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Trip Report INDIA 2002 Simon Plat, Bernard Oosterbaan, Willem Oosterbaan |
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Location: 2-3 hours west of Delhi (if you can find it).
Direction (from Bill Harvey - Delhibirds):
Directions to Bhindawas via Kildorth
1. Mileage 0 Rosy Pelican, Sultanpur. Take Faruknagar road crossing railway
line.
2. Mileage 7 Faruknagar junction. Turn sharp right on Jjahjar road. Go under
old arch
3. Mileage 21.3 Turn left up small tarmac road by bus shelter
4 Mileage 23 Go through first village
5. Mileage 24.4 Go through second village
6. Mileage 25 Right angle bend
7. Mileage 26.5 Go through third village
8. Mileage 29.6 Reach main road opposite wind mill, turn sharp left
9. Mileage 30.5 At fourth village turn right off main road down side road by
sign saying Surethi and Kirraud
10.Mileage 32.8 Fifth village (Kildorth). Follow tarmac road.
11 Mileage 33.9 You have reached Kildorth scrub jungle; the Hume's Short-toed
Lark site
12 Reset to 0; Road bends right past water tower
13 Mileage 1.9 Sixth village; sharp right on new road (by-pass!)
14 Mileage 2.2 At fork turn left
15 Mileage 2.8 Turn right and cross feeder canal
16 Mileage 4.6 At main road turn sharp left by bus shelter, after a bit recross
feeder canal
17 Mileage 6.2 At seventh village turn right at Spoonbill sign
18 Mileage 9.5 go through eigth and last village
19 Mileage 10 You have reached the Bhindawas bund . Turn left or right. The
circuit is 11 kms and there are two new driveable cross-bunds
Total 43.9 kms from Rosy Pelican. One hour without any long stops.
Costs: -
Date(s): 30-11-2002 (4 birding hours).
Notes: Our last effort in the search for water. We left the mountains a day earlier just to have time to visit this area. It is known that (even when Sultanpur dries up) this large artificial lake normally always has water. It is hard to describe what we felt climbing up the bird watching tower realizing we finally found the lake but spotting only grazing cattle and walking people. Again dry to the bone was our preliminary conclusion. Whilst exploring the area we found some remnants with ducks and some other goodies so it was not completely for nothing but the idea that we picked a completely wrong year to visit India grew to a fact.
Highlights: Red-naped Ibis (about 15), Spot-billed Duck (V, the only Spot-bills of the first two weeks birding around Delhi), Comb Duck (1), Northern Lapwing (V), Alexandrine Parakeet (V)
Pics:
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Locals cutting grass, cattle grazing in the Bhindawas bird sanctuary: another proof of the very dry season in 2002. |
| A gathering of Woolly-necked Storks, Red-naped Ibisses and a Great Egret in a wetter part of the Bhindawas area. |  |
Bird List:
| Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo, Aalscholver) | X |
| Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger, Indische Dwergaalscholver) | X |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea, Blauwe Reiger) | X |
| Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea manillensis, Purperreiger) | 3 |
| Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii, Indische Ralreiger) | X |
| Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus, Koereiger) | XX |
| Great Egret (Egretta alba chloriceps, Grote Zilverreiger) | X |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta modesta, Kleine Zilverreiger) | X |
| Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia intermadia, Middelste Zilverreiger) | V |
| Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus, Bisschopsooievaar) | 4 |
| Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus asiaticus, Zwarthalsooievaar) | 2 |
| Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala, Indische Nimmerzat) | 2 |
| Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia, Lepelaar) | 30 |
| Red-naped Ibis (Pseudibis papillosa, Wrattenibis) | 16 |
| Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus, Indische Witte Ibis) | 40 |
| Northern Pintail (Anas acuta, Pijlstaart) | V |
| Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata, Slobeend) | XX |
| Common Teal (Anas crecca, Wintertaling) | XX |
| Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope, Smient) | V |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos, Wilde Eend) | X |
| Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha, Vlekbekeend) | 25 |
| Gadwall (Anas strepera, Krakeend) | XX |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser rubrirostris, Grauwe Gans) | 40 |
| Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica, Indische Fluiteend) | 1 |
| Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos, Knobbeleend) | 1 |
| Shikra (Accipiter badius, Shikra) | 1 |
| Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga, Bastaardarend) | 2 |
| Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela, Indische Slangenarend) | 1 |
| Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus, Blauwe Pauw) | V |
| Common Coot (Fulica atra, Meerkoet) | XX |
| Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio, Purperkoet) | 3 |
| Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus, Bronsvleugeljacana) | 2 |
| Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus himatopus, Steltkluut) | XX |
| Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta, Kluut) | XX |
| Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus indicus, Indische Kievit) | XX |
| White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucurus, Witstaartkievit) | X |
| Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus, Kievit) | V |
| Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago, Watersnip) | V |
| Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa, Grutto) | V |
| Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus, Zwarte Ruiter) | V |
| Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos, Oeverloper) | V |
| Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia, Groenpootruiter) | V |
| Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria, Grote Alexanderparkiet) | 5 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri, Halsbandparkiet) | X |
| Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis, Chinese Spoorkoekoek) | 1 |
| Spotted Owlet (Athene brama, Brahmaanse Steenuil) | 1 |
| Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis benghalensis, Indische Scharrelaar) | V |
| Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Dendrocopos mahrattensis, Indische Bonte Specht) | 1 |
| White Wagtail (Motacilla alba, Witte Kwikstaart) several ssp. | X |
| White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola, Indische Waaierstaart) | 1 |
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