Thailand · Phetchaburi
Laem Phak Bia – "abandoned building" salt pans
186 species and 15,166 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 108 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Great EgretArdea alba
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Long-toed StintCalidris subminutaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laem Phak Bia – Environmental Research & Development Project2 km245 species
- Laem Phak Bia – salt pans E of Hwy. 40283 km210 species
- Hat Chao Samran – Thetsaban 4 Alley wetlands3 km179 species
- Laem Phak Bia – sandspit4 km200 species
- Pak Thale Nature Reserve – salt pans by the junction13 km150 species
- Pak Thale Nature Reserve13 km256 species
All 186 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Indian Stone-curlew Burhinus indicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laem Phak Bia – "abandoned building" salt pans?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 108 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laem Phak Bia – "abandoned building" salt pans?
186 species, from 15,166 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laem Phak Bia – "abandoned building" salt pans in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-winged Stilt, Little Egret, Marsh Sandpiper, Great Egret and Red-necked Stint.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.