Patience, sharp eyes, and a growing life-list — birding across Gujarat & beyond
Birdwatching arrived as a natural extension of spending long nights under open skies — you notice what's around you. A pair of binoculars, a field guide, and a quiet morning in the right habitat: that's all it takes to enter a world of extraordinary detail.
Over the years, birding has grown into a serious commitment — field identification drives, organised bird censuses, conservation events, and building the online database Birds of Gujarat.Net, a community resource for birders across the state.
Gujarat offers extraordinary diversity — from flamingo-packed salt pans to forested hills and migratory wetlands. Key sites visited regularly:
A personal record of observed species — from common residents to rare vagrants. Built over years of field outings, census drives, and dedicated ID sessions. A sample list is shown below; full database to be added progressively.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Habitat | Status | First Sighting | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Saltpan / Wetland | Migratory | — Add year | Nalsarovar |
| Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone | Agricultural / Wetland | Resident | — Add year | Vadodara region |
| Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | Open country | Resident | — Add year | Vadodara |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Rivers & lakes | Resident | — Add year | Vishwamitri River |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Wetland / Mudflat | Migratory | — Add year | Thol Bird Sanctuary |
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Forest / Rural | Resident | — Add year | Vadodara outskirts |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Wetland | Winter visitor | — Add year | Wadhwana |
| Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | Garden / Forest edge | Resident | — Add year | Vadodara |
| — Rare sighting | Add species name | Add habitat | Rare / Vagrant | — Add year | Add location |
| — Rare sighting | Add species name | Add habitat | Rare / Vagrant | — Add year | Add location |
Bird census drives, ID walks, photo tours, and conservation events organised and attended across Gujarat. Entries below are placeholders — add your real events with dates and locations.
An online community platform and species database for birdwatchers across Gujarat — founded to create a dedicated, state-specific resource for identification, sighting records, habitat information, and birding news.
The site serves as a hub connecting birders from Kutch to the Dangs, aggregating sightings, supporting census work, and building a collaborative knowledge base for Gujarat's remarkable avifauna.
Fill in real site statistics above
Field photographs — portraits, behaviour, habitat. Full gallery on the photography page ↗