Wild India

"I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath." - David Lynch #insect #macro #photography #canon #100mm

Greater Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon alaudipes) - long-legged and slender-bodied with a distinctive down-curved bill Banni Grassland, Gujarat, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds #IndiAves

Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) grayish-brown overall with white spots above while its underparts are white with brown bars Lodhai Village, Gujarat, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds #IndiAves #twitternaturecommunity

Crab-Plover (Dromas ardeola) - Utterly unmistakable large shorebird. Modhva Beach, Mandavi, Gujarat, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds #IndiAves

Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius) - Delicately built small plover with bright yellow eyerings. Modhva Beach, Mandavi, Gujarat, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds #IndiAves

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) - This huge bird is by a slight margin the largest of the pelican species and one of the largest living flying bird species. Modhva Beach, Mandavi, Gujarat, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds

Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) - A plump, brightly colored babbler of dense forest understory Sattal, Uttarakhand, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds

82 species on the patch today at Carambolim fields, with some great views of Plain Prinia, Common Kingfisher, Long-tailed Strike. Temminck’s Stint. More clicks in the @Team_eBird checklist - ebird.org/checklist/S291… #birdwatching #birdsofgoa #indianbirds

Crab-Plover - Dromas ardeola. Forages in flocks Modhva Beach, Gujarat, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds #IndiAves

Marsh Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank and a blurry Kingfisher today at Carambolim fields, Goa More images in @Team_eBird checklist - ebird.org/checklist/S295… #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofgoa #indianbirds #birdwatching #birding

Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) Nerul, Maharashtra, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds

Siberian Stonechat (Common Stonechat) - Saxicola maurus Nerul, Maharashtra, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds

Blessed to see and photograph these four species of sunbirds from the porch of our home in Goa. Purple Sunbird Crimson-backed Sunbird Purple-rumped Sunbird Vigors’s Sunbird #sunbirds #birdsofgoa #indianbirds

Over 90 species today at Carambolim Dhado wetlands, Goa for the Asian Waterbird Census @Team_eBird checklist: ebird.org/checklist/S293… @birdcountindia @WetlandsInt #waterbirdscount #AsianWaterbirdCensus #InternationalWaterbirdCensus #awc #waterbirds #wetlands

Some very good birds during yesterday’s quick birding session on the patch. @Team_eBird checklist: ebird.org/checklist/S293… #birdwatching #birding #birdsofgoa #indianbirds

Long-tailed Shrike, Carambolim fields, Goa @Team_eBird checklist: ebird.org/checklist/S294… #birdsofgoa #indianbirds #birdwatching #birding

Shikra (Tachyspiza badia) - A common, widespread resident across Asia and Africa Nerul, Maharashtra, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds

Scaly-breasted Munia (Spotted Munia) - Lonchura punctulata Nerul, Maharashtra, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds

Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) - A brilliantly colored, tiny forest kingfisher with a coral-red dagger bill. Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #bird

Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata) - A somewhat bold species, it often skulks in the undergrowth but sings from exposed perches. Nerul, Maharashtra India 🇮🇳 #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #birds