Ive been wanting to do this map for a while now. I am not aware of one place where on can get this information. So here goes. Here is the list of places you can do “easy birding”. A chair, a thermos of chai and you are set 🙂 I will keep adding to this list as I get to know new locations.
24 June 2024: Karnala seems to be the ODKF capital. Now 5 hides in Karnala area !
The links on the customised map, will have contact info for you to book and connect.
Click on the blue link or directly on the map location for the contact info.Green links are my trip reports if I have visited that location.
Please also let me know if any of these are not functional. I will accordingly add a remark to that site.
- Sattal- Surya Gaon Hide – Incredible Birding , Himalayan Birds, Ebird List
- Bajoon, Sattal- – Hari Lama , Himalayan Birds
- Sattal-Ashram Hide – Incredible Birding, Himalayan Birds
- Sattal- Prabhu Hide , Himalayan Birds
- Sattal-Birders Den – Hari Lama , Himalayan Birds
- Kathgodam Hide –Devender Singh Khatri ( +91 8171585053)
- Manila Birding Lodge– Rajesh Panwar, Feeder with local himalayan birds, Ebird List
- Kaiakata – Habre’s Nest -( On the Sandakphu Trail, nudges into Nepal this one !) , Laughing Thrushes, Ebird List
- Latpanchar Hide – Parag Gurung
- Roing – Frogmouth Camp – Ravi Mekola
- Lakhimpur Hide ( Ranga Reserve) Assam – Tesia Camp – Jugal Borah
- Dosedewa Hides- Assam – Guide Rejoice Gassah
- Buxa Tiger Reserve Hide – Hide Video – Samrat Saha Buxabirdtours, Ebird List
- Bharatpur – The Bagh Hotel, Northern India Plains Birds
- Nalsarovar – Latif Avlani
- Pench – Kipling Hide This is a South Africa style hide designed by Zhayynn James
- Karnala Kolhe – Samadhan Pawar, ODKF & Other birds
- Karnala Koralwadi – Ramesh Vaghe (+91 82083 41982)
- Karnala Gulsunde – House Of ODKF – Dipen G Shah
- Karnala Rasiyani – Vinayak Dukare, ODKF & Other birds
- Karnala Ransai – Kiran, Sunil Bhagat, ODKF
- Tahmini – Ramdas Yenpure, ODKF & Other birds
- Wai Kingfisher Hide – Raj Dhage, Kingfisher
- Chiplun- ODKF Hide – Nandu Tambe, ODKF & Other birds
- Guhaghar – Sachin Karekar, Blue Eared Kingfisher
- Sawantwadi- Banda Hide– Pravin Satoskar ( +9194235 98986) – ODKF
- Sindhudurg- Pangard, Ambyache Pani Bird Hide,- Ganesh Margaj, Western Ghat Endemics
- Hebri Hide – Vinay Kumar Shetty
- Ganeshgudi – Old Magazine House – Jungle Lodges & Resorts, Ganeshgudi, Western Ghat Birds, Ebird List
- Daroji Bear Sanctuary Bird Hide – Daroji Sanctuary – Contact Forest dept/ JSW nature centre
- Bangalore – Satisha Sarakki Hide – Bangalore (Satisha ), Bangalore Local Birds, Ebird List
- Shimoga – Satisha Sarakki Hide – Shimoga (Satisha), Plum Headed Parakeets
- Coorg – Hornbill’s Nest – Coorg, Western Ghat Birds & Hornbills
- Thattekad – Ashy Eldhose Hide, Southern India Malabar Birds, Ebird List
- Munnar – Kuttetan Hide, Southern India Malabar Birds,
Orange marked are approximate locations.
Click on the location markers for hide contact details
Updated :
09 Mar 2024 ( Dosdewa-Assam added )
24 Mar 2024 ( Koralwadi- Karnala added)
24 Mar 2024 ( Nalsarovar – Gujarat added)
05 Apr 2024 (Pench- Kipling Hide added)
05 Apr 2024 (Shimoga- Karnataka added)
16 May 2024 (Latpanchar & Bajoon added)
24 Jun 2024 ( Karnala – Ransai added)
04 Aug 2024 ( Added Banda & Pangard )
28 Nov 2024 ( Kathgodam Hide )
Nice information
Sanjay Rai at Latpanchar, West Bengal has a hide. Right now it is not very frequented with different species but it should gain popularity with time. When I went there the star attraction was a common green magpie. Others were relatively common birds.