day 1 flew from Newcastle to heathrow, but before i set of i went for the Myrtle warbler in Durham which i got within half an hour :) looking forward to seeing summer plumage american warblers in Texas next year :) this bird was in winter plumage, not that attractive but still a good bird to put on the British list. so i arrived in Heathrow, next was a flight to Quatar then a flight to Nepal, a total of 22 hours to get to Nepal from Newcastle. I was greeted by Tika, my guide for the tour, great guy and a great birder. wWe arrived at the Marshyangdi hotel to a very warm welcome, we had a get together to discuss the plans and then have our evening meal. 6am start on day 2 where we were traveling to the Royal Chitwan reserve, birding on the way :0 and what a birding day it turned out to be. We arrived at the Chitwan lodge around 2pm, we just dumped our bags and went to the open hide which looked across the reserve which was full of birds and mammals, here is a list of birds and mammals i seen on day 1 and 2 also some photos from the 2 days.
in red are lifers
Birds
indian peafowl
ruddy shelduck
grey capped pygmy woodpecker
fulvous breasted woodpecker
indian roller
white throated kingfisher
common hawk cuckoo
jungle owlet
brown hawk owl
savanna nightjar
spotted dove
brown crake
white breasted waterhen
common hoopoe
common pigeon
common moorhen
bronze winged jacana
ibisbill
little ringed plover
black kite
himalayan griffon
crested serphant eagle
indian spotted eagle
greater spotted eagle
steppe eagle
booted eagle
great cormorant
little egret
great white egret
cattle egret
intermediate egret
indian pond heron
black crowned night heron
cinnamon bittern
golden fronted leaf bird
long tailed shrike
rufous treepie
house crow
large billed crow
black hooded oriole
black drongo
brown dipper
blue rock thrush
blue whistling thrush
oriental magpie robin
hodgsons redstart
white capped redstart
plumbeous redstart
pied bushchat
common myna
jungle myna
barn swallow
red rumped swallow
himalayan bulbul
red vented bulbul
plain prinia
grey sided bush warbler
common tailerbird
rufous rumped grassbird
jungle babbler
thick billed flowerpecker
crimson sunbird
house sparrow
tree sparrow
white wagtail
white browed wagtail
yellow vented flowerpecker self found, only 2nd ever recorded in central Nepal, so a good find.
Mammals
rhesus macaque monkey
jungle cat
greater one horned rhino
spotted deer
hog deer
plumbeous redstart
white capped redstart
ibisbill which i spotted feeding down the river
common hawk cuckoo
long tailed shrike
crested serphant eagle
white throated kingfisher
white browed wagtail
indian pond heron
brown dippers
hooded oriole
rufous treepie
blue whisterling thrush
common myna
jungle myna
greater spotted eagle
black kite
jungle cat crossed the river next to us
rhuino at the chitwan reserve
the mountain road to chitwan
river where ibisbills winter
part of the group looking at the ibisbill
locals house
lunch time by the river
rafters
the bar and restaurant at chitwan
the lodges
my lodge
a few beers around the fire
watching the local dancers
Lol, best holiday iv'e ever had :) don't know why iv'e been holidaying in Britain, might even cancel Shetland and shoot off to Africa? :0
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