The maps of the area Classic farms and pallikarnai Marsh
A family holiday planned to Chennai, with a short visit to bangalore followed by a visit to Palacode near
Hogenakkal Falls in TN.
On 20 Jan the first visit to Classic farms which is just ahead of the SHOLINGANALLUR crossing or the ECR link road. The Marsh land falls between the ECR link road and the Classic farms located south of the marsh. A numaber of painted Storks and the Gull billed terns with the egret Little, Intermediate and large seen in large numbers in the marsh.
Moving south on the new roads in the farm a number of birds were seen
Pied Cuckoo
Grey Bellied Cuckoo
Black headed Munia
Scally Breasted Munia
Pipit Richard’s/Paddy-ID needed
Bushlark
Yellow Bittern
Bushchat Pied
Sunbird Loten’s
Purple Sunbird
Red vented Bulbul
Plain Prinia
Openbill
Purple Heron
Marsh harrier
Grey Heron
Kingfisher White Throated
Silverbill
Roller Inidan
Pond heron
Purple Swamphen
Then we moved on to the ECR link road. Turned left on to a dirt road under construction-a Km down the road.
Kingfisher
Wagtail White Browed Adult and Juv
Wagtail yellow
Bush chat Pied male and Female
Sandpiper wood and Common sandpiper
Kingfisher WT
Pipit Richard’s/Paddyfield ID conf needed
Finally turned to the Pallikarnai Marsh
Coming from the South (classic Farms) you turn right on to the road passing through the Marsh. Just short of the Toll plaza you get to see the waders large flock a little distance away.
Stints, Plovers, Sandpiper wood etc
Some migrtory ducks.
More than 200 grey headed lapwing. Stilts, Swallows and flocks of tern flying over the marsh
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Spotbilled Pelicans
More reports on the Birding again later in the week and the visit to Pulicat lake and Palacode will follow
Vijay
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