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India Punjab

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You will notice that there is no introduction to this section yet.

I would like to fill this gap with an introduction from a local birder [or someone who is a frequent visitor] for every on of the geographical pages. The many thousands of birders now regularly using these pages prefer to read something written by someone who can see the place from an insider's point of view. They know the best spots, not just the ones that first time overseas visitors usually visit or that are on the normal birding trip itineraries.

Each introduction carries the e-mail address of the contributor so that birders can get in touch with them if, for example, they are planning a trip [unless the contributor is unable to do this].

Please get in touch if you feel you can contribute an introduction to this page - you don't have to be an expert; I'm not!

useful reading

* Field Guides & Bird Song

For a comprehensive list of recommended titles covering India as a whole - please see the main India page of Fatbirder

Birds of Northern India

by Richard Grimmett and Tim Inskipp Helm Field Guides 2003 RRP ?19.99p
See Fatbirder Review
ISBN: 0713651679
Buy this book from NHBS.com

useful information

State Bird

Northern Goshawk

reserves

Harike Lake National Park

http://www.kolkatabirds.com/harike.htm
Harike Bird Sanctuary, in Punjab is a large wetland created on the River Sutlej. This shallow water body attracts large numbers of wintering waterfowl and is home to many specialties. Birds like the White-crowned Penduline Tit, Indian Skimmer, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Rufous-vented Prinia and Sind Sparrow can be found here. Harike was designated as a Ramsar site in March 1990 and has been identified as one of the sites for conservation under the Indian National Wetland Programme...

Sukhna Lake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhna_Lake
It attracts migratory birds from lands as far as Siberia and elsewhere. Sukhna is a sanctuary for many exotic migratory birds like the Siberian duck, Storks and Cranes, during the winter months...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

2000 [January] - Ranajay Gupta & Chandan Chaudhuri - Harike and Aitiana

http://birding.about.com/library/ucontent/uc00-10india.htm
The bird life was not only rich, but incredibly bold. Mr Sohan Singh`s farmhouse is a three-storied building, with a large, brick-paved inner yard enclosed within a high wall. Low sheds for farm machinery as well as the cattle sheds, which housed a number of buffalo, surrounded the outer yard. Behind the cattle sheds was a heap of chaff, and beyond it a small enclosed field where the cattle spent the day grazing and basking in the sun on the rare occasions the fog allowed it to shine through...

local guides

Birding Pal

http://www.birdingpal.org/India.htm
Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

places to stay

Ritz Plaza Hotel Amritsar

http://www.india.travelmall.com/travelmall/hotel/Punjab+and+Haryana/Ritz+Plaza+Hotel+Amritsar
The hotel`s 50 rooms and suites are spread over an aristocratic 2 acres on Mall Road, Amritsar`s very elite locale. Ritz Plaza has many firsts to its credit - being the first centrally air-conditioned hotel in Punjab. In its own history it has hosted a galaxy of who`s who, including a visit by the Queen of England...

mailing lists

DelhiBird

http://www.delhibird.net
List contact:nik@sapta.com
Mailing List Discussion Group a group of nature lovers who meet at different locales for birding in Delhi. Go to website to subscribe...

Army moves in to save Punjab wetland

http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/environment/army_move_wetland.htm
The placid Harike lake, nestling along the confluence of the Sutlej-Beas rivers and a winter home to some 20,000 migratory birds, was slowly being choked by water hyacinth. Now the Indian Army has moved in to restore the wetland...