November 2000

In the UK the bad weather continued and my total UK month list made it to 21 species. However, from November 4th 'til the 11th I was in India on business, visiting Delhi and Bharatpur, in the north and Chennai and Pondicherry in the south-east of the country.

The week added 43 species to my life list. The birding highlight was the brief (about two hours) trip to the famous Bharatpur.

The month total was a bit better than October's totalling 125 species; the top ten was:

  1. Purple Swamphen
  2. Black Bittern
  3. River Lapwing
  4. Brahminy Starling
  5. Asian Pied Starling
  6. Indian Peafowl
  7. Bronze-winged Jacana
  8. Wire-tailed Swallow
  9. Collared Scops Owl
  10. Crested Serpent Eagle

Back to October?      And finally December?