Sunday rolled around and the weather nice, so both Carly and I decided to head out to our favourite national park for a wander and a bit of wildlife spotting. As we drove into the park it became apparent that the butterfly season was well and truly underway. Every puddle seemed to be edged by …
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Wildlife in Action
Its been a while since I've posted anything but I haven't been stagnant. In fact I've been busy collecting material for my photo galleries page which is severely lacking in content at this time. So far I've managed to compile a damselfly gallery, a lizard gallery and an amphibians gallery which you can see here Photo Galleries. …
New House New Wildlife – Part 2
Since moving to the new house I've spent at least part of every evening walking around the garden or the neighborhood looking for wildlife and so far I haven't been disappointed. The heavy rain has brought lots of wildlife to our garden and one of the most exciting visitors we've had so far was an South-East Asian …
New House New Wildlife
Last weekend we packed up all our things and moved to a new house out of the town and nearer to beach (1 minute away). The house is slowly starting to feel like home and all of our things are unpacked. Time for some exploring and wildlife spotting! These seems to be a lot of dragonflies …
Slow Loris
I’ll never forget the first time I Saw a slow loris in real life…….. We were new to Phang-nga and still getting used to seeing so much wildlife especially right outside our front door. One day we heard our dog (Bones) barking insesantly and when we went to investigate she was standing looking out of …
Forest Lizards
It seems like I cant go for a walk these days without spotting a Forest Crested Lizard (Calotes emma) or two, or three..or a hundred! They're often pretty relaxed and you can usually get quite close to them before they make a run for it. Sometimes if it's a particularly confident one they'll puff out …
Lounging Lizards
Thailand is home to a species of Lizard that you see everywhere and one that I have grown to love over the years living here. They are the Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) and as the name suggests you'll often spot them in gardens. They love to drape themselves over bushes, cling to the sides of …
Tiger Beetles
You know how you can walk past something a thousand times without ever really noticing it, but then once you've seen it once you start to see it everywhere? Well for me that thing is Tiger Beetles. Ever since I first spotted some by a river earlier this month I've been seeing them everywhere! They're …
Dougie the Owl (Part 3)
If this is the first you've heard of Dougie, make sure to check out these links for the full story Dougie The Owl (Part 1) and Dougie the Owl (Part 2) ) So, Dougie was now eating well and producing some impressive pellets but he still had a long way to go before we could release …
Dougie the Owl (Part 2)
So, now we had an owl living with us, recovering it's strength and getting ready for the day we’d release him back into the wild. You can read how we ended up with an owl here Dougie The Owl (Part 1) I hit the books and the internet hard trying to learn as much about Barn …
Nick's Wild Life 