Bird watching at Kavadi-Pat, Pune ~ Vietnam Open Touris

Along with Pashan and Veer Dam, Kavadi-Pat is another place to spot numbers of scrubland and wetland birds. It’s a small Village near Pune city. The place is skirting but the best place to see Ducks closely. This is my practice ground for photography along with Pashan Lake. I visit this place twice in a month.

About Kavadi-Pat:
Kavadi is a small village at about 20 Km from Pune which is full of water birds. There is a small bridge on water body from where you can spot birds on both sides.

To reach at Kavadi-Pat, route is Pune- Swargate – Pune-Solapur highway – Do not take Pune-Saswad road – Cross first Toll on Highway - Continue to drive slowly after toll – Drive for around 500m – Watch out for Manali Resort – After Manali Resort take first left turn – There is hotel 9th Mile / Milestone 9 after you entered in Len - Fallow the same road – cross Railway line – Drive till end to reach Kavadi-pat.

Common Teal

Dec 2013 - Jan 2014: Kothrud to Kavdi-Pat (Distance is approx. 30 km)

Good time to visit this place is from Dec to Feb end and early in the morning from 7 am to 11 am. You can walk across a small narrow bridge to get a better view of the birds but be careful as the bridge does not have railings and you have an occasional two-wheeler ride across the bridge. My advice will be to walk along the riverside for a better view of birds and photographs.

Do Not Disturb them just to have a nice click. I have seen a lot of people (Mainly beginners) approach directly towards birds.

I enjoyed photography there and treat to the eye to watch their activity in the early morning.

I don't know what to write more on Kavadi-Pat so I will post a list of birds which you can see in Kavadi-pat.

Little Grebe	Grey Wagtail	Indian Robin
Spot-Billed Duck	Yellow Wagtail	Little Ringed Plover
Ruddy Shelduck	Cattle Egret	Pied Bushchat
Common Teal	Rock Dove	Common Tailorbird
Northern Shoveller	House Sparrow	Black-Winged Stilt
Lesser Whistling Duck	House Crow	Purple Moorhen
Oriental Magpie Robin	Black Kite	Glossy Ibis
White-Breasted Waterhen	Shikra	Jungle Babbler
Common Moorhen	Indian Peafowl	Spoonbill Stork
Common Kingfisher	Greater Coucal	Openbill stork
White-Breasted Kingfisher	Laughing Dove	Black Drongo
Pied Kingfisher	Long-Tailed Shrike	Common Myna
Little BlueKingfisher	Scaly-Breasted Munia	Brahminy Myna
Spotted Fantail Flycatcher	Indian Hawk Cuckoo	Pied Harrier
Little Green Bee-Eater	River Tern	Red-Rumped Swallow
Pale-Billed Flowerpecker	White Wagtail	Red Avadavat
Rose-Ringed Parakeet	Indian Roller	Little Egret
Red-Vented Bulbul	Purple Sunbird	Grey Heron
Red-Whiskered Bulbul	Little Cormorant	Pond Heron
Purple-Rumped Sunbird	Indian Cormorant
Oriental Honey Buzzard	Common Sandpiper
White-Eyed Buzzard	Wood Sandpiper