Birding Sites in Goa

Carambolin Lake

An excellent site that was only a short taxi ride away was Carambolin Lake and nearby the Ciba Giegy factory, where they have constructed an area of wetland to show how safe their effluent is!

View across part of the Ciba Geigy wetland site

This site was one of the best to see Open-Bill Storks and Lesser Adjutants.

While at Carambolin Lake there were Pheasant-Tailed Jacana, Bronze-Winged Jacana, Purple Swamphen, Lesser Whistling-Duck, Cotton-Pygmy Goose plus Darter, Herons and Egrets.


Sadly access to Ciba Giegy has been withdrawn, you can only peer through the fence.

Click Here to See Map of Carambolin Lake


There are many sites just a taxi drive away offering excellent birding. While some of the 'organised' trips prove to be good for birds as well. With the crocodile trip and spice plantation offering the best opportunities. We saw excellent birds on both trips and had a very enjoyable time.

Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater

 


Little Egret

 


Pied Kinfisher

Morji Beach

A rather beautiful and fairly deserted beach north of Baga is Morji Beach, this may alter as a bridge is currently being constructed which will improve access. Here you can enjoy some wonderful birding with superb scenery and the excellent beach. There are beach huts where you can get cold drinks and food. Try to arrange your visit to coincided with the high tide which will push the birds closer,

Morji Beach

On our visits to Morji Beach we saw Palla's Gull, Brown-Headed Gull, Black-Headed Gull, Great-Crested Tern, Lesser-Crested Tern, Common Tern, Sandwich Tern, Gull-Billed Tern, two varieties of Yellow-Legged Gulls, Lesser-Sand Plover, Kentish Plover, Small Pratincole, White-Bellied Sea Eagle, and Tawny Pipit.

Baga / Arpora Woods

An excellent forest site this, get a taxi to Club Cubana walk up the entrance track pass the club and continue straight on. We found it best to continue on the main track exploring the side tracks as we went. Some superb birds to be found here, we had an excellent Indian Cuckoo on one visit.

Baga / Arpora Woods

Arambol

Walk down the beach at Arambol then turn right, walk past the rocks, or climb over them if tide is in, to eventually reach the freshwater pool by the shore. A fairly longish walk but well worth the effort.

 

Arambol Beach

Baga Hill

This is best reached by going over the Baga river then turing right, on the other side of the concrete bridge, following the road until you are opposite where the river does a 90 degree turn to the right. On your left you should see a track that leads up the hlll, follow this up and when you reach the point where the track divides take the left hand track. Birding is good all the way up this track sometimes the area nearest the road can be very productive. You will emerge on the ridge and can explore the area to the left and right, early morning or late afternoon seemed quite good. On one trip we sat on the ridge looking north and watched a Oriental Honey Buzzard for ages as it flew around below us.

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