Nature camp to Khambhat, Nalsarovar, Lothal and Velavdar 26-31 Dec, 2015

Black bucks Clicked by Mr. Bhaskar P

The year 2015 ended with lots of fun for Oikoessence with learning and good list of sightings during Our Gulf of Khambhat and Velavdar - The Blackbuck National Park camp. We also visited Nal Sarovar bird sanctuary and Archiological site at Lothal - One of the excavation site for Harappan civilization in India. Khambhat is famous for Agates and one can get varieties of jewelry and showpieces as a souvenir from here.

Toddy palms clicked by Gauri G.

Garden lizard Clicked by Mr. Ekambaram T.

Terrapin clicked by Mr. Bhaskar P.

We were 13 people from Mumbai and Pune for this nature camp. The focus of the camp was on biodiversity. We saw trees like Acacia nilotica, Prosopis sp., Ficus sp., toddy palms and variety of grass species. We have listed down some of the bird sightings and sharing the same with you all. Happy reading...

Bid group clicld by Mr. Ekambaram T.

Pelicans clicked by Mr. Bhaskar P.

Saras crane (pair) clicked by Mr. Bhaskar P.

List of Birds

White throated kingfisher Clicked by Mr. Shripad B

White throated kingfisher

Painted stork clicked by Mr. Shripad B.

Lesser flamingo

Purple swamphen

Black winged stilt

Dalmation pelican

Yellow wagtail

Pied avocet

House sparrow

Eurasian collared dove

River tern

Knob billed duck

Painted stork

Eurasian Spoonbill

Ashy drongo

Black drongo

White bellied drongo

Rose ringed parakeets clicked by Mr. Ekambaram T.

Bank myna

Barn swallow

Wire tailed swallow

Rosy starling

White wagtail

Black ibis

Spoonbill

Pond heron

Grey heron

Purple heron

Night heron

Indian roller

White breasted water-hen

Common sandpiper

Common myna

Grey francolin

Paited stork Clicked by Mr. Ekambaram T.

Large egret

Pied kingfisher

Common Kingfisher

Red wattled lapwing

Yellow wattled lapwing

Jungle babbler

Eurasian thick-knee

Yellow eyed babbler

Purple sunbird

Green bee-eater

Bronze winged jacana

Pheasant-tailed jacana

Collared dove

Greater coucal

Shikra Clicked by Mr. Bhaskar P

Indian cormorant

Great cormorant

Brahminy duck

Common coot

Dabchick

Common kestrel

Saras crane

Black-winged kite

Spot-billed duck

Indian peafowl

Alexandrine parakeet

Rose ringed parakeet

Knob billed duck

Bank mynas Clicked by Mr. Shripad B

Collared pratincole

Black kite

Common green shank

Open-billed stork

Greylag goose

Western reef egret

Marsh Harrier

Garganey

Common hoopoe

Rufous tailed lark

Common chiffchaff

Black-tailed godwit

Ashy crowned sparrow lark

Shikra

Long tailed shrike

White-eared bulbul

Crested lark

Heuglin's gull

Brown headed gull

Black headed gull

Red vented bulbul

House crow

Jungle crow

Pied kingfisher Clicked by Mr. Bhaskar P

Northern shoveler

Spotted dove

Common teal

Glossy ibis

Isabelline shrike

Bay backed shrike

Short toed snake eagle

Silverbill

Siberian stonechat

Pallied harrier

Steppe eagle

Long billed pipit

Montegue harrier

Common crane

Indian robin

House swift

Blue-throat

Blue rock pigeon

Laughing dove

Purple heron Clicked by Mr. Bhaskar P

Pelican flight Clicked by Mr. Bhaskar P

Lesser flamingos clicked by Mr. Bhaskar B.

Blackbuck clicked by Ms. Rupali G.

Some Mammals sighted are:

Nilgai clicked by Ms. Rupali G.

Hanuman langur

Three striped squirrel

Blackbuck

Nilgai

Indian fox

More pics:

Sunset Clicked by Mr. Shripad B

Velavadar landscape clicked by Ms. Rupali G.

Nalsarovar bird watch clicked by Ms. Gauri G.

clicked by Ms. Gauri G.

Group at Lothal clicked by Ms. Gauri G.

For more information on our future camps please click on following link
http://oikoessence.blogspot.in/2015/11/programme-schedule-2016-for-nature.html