Laem Phak Bia

The area is not a national park, the land being privately owned, but it is a favoured location for bird-watchers where they can see a wide variety of shorebirds.

Further south lies the village of Laem Phak Bia, and beyond that the beach resort of Hat Chao Samran which has accommodation and facilities for visitors.

[5] On the saltpans nearby, the spoon-billed sandpiper is reliably present from November to March, inclusive,[1] and the painted stork, the red-necked phalarope and the pied avocet can also often be seen.

The narrowleaf catstail (Typha angustifolia) has been found to accumulate large quantities of lead and remove the contamination from the soil.

[6] A 2004 proposal to build the 50 km (31 mi) Laem Phak Bia bridge over the Bay of Bangkok, the northern tip of the Gulf of Thailand, were shelved in 2005 on environmental grounds after concern from King Bhumibol.