The 18th Thailand Bird Fair 2023 is an event organized by the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST) and provides an educational platform for urban people to connect with surrounding nature.

This birding event in Thailand also involves designing activities and collaborating with environmental organizations to raise awareness about the importance and urgency of conservation efforts. Overall, the event is designed to encourage people’s understanding and appreciation of the need for nature conservation.

Thailand Bird Fair 2023

This year’s theme is “Living in Harmony: Birds and Human Co-Existence”. It is where “Birds and Human Co-Existence: the Connection and coexistence between Humans and birds. Regardless of gender or age, you can live together with birds.”

The birding event will also be held from 11-12 November at Queen Sirikit Park, next to Bangkok’s world-famous Chatuchak Market. This park is also shared with another well-known park called Rot Fai Park.

Visitors and birders coming here will see a good mixture of vendors from various conservation networks in Thailand. There will also be other vendors selling merchandise and many other items.

Recently, in February 2023, I had the pleasure of visiting Bangkok for some other work and found time to explore a few of the parks for birding. I did some birdwatching at Benchakitty Park one morning.

Another morning, I went and did some birdwatching at Lumphini Park, which was equally enjoyable as there were not many people around at about 6:00 AM at the park area, just a few people exercising. I have not done the article, but I will link it here once I get it done.

Thailand Bird Fair Activities List

• Bird Walk – A bird walk is one of the event’s highlights as it will take visitors around the park area to identify various garden and park birds in Bangkok. This will be led by a bird leader explaining birds sighted along the walk.
• Thai Bird Super Fan Competition – There is also a unique Thai Bird Super Fan competition, where registered participants can participate in a knowledge-based game to see who will emerge as the overall winner. Sign-up is Required. The competition is divided into four rounds, which are;
  ○ Round 1 – Speed Category (answer the bird-type question from the picture)
  ○ Round 2 – Jigsaw Category
  ○ Round 3 – Bird Sounds Category
  ○ Round 4 – Final Round Questions from the Committee
• Bird Talks – There will be a couple of bird talks taking place here with topics on the Merlin Bird App and also one on the theme, ‘Birds and Humans Co-Existence’.
• Feathered Friends Flock Fashion – This is a competition for children to showcase their courage, express themselves, and dress up as birds. Sign-up Required.
• Biodiversity Challenge – This event allows visitors to explore the biological diversity at Queen Sirikit Park in Bangkok.
• Pak Thale Documentary – A special documentary about children from the Young Shorebird Ambassador Camp.

Thailand Bird Fair 2023

• Date: 11-12 November
• Venue: Queen Sirikit Park, Bangkok
• Website: Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST)

Those taking the BTS train can stop at MoChit Station and walk across to the park where the event is being held. And if you take the Bangkok MRT, take the blue line and get off at Super Rich Chatuchak MRT Station. From here, it is a few minutes walk to the event.

Conclusion

This is the 18th Thailand Bird Fair 2023, which has quite a large following and is very active in the kingdom. For us at Birdwatching Asia, we hope to be invited to this amazing birding event in Bangkok, Thailand, in the future.

To anyone attending the bird fair in Bangkok, make sure you have a wonderful time and share some photos with us. Hopefully, we can meet at other birdwatching events and festivals around Southeast Asia.