Thailand, world wader capital? My recent trip to Thailand was long overdue, I had bought a field guide in Hong Kong in 1993 intending to visit but never got round to it. I went primarily for two waders I needed, but thoroughly enjoyed all of it due to the variety of species. My particular interests are dictated by photography now, waders, raptors, owls, kingfishers and bee-eaters being among my favoured f amilies. Waders en masse are always great, hence the title, but the main point about Thailand is, like Hong Kong before it, the range of species. We recorded 40 species, but there is nowhere else where you can easily see Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Nordmann's Greenshank, Asiatic Dowitcher and Great Knot in the same area, plus Malaysian Plover and White-fronted Plover not far away. The last two were ticks for me, and they are usually seen on a boat trip, at the end of which you exit on to a sand bar and hope. Apparently the recently described White-fronted Plover is becoming scarce in...