land of raptors

[Resident Birds ] :-

Kalij pheasant
Koklass pheasant
Cheer pheasant
Red junglefowl
Hill partridge
Rufous throated partridge
Black francolin
White breasted waterhen
Red wattled lapwing
Oriental turtle dove
Spotted dove
Emerald dove
Slaty headed parakeet
Plum headed parakeet
Drongo cuckoo
Banded bay cuckoo
Brown wood owl
Brown fish owl
Tawny fish owl
Mountain scops owl
Asian barred owlet
Collared owlet
Common kingfisher
White breasted kingfisher
Crested kingfisher
Great barbet
Blue throated barbet
Black naped woodpecker
Greater yellownape
Lesser yellownape
Scaly bellied woodpecker
Himalayan flameback
Brown fronted woodpecker
Fulvous breasted woodpecker
Rufous bellied woodpecker Speckled piculet
Orange bellied leafbird
Barn swallow
Streak throated swalllow
Black drongo
Ashy drongo
Bronzed drongo
Long tailed shrike
Black headed jay
Common green magpie
Red billed blue magpie
Grey treepie
Long tailed minivet
Scarlet minivet
Black bulbul
Himalayan bulbul
Mountain bulbul
Ashy bulbul
Red vented bulbul
Rusty cheeked scimitar babbler
Black chinned babbler
Red billed leiothrix
Blue winged shiva
Rufous sibia
Rufous chinned laughing thrush
Striated laughing thrush
Streaked laughing thrush
White throated laughing thrush
White crested laughing thrush
White throated fantail Chestnut headed tesia
Grey hooded warbler
Whistler’s warbler
Grey breasted prinia
Himalayan prinia
Hume’s leaf warbler
Lemon rumped warbler
Buff barred warbler
Oriental magpie robin White capped redstart
Plumbeous water redstart
Slaty backed forktail
Spotted forktail
Brown dipper
Indian robin
Common stonechat
Grey bushchat
Blue whistling thrush
Great tit
Himalayan black lored tit
Green backed tit
Black throated bush tit
Bar tailed treecreeper
Grey wagtail
White browed wagtail
Black throated sunbird
Crimson sunbird
Purple sunbird
Russet sparrow
Mountain hawk eagle
Black kite
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Shikra
Besra
Crested serpent eagle
Chestnut bellied nuthatch
Velvet fronted nuthatch

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[Summer visitors] :-

Wedge tailed green pigeon
Asian koel
Greater coucal
Large tailed nightjar
Grey nightjar
Long tailed broadbill
Spot winged starling
Chestnut tailed starling
Ultramarine flycatcher
Little pied flycatcher
Blue throated blue flycatcher
Grey headed canary flycatcher
Verditer flycatcher
Indian paradise flycatcher
Indian blue robin
Blue capped rock thrush
Orange headed thrush
Pied thrush
Scaly breasted munia

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[Winter migrants] :-

Steppe eagle
Wallcreeper
Eurasian woodcock
Common sandpiper
Green sandpiper
Rufous gorgeted flycatcher
Slaty blue flycatcher
Small niltava
Rufous bellied niltava
Scaly wren babbler
Chestnut headed tesia
Pink browed rosefinch
Himalayan goldfinch
Vineceous rosefinch
Common rosefinch
Dark breasted rosefinch
Yellow breasted greenfinch
Maroon oriole
Bar winged flycatcher shrike
Eurasian jay
Eurasian woodcock
Himalayan shrike babbler
Whiskered yuhina
Stripe throated yuhina
Yellow bellied fantail
Aberrant bush warbler
Gray sided bush warbler
Hume’s bush warbler
Ashy throated warbler
Himalayan rubythroat
Siberian rubythroat
Himalayan bluetail
Blue capped redstart
Blue fronted redstart
Chestnut bellied rock thrush
Black throated thrush
Grey winged blackbird
Olive backed pipit
Green tailed sunbird
Fire breasted flowerpecker
Rufous breasted accentor
Himalayan griffon
Black eagle

How to Reach :-

By Air :- the nearest Airport is Pantnagar. 60km / 02:00Hr] & Delhi [320km / 07-08Hr].
By train :- the nearest Railway station is Kathgodam [24km / 45minutes ] & Ramanagar [80km / 2:30Hr].
By Road :- the nearest Bus-Station is Haldwani & Kathgodam. [30km / 01:00Hr].

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what to carry

All the Major_essential items to carry are listed below.
▪︎ Telephoto lenses preferably above 500mm, Teleconverters preferably 1.4x, Wide-angle lenses for landscapes and habitat shots and a good study tripod or Monopod and gimble head .
▪︎Rain and dust cover for camera gears.
▪︎Personal Toiletries, toilet rolls and wet wipes.
▪︎Basic first aid and personal medications.
▪︎Personal Water Bottle (Preferably Thermos bottle/flask).
▪︎Extra camera batteries, memory cards and Power Banks for emergency charging of camera batteries and phone.
▪︎Binoculars if you are using .
▪︎1 Oringnal I'd proof ( Adhaar card , Driving license,  PAN card ..etc )
▪︎Heavy Woolen Clothing in Winter good for 10 to -10 degrees Celsius ( Jacket + Sweater + Cap + Socks + Gloves + Inner upper & lower Thermal  + Fleece Nightwear )
▪︎Hiking Boots preferably warm.
▪︎Raincoat/Wind-cheater to protect you from snow.

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