From Melaka, we drove to Kuala Rompin by taking the Tangkak - Segamat - Muadzam - Kuala Rompin road. Once reaches Kuala Rompin, we went to look for a place to overnite and choose a budget chalet runs by the Persatuan Nelayan Kuala Rompin. They don't have many chalet, I think they have only around 10 chalet located just next to the beach. The room that we took cost us RM90.00 per nite. The room is clean and tidy.
After we checked in, we straightly went out for birding. We're looking for waders and we went to a few beach site to look for them.
At one of the spot, I saw my first Malaysian Plover. I had been told that we can't find Malaysian Plover on the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, so the only chance to see them would be at the East Coast. I saw quite a few of them and took some photographed using my Sony A550 + Tokina 400mm + 2x Tamron Teleconverter in Manual Focus Mode.
The Malaysian Plover can be classified as near threatening species as the population estimated is only at 10,000 individual.
On this trip, we're not only encountered the Malaysian Plover but also some other waders species and gulls.
This 2 days and 1 night trip was a good trip for me as I had managed to get a few 'lifer' and got lots of tips from the senior birder. I would definitely return to Kuala Rompin for waders even.
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