Sattal is one of the places that is close to big cities and shows a different form of nature – the world of birds. The forest of Sattal is filled with oak trees, situated at the height of 1400 Metres due to which many birds come to breed from down South India throughout the summer, among these a lot of ‘Fly Catcher’ species, one of which is – Paradise Fly Catcher, Many birds come here in winter from cold areas such as finches, raptors and warblers.
Bird Watching Places of Sattal
Studio Trail
This is the most famous area of Sattal among birders, many birds come here to bathe in the water, photographers from all over the world capture pictures of many birds here.
Bend Area
This road trail exhibits a lot of bird activity in the morning, as well as a view of ‘Garuda Tal’ and ‘Sattal’ and ‘Hanuman Tal’, this trail is very good for resident birds, beautiful birds like Scarlet Minivet are seen here almost dail
Panna Lake / Garur Tal
Rare species like Scaly Thrush in the winters make this place their home, then in the summer species of owls like – Brown Wood Owl.
Wild Kumaon Campus
Birds are also fed at some places in Sattal and there is also a birdbath, one such bird hide is also inside the WILD KUMAON campus.
Chanfi
chanfi is an amazing birding area for small Birds, warblers, and water-dependent Birds. Different topography in comparison to the Sattal region this area is home to different species which you don’t find in Sattal. Tawny Fish Owl, Little Forktail and Brown Dipper are some highlights from the area. a must-visit area if you are coming to Sattal.
In a year, about 250 species are found in Sattal –
Some of the rarest summer species are Long-tailed Broadbill, Brown Wood Owl, Gray Croned Parinees, Mountain Scopes Owl, Mountain Hawk Eagle.
Some beautiful winter species are – Small Niltava, Rufous Bellied NIltava, Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher, Golden Bush Robin, Common Green Magpie, Pink Browd Rosfinch.
Some exotic birds also live in the target of bird watchers in winter…. one of which is the Siberian rubythroat – this bird reaches Sattal from the upper cold regions of Europe and China. It looks very beautiful blooming in the middle and there is a desire in the mind to come out for a moment and see it.
There are other areas along with Satatal which are famous for birds and which are visited with the Satatal Bird Watching Tour –
Pangot, Chanfi, Ramgarh, Shyamkhet – These are the areas where there is very good boarding and many such species are found which are not found in Sattal.
Chanfi is famous for – Brown Dipper, the only species which breeds in winters here.
The right time to visit Sattal and other vicinity area is :
Summer – April to June
In winter – November to March
Places to stay at Sattal – Wild Kumaon – located in Sattal. This eco-resort is dedicated exclusively to bird watchers, situated at a great location providing you quick access to birding spots, there is also a bird head, close to all the birding areas of Sattal.
SATTAL BIRDS CHECKLIST
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Little Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
- Indian Cormorant
- Cattle Egret
- Indian Pond Heron
- Striated Heron
- Black-winged kite
- Bearded vulture
- Egyptian vulture
- Crested Honey-buzzard
- Red-headed Vulture
- Himalayan Griffon
- Griffon vulture
- Himalayan/Eurasian Griffon
- Crested-serpent Eagle
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle
- Rufous-bellied Eagle
- Collared Falconet
- Common Kestrel
- Eurasian Hobby
- Peregrine Falcon
- Slaty-headed parakeet
- Plum-headed parakeet
- Long-tailed Broadbill
- Small minivet
- Long-tailed Minivet
- Scarlet Minivet
- Large Cuckooshrike
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike
- Himalayan Shrike-Babbler
- Green Shrike-Babbler
- White-bellied Erpornis
- Indian Golden Oriole
- Black-hooded Oriole
- Maroon Oriole
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing
- Nepal wren-babbler
- Pygmy Cupwing
- Grey-throated Martin
- Dusky crag Martin
- Barn swallow
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Streak-throated Swllow
- Common House Martin
- Nepal House Martin
- Black-crested Bulbul
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Himalayan Bulbul
- Black Bulbul
- Ashy Bulbul
- Mountain Bulbul
- Ashy-throated Warbler
- Buff-barred Warbler
- Hume’s Warbler
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
- Eurasian Wren
- Brown Dipper
- Common Starling
- Chestnut-tailed starling
- Common Myna
- Jungle Myana
- Spot-winged Starling
- Long-tailed Thrush
- Alpine Thrush
- Dark-sided Thrush
- Long-billed Thrush
- Scaly Thrush
- Pied Thrush
- Orange-headed Thrush
- Mistle Thrush
- Grey-winged Blackbird
- Tickell’s Thrush
- Tibetan Blackbird
- White-collared Blackbird
- Chestnut Thrush
- Black-throated Thrush
- Alpine Accentor
- Altai Accentor
- Rufous-breasted Accentor
- Black-throated Accentor
- House Sparrow
- Russet Sparrow
- Yellow-throated Sparrow
- Grey Wagtail
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine. Wagtail
- White-browed Wagtail
- Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail
- Upland Pipit
- Rosy Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Plain Mountain-Finch
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
- European Goldfinch
- Black-and-yellow Grosbeak
- Spot-winged Grosbeak
- Common Rosefinch
- Scarlet Finch
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch
- Pink-browed Rosefinch
- Brown Bullfinch
- Dark Breasted Rosefinch
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Garganey
- Northem Shoveler
- Indian Spot-billed Duck
- Red-crested Pochard
- Hill Partridge
- Rufous-throated Partridge
- Indian Peafowl
- Black Francolin
- Grey Francolin
- Red Junglefowi
- Himalayan Monal
- Cheer Pheasant
- Kalij Pheasant
- Koklass Pheasant
- Rock dove
- Hill Pigeon
- Speckled wood-Pigeon
- Ashy Wood-Pigeon
- Rufous Turtle Dove
- Collared Dove
- Red Collared Dove
- Spotted Dove
- Black Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Steppe Eagle
- Bonelli’s Eagle
- Crested Goshawk
- Shikra
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Black Kite
- Himalayan Buzzard
- Upland Buzzard
- Barn owl
- Mountain Scops Owl
- Collared Scops Owl
- Brown Fish-Owl
- Tawny Fish-Owl
- Collared Owlet
- Asian Barred Owlet
- Jungle Owlet
- Asian Barred/Jungle Owlet
- Spotted Owlet
- Brown Wood-Owl
- Himalayan Owl
- Brown Boobook
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Ashy Woodswallow
- Bar-Winged Flycatcher-shrike
- Common Iora
- White-throated Fantail
- Black Drongo
- Ashy Drongo
- Crow-billed Drongo
- Bronzed Drongo
166. Lesser Racked-tailed Drongo
167. Hair-crested Drongo
168. Black-naped Monarch
169. Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
170. Long-tailed Shrike
171. Grey-backed Shrike
172. Eurasian Jay
173. Black-headed Jay
174. Red-billed Blue-Magpie
175. Yellow-billed/Red-billed Blue-magpie
176. Common Green-Magpie
177. Rufous Treepie
178. Lemon-rumped Warbler
179. Sulphur-bellied Warbler
180. Tickell’s Leaf Warbler
181. Dusky Warbler
182. Common Chiffchaff
183. Whistler’s Warbler
184. Green/Greenish Warbler
185. Western Crowned Warbler
186. Blyth’s Leaf Warbler
187. Grey-hooded Warbler
188. Grey-bellied Tesia
189. Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
190. Grey-sided Bush Warbler
191. Chestnut-headed Tesia
192. Black-throated Tit
193. Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
194. Aberrant Bush Warbler
195. Black-throated Tit
196. Lesser Whitethroat
197. Whiskered Yuhina
198. Black-chinned Yuhina
199. Indian White-eye
200. Dark-sided Flycatcher
201. Asian Brown Flycatcher
202. Indian Robin
203. Oriental Magpie-Robin
204. Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher
205. Small Niltava
206. Ruffous-bellied Niltava
207. Verditer Flycatcher
208. Indian Blue Robin
209. Bluethroat
210. Blue Whistling-Thrush
211. Little Forktail
212. Spotted forktail
213. Slaty-backed Forktail
214. Siberian Rubythroat
215. Himalayan Rubythroat
216. Himalayan Bluetail
217. Golden Bush-Robin
218. Slaty-blue Flycatcher
219. Rufous –gorgeted Flycatcher
220. Little Pied Flycatcher
221. Ultramarine Flycatcher
222. Rusty-tailed Flycatcher
223. Taiga Flycatcher
224. Red-breasted Flycatcher
225. Crested Bunting
226. Chestnut-eared Bunting
227. Rock Bunting
228. White-capped Bunting
229. Pied Cuckoo
230. Asian Koel
231. Banded Bay Cuckoo
232. Large Hawk-Cuckoo
233. Common Hawk-Cuckoo
234. Indian Cuckoo
235. Himalayan Cuckoo
236. Common Cuckoo
237. Sirkeer Malkoha
238. Grey Nightjar
239. Lagre-tailed Nightjar
240. Himalayan Swiftlet
241. Alpine Swaift
242. Little Swift
243. White-breasted Waterhen
244. Brown Crake
245. Common Crane
246. Black-winged Stilt
247. Indian Grey Hornbill
248. Common Kingfisher
249. White Throated Kingfisher
250. Crested Kingfisher
251. Blue-bearded Beer-eater
252. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
253. Indian Roller
254. Coppersmith Barbet
255. Great Barbet
256. Lineated Barbet
257. Brown-headed Barbet
258. Blue-throated Barbet
259. Speckled Piculet
260. Grey-capped Woodpecker
261. Brown-fronted Woodpecker
262. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
263. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
264. Himalayan Woodpecker
265. Greater Flameback
266. Lesser Yellownape
267. Scaly-bellied Woodpecker
268. Grey-headed Woodpecker
269. Greater Yellownape
270. Grey Treepie
271. Red-billed Chough
272. House Crow
273. Large-billed Crow
274. Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail
275. Grey-headed Canary-Fiycatcher
276. Fire-capped Tit
277. Yellow-browed Tit
278. Coal Tit
279. Green-backed Tit
280. Cinereous Tit
281. Himalayan Black-lored Tit
282. Common Tailorbird
283. Striated Prinia
284. Grey-crowned Prinia
285. Grey-breasted Prinia
286. Ashy Prinia
287. Thick-billed Warbler
288. Black-chinned Babbler
289. White-browed Scimitar-Babbler
290. Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler
291. Striated Laughingthrush
292. Jungle Babbler
293. White-crested Laughingthrush
294. Rufous-chinged Laughingthrush
295. Spotted Laughingthrush
296. White-throated Laughingthrush
297. Streaked Laughingthrush
298. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
299. Rufous Sibia
300. Red-billed Leiothrix
301. Blue-winged Minla
302. Chestnut-tailed Minla
303. Wallcreeper
304. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
305. White-tailed Nuthatch
306. White-cheeked Nuthatch
307. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
308. Blue-fronted Redstart
309. Plumbeous Redstart
310. White-capped Redstart
311. Blue-capped Redstart
312. Black Redstart
313. Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush
314. Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
315. Blue Rock Thrush
316. Siberian Stonechat
317. Pied Bushchat
318. Grey Bushchat
319. Brown Rock Chat
320. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
321. Purple Sunbird
322. Fire-tailed Sunbird
323. Green-tailed Sunbird
324. Crimson Sunbird
325. Orange-bellied Leafbird
326. White-rumped Munia
327. Scaly-breasted Munia
328. Asian Emerald Dove
329. Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon
330. Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon
