Tuesday 26 March 2024

Palghar Nature Outing Report

 


This outing was focused on marine as well as terrestrial diversity. We got valuable knowledge from our Local expertise Mr. Bhushan Bhoir. 


We visited a coir factory as well. It is an initiative taken by Mr. Save a local youth who started this business in Lockdown.

Few photographs of Plants...

Hyphaene dichotoma (Unique branching Palm)

Oxalis minima


Banyan


Mallotus philippensis

Seed dispersal of Calotropis gigantia (Rui)

List of Sightings 

Butterfly

Common tiger

Striped tiger

Blue tiger

Sailor

Castor

Common crow 

Red pierrot

Small Salmon Arab

Common Jezebel


Birds

House crow 

House Sparrow

Spotted dove

Yellow footed green pigeon 

Black kite

White-spotted Fantail

Rosy starling

Common myna 

Blue rock pigeon 

Intermediate egret

Little egret

Asian spoonbill

Common redshank

Red-wattled lapwing

Ashy drongo

Black drongo

Coppersmith barbet

Little cormorant

Greater coucal

Purple heron

Pipit

Grey heron

Paddyfield pipit

Little-ringed plover

Ashy prinia

Common sandpiper

Black-winged stilt

Indian roller

White-breasted waterhen

Rose-ringed parakeet

Purple-rumped sunbird

Barn swallow 

House swift

Red Whiskered Bulbul
Yellow wagtail

White wagtail

Oriental magpie robin

Indian roller 

Red vented bulbul

Red whiskered bulbul



Marine fauna

Oyster shell

Sand bubbler crab

Ghost crab

Decorator crab

Hermit crab

Sea hare

Barnacle


Sea Hare




Sea weed - Sargassum





Other Sightings

Three striped squirrel (Mammals)

Skink (Reptile)



Our Group


Thursday 14 March 2024

Mizoram Nature Outing Report by OikoEssence

Mizoram Sightings 
Dear Nature Lovers, 
It has been a really long time since we have communicated last (a gap of one entire year!!!) 
But, we never stopped exploring new places. However, due to lot of workload we were unable to share updates here and we apologies for the same. 
We request you to follow our Facebook and Instagram Pages to get continuous updates of our programs. 
We are Glad to inform you that recently we had been to Mizoram for Nature Outing and it turned out to be a great one. 

Sharing some of the sightings of the outing. We thank all the participants and local experts for their inputs.


Bengal Common Wight
By Bhaskar P
Butterflies 
1. Red Helen 
2. Birdwing sp. 
3. Grass Yellow 
4. Emigrant 
5. White Orange-tip 
6. Chocolate Albatross 
7. Common Jezebel 
8. Blue-striped Palmfly? 
9. Commander 
10.Assamese Clipper 
11. Common Sailer 
12. Yellow Pansy 
13. Gray Pansy 
14. Chocolate Pansy 
Knight 
By Bhaskar P
15. Lemon Pansy 
16. Danaid Eggfly 
17. Knight 
18. Bengal Common Wight 
19. Blue Admiral 
20. Common Sergent 
21. Bamboo Forester 
22. Harlequin 
Assamese Clipper by Charuhas K










Moths 
Hand-Maiden Moth By Bhaskar P

1. Hand-maiden moth 










Tokay Gecko 
By Bhaskar P
Reptiles: 
1. Tokay Gecko 
2. Skink 
3. Garden Lizard 





Fire-tailed Sunbird by Bhaskar P
Birds: 
1. Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler 
2. Green-tailed Sunbird 
3. Fire-trailed Sunbird 
4. Black Drongo 
5. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo 
Ashy Wood-Pigeon by Bhaskar P
6. Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush 
7. Striated Laughingthrush 
8. Assam Laughingthrush? 
9. Gray Sibia 
10. Blue-winged Minla 
11. Gray Bushchat 
12. Black Eagle 
13. Peregrine Falcon 
14. Stripe-breasted Woodpecker 
15. Scarlet Minivet 
16. Blue Rock-Thrush 
Black Crested Bulbul by Bhaskar P
17. Black-crested Bulbul 
18. Red-vented Bulbul 
19. Maroon Oriole 
20. Olive-backed Pipit 
21. Dollar Bird 
22. Crested Finchbill 
23. Ashy Wood-pigeon 
24. Indian Scimitar Babbler 
25. Red-rumped Swallow 
26. Plain Martins? 
27. Ashy Drongo 
Black-throated Parrotbill by Bhaskar P
28. Grey-headed Barwing 
29. Indian White-eye 
30. Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird 
31. Hume’s Treecreeper 
32. Bamboo Partridge 
33. Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail 
34. Little Bunting 
35. Striated Yuhina 
36. Stripe-throated Yuhina 
37. Rufus Prinia 
38. Jungle Crow 


Blue winged Minla by Bhaskar P
39. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 

40. Black-throated Parrotbill 
41. Khalij Pheasant 
42. Emerald Dove 
43. Honey Bazzard 
44. Burmese Shrike 
45. Rufus-winged Fulvetta 
46. Rufus-backed Sibia 
47. Scarlet-backed flowerpecker 
48. Golden-fronted Leafbird 
49. Common Tailorbird 
Asian Barred Owlet by Bhaskar P
50. Blue-eared Kingfisher 
51. Red-whiskered Bulbul 
52. Siberian Ruby-throat 
53. House Sparrow 
54. Oriental-magpie Robin 
55. Scaly-breasted Munia 
56. White-rumped Munia 
57. Gray Wagtail 
58. Gray-headed Canary Flycatcher 
59. Little Pied Flycatcher? 
60. Paradise Flycatcher 
61. Eurasian Roller 
Siberian Rubythroat by Charuhas K

62. Great Slaty Woodpecker 
63. Asian Barred Owlet 
64. Greater Coucal 
65. Blue-eared barbet 
66. Shikra 
67. Fantail? 
68. Grey Treepie 
69. Purple Sunbird 
70. Pale-billed Flowerpecker 
71. Brown-headed Barbet 
72. Coppersmith Barbet 
73. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 
Treecreeper By Charuhas K

74. Asian fairy Bluebird 
75. Pin-tailed Pigeon 
76. Great Hornbill 
77. Eurasian Collard Dove 
78. Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Call) 
79. Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon 
80. Himalayan Bluetail 
81. Jungle Myna 
82. Blue Whistling-Thrush 
83. Chinese Babax (call) 
Golden-fronted Leafbird By Charuhas K
84. White-browed Piculet 
85. Speckled Piculet 
86. Buff-barred Warbler 
87. Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon 
88. Pin-striped Tit-babbler 
89. Large Woodshrike 
90. Warbler sp. 
91. Brown Bush Robin / Golden Bush Robin 
92. Verditer Flycatcher 
93. Yellow-browed Warbler 
94. Chin Hills Wren-Babbler 
95. White-capped Redstart 
96. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 
97. Black-napped Monarch 
98. White-rumped Shama 
99. Taiga Flycatcher 
100. Puff-throated Babbler 
101. Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
102. Indo-Chinese Roller


Indo-Chinese Roller By Bhaskar P
 










Mammals 
1. White-Bellied Squirrel 
2. Leopard Cat 
3. Yellow-necked Marten 
4. Western Hoolock Gibbon (Call) 


Spectacled Langur by Bhaskar P

White Bellied Squirrel by Bhaskar P



Thank you For Reading

Flights of Minivets by Charuhas K


Contact for Future Programs: 9869611810, 7700911182, 9969440476 

Friday 10 March 2023

Arnala Beach walk by OikoEssence

We saw a variety of species Birds, Crustaceans and plants. We walked from Mamachi wadi Beach to Arnala Jetty Birds Sighted Grey Plover Little ringed plover Common sandpiper Black headed Ibis Reef Egret Eurasian Curlew Median Egret Little Egret Brown headed Gull Whiskered Tern Pond Heron Grey Heron Terrestrial and Fresh water birds Common Kingfisher White throated kingfisher Common myna Rosy starling Scaly breasted munia Silver bills Pipit? Black drongo White cheeked bulbul Red vented bulbul Green bee-eater Greater caucal Paradise flycatcher House crow Jungle cow House sparrow Tailor bird Magpie robin Red wattled lapwing Baya weaver

Banni Nature Tour Report

Banni, an unique Landscape and flourishing grassland! OikoEssence organized a Nature tour to Banni, Greater Rann of Kutch. The area has a diversity habitats and dynamic pattern changes with changing  climatic conditions provide rich habitats for variety of animal, especially birds. 

A list of birds and Mammals that were sighted during our visit is given below.

1. House sparrow

2. Petronea

3. House crow

4. Jungle crow

5. Collered dove

6. Laughing dove

7. Blue rock pigeon

8. White cheek bulbul

9. Red vented bulbul 

10. Green bee eater

11. White throated kingfisher

12. Common kingfisher

13. Black drongo

14. Rudy shelduck

15. Indian spot billed

16. Common teal

17. Little greeb

18. Northen pintail

19. Northen shoveler

20. Painted strock

21. Greater flamingo

22. Glossy ibis

23. Eurasian spoonbill

24. Pond heron

25. Purple heron 

26. Grey heron

27. Greater egret

28. Little egret

29. Great white pelican

30. Dalmetian pelican

31. Little cormorant 

32. Greater cormorant

33. Common crestal

34. Black winged kite

35. Creasted serpant eagle

36. Eurasian marsh harrier

37. Shikra

38. Long legged buzard

39. White breasted waterhen

40. Purple swamphen

41. Common moorhen

42. Demoiselle crane

43. Black winged stilt

44. Red wattled lapwing

45. Little ringed plover

46. Common snipe

47. Black winged godwit

48. Bar tailed godwit

49. Euracian curlew

50. Common greenshank

51. Common sandpiper

52. Tern

53. Greater coucil

54. Indian eagle owl

55. Nightjar

56. Swift

57. Common hoopoe

58. Indian roller

59. Blue cheeked bee eater

60. Long tailed shrike

61. Bay backed shrike

62. Wire tailed swallow

63. Barn swallow

64. Greated short toed lark

65. Ashy crown sparrow lark

66. Creasted lark

67. Common tailor bird

68. Common babbler

69. Jungle babbler

70. Common myna

71. Rosy starling

72. Purple sunbird

73. Indian robbin

74. Magpie robin

75. Common stonechat

76. Pied bushchat

77. Variable wheater

78. Desert wheater

79. Baya weaver

80. Silver billed 

81. Yellow wagtail

82. Booted Eagle

Mandvi beach:

83. Eurasian thick knee

84. Flamingo

85. Kentish plover

86. Sand plover

87. Crab plover?

88. Gulls

89. Terns

90. Western reef egrets

Mammals:

1. Hanuman Langur

2. Asiatic Wildcat

3. Jackal

4. Indian mongoose

5. Indian desert Jird


Crested Lark
Crest






Pied Bushchat Male

Laughing dove



Dholavira - an archeological site 

Northen Pintail

Booted eagle

Flamingo juvenile


Indian desert Jird

Ashy crowned sparrow lark


Indian eagle owl

Pied Bushchat female

Citrine Wagtail