Category: Uttaranchal

Birding in Pangot

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Birding in Pangot, Uttaranchal

Pangot is one of the best places to do birding and is a birdwatcher’s paradise. The place has almost 250 species of birds, both resident and the migratory birds that come here. The best season for bird watching is from Nov-Mar.

How to get there: Pangot is about 15-20kms from Nainital.

Who to bird with: Hari Lama is one of the renowned birders in the area. http://www.harilama.in.

 

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Himalayan Bluetail male
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Grey backed shrike
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Black faced Warbler
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Yellow browed Tit
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Yellow breasted Greenfinch (male and female)
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Grey Bushchat male
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Grey Bushchat female
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Blue capped Redstart
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Scaly breasted Munia
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Whiskered Yuhinia
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Green Shrike Babbler
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White tailed Nuthatch
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Olive backed pipit
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Common Chifchaff
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Plumbeous Water Redstart
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Slaty Blue Flycatcher
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Grey hooded Warbler
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Whitethroated Laughingthrushes
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Eurasian jay
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Blackheaded Jay
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Golden Bush Robin
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Longtailed Shrike
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Whitebrowed shrike babbler female
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Coal Tit

Birding in Sattal

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A bird-watching trek to the town of Sattal, located in Uttaranchal, India

The lower Himalayas is home to a hundreds of indigenous birds of India. Adding to the local avian fauna are the migratory birds who make the lower himalayas their home every winter. An opportunity to see such a vast range of birds took me to Sattal. Sattal, the land of seven lakes, is in the lower Himalayan region in the state of Uttaranchal and is home to a vast variety of indigenous & migratory birds, approximately over 230 in number. Over one weekend, I got to see and click over 50 beautiful birds that one can never ever see over the metro skyline.

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Khaleej Pheasant (male)
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Rufous-bellied Niltava
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Himalayan Bulbul
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Mountain Bulbul
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Red-Billed Blue Magpie
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Greater Yellownape ( Male & Female)
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Oriental Turtle Dove
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Red-Billed Leiothrix
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Grey-headed Woodpecker
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Brown-fronted Woodpecker (male)
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Himalayan Bluetail
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Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
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Great Barbet
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Dusky Eagle Owl
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Blue Whistling Thrush
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Rufous Sibia
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Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Male)
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Oriental White Eye
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Blue-fronted Redstart

Where to go: Sattal & Pangot are popular locations for bird watching. Both are at app 300 kms from Delhi and can be accessed by road or rail that goes till Haldwani & Kathgodam.

When to Go: Nov-Feb is best time; the  weather is good and the avian population comes to life in the North Indian winter.