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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 at Akshi – Day trip from Pune

Rudy Birding Hotspots, Photo Blog December 2, 2015January 12, 2017akshi, bar-tailed godwit, Bird-watching at Akshi, birding at akshi, caspian terns, curlew sandpiper, dunlin, great knots, pallas gulls, Ruddy Turnstone, terek sandpiper, waders at akshi, whiskered terns, whistling trails, www.whistlingtrails.com, www.wild-india.in 8 Comments

The winter has arrived and so have the migratory birds. A quick bird-watching excursion to Akshi beach resulted in observing some lovely bird species which included four lifers – Great Knots, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin and Caspian Gulls. Some other key highlights were the Terek & Curlew Sandpipers, Whimbrel, Whiskered Terns and Ruddy Turnstones. Read more