Exploring a New Birding Hotspot in West Bengal

[Sandipan Ghosh]

I had been already mentioned the general description of birds in and around Barddhaman Town in this forum. Currently I have focused on the alluvial river bed of Damodar which is gradually becoming a new hotspot for migratory as well as resident birds. So i want to share my information with you. From December, 2014 to November, 2015 I have found the following important birds at various locations in between Belkash and Ghordorchati (see the Google Earth map).
Location - approx 4 km south from the Barddhaman railway station towards Arambag Road (100 km from Kolkata via NH2)
Please giver your valuable comments in this respect.
Bird Checklist :-
1. Osprey
2. Common Kestrel
3. Long-legged Buzzard
4. Black-eared Kite
5. Black Kite
6. Shikra
7. Peregrine Falcon
8. Botted Eagle
7. Grey Heron
8. Greater Cormorant
9. Ruddy Shelduck
10. Brown-headed Gull
11. Kentish Plover
12. Little-ringed Plover
13. Black-winged Stilt
14. Temminck's stint
15. Little Stint
16. Oriental skylark
17. Sand lark
18. White wagtail
19. Yellow wagtail
20. Grey Wagtail
21. White-browed Wagtail
22. Plain Sand Martin
23. Baya Weaver
24. Black-breasted Weaver
25. Chestnut Munia
26. Tri-colour Munia
27. Scaly-breasted Munia
28. Greater Coucal
29. Brown Shrike
30. Long-tailed Shrike
31. Black-winged Kite
32. Common Hoopoe
33. Common Kingfisher
34. Pied Kingfisher
35. White-breasted Kingfisher
36. Common Sandpiper
37. Wood Sandpiper
38. Green Sandpiper
39. Indian Roller
40. Small Pratincole
41. Paddy field Warbler
42. Paddy field Pipit
43. Olive-backed Pipit
44. Green Bee-eater
45. Ashy-crowned Sparrowlark
46. Ashy Woodswallow
47. Common Greenshank
48. Grey-headed lapwing
49. Yellow-wattled lapwing
50. red-wattled lapwing
51. Spotted Owlet
52. Golden Oriole
53. Black-hooded Oriole
54. Black-headed Bunting
55. Common Iora
56. Plain Prinia
57. Great Egret
58. Grey Francolin
59. Bengal Bushlark
60. Common Hawk Cuckoo