Vadhvana/Wadhavana is a small lake situated 50 kms form Vadodara. 150 kms from Ahmedabad. This is used as a small reservoir for agricultural in surrounding villages.
Its very well connected with motor able road. So one can drive there in vehicles. Following is the rough sketch of the directions to Vadhvana.
One can take State transport buses till near by Dabhoi town and take auto rickshaw from there to Vadhvana or take cool Narrow Gauge train till Vadhvana/Wadhvana village and hire an auto to the lake.
3rd alternative is to take train from Vadodara (Anand to Chota Udaipur) starts from Vadodara at 6:50Am and reaches Vadhvana by 8:00Am. From railways station its a kms walk or you can take an auto. For returning you can again take Train to Vadodara scheduled 12:45 and 18:00
Best season to visit this place is Nov starting to Jan end. Nov is the time when migratory birds will start flying in. As many as 34 types of Migratory birds can be spotted over here. Right from Flamingos to Eurasian Wrynecks. Following are few of the birds that I managed to click at Vadhvana.
How Vadhvana looks in summers
To start off with, a common sight at Vadhvana during migratory seasons.
Sparrow lark
Syberian Stone Chat Female
Black Winged Stilts and Lesser egret
Brahminy Ducks or Rudy Shell Ducks in flight
Marsh Harrier in flight
Black Headed Gull adult nonbreeding in flight
Godwits
Common Coot
Cotton Pygmy Geese
Take off of Brahminy Ducks or Rudy Shell Ducks
Flight of Glossy Ibis
Northern Shoveler in flight
Couple of Pied Kingfishers
White throated kingfisher
Eurasian Wryneck
Couple of Stilts
Pond Heron
Purple Heron in flight
Eurasian Wegion
Olive Sunbird
Osprey In flight
On perch warning a crow
Paddy field Pippit
River Tren's slipped catch
Northern Shoveler (Male) and Comb ducks Basking in Sun
Northern Shoveler (Male and Female)
Greater Egret waiting for prey
Odd man out a mammal
Red Headed Bunting (Female)
Green Footed Green pigeon
White Browed Bulbul
Couple of Brahminy Starling
Asian Koel (Male)
Common Wagtail
This Osprey is always there to welcome you at Vadhvana. This was only time when I saw so much of water at Vadhvana
Copper Smit Barbet
Asian Koel (Female)
Indian Robin (Male)
White Throated Kingfisher
Red Headed Bunting (Male)
Common Sparrow (Male)
Common Sparrow (Female)
Indian Open Bill
Shikra feasting on a skink
Ringed Plover
Painted Snipe
Comb Duck in flight
Eurasian Spoonbill
During summer almost whole lake dries up. This was in june we had to walk down to middle of the lake to spot birds.
Painted Stork, Glossy Ibis, Lesser Egret, Eurasian Spoon bill
Grey heron, Spoon bills
Painted Storks
Pied Kingfisher
White/Black headed ibis
Pratincole
Grey Heron in flight
Juv Greater Flamingo
Booted Warbler
Couple of Gereb
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Orphean warbler
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Red naped Ibis
Hoopoe
Wire Tailed Swallows
Purple Moorhen
Yellow crowned Woodpecker
Shikra/Sparrow Hawk
Bronze winged Jacana immature
Bronze winged Jacana mature
Small Minivet
Commmon Pochard (Female)
Long Tailed Shrike
Grey Lag Goose
River Tren
AA couple of Black Necked Storks
Ruff
Cormorant taking off
Ringged Parakeet
Common Blue Kingfisher
Blue tailed Bee Eater
Black Drongo
Golden Oriole
Common Hawk-Cuckoo
Common Teal
Honey eyed Buzzard
Need to ID the following birds:
Red headed bunting (female) or some other bird
A pair of Little Gerbe
Female
Male:
Falcon
Sandpiper (Need ID confirmation)
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