This is a very old lake built in 1573. Its total area (as per wiki) is estimated by 75ha.
Its a wonderful place to find water birds like spot billed ducks, pintails, spot billed pelicans, greater cormorants, waterhen, moorhen and pied kingfisher.
I had been to this place some 3years back on an official trip to Bangalore.
At that time had visited this place in morning and had seen these birds along with pale billed flower pecker and sunbirds on the trees along the lake.
This time visited this place in the evening.
Me and Ritesh had started from Mumbai by bus on 23rd Dec evening and reached Bengaluruon 24th 1pm. We stayed at one of my family friends in Malleshwaram.
We started from here at 3:30pm and reached Hebbal by 4:30pm.
Went by an autorickshaw which charged Rs80.
On one of the island just near the shore there were a few cormorants, a white breasted waterhen and a pond heron. After some time a snake came up on the same spot on the island.
The spot billed ducks, pintail and spot billed pelican was swimming at a distance.
Later the spot billed ducks swam very nearby.
At the far end of the lake we got a pond heron, little egret, purple heron, pintail, spot billed duck and a pair of pelicans.
We wound up the trip with a brahminy flying over us as the sunlight had faded a lot at around 6pm.
We ended the day by roaming about the majestic circle just to explore around and back to Malleshwaram after a dinner.
For more pics visit the following album
The next day was a big birding day with Hessarghatta in the morning and then travel to Mysore with a hope to be able to cover Karanji Kerre in the evening.
Its a wonderful place to find water birds like spot billed ducks, pintails, spot billed pelicans, greater cormorants, waterhen, moorhen and pied kingfisher.
I had been to this place some 3years back on an official trip to Bangalore.
At that time had visited this place in morning and had seen these birds along with pale billed flower pecker and sunbirds on the trees along the lake.
This time visited this place in the evening.
Me and Ritesh had started from Mumbai by bus on 23rd Dec evening and reached Bengaluruon 24th 1pm. We stayed at one of my family friends in Malleshwaram.
We started from here at 3:30pm and reached Hebbal by 4:30pm.
Went by an autorickshaw which charged Rs80.
On one of the island just near the shore there were a few cormorants, a white breasted waterhen and a pond heron. After some time a snake came up on the same spot on the island.
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| White Breasted Waterhen |
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| Spotted Dove |
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| White breasted Waterhen |
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| Spot Billed Duck |
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| Brahminy Kite |
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| Pond heron and snake |
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| Pond Heron |
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| Snake |
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| Greater Cormorant |
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| Greater Cormorant |
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| Greater Cormorant |
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| Greater Cormorant |
The spot billed ducks, pintail and spot billed pelican was swimming at a distance.
Later the spot billed ducks swam very nearby.
At the far end of the lake we got a pond heron, little egret, purple heron, pintail, spot billed duck and a pair of pelicans.
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| Spot Billed Pelican |
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| Purple Heron |
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| Pond Heron |
We wound up the trip with a brahminy flying over us as the sunlight had faded a lot at around 6pm.
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| Brahminy Kite |
We ended the day by roaming about the majestic circle just to explore around and back to Malleshwaram after a dinner.
For more pics visit the following album
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| 2011-12-24 Hebbal |
The next day was a big birding day with Hessarghatta in the morning and then travel to Mysore with a hope to be able to cover Karanji Kerre in the evening.
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