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#Thailand#Phatthalung#Khuan Khanun#Attraction Thale Noi is a freshwater lake located in Nang Tung Sub-district and Thale Noi Sub-district, Khuan Khanun District, Phatthalung Province. There is a 2 km long Nang Riam Canal connecting Thale Noi and Songkhla Lake.
Thale Noi has been declared a non-hunting area of Thale Noi wildlife. But people often call it ""Thale Noi Bird Park"", which is the first non-hunting area in Thailand under the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and with the abundance of space. And due to the biodiversity of Thale Noi has resulted in the “ Phru Kuan Khi Siant” area of Thale Noi being declared a world wetland or “Ramsar Site”, the first in Thailand on the 13th. Sep 1998
Thale Noi is an area with great biodiversity; ecosystem, wildlife, aquatic animals and plants, especially birds, are abundant.
The highlight of Thale Noi tourism is cruising to see the “Red Lotus Sea” or “Talay Bua Sai”, the most abundant lotus species. In the morning, the lotus sai will bring the bright red flowers in full bloom in the area where this type of lotus grows the most. It is considered another colorful beauty of Thale Noi that has coexists together for a long time. But, lotus flowers bloom only in the morning. After the late morning, it will stop blooming, and lotus flowers will start blooming from mid-February to April.
In addition, during the boat ride to see lotus flowers, you can also see other interesting plants such as water hyacinth, Jak, duckweed, various seaweeds, Krajood, Kong, Liphao, Kok and Samet that stand tall in the terrestrial forest area. Another highlight is seeing different species of birds. The Bird Park at Thale Noi will have more than 287 species of birds, including local birds. And birds migrate from other places according to the season, where the birds are most abundant from January to April. There are hundreds of thousands.
In addition to cruising the birds Bua Thale Noi Lake also has another unique highlight that is famous and famous, which is the “water buffalo”, actually they are buffaloes of the villagers, but the water buffalo is the buffaloes in the area that can adapt to their food sources; when the water in the lake at Thale Noi decreases until it becomes dry in some periods until a shoal appears, there will be a pasture, the buffalo will come up and grazing on the land. But, when the water of Thale Noi has high water content, floods grasslands and floods the buffalo's feeding grounds. These buffaloes will adapt by switching to eating aquatic plants such as lotus leaves, lotus leaves, or algae instead. It will come together to eat food in the water, causing people to call it "water buffalo". The water cruise is depending on the period; during the floods around Dec-Feb, buffaloes can be seen foraging in the water, or buffaloes can swim in a larger number than the low tide range