Birding Islamabad

Swabi Birder has been out and about around Rawal Lake again this weekend. If you look closely at one of the photographs he took below you will see a clue as to why Rawal Lake has such magnetic properties for migrating wader species. Hatching flies can be found in enormous numbers and they are consumed in huge quantities by hungry birds refuelling during interruptions to their journeys. Common Redshank and a Kentish Plover Common Sandpiper fly catching? Ruddy Shelduck Kentish Plovers in full breeding plumage and a Temminck's Stint

Spring is in the air and so are migrating species of waders and where better to look for them than around the shores of Rawal Lake. On Sunday 11 March 2018 Swabi Birder visited this stretch of water just outside of Islamabad and he wasn't disappointed with the variety of wading birds he managed to photograph. Keep your eyes open as it is a good time for a rarity to drop in! Wood Sandpiper Common Greenshank Kentish Plover Green Sandpiper Left to Right: Wood Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Little Egret A moody photograph of Little Cormorants

Hello readers, Swabi birder had a busy weekend with the birds in Margalla hills and Rawal Lake.  Sunday 4 March 2018 was a lovely sunny day, with the onset of spring in the Capital. Flowers have carpeted the parks and the lakeside. The amazingly green Islamabad is blooming these days. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher I, along with Mrs Swabi birder, decided to walk in the woodland at Kharian village to avoid the crazy traffic that has started in this capital city over the past years. My wife an ideal life partner, who encourages my interest she has developed a liking for the birds and I am happy that I have added another birder to the list in Islamabad. I remember Islbirder used to go birding with Mrs Islbirder.   I am trying to keep the tradition of my best buddy going on. I hope the readers will appreciate that. Citrine Wagtail Migratory birds and waders are on the move and the lakeside is an interesting place to visit. Spring is in the air and birds are calling each