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Wildlife at Mayureshwar Sanctuary, Pune

Rudy Birding & Wildlife Hotspots, Featured February 17, 2017May 12, 2018birding in pune, bonellis eagle, chestnut bellied sandgrouse, Chinkara, eurasian sparrowhawk, Hoopoe, Indian Silverbill, Indian stone-curlew, Indian thick-knee, Indian Wolf, Indian wolf at mayureshwar, Laggar Falcon, laggar falcon at mayureshwar, Mayureshwar wildlife sanctuary, Pune-Solapur road, Red collared Dove, short toed snake eagle, striped hyena, striped hyena mayureshwar, striped hyena pair at mayureshwar, striped hyena pune, whistling trails 21 Comments

Situated at around 70 KMs from Pune, Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Tehsil Baramati in Pune district. The sanctuary is mostly made up of dry deciduous scrub forest and has a variety of flora and fauna specific to grasslands. Being a very small sanctuary (smallest in India), it can be easily covered in a day and is one of our favourite places for bird-watching as we have come across a good number of bird species as well mammals in the sanctuary. Read more

Bird-watching @ Bhigwan and Veer dam

Rudy Birding Hotspots February 20, 2015January 19, 2016Asian Openbill, Bar-headed Geese, chestnut bellied sandgrouse, Flamingos at Bhigwan, Greater Flamingo, Indian Courser, Indian thick-knee, Kumbhargaon, Tufted Ducks 0 Comment

Bhigwan is another bird watching place in close proximity with Pune; famous primarily for the Greater Flamingos. It was on my list for this winter and when Bhavesh informed me about the Wild India local tour to Bhigwan & Veer dam, I blocked my calendar for the weekend (7-8th Feb 2015) immediately. Except me, everyone was from Mumbai and journey from Mumbai started at around 11:30 PM on 6th Feb. I was picked from my place by 2:30 AM and we finally managed to reach Kumbhargaon, Bhigwan at around 4:30 AM. There are multiple bird watching sights in Bhigwan; Kumbhargaon and Diksal being the key ones. Read more

Bird-watching trip to Solapur grasslands

Rudy Birding Hotspots, Birds October 14, 2014January 19, 2016birding trip to solapur, blackbuck, chestnut bellied sandgrouse, Great Indian Bustard, great indian bustard sanctuary, Indian eagle owl, Nannaj, Wild India Eco Tours 0 Comment

After a splendid trip to Dandeli, I had another trip scheduled; this time to Solapur with Wild India Eco Tours. This was my 1st birding trip with a group that is into arranging wildlife trips across India. I was not really sure what to expect as I had never been on such a trip before. My journey started with boarding the Siddheshwar express at 2:30 AM from Pune station. Everyone else had boarded the train from Mumbai and fortunately we all were in the same boogie. We arrived in Solapur at around 7:00 AM and were picked up by Kumar; who was our guide for the next two days. Read more