1 Shotgun Video Microphone - https://amzn.to/2EXgck9 Watch more video clips of shorebirds next - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKPNVXzWV8Hx_a6BZH-Pv0qLnfPjaTUyS Check out my Birding Blog http://www.dartfordwaffler.co.uk #birding #birdingwithnickupton #birds

Oystercatcher gatherings can be very spectacular particularly their flight to roost in large numbers at Shellness in Kent, UK. At this location Eurasian Oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, feed on the mudlflats exposed at low tide and then as the tide comes in birders can watch the oystercatcher spectacular flight to roost as they move in small groups at first, then in larger numbers to collect at their high tide roost in a flock of up to 2000 birds. In this birding video I share one of my favourite birding spectacles with others. SUBSCRIBE to Birding with Nick Upton: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_oYlEXUwFyXCEZoaqlGQA?sub_confirmation=1 Video recorded using; Canon 7D Mark II - https://amzn.to/2BaM3vm Canon EF 100-400mm f4-5-5.6L IS II Lens - https://amzn.to/2XMcbUT Panasonic Lumix FZ300 bridge camera - https://amzn.to/3e5bq0d Go Pro Hero 4 Silver - https://amzn.to/33VAcfg Sound recorded using; Boya BY-MM1 Shotgun Video Microphone - https://amzn.to/2EXgck9 Boya BY-M1 Lavalier Clip-on Microphone - https://amzn.to/3jIrF5O Check out this book Shorebirds; it's old but I love this book & it is still the best. There are usually some really cheap second hand copies available online - https://amzn.to/2ZRYg2A Watch more British Shorebirds videos next - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKPNVXzWV8HxPsOMyL-H4hFU_g7l5dNI- Check out my Birding Blog http://www.dartfordwaffler.co.uk #birding #birdingwithnickupton #birds

Although 2020 might not have been the best of years I was still lucky enough to be able to enjoy seeing a lot of good birds in a variety of habitats. In this video I present short clips of my birding video highlights of 2020, one species for each month of the year. My best birds of the year captured on video. SUBSCRIBE to Birding with Nick Upton: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_oYlEXUwFyXCEZoaqlGQA?sub_confirmation=1 Video recorded using; Canon 7D Mark II - https://amzn.to/2BaM3vm Canon EF 100-400mm f4-5-5.6L IS II Lens - https://amzn.to/2XMcbUT Panasonic Lumix FZ300 bridge camera - https://amzn.to/3e5bq0d Sound recorded using; Boya BY-MM1 Shotgun Video Microphone - https://amzn.to/2EXgck9 Boya BY-M1 Lavalier Clip-on Microphone - https://amzn.to/3jIrF5O Watch all of my birding videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKPNVXzWV8HyA9gJvmq5Zl4FkbW2H7zuc Check out my Birding Blog http://www.dartfordwaffler.co.uk #birding #birdingwithnickupton #birds