Trip report: Taman Negara, Malaysia (01/05/2022 – 05/05/2022)

My first visit to Peninsula Malaysia since the pandemic.

Trip report: Danum Valley, Malaysia (25/09/2019 – 02/10/2019)

A full week of solo birding at the famous Danum Valley Field Centre.

Trip report: Taman Negara, Malaysia (18/04/2019 – 24/04/2019)

An independent trip to Taman Negara (Kuala Tahan side) in Peninsula Malaysia.

Trip report: Langkawi, Malaysia (08/01/2018 – 12/01/2018)

A short, independently arranged birding trip to Langkawi.

Trip report: Kubah and Borneo Highlands, Borneo, Malaysia (04/07/2018 – 10/07/2018)

A short evening at Semenggoh Nature Reserve, 2.5 days at Kubah and two days at Borneo Highlands. This was my first ever birding trip to Borneo and was frankly a very subpar one.

Trip report: Montane birding at Borneo Sabah (24/02/2019 – 02/03/2019)

The mountain ranges that straddle across Borneo is a treasure trove of avian gems and a trip to this gorgeous island is incomplete without paying homage to its highland endemics. I explored the sub-montane and montane regions of Sabah together with three other friends through a self-guided trip. Although we dipped certain targets – Everette’s Thrush, Fruithunter and Hose’s Broadbill to name a few – the Whitehead’s Trio performed well for us and we had a fairly good run. An unexpected walk-away views from the vocally common but notoriously difficult Mountain Scops Owl was a superb bonus.

Trip report: Taman Negara, Malaysia (23/07/2017 – 31/07/2017)

This report might not come in very handy for serious birders planning a trip to Taman Negara as it merely recounts my first ever serious birding trip when I was still a novice. The venue of this self-guided trip was Taman Negara, a highly accessible lowland rainforest in Peninsular Malaysia. I embarked on the 9-day trip with another friend – also relatively new to Malaysian birding back then – and together we breathed in the remarkable beauty of Southeast Asian tropical rainforest, chasing after every single bird not only because most of them were new to us, but also because our identification skills were pretty horrible back then. We encountered a total of 147 species, of which 23 were heard only.