Khijediya and Narara camp report

Narara marine National Park and Khijediya Bird Sanctuary are two unique protected areas of Gujarat. We saw lot interesting marine animals and good number of Fresh as well as salt/brackish water birds. The list of sightings is given below.

Clicked by Mr. Thiruvengadam E

Khijediya -

Western reef egret and black headed ibis clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Oriental white eye

White throated Kingfisher

Common Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Isabellinne shrike

Crested lark

Ashy crowned sparrow lark

Rosy starlings

Twany Pipits

Darter

Marsh Harrier

Osprey

Clicked by Mr. Thiruvengadam E

Oriental honey bazzard

Crested hawk

Lesser Flamingo

Night heron

Pond heron

Grey heron

Purple heron

Red wattled lapwing

Great Crested grebe

Little grebe

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Green bee-eater

Laughing dove

Dessert Wheatear

Clicked by Rupali G.

Purple sunbird

Blue throat

White browed Wagtail

Western reef egret

Common pochard

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Indian Spotbill duck

Spoonbill

Northern shoveller

Great white pelican

Black drongo

Ashy drongo

River tern

Clicked by Rupali G.

Grey Frankolin

Black headed ibis

Glossy ibis

Black naped ibis

White cheecked bulbul

Wrynek

Common coot

Greylag geese

Black winged stilt

Comb duck

Black headed gull

Caspian tern

Clicked by Rupali G.

Little tern

Jungle Babbler

Brahminy duck

Eurasian Collared dove

House sparrow

Bar tailed godwit

Common crane

Black necked stork

Painted stork

Clicked by Rupali G.

Bronze winged jacana

Little egret

Median Egret

Ashy Prinia

Indian Silver bill

Common Moorhen

Purple Moorhen

White-browed Wagtail

Spoonbill

Lesser whistling teals

Clicked by Rupali G.

Ringed plover

Wire-tailed swallow

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Clicked by Rupali G.

Mammals:

Wildcat

Nilgai

Wild boar

Sambar

Mongoose

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Clicked by Rupali G.

Narara sightings:

clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Starfish

Brittle star

Sea cucumber

Sea Slug

Snail

Octopus

Angle fish

Coral fish

Puffer fish

Brittle star clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Neptune crab

Wolf crab

Reef crab

Spider crab

Box crab

Sea anemone

Brain coral 

Sea anemone clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Angle fish clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Clicked by Mr. Thiruvengadam E

Clicked by Rupali G.

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More Clicks -

clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Honey bees clicked by Dr. Shreya B

Clicked by Rupali G.

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Clicked by Rupali G.

Clicked by Rupali G.

Clicked by Rupali G.

Clicked by Rupali G.

Clicked by Rupali G.

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