Dear all, Yesterday 19.10.14 we went to Diara wetland in Hooghly, West Bengal, stayed there from 6.40 a.m. to 5.50 p.m. and found at least 94 (94) species of birds such as : Asian Openbill 300 (at least 300) Black Bittern 2 Black-crowned Night Heron 5 Indian Pond Heron 50 Grey Heron 5 Purple Heron 1 Cattle Egret 150 Little Egret 25 Intermediate Egret 6 Great Egret 3 Little Cormorant 30 Indian Cormorant 10 Common Kestrel, winter visitor 3 Black Kite 8 Black-shouldered Kite 1 Pied Harrier, winter visitor 1 Eastern Marsh Harrier, winter visitor 1 Shikra 2 Watercock 1 White-breasted Waterhen 6 Common Moorhen 2 Pheasant-tailed Jacana 3 Bronze-winged Jacana 4 Black-winged Stilt, winter visitor 2 Grey-headed Lapwing, winter visitor 100 (at least 100) Red-wattled Lapwing 20 Pacific Golden Plover, winter visitor 40 Little Ringed Plover, winter visitor 10 Common Snipe, winter visitor 5 Unidentified Snipe, winter visitor 10 Common Sandpiper, winter visitor 10 Wood Sandpiper, winter visitor and Green Sandpiper, winter visitor 500 (at least 500) Oriental Pratincole 20 Spotted Dove 75 Eurasian Collared Dove 35 Yellow-footed Green Pigeon 5 Rock Pigeon 30 Alexandrine Parakeet 1 Rose-ringed Parakeet 5 Pied Cuckoo, monsoon visitor 2 Common Hawk Cuckoo 2 Asian Koel 6 Greater Coucal 2 Spotted Owlet 1 Little Swift 2 Asian Palm Swift 20 Indian Roller 4 Stork-billed Kingfisher 6 White-throated Kingfisher 8 Common Kingfisher 5 Green Bee-eater 40 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 5 Lineated Barbet 3 Blue-throated Barbet 6 Lesser Goldenback 10 Ashy Woodswallow 2 Brown Shrike, winter visitor 15 Long-tailed Shrike 5 Black Drongo 40 Bronzed Drongo 6 Black-hooded Oriole 6 Rufous Treepie 5 House Crow 150 Eastern Jungle Crow 25 Barn Swallow, winter visitor 35 Red-rumped Swallow, winter visitor 15 Bengal Bushlark 2 Red-vented Bulbul 35 Plain Prinia 8 Zitting Cisticola 4 Common Tailobird 4 Greenish Warbler, winter visitor 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, winter visitor 2 Clamorous Reed Warbler, winter visitor 1 Jungle Babbler 20 Common Myna 40 Jungle Myna 10 Asian Pied Starling 30 Chestnut-tailed Starling 20 Oriental Magpie Robin 1 Taiga Flycatcher, winter visitor 20 Verditer Flycatcher, winter visitor 3 Pale-billed Flowerpecker 2 Purple Sunbird 3 House Sparrow 5 Baya Weaver 15 Scaly-breasted Munia 400 (at least 400) Tricolored Munia 8 White Wangtail, winter visitor, Yellow Wagtail, winter visitor and Citrine Wagtail, winter visitor 400 (at least 400) White-browed Wagtail 5 Paddyfield Pipit 5 Total number of bird species seen : at least 94 (ninety four). Weather : Very comfortable. Mainly clear sky. Gentle wind was blowing almost throughout the day. Remarks : Bird activity was overwhelming throughout the day. Number of birds was enormous. Trip was excellently successful. Every member of our team was very very glad and happy. Participants : Me 2. Prasenjit Singha Deo 3. Abhishek Das 4. Abhijit Das 5. Sulata Das 6. Swapna Biswas 7. Kallol Mukherjee 8. Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay 9. Santanu Pal 10. Subhra Pakhira 11. Subrata Kool 12. Bibidishananda Basu 13. Somen Banerjee 14. Devdulal Chandra 15. Joydip Mukherjee 16. Asok Barman 17. Dibakar De 18. Arnab Banerjee 19. Prasenjit Sarkar 20. Suprasanna De 21. Bhola Bera. How to reach : First go to Diara station by any local train on Tarakeswar line such as Haripal local, Singur local, Tarakeswar local and Arambag local. It will take 45 minutes. Then walk 12 minutes along railway track towards Howrah and take left turn. You will get the wetland parallel to railway track. Sorry for long list of birds & participants. Thanks for patient reading. Cheers ! S.Patra Sunday Watch 20.10.14Dear all, Yesterday 19.10.14 we went to Diara wetland in Hooghly, West Bengal, stayed there from 6.40 a.m. to 5.50 p.m. and found at least 94 (94) species of birds such as : Asian Openbill 300 (at least 300) Black Bittern 2 Black-crowned Night Heron 5 Indian Pond Heron 50 Grey Heron 5 Purple Heron 1 Cattle Egret 150 Little Egret 25 Intermediate Egret 6 Great Egret 3 Little Cormorant 30 Indian Cormorant 10 Common Kestrel, winter visitor 3 Black Kite 8 Black-shouldered Kite 1 Pied Harrier, winter visitor 1 Eastern Marsh Harrier, winter visitor 1 Shikra 2 Watercock 1 White-breasted Waterhen 6 Common Moorhen 2 Pheasant-tailed Jacana 3 Bronze-winged Jacana 4 Black-winged Stilt, winter visitor 2 Grey-headed Lapwing, winter visitor 100 (at least 100) Red-wattled Lapwing 20 Pacific Golden Plover, winter visitor 40 Little Ringed Plover, winter visitor 10 Common Snipe, winter visitor 5 Unidentified Snipe, winter visitor 10 Common Sandpiper, winter visitor 10 Wood Sandpiper, winter visitor and Green Sandpiper, winter visitor 500 (at least 500) Oriental Pratincole 20 Spotted Dove 75 Eurasian Collared Dove 35 Yellow-footed Green Pigeon 5 Rock Pigeon 30 Alexandrine Parakeet 1 Rose-ringed Parakeet 5 Pied Cuckoo, monsoon visitor 2 Common Hawk Cuckoo 2 Asian Koel 6 Greater Coucal 2 Spotted Owlet 1 Little Swift 2 Asian Palm Swift 20 Indian Roller 4 Stork-billed Kingfisher 6 White-throated Kingfisher 8 Common Kingfisher 5 Green Bee-eater 40 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 5 Lineated Barbet 3 Blue-throated Barbet 6 Lesser Goldenback 10 Ashy Woodswallow 2 Brown Shrike, winter visitor 15 Long-tailed Shrike 5 Black Drongo 40 Bronzed Drongo 6 Black-hooded Oriole 6 Rufous Treepie 5 House Crow 150 Eastern Jungle Crow 25 Barn Swallow, winter visitor 35 Red-rumped Swallow, winter visitor 15 Bengal Bushlark 2 Red-vented Bulbul 35 Plain Prinia 8 Zitting Cisticola 4 Common Tailobird 4 Greenish Warbler, winter visitor 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, winter visitor 2 Clamorous Reed Warbler, winter visitor 1 Jungle Babbler 20 Common Myna 40 Jungle Myna 10 Asian Pied Starling 30 Chestnut-tailed Starling 20 Oriental Magpie Robin 1 Taiga Flycatcher, winter visitor 20 Verditer Flycatcher, winter visitor 3 Pale-billed Flowerpecker 2 Purple Sunbird 3 House Sparrow 5 Baya Weaver 15 Scaly-breasted Munia 400 (at least 400) Tricolored Munia 8 White Wangtail, winter visitor, Yellow Wagtail, winter visitor and Citrine Wagtail, winter visitor 400 (at least 400) White-browed Wagtail 5 Paddyfield Pipit 5 Total number of bird species seen : at least 94 (ninety four). Weather : Very comfortable. Mainly clear sky. Gentle wind was blowing almost throughout the day. Remarks : Bird activity was overwhelming throughout the day. Number of birds was enormous. Trip was excellently successful. Every member of our team was very very glad and happy. Participants : Me 2. Prasenjit Singha Deo 3. Abhishek Das 4. Abhijit Das 5. Sulata Das 6. Swapna Biswas 7. Kallol Mukherjee 8. Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay 9. Santanu Pal 10. Subhra Pakhira 11. Subrata Kool 12. Bibidishananda Basu 13. Somen Banerjee 14. Devdulal Chandra 15. Joydip Mukherjee 16. Asok Barman 17. Dibakar De 18. Arnab Banerjee 19. Prasenjit Sarkar 20. Suprasanna De 21. Bhola Bera. How to reach : First go to Diara station by any local train on Tarakeswar line such as Haripal local, Singur local, Tarakeswar local and Arambag local. It will take 45 minutes. Then walk 12 minutes along railway track towards Howrah and take left turn. You will get the wetland parallel to railway track. Sorry for long list of birds & participants. Thanks for patient reading. Cheers ! S.Patra Sunday Watch 20.10.14
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