On 4th Feb 2016, Indibirding.com team went out for educational birding tour around Udaipur city with Lars Johansson, Special Manager, Ramboll and four other students of Department of Architecture School of Design and Environment National Singapore University. It was really very educating experience and it has given us many valuable inputs as well as whole…
New Birds discovered in Udaipur after 30 years
Birders based in Udaipur, Dr. Durgesh Sharma, HOD, Deptt. of Zoology, Govt PG College, Chottorgarh, Mr. Vijendra Prakash Parmar, Mr. Anil Rodgers and Uttam Pegu found Oriental Pratincole in Ghadhel Talab in Ghasa Village, near Udaipur in Rajasthan. Image Credit: Uttam Pegu They saw this bird Oriental PRatincole on 18 May 2014 which was seen…
Pallas’s Fish Eagle Recorded in Udaipur
For the first time, Pallas’s Fish Eagle has been recorded in Udaipur region. It was sighted on 22 September 2013 and photographed by Mr. Gunvinder Singh, Mr. Vijendra Prakash Parmar and myself. According to veteran birder based in Udaipur, Mr. Sharad Agrawal, this is the first record of this Eagle in Udaipur area. Image Credit:…
Birding in Udaipur : Ubeswar ji Road
Ubeswar ji is a Lord Shiva temple, located approximately 20 KM from Udaipur city centre. It is not very well known birding spot, neither a tourist spot. It takes aproximately 30minutes to reach this place by car. On 25th August 2013, me, Mr. Vijendra Singh Parmar and Mr. Mudit Sharma went biding for the at…
Birding at Sitamata Wild Life Sanctuary in Udaipur
Sitamata Wild Life Sanctuary, named after wife of Legendary Lord Rama, King of Ayodhya in Indian epic Ramayana, is located approximately 120KM from Udaipur city. This sanctuary is in Pratapgarh district which is confluence of three major geographic formations in India, Arawali range, Vindhyanchal Hills and Malwa Plateau. It is dense forest which a motorable…
Birding in India : Madar Lake, Udaipur
Birding season is almost coming to an end here in Udaipur except for the resident ones. We ( team of Indbirding.com) had gone for birding on 31 Mar 2013 with few other birders based in Udaipur to Badi Lake and Madar Lake in the morning. We hoped to see Osprey, but did not see one,…
Birding at Talau Talab, Dungla, Udaipur, India
A birding trip was organised on 3rd March 2013 for Udaipur birders at Talau Talab, aproximately 75KM from Udaipur. We started at 6AM in the morning from Udaipur city centre and reached there at around 7:30AM. Talau Talab, near Dhundla is artificial water body used for irrigation. This attracts many migratory birds during birds during…
Indibirding Team Participated Big Birding Day 2013
Indiabirding.com team, Nirmal Solanki, Harshvardhan Singh Rathore and myself participated from Udaipur, Rajasthan as team 2 under leadership of Mr. N P Singh, a seasoned birder, now based in Udaipur. We started our birding at 7AM int he morning and ended at 10:30AM at Jungle Safari Park behind Pichola Lake in Udaipur city where we…
Birding at Ghasa Lake, Udaipur
On 25th November 2012, Sunday, I went to Ghasa Lake which is approximately 40KM from Udaipur city, Rajasthan, India with Mr. Nirmal Solanki, Dr. Mahendra Singh Rathore, Mr. Harshvardhan Rathore and Mr. Ankit Bhargava. We heard that Flamingo’s have arrived there. Unluckily we could not locate one, but still we could see many birds! If…