Trip Report - Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
Organizer - India Footprints
India Footprints a package tour operator organized a briding tour to Bharatpur - Chambal River Valley - Sattal - Corbett National Park in India.
Bharatpur is a well known wetland in the state of Rajasthan in India. It is spread over an area of 29 square kilometers and encompasses wetlands, scrub forest and small patches of grassland and forest canopy.
Bharatpur is home to approximately three hundred species of birds including winter migrants. Hence it is best destination for birding expedition in India to checklist a large number of bird species. On our two day trip we visited a near by reservoir called Ban Baretha which is a lrage water body about fifty kilometers away.
We were able to checklist more than two hundred species in our three day.
Among the noteable species were:
Eurasian Sparrow Hawk
Greater Spotted Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Shikra
Eurasian Marsh Harrier
Siberian Ruby Throat
Grey Night Jar
Large Tailed Nightjar
Ruddy Shelduck Duck
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Wigeon
Shoveller
Common Teal
Lesser Whistling Teal
Comb Duck
Red Crested Pochard
Spot Billed Duck
Sarus Crane
Wooly Necked Crane
Brown Fish Owl
Dusky Fish Owl
Spotted Owlet
Indian Scops Owl
Dusky Crag Martin
Oriental Skylark
Paddy Field Pippit
Richard's Pippit
Rufous Tailed Lark
Zitting Cisticola
Sarus Crane
Rosy Pelican
Spoon Bill
Great Cormorant
Tickell's Thrush
Black Headed Ibis
Red Rumped Swallow
Whiskered Tern
River tern
White Capped Bunting
Spanish Sparrow
We were unable to see the Indian Skimmer at Ban Baretha but did see it at Chambal River Sanctuary.
Over all the trip was a big success with our foreign birders making the most of the bounty.