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Bangkok & Pangpoo
Bangkok, Metropolis
Bangkok or Krung Thep which means the City of Angels was constructed in 1782 or 224 years ago. Presently, Bangkok has approximately 10 million populations and it is considered one of the biggest city in the world. Bangkok is the capital city in Thailand,
Attractions
Cultural Heritage, the Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Temple of the Dawn, Chao Phraya River and Canals (once Venice of the East), Shopping Paradise, Excellent Seafood and Local Dishes, Superb Seaside Resorts and Good Accommodation, Extensive Tours all over the country, Thai Boxing, Thai Classical Dances, Golfing, and Other Entertainments.
 Birding site in Bangkok
Bangkok is the concrete forest. It is solidly constructed by the skyscrapers, building and villages. There are 130 kinds of birds found in Bangkok ! There are 60 kinds of resident birds approximately. Mostly, the birds live in the big parks of Bangkok , which have a lot of trees, water sources and bird food. They are the popular points of Thai and foreign bird watchers.
Lumphini Park
The park is a 140-acre park in Bangkok, Thailand. It is an oasis of greenery in the Thai capital and contains an artificial lake where visitors can rent boats. Lumpini Park was created in the 1920s by King Rama VI on royal property. A statue of the king stands at the southwestern entrance to the park. It was named for Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha in Nepal, and at the time of its creation stood on the outskirts of the city.
Today it lies in the heart of the main business district and is in the Lumphini sub-district, on the north side of Rama IV Road , between Ratchadamri Road and Witthayu Road . Lumphini Park is one of the very few areas of the Thai capital that is still patrolled by mounted policemen. It has the city's first public library and dance hall. During winter time, the Palm Garden of Lumphini Park becomes the site for the annual Concert in the Park festival featuring classical music by the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and other bands and very important to birding site in Bangkok have bird list about 120 specie are found all year. As such Coppersmith Barbet, Indian Roller, Oriental Magpie Robin, Black-collared Starling, Olive-backed Sunbird, Common Iora, Pied Fantail, Common Kole, Black-shoulder Kite, Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, White-throated Kingfishr, White-breasted Waterhen.
How to get there
The Park is passed by the Bangkok Subway (MRT) with Lumphini station and other way by Bangkok Sky Train get down Lumphini station.
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Chatuchak Park
Adjoining the Chatuchak Weekend Market 
to the north is the Chatuchak Park complex, covering 1.13 km? of a former State Railway of Thailand golf course consisting of Chatuchak Park,
Queen Sirikit Park and Wachirabenchatat Park
The Chatuchak Park (0.304 km?) is the first park in the complex opened in December 1980. Located on Phahon Yothin Road right next to the Mo ChitBTS station, it is the most accessible park of the three. Also included in this park is the Train Museum .
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The Queen Sirikit Park (0.224 km?) is a botanical garden built to honor the Queen's 60th birthday in 1992. It was formally opened in December 1996. Some of the plants collected in the garden include hibiscus, plumeria and palms. Within the park compound is the Children's Museum. The park is located behind Chatuchak weekend market parking lot.
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The Wachirabenchatat Park (0.600 km?) is the biggest and newest park of the complex. It was called State Railway Public Park ( ÊÇ¹Ã¶ä¿ , read Suan Rot Fai) but was renamed in July 2002 to honor HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn's 50th birthday. It contains a butterfly park and the tallest fountain in Thailand .
The three of Parks is good location to bird watching in Bangkok, Do you can enjoy many kind of birds, in half day trip you can see more 35 specie(winter). However the park have some any kind different specie bird in Lumphini park as such Common Kingfisher, Pied Starling, Green Bee-eater, Grey-cpped Woodpecker, Spotted Owlet, Red-wattled Lapwing, Common Kestrel. The some specie bird to escape from the case in weekend market but now present all year as such Thick-billed Pigeon, White-crested Laughingthrush, Black Magpie, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Hoopoe, Golden-fronted Leafbird.
If you get there in weekend, you can enjoy shopping in ChatuchakMarket or weekend market is the largest market in Thailand, and largest of the world. Frequently called J.J., it covers over 35 acres (1.13 km?) and contains upwards of 15,000 stalls. It is estimated that the market receives between 200,000 and 300,000 visitors each day. Most stalls only open on Saturdays and Sundays. The market offers a wide variety of products including household items, clothing, Thai handicrafts, religious artifacts, collectibles, foods, live animals and cheap the filed guide to the birds of Thailand.
How to get there
The Park is passed by the Bangkok Subway (MRT) with four stations - Kamphaeng Phet, Chatuchak Park, Phahon Yothin and Lat Phrao. The MRT station Bang Sue is just slightly outside Chatuchak park. It is also the northern end-point of the Bangkok Skytrain with the Mo Chit station. Also the Northern Bus Terminal (often called Mo Chit Mai, ËÁͪԴãËÁè) is located in the district, with the bus connection to all northern provinces starting there.
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Mean Buri
It is located in the north east of Bangkok . The environmental places are farms, orchard and ponds, which are maintained to be the natural condition. It is the good birding site of Bangkok , but it is unknown except the Wild Bird.
The resident bird that can be often found and taken the photo easily is Bronze-winged Jacana, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Common Moorhen, Little Grebe, Spot-billed Pelican, Asian Openbill Stork, Plain Prinia, Asian Golden Weaver, Baya Weaver, Ashy Wood swallow,
Bang Pu Nature Reserve, about 12 km east of the town center, has a big bird population. Especially during the winter the Sakdi pier at Bang Pu is very popular for Thai people feeding the wintering seagulls. The park is run jointly by the Royal Thai Army and the Thai WWF, and was officially established at the 72nd birthday of Queen Sirikit in 2004.
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Bang Pu Nature Reserve
Bang Pu is located in Samut Prakarn Province ,
12 kilometres from the provincial town, Samut Prakarn, and 37km. from Bangkok
The site is utilized by the Royal Thai Army,who has legal tenure of the land,
as a rehabilitation facility for soldiers.
The site encompasses a total of area
of 639 rai.
Bang Pu also supports large numbers of wintering gulls and terns, many of whom have been breeding up in China Europe and will be arriving at Bang Pu in September – November and migrant back in April. Especially during the winter the Sakdi pier at Bang Pu is very popular for Thai people feeding the thousand seagulls as such Black-headed Gull, Brown-headed Gull, Common Tern, Little Tern, Whiskered Tern, and include specie rare one of Black-tailed Gull, Heuglin’s Gull, Pallas’s Gull, Great Frigatebird.
Migrant waders include Plovers, Greater and Lesser Sand Plover, Little Ringed and Kentish Plover, Grey and Golden Plover, Redshank and Greenshank, Turnstone, Sandpipers and Stints as well as Black-winged Stilts. 36 species in total.
Birds commonly encountered within the reserve include Little cormorant, Little and Great Egrets, Little Green Heron, and Black-crowned Night-Heron. The area has water snakes, mudskippers, fiddler crabs, shellfish, crustaceans and other fauna.
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