BIRD WATCHING SITE AT LIBONG ISLAND

Libong Island is the biggest island in Gan Tang and part of it is announced as Libong Archipelago Sanctuary. The highlight of this island is the bird assembly point and the only source of observing the countrys remaining dugongs. After all, this island is a good place for those who keen on studying nature, muddy forest ecology and sea grass.

40% of Libong Island is occupied with mountains whose peak is
300 meters above the medium sea level. Geographically, the
west side of the island is covered with tall cliffs, and only 3%
of the area is the beach. Goh Libong Resort is situated on the south west.

Goh Libong Sanctuary is noted as a significant wader-watching site in the south. The area is
surrounded by the muddy shore, especially in Toob Beach where flocks of immigrating waders
are found during the cold season.

BIRD-WATCHING SITE

The Kong Kang forest or mangrove forest around Libong
Island are good sources where some types of rare birds be
found such as Brown-Winged Kingfisher, Masked Finfoot,
Black-Necked Stork.
Beaches ans muddy shores along the coast are the substantial
sources of foods for waders like Malasian Plover, the
immigrating birds like Asian Dowicher, Crab Plover, etc.


CRAB PLOVER
The huge white wader with black beak, black rear, black and white wing and long gray legs. Its white head and stern with black rear is obviously seen while flying. It looks for foods on
the water surface. Crab Plover is the rear bird immigrating to Libong Island and beaches in Pang Nga during the cold season.Owing to the decreasing number of immigrating birds, only 1-
2 Crab Plover can be found eachyear.

BLACK-NECKED STORK
This huge majestic looking bird with black beak, head and neck, greenesh black tail, where upper part of the back, breast and belly are white, with black and white wings and long red
legs.