Discover 46 Bird Species with Delhi Earth Walks on a Bird Photography Walk to Amrut Biodiversity Park
Amongst the urban spaces in Amrut Biodiversity Park - A Delhi Earth Walks birdwatching trail Report
Date: 07 June 2026
Location: Amrut Biodiversity Park
Walk Theme: Birding Trails at Amrut Biodiversity Park
Walk Leader: Deepak Kumar
Walk Coordinator: Salil Dutta
No of participants: 38
The rising temperatures of Delhi have definitely significantly impacted the avian life of the capital city as well. To understand these changes and to spot species that exist in the region during this season, Asian Adventures, in collaboration with the Global Wildlife Fair and Delhi Tourism, organised a bird walk at the Amrut Biodiversity Park. After a quick briefing with the participants, the walk started, where the clear skies acted as an add-on asset for spectacular bird watching. It was a pleasure for the walk leader to observe the passion of people who were equipped with apps such as Merlin and eBird to form an accurate bird list. Right at the beginning of the walk, species such as the Green Bee-eater and Rufous treepie were spotted. The excited participants clicked quick pictures of the bird and even asked the walk leader for the guiding tips regarding how to get a perfect shot.
When the group came across the next sighting, which was the little egret, a very interesting discussion started, which was about how to identify the bird. Many participants claimed that they would often confuse it with the other members of the egret family, such as the cattle egret. The walk leader here specified that the little egret has yellow feet, while its legs are black, and during breeding season, a few crisp hair emerge from its head. The cattle egret has a yellow-coloured beak, while its legs are black, and during the breeding season, it takes up the beautiful yellow-orange colour. Here, one participant joked that the hair emerging from the little egret’s head during breeding season resembles that of a Pandit, and the whole group shared a hearty laugh at this. The next spotting in this adventure became the scaly-breasted munia, followed by the Red Avadavat.
The participants left no stone unturned to capture the beautiful images of the small red male of the Red Avadavat and hastened the next encounter that was another member, or rather members, of the munia family - a flock of Indian Silverbill, the perfect sync they were in presented the peaceful synchronicity of nature. As luck would have it, the group also encountered the 2 male black-breasted weavers who were busy building a nest. The highlight of the walk was yet to come. While everyone had thought it was time to call it a day after a successful birding trip, just then the walk leader observed a pair of Indian Oriole where the female was sitting in the nest, and the male was bringing food for her.
This cordial, homely representation became a perfect subject for many participants' photography. The participants were so satisfied with the different birds and photographing opportunities they came across on the walk that they happily gave testimonials for the walk. Want to become a part of a similar birding or natural adventure? Join Earth Walks and turn your regular Sundays into something extraordinary. The next adventure awaits for you, click here to be a part: https://asianadventures.info/p/af0725/
Bird List
- Indian Spot-billed Duck
- Indian Peafowl
- Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon
- Asian Koel
- Crested Treeswift
- Eurasian Moorhen
- White-breasted Waterhen
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Asian Openbill
- Little Cormorant
- Glossy Ibis
- Black-headed Ibis
- Little Egret
- Indian Pond-Heron
- Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Black Kite
- Indian Gray Hornbill
- Asian Green Bee-eater
- White-throated Kingfisher
- Coppersmith Barbet
- Black-rumped Flameback
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Indian Golden Oriole
- Black Drongo
- Rufous Treepie
- House Crow
- Common Tailorbird
- Yellow-bellied Prinia
- Ashy Prinia
- Plain Prinia
- Zitting Cisticola
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Jungle Babbler
- Indian Pied Starling
- Common Myna
- Bank Myna
- Purple Sunbird
- Black-breasted Weaver
- Indian Silverbill
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Red Avadavat