Jamnagar - Gujrat

My Dream come true outing, first ever trip outside of Maharashtra specially for birding. 

Places to visit in and around Jamnagar for birding:
Bedi Bunder, Dhichda, Khijadia Bird Sanctuary, Ranjitsagar dam, Gandhinagar station, Charakla salt panes, Narara beach (Crab Plovers, Oystercatchers, other wades, etc.), Lakhota lake (Ducks, Gulls, Terns, etc.)

Travel Preparation

Day 1 - 27th Jan 2016

Breakfast at Tulsi hotel, opp. Madhav sqaure commercial bldg.
Check-in in hotel President, (780/- non AC, 1804/- AC, 1916/- DLX, Suite 2789/-)
Brahmaniya hotel for lunch
Pratik, local guide for places, Bedi bunder, Dhinchada lake

Bird list and Pictures

• Lesser flamingo
• Greater flamingo
• Painted storks
• Black headed Ibis, Eurasian white stock
• Northern Shovelers (M&F)
• Western reef Egret (grey & white), pale morph
• Black headed Gulls
• Brown headed Gulls
• Little Terns
• Gull billed Terns
• Black winged stilt
• Black Tailed Godwit
• Greater Egret
• Temming's stint
• Long-toed stint ?
• Ruff
• Red Watteled Lapwing
• Citrine wagtail
• Common teal (M&F)
• Common wood sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Purple Sunbird
• Eurasian curlew
• Great Thick knee
• Darter in flight
• Plain Prinia
• Myna - Bank, Common, Rosy
• House - Crow, Sparrow

Day 2 - 28th Jan 2016

Narara Marine national park
Packed breakfast
Milan hotel for Kathyawadi special lunch
Village person feeds Peacocks with help from Veternar Dr. Nanbhai Kanakia, Kennedy village. Dr. is developing peacock centers across this area.

Bird list and Pictures

• Great crested grebe
• Tawny Pipit
• Desert wheatear
• Greater flamingo
• Lesser flamingo
• Pelican dalmation
• Large billed Pipit
• Purple sunbird
• Desert wheatear male
• NARARA Marine national park
• Crab Plovers
• Grey heron
• Darter
• Western reef Egret
• Eurasian curlew
• Dunlin
• Puffer fish
• Crabs
• Moon coral
• Star coral
• Spider tiny
• Sponges
• Octopus
• Sea animos
• Britle star fish
• Shrimp
• CHARAKALA (On the way)
• Green Bee-eater
• Black Drongo
• Spot Billed ducks
• Common cranes
• Western reef Egret
• White throated Kingfisher
• Black shouldered kite
• Black headed Ibis
• Great crested grebe
• Black necked grebe
• Capsian tern
• RANJEET Nagar, water pond
• Demoiselle cranes
• Darter
• Indian Cormorant
• Spot-Billed duck (M/F)
• Northern pintail (M&F)
• Black winged stilt
• Red Watteled Lapwing
• Northern Shoveler
• White throated Kingfisher
• Common Coot
• Yellow wagtail
• Green bee-eater
• Painted stork
• Dal.atian pelican
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Little ringed plover
• Comb duck (M) non breeding
• Paradise fly-catcher (Male)
• Indian peacock

Day 3 - 29th Jan 2016

Rosy Bunder/pier pass, Saltpans near INS (Indian Naval Station) Valsura

Bird list and Pictures

• Ruff
• Red shank
• Reev (Ruff female)
• Red shank
• Little stint
• Marsh sandpiper
• Black Tailed Godwit
• Slender billed gull
• Lesser flamingo
• Black winged stilt
• Pied avocet
• Spot billed duck
• Whimbler
• Eurasian Curlew
• Lesser Crested tern
• Gull billed tern
• Common Kingfisher
• White throated kingfisher
• Pied kingfisher
• near JAMNAGAR STATION, GANDHI NAGAR area
• Eurasion Wigeon
• Gargany
• Gadwall
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Shoveler
• Wood sandpiper
• Little blue Kingfisher
• Black headed Ibis
• Lesser flamingo
• Ruff & Reev
• Purple sunbirds
• Paddyfield Pipit
• Laughing dove
• Green bee-eater
• Citrine wagtail
• BALACHADI beach
• Shikra on tree & pole
• Glossy Ibis in flight
• Black shouldered kite on wire
• Purple sunbirds
• Laughing dove
• Green bee-eater
• Red Watteled Lapwing
• Common babbler
• Tree Pipit
• Indian silver bill
• Wire Tailed Swallow
• Red rumped swallow
• Tawny lark
• Yellow Watteled Lapwing
• Hoopoe
• Indian Robin
• Terek/avocet sandpiper
• Green shank
• Syke's Lark
• Sand Lark
• Crested Lark
• Ashy crowned Sparrow lark
• Large Grey Babbler
• Rufoustailed/Isabellian shrike

Day 4 - 30th Jan 2016

Krunal Joshi, local expert

Bird list and Pictures
LAKHOTA lake

• Terns, Caspian & (little/river)
• Gull billed Tern
• Brown headed Gull
• Black headed Gull
• Slender billed Gull
• Dalmatian Pelican (Juv)
• Spot-billed Duck
• Malard (M & F)
• Comb Duck (M & F)
• Eurasian Coot
• Sandpiper
• Demoiselle Crane
• Bank Myna

Day 5 - 31st Jan 2016

Back to home, sweet home :)