10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
However, I have another ongoing love affair, with India. If you have never thought of India as a birding destination, I’d urge you to give it a good look. From the alpine habitats of the Himalayas, to deserts, grasslands, wetlands and forests, India has a great deal to offer the birdwatcher. Contact: ashley.boon@btopenworld.com.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2022
Located in the Kutch District of Gujarat, the Naliya Grassland is the smallest reserve of India, covering only 2 square kilometers (yes – 0.77 sq mi), which contradict the conservation significance of the bird it was founded for, some three decades ago – the Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard. Males reach 1.2 meters (3.9
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. George Rippon (1861-1927), a member of the British Army in India and Burma.
Critter News
AUGUST 1, 2009
India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. He added that the forest ministry, state governments and a separate authority on the management of tiger reserves had agreed to work together to ensure conservation of the endangered animal. But is it enough?
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
India, February 2013. I am camping in the dry-deciduous jungle in eastern Maharashtra, near the geographic heart of India. According to IUCN , because of illegal hunting and habitat degradation across most of Indochina, ungulates occur at levels well below natural. Only in protected areas in southern and central India (e.g.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.
10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2013
There are some seven birds among the 100 most endangered species on the planet on the list of fauna and flora listed as the rarest by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Zoological Society of London – and this morning, I am after one of those! Trips Great Indian Bustard India' Males reach 1.2
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