Start/End Time:
Usually 5am start until 6pm everyday but can vary.
Transport:
4*4 Car
When to go:
December to May, though different sites have somewhat differing seasonal highs for species and times can shift year on year.
Species:
Angkor Wat
Forest Wagtail, White-throated Rock Thrush, Black Bazza, Red-breasted Parakeet, Blossom-headed Parakeet, Asian Barred Owlet, Common Hill Myna, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Hainan Blue-flycatcher, plus other semi evergreen forest species
Prek Toul
Birds: Greater Adjutant, Lesser Adjutant, Painted Stork, Milky Stork, Black-headed Ibis, Grey-headed Fish-eagle, Spot-billed Pelican
Mammals: Silvered Langur, Long-tailed Macaque, Smooth-coated Otter, Hairy-nosed Otter
ATT
Birds: Sarus Crane, Milky Stork, Painted Stork, Greater Adjutant, Greater Spotted Eagle, Black-necked Stork, Black-headed Ibis, Rufous-winged Buzzard, Comb Duck, Spotted Wood-owl
Mammals: Eld’s Deer
Stoung Bengal Florican Conservation Area:
Bengal Florican, Sarus Crane, Small Buttonquail, Manchurian Reed-warbler, Pied Harrier
Tmat Boey:
Birds: Giant Ibis, White-shouldered Ibis, Pale-capped Pigeon, Wooly-necked Stork, Black-headed Woodpecker, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, Streak-throated Woodpecker, Spotted Wood-owl, Brown Wood-owl, Brown Fish-owl, Oriental Scops Owl, Brown Prinia, White-browed Fantail
Mammals: Indochinese Ground Squirrel, Cambodian Striped Squirrel
Kratie
Birds: Mekong Wagtail, Cambodian Tailorbird, Asian Golden Weaver, Yellow-breasted Bunting
Mammals: Irrawaddy Dolphin
Habitat
Angkor Wat
Deciduous dipterocarp forest with semi-evergreen forest patches.
Prek Toul
Seasonally flooded forest and scrub. Open water retreats to reveal muddy lakeshore.
ATT
A large reservoir surrounded by rice paddies, with a range of grassland and sedge habitats on the northern edge, and a small area of degraded deciduous forest.
Stoung Bengal Florican Conservation Area:
Seasonally inundated outer-floodplain grassland with some small areas of scrub.
Tmat Boey
Lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest, often mistakenly referred to as dry forest. Trapeangs dot the landscape and there are fairly extensive areas of bamboo in riverine areas.
Beng Melea
Deciduous dipterocarp forest with semi-evergreen forest patches.
Kratie
Large low-land river with small rocky islands covered in dense bush. Rice field birding.