Wales Weekend

After two weeks in India I headed down to visit Dan in Wales. On the way down we called in at Slimbridge where I was finally able to see Bewick's Swan, my biggest tart. There were a few on the Rushy Pen, and then a few more in the fields adjacent to the reserve. In addition to the Swans there were a few Pintail and Pochard, as well as more common Wildfowl.

-Bewick's Swan

Whilst I was stopping at Dan's we went to go have a look at the female Long-tailed Duck that had set up on Sandy Water Park some ten minutes drive away. On our first visit it was nearly dark and the bird was fairly distant, however it showed incredibly well the next morning, swimming not very far off shore.

-Long-tailed Duck

Species List:

WWT Slimbridge: Mute Swan, Bewick's Swan, Greylag Goose, Pintail, Mallard, Wigeon, Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot, Great Tit, Blue Tit, 

Sandy Water Park: Tufted Duck, Pochard, Long-tailed Duck, Mallard, Mute Swan, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Water Rail, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 

India complete species list

Birds

Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica*

Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus*

Greylag Goose Anser anser rubrirostris

Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos*

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea*

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna     

Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus

Garganey Spatula querquedula

Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata      

Gadwall Mareca strepera           

Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope        

Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha*

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos      

Northern Pintail Anas acuta      

Eurasian Teal Anas crecca           

Common Pochard Aythya ferina

Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula      

Goosander Mergus merganser 

Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus*

Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus*

Gray Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus           

Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus*

Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos*

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis       

Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans*

Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus*

Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus*

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus*

Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala*

Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger*       

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 

Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis*

Asian Darter Anhinga melanogaster*

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus*   

Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis*        

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea          

Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

Great White Egret Ardea alba

Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia*

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus*

Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii                           

Striated Heron Butorides striata              

Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax          

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus  

Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus*

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 

Osprey Pandion haliaetus           

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus*

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus

Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus

Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus*

European Black Vulture Aegypius monachus

Indian Vulture Gyps indicus*

Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis*

Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus     

Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela*

Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus           

Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus limnaeetus* 

Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis*

Indian Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis*

Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastate*

Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga

Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos               

Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata  

Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus         

Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus        

Shikra Accipiter badius

Besra Accipiter virgatus*             

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus   

Black Kite Milvus migrans           

White-tailed Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla*

Pallas's Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus*

Lesser Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus humilis*

Grey-headed Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus*

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus*  

Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca*

Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus*

Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

Sarus Crane Antigone Antigone*

Indian Thick-knee Burhinus indicus*

Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris*

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus      

Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta       

Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii *

River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii*

Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus*

Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus*

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus  

White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus              

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus              

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 

Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis*

Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus          

Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus*

Ruff Calidris pugnax

Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii     

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago       

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus          

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus    

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis        

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola             

Common Redshank Tringa totanus        

Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus*         

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus* 

Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus    

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

River Tern Sterna aurantia*

Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis*

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus               

Feral Pigeon Columba livia

Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis

Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto  

Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica*               

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis*

Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis             

Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica*    

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus*  

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis*

Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultiai*          

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus*

Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius*      

Dusky Eagle-Owl Bubo coromandus*

Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis*    

Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides*       

Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum*

Spotted Owlet Athene brama*
Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia*

Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus*

White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica*               

Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris*   

Little Swift Apus affinis*

Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronate*           

Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis*

Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris*              

Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris*           

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis           

Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis*

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis*             

Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris*

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis*

Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni*

Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis                        

Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis       

Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus*          

Great Barbet Psilopogon virens*

Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus*

Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus*  

Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus*

Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus*

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos nanus*

Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus*

Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocopos auriceps*

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos macei*    

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Dendrocopos mahrattensis*

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus*                            

Himalayan Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis*

Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha*

Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus*    

Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus*

Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii*

Lesser Flameback Dinopium benghalense*

Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus*

Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens*

Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus          

Laggar Falcon Falco jugger*

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus          

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri             

Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana*               

Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala*           

Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri*

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus*              

Common Iora Aegithina tiphia*

Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus*    

Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus   

Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus*

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach*          

Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus*            

Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis           

Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo*

Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii*

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus*     

Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus*      

White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens*

Bronze Drongo Dicrurus aeneus*

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus*       

White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis*

Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius bispecularis

Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus*

Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha*

Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis*

Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda*

Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae*

House Crow Corvus splendens

Eastern Jungle Crow Corvus levaillantii*

Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos*

Northern Raven Corvus corax   

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus*

Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera*

Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla        

Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata*

Crested Lark Galerida cristata*

Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis*

Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris    

Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor*

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii*  

Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

Common House Martin Delichon urbicum           

Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxantha*         

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis*               

Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus*

Coal Tit Periparus ater

Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus*

Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus*

Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys*

Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus*

Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea*

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris*

White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis*

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis*

Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria*

Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana*

Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii*

Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris*

Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer

Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus*

White-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis

Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys*

Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus*

Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata*

Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons*

Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps*   

Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus*

Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita tristis

Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher*

Ashy-throated Warbler                Phylloscopus maculipennis*

Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus*

Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis*

Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei*

Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides*

Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis*

Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos*

Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri*

Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum              

Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius*

Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera*

Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii*

Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis*

Plain Prinia Prinia inornata*

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca          

Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis*

Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus*

Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops*

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys*

Common Babbler Turdoides caudate*

Large Gray Babbler Turdoides malcolmi*

Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata*

White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus*

Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum*      

Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus*

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum*

Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus*

Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis*

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae*

Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae*

Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara*

Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus*           

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica         

Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus*

Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri*

Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus*   

Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis*         

Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus*

Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus*              

Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor*

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata*

Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni*    

Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla*

Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva              

Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis*   

Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus*                    

White-capped Water Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus*       

Blue-capped Redstart Phoenicurus coeruleocephala*

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros     

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris*    

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius   

White-browed Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchus*        

Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus

Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata*

Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferreus*

Brown Rock Chat Cercomela fusca*        

Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti        

Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina            

Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina*          

Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni*

Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola*             

Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma*

Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul*           

Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis           

Asian Pied Starling Gracupica contra*

Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum*

Common Myna Acridotheres tristis         

Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus*

Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii*

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus             

Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda*         

Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis*

Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja*

Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana*    

Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata*

Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis*

Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava

                Syke’s Wagtail M.f.beema

                Grey-headed Wagtail M.f.thunbergi

Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola            

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

White Wagtail Motacilla alba   

                Alba Wagtail M.a.alba

                Amur Wagtail M.a.leucopsis

                Masked Wagtail M.a.personata

                Himalayan Wagtail M.a.alboides

White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis*     

Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus*

Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis

Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii

Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris                

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis            

Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni     

Rock Bunting Emberiza cia          

White-capped bunting Emberiza stewarti*

Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos*     

Scarlet Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Chloris spinoides*

House Sparrow Passer domesticus         

Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans*

Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus*

Red Avadavat Amandava amandava*

Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica      

Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata*

Mammals

Indian Flying Fox Pteropus giganteus

Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii

Golden Jackal Canis aureus

Indian Grey Mongoose Herpestes edwardsi

Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes javanicus

Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica

Indian Elephant Elephas maximus indicus

Wild Boar Sus scrofa

Spotted Deer Axis axis

Indian Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak

Sambar Rusa unicolor

Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus

Himalayan Goral Naemorhedus goral

Reptiles

Indian Rat Snake Ptyas mucosa

Himalayan Agama Paralaudakia himalayana

Yellow-bellied House Gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Yellow Monitor Varanus flavescens

Mugger Crocodile Crocodylus palustris

Gharial Gavialis gangeticus

Brahminy River Turtle Hardella thurjii

Indian Tent Turtle Pangshura tentoria

Indian Roofed Turtle Pangshura tecta

Indian Softshell Turtle Nilssonia gangetica

Amphibians

A frog sp. was seen in the beak of a Black-headed Ibis

Butterflies

Common Mormon Papilio polytes

Psyche Leptosia nina

Indian Large White Pieris canidia

Pioneer Belenois aurota

Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene

Common Emigrant Catopsilia pomona

Mottled Emigrant Catopsilia pyranthe

Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe

Large Salmon Arab Colotis fausta

White Arab Colotis vestalis

White-bordered Copper Lycaena pavana

Sorrel Saphire Heliophorus sena

Large Oakblue Arhopala amantes

Common Pierrot Castalius rosimon

Angled Pierrot Caleta caleta

Common Punch Dodona durga

Common Beak Libythea lepita

Dark Blue Tiger Tirumala septentrionis

Striped Tiger Danaus genutia

Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus

Glassy Tiger Parantica aglea

Common Crow Euploea core

Striped Blue Crow Euploea mulciber

Dark Evening Brown Melanitis phedima

Rustic Cupha erymanthis

Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha

Common Sailor Neptis hylas

Baronet Euthalia nais

Common Map Cyrestis thyodamas

Indian Red Admiral Vanessa indica

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui

Indian Tortoiseshell Aglais cashmiriensis

Blue Pansy Junonia orithiya

Lemon Pansy Junonia lemonias

Peacock Pansy Junonia almanac

Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina

Dragonflies

Black Stream Trithemis festiva

Fulvous Forest Skimmer Neurothemis fulvia

Common Red Skimmer Orthetrum pruinosum

India Day 15 - Okhla Bird Sanctuary

Delhi was a little overwhelming, and that feeling did not wear off the longer you stayed in it. So many people, so much traffic and so much going on all the time it did feel a little too much. I didn’t hate it, but I would be lying if I said I loved it. Every time we tried to cross the road it felt like gambling with life, and going in any form of vehicle made that feeling worse; driving the wrong way down the road in a tuk-tuk was not something I would recommend to anyone visiting India.

Okhla Bird Sanctuary

As we were so restricted in our birding sites, being in Delhi, and that our initial plan was to visit Sultanpur reservoir fell through when that morning we found out that the reserve was closed on Tuesdays. We decided to go to Okhla bird sanctuary, a discount version of Sultanpur, just as somewhere to go and visit.

Our journey across the city was eventful! We took three tuk-tuks, the metro and a substantial walk in the complete wrong direction, before we finally arrived at the reserve at around midday. The smog across the city made viewing difficult, and it soon worsened as a thunderstorm moved in, the only time we saw rain in India. Despite all this, we found it an amazing reserve with thousands of Wildfowl and Hirundines over a large body of water, with Siberian Chiffchaffs in every bush and a nice selection of the species we had grown accustomed to over the last few weeks. We spent a good few hours birding the area before we moved off when the thunderstorm came in.

-Asian Koel

-Startled Shoveler

Highlights

Asian Koel - The only new species for me at the site was a smart female Asian Koel. In contrast to the glossy males, the females had a very smart barring pattern. It showed rather well perched up, before it flew off into the scrub.

Wildfowl - The massive numbers of wildfowl at the park were seriously impressive. The most common duck was Shoveler, but Wigeon, Pochard, Gadwall, Tufted Duck and a number of others were also mingled among the rafts of birds. There were thousands of birds across the water. What was even more impressive was when they all took flight when the thunderstorm moved in. Thousands of Ducks covered the sky in what was a really impressive spectacle.

Species List:

Okhla Bird Sanctuary: Feral Pigeon, Ring-necked Parakeet, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Pintail, Shoveler, Great Cormorant, Marsh Harrier, Moorhen, Coot, Citrine Wagtail, Wigeon, House Crow, Black Kite, Egyptian Vulture, Black-headed Gull, Jungle Babbler, Ashy-headed Prinia, Gadwall, Plain Prinia, Rufous Treepie, Barn Swallow, Bluethroat, Siberian Chiffchaff, Common Tailorbird, Red-vented Bulbul, Bank Myna, Common Myna, Southern Coucal, Grey Heron, White-breasted Waterhen, Purple Heron, Black Drongo, Little Grebe, Black-winged Stilt, Brown-throated Martin, Bar-headed Goose, Teal, Common Shelduck, Asian Koel, Nilgai, Five-striped Palm Squirrel, 

India Day 14 - Kosi River

Ramnagar - Kosi River

Today was our last day birding in the Himalayan foothills, although more like our last morning, our minibus was arriving at 13.00 to take us south to Delhi. I spent the morning birding down by the Kosi River. I and few others were down there from first light for a last gasp chance at tiger, but sadly it did not materialise. There were no new birds, but it was nice to be able to get a last look at many of the species we had grown used to seeing over the past few days. Our journey to Delhi during the afternoon was filled with traffic problems, we did not arrived until 21.00.

Highlights

Pallas’s Fish Eagle - We had seen this species every day from the hotel since we came to Camp Big Cat, of all different ages. However, because we were down at the river from so early we got an individual fly right over our heads, giving fantastic views in the early morning gloom

-Pallas's Fish-Eagle

-Grey-winged Blackbird

-White's Thrush

-Black Redstart 

-Citrine Wagtail

-Red-wattled Lapwing

-White-throated Kingfisher

-Red-whiskered Bulbul

Species List:

Ramnagar - Kosi River: Western Crowned Warbler, Blyth’s Pipit, Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, Large Grey Babbler, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Red-vented Bulbul, Himalayan Bulbul, Black Kite, Pallas Fish Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, Common Kestrel, Steppe Eagle, Peregrine, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Greenish Warbler, Grey-winged Blackbird, White’s Thrush, White-throated Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Crested Kingfisher, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Citrine Wagtail, Grey Bushchat, Oriental Magpie Robin, Long-tailed Shrike, White-browed Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, River Lapwing, Red-wattled Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Wallcreeper, Ring-necked Parakeet, Spangled Drongo, Siberian Chiffchaff, Plumbeous Water Redstart, Olive-backed Pipit, Blue Rock Thrush, White-capped Water Redstart, Black Redstart, Golden Jackal,