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 The little Rann of Kutch was established in 1973,the largest sanctuary in India, which is spread over 4,953 sq km covering the five districts of Surendranagar, Banaskantha, Patan, Kutch and Rajkot.
The Rann is a flat, white, cracked and utterly barren land in winter ,vehicles can break the speed limit on it except for sparse vegetation known for different species of birds and mammals.There are 364 hills, called bets, which rise across the Rann, and become islands during the monsoon, providing food and shelter to birds & mammals.
Me & Ameet visited this place in the trip organized by Nature India.We got an opportunity to see more than 100 species of birds (Thanks to Group Leaders Adesh & Mandar).
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| Flamingoes, pink ones in bleeding plumage |
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| Peacock |
Wire tailed swallow who has long fine wires in tail
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| Black Drongo alone on the barren land |
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| Camouflaged Desert Wheatear |
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| Common Cranes family (Two Adults with a kid) |
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| Young colorful girls, balancing enormous stack of woods |
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| Ruff in a bleeding plumage sharing the canvas with Red wattled lapwing |
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| Black winged stilt kissing its own reflection |
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| The Ruff |
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| Marsh Sandpiper |
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| Rosy Starling feeding on dried corns |
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| Black headed Ibis and Black Wing Stilt |
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| Painted storks along with Spoonbill and Egret |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Cormorant drying its wings |
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| Egret with its reflection |
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| Ashy-Crowned Sparrow-Lark |
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| White throated Kingfisher |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| Greylag Goose in flight |
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| Flock of birds(ID ?) |
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| Greylag Goose.These are the migratory birds who travel thousands of miles all the way from Siberia during winter |
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| Green Bee-Eater |
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| Family of Saras Crane.These are the tallest flying birds in the world. |
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| Bay backed Shrike |
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| Wild Ass , a unique species only found in LRK.The count is about 300.They are very shy & run away if approached in their proximity. |
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| During monsoon the land of Rann is under water and it dries up very quickly and cracks in winter |
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| White wagtail looking for a companion |
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| Squirrels munching on green berries |
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| Peacock running away |
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| Mongoose |
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| Eurasian Vulture in a rehabilitation center |
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| Pallied Scopes Owl highly camouflaged |
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| Feeling high (Peacock with pigeons) |
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| Red Ringed Parakeet |
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| Juvenile painted stork |
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| Juvenile painted stork looking out for their parents |
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| Juvenile painted stork waiting for their parents to bring food |
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| Shikra-Female |
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| Indian Roller |
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| Common Kestral |
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| Pied Kingfisher |
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| The colony of Pied Kingfisher.I was not lucky to capture them.But enjoyed a site of watching them hovering in the air and diving in the water to catch the fish. |
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| Moon over the Rann |
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| Sunset in LRK |
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Along with above mentioned birds, we also saw Spotted Dove, Laughing Dove, Red Collared Dove, Short Eared Owl, Bluethroat, Brahminy starlings, White-eared bulbuls, Red vented bulbuls, Common babblers, Barn swallows, Black shouldered kite, Streak Throated Swallows , Red Rumped Swallow, Barn, Desert Warbler, Peregrine Falcon and many more.
Thanks to Adesh & Mandar for educating us to this different world of birds.It was a amazing experience.This has given us nice break from a regular daily schedule and we are looking forward for more such trips in the future.
The little Rann of Kutch was established in 1973,the largest sanctuary in India, which is spread over 4,953 sq km covering the five districts of Surendranagar, Banaskantha, Patan, Kutch and Rajkot.
