After a good nights sleep we made the short trip to the entrance to Bhartpur. The layout was interesting with a long straight roadway running for about three miles to a T-junction. The first mile or so had scrub on either side and was good for birding. We reached a crossroads and carried on where the landscape changed with water on our left and marsh and wet grassland on our right.
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| Indian Roller |
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| Large Grey Babbler |
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| Indian Spotted Duck |
At the first crossroad we saw a Siberian Rubythroat which even though I had seen one in the UK still set the pulses racing. Barred Buttonquail for me was the standout species, being a family of birds that I haven’t seen much of.
There variety of species was special and by the end of the day we logged nearly 120 in total. Special species: in no particular order were Black-necked Stork, White-eared Bulbul, Indian Roller, Brahminy Starling, Sarus Crane, Spotted and Collared Owlets and the impressive Dusky Eagle Owl and a self found Orphean Warbler.
As it was getting on we were given a Rickshaw ride back to the entrance, now I’m big but the little fella that was taking Mike and Jack was on a respirator by the time we got to the entrance.
We boarded the coach and Lokesh announced he knew a site for Painted Snipe and that we still had enough daylight left. We travelled through the backstreets of Bharatpur arriving at a sort of man made watercourse, now though, it was little more than a open sewer, I can’t describe it adequately but you could taste it – not pleasant. However, it was good, very good for waders and we saw several species including Marsh Sandpiper, but alas no Painted Snipe.
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| Painted Stork |
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| White-throated Kingfisher |
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| Grey-breasted Prinia |
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| Brahminy Starling |
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