Season: - August-October,
October-February
Trip Highlight
Only 176 kms from Delhi and 50 Kms west
of Agra and the Taj Mahal, Keoladep
Ghana is one of the best places in the
World for serious and also ignorant bird
watchers. Over 350 species of permanent
and migratory birds breed in the 29 Sq
Km marshes and woodlands of Bharatpur.
The area was developed as a wildfowl
hunting preserve by the Mahraja of
Bharatpur in the late 19th Century.
This is one of the only two breeding
sites for the endangered Siberian Cranes
and numerous water birds that visit it
during the cold nothern winters.
Common Animals
Wild boar , sambar , blue bull , black
buck , mongoose , small cats , jackals ,
fox , hyena and rock pythons.
Common Birds
In all there are about 350 species of
birds seen here which include white ibis
, painted stork , siberian cranes , open
bill , spoonbill , egrets , herons ,
cormorants , shags , moorhens , jacanas
, ducks , bar headed geese , plovers ,
pelicans , warblers , pipits , wagtails
, buntings , demoiselle and sarus crane
, steppe eagle , marsh harriers , osprey
, peregrine falcon , ring-tail fishing
eagle , kites , vultures , kinfishers ,
curlews and yet many more... |
