Trip Report
21st Nov 2020: Arnab Raychoudhury and I visited Kalisthan Beach at low tide ( https://ebird.org/checklist/S76477427) and Bakkhali Beach ( https://ebird.org/checklist/S76525957) at high tide.
At Kalistan, with the low tides, knee-deep mudflats made it difficult to walk. Variety of waders were good. Incidentally no terns were sighted.
At Bakkhali, we were greeted by a sighting of a lifetime: A flock of about 1500-2000 Pallas’s Gulls ( non-breeding and breeding ) with some 1000 Brown headed Gulls ( non-breeding ) and a couple of Heughlin’s Gull ( non-breeding ). Plover flocks were good as high tide approached. Mixed flocks of Sanderling and Dunlin were observed. Incidentally, no terns were seen here too. Saw a lone Garganey fly over the sea.
Weather was partly cloudy and sunny.
Low tide at 7.05 am
High tide at 2.00 pm
List of Species - Kalisthan Beach - 21st Nov 2020
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S76477427 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | 20 | 20 |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | 1 | 1 |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | 2 | 2 |
| Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | 5 | 5 |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | 5 | 5 |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | 4 | 4 |
| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | 40 | 40 |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | 8 | 8 |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | 4 | 4 |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | 2 | 2 |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | 3 | 3 |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | 2 | 2 |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 1 |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | 4 | 4 |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | 2 | 2 |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | 3 | 3 |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | 2 | 2 |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1 |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | 7 | 7 |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | X | X |
| Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | X | X |
| Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | 10 | 10 |
| Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | 1 | 1 |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | 1 | 1 |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | 10 | 10 |
| Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | 10 | 10 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1 |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | 1 | 1 |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | 2 | 2 |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | 5 | 5 |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | 1 | 1 |
| Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | 2 | 2 |
| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | 2 | 2 |
| Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | 1 | 1 |
| Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | 1 | 1 |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | 10 | 10 |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | 5 | 5 |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | 2 | 2 |
| Jungle Babbler | Turdoides striata | 2 | 2 |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | 30 | 30 |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | 2 | 2 |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | 1 | 1 |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | 5 | 5 |
List of Species - Bakkhali Beach - 21st Nov 2020
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S76525957 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | 1 | 1 |
| Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | 5 | 5 |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | 2 | 2 |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | 8 | 8 |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | 1 | 1 |
| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | 100 | 100 |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | 4 | 4 |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | 20 | 20 |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | 2 | 2 |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | 7 | 7 |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | 8 | 8 |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | 25 | 25 |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | 2 | 2 |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | 10 | 10 |
| Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | 1000 | 1000 |
| Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | 1500 | 1500 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull (Heuglin's) | Larus fuscus heuglini | 2 | 2 |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | 1 | 1 |
| Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | 4 | 4 |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | 3 | 3 |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | 2 | 2 |
Participants
- Priyam Chattopadhyay
- Arnab Raychoudhury
- Rounak Patra
Photo Courtesy
- Priyam Chattopadhyay
- Arnab Raychoudhury
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