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Trip Report INDIA 2002 Simon Plat, Bernard Oosterbaan, Willem Oosterbaan |
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Location: 260 km northeast of Delhi, about 6 hours drive.
Costs: -
Date(s): 21-11-2002 (1,5 birding hours), 25-11-02 (3 birding hours).
Notes: Ramnagar stuck in our memory as being the most dirty
of the places visited. Of all the trip reports we read during our preparations
not one spoke of the amounts of waste and human faeces scattered around the
riverbank near the ‘Circular tower’. This might be related to the
fact that we failed to find Ibisbill there, while most of the trip reports speak
of successful findings around Ramnagar. Apparently these 'minor inconveniences'
are easily forgotten after having found an Ibisbill.
Most birding sites are pretty crowded and you will get annoyed by the
honking busses passing by when you’re watching a Jungle Owlet. So, though
birding can be good around Ramnagar, this certainly was not our favorite spot.
We birded the area around the dam and for about 2 km downstream from the dam
in the riverbed. For our own convenience (and yours when you fail to find Ibisbill)
we forget about the circular tower spot.
Highlights: River Lapwing (V), Jungle Owlet (1 in trees on the far side of the dam), Himalayan Swiftlet (V seen only on a few occasions), Crested Kingfisher (V), Wallcreeper (1 on the dam, 2 in the waterbed downstream), White-capped Water-Redstart (V), Plumbeous Water-Redstart (X).
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Ramnagar seen from inside the Kosi riverbed. This riverbed ought to be a good spot for Ibisbill in winter. We didn't find one. Later that year we heard that Ibisbill was absent from about al its normal winter grounds in India in the 2002-2003 winter. |
| Ramnagar is a small but crowded town, and it is a smelly place. Nevertheless good birding spots are only walking distance away from town centre. |  |
Bird List:
| Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger, Indische Dwergaalscholver) | V |
| Indian Pond-Heron (Ardeola grayii, Indische Ralreiger) | V |
| Striated Heron (Butorides striatus, Mangrovereiger) | 2 |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta modesta, Kleine Zilverreiger) | V |
| Common Merganser (Mergus merganser orientalis, Grote Zaagbek) | 3 |
| Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea, Casarca) | V |
| Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus, Vale Gier) | 3 |
| Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus, Aasgier) | X |
| Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela, Indische Slangenarend) | 1 |
| White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus, Witborstwaterhoen) | 1 |
| Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus, Waterhoen) | 1 |
| River Lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii, Indische Sporenkievit) | X |
| Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus indicus, Indische Kievit) | V |
| Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos, Oeverloper) | V |
| Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia, Groenpootruiter) | V |
| Rock Pigeon (Columba livia, Rotsduif) | XX |
| Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis, Parelhalstortel) | 2 |
| Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala, Pruimekopparkiet) | 2 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri, Halsbandparkiet) | CC |
| Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis, Chinese Spoorkoekoek) | 1 |
| Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum, Jungle-dwerguil) | 1 |
| Himalayan Swiftlet (Collocalia brevirostris, Himalaja-salangaan) | V |
| Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis, IJsvogel) | 1 |
| Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis, Bonte IJsvogel) | 2 |
| White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis, Smyrnaijsvogel) | 2 |
| Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris, Chinese Reuzenijsvogel) | 1 |
| Yellow-crowned Woodpecker (Dendrocopos mahrattensis, Indische Bonte Specht) | 1 |
| Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica, Roodstuitzwaluw) | X |
| Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola, Vale Oeverzwaluw) | X |
| Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris, Duinpieper) | 1 |
| White Wagtail (Motacilla alba, Witte Kwikstaart) several ssp. | V |
| Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea, Grote Gele Kwikstaart) | 1 |
| White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla madaraspatensis, Indische Bonte Kwikstaart) | V |
| Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer, Roodbuikbuulbuul) | V |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus, Roodoorbuulbuul) | 2 |
| White-capped Water-Redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus, Rivierroodstaart) | V |
| Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius, Blauwe Rotslijster) | 2 |
| Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus, Chinese Fluitlijster) | 1 |
| Plumbeous Water-Redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosus, Waterroodstaart) | V |
| Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferrea, Grijs Paapje) | 2 |
| Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata, Roodborsttapuit) | V |
| Dark-throated Thrush (Turdus ruficollis atrogularis, Zwartkeellijster) | 1 |
| Grey-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii, Grijsborstprinia) | V |
| Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria, Rotskruiper) | 3 |
| Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata, Muskaatvink) | X |
| Brahminy Starling (Sturnus pagodarum, Pagode-spreeuw) | V |
| Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris, Spreeuw) | X |
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