This page lists a number of open birding events (mostly birdwalks) that recur every week or month in different parts of India.
If you wish to add your event, please send the following details to us at skimmer@birdcount.in:
City/Town. If organized by a group, its name. Frequency (weekly, monthly, occasional). Contact person(s) and contact detail. Any additional information, for example meeting point and time, if this is constant; and a link to the event or the organising group
Delhi
- Delhibird. Weekly bird walks on Sundays. Contact: Nikhil Devasar <devasar@gmail.com>.
Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur
- CROW Foundation (on Facebook). Bird walk every Sunday. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Prateek Mandal (7989118743), Ameet Mandavia (7000272220). Email: <conservationofwild@gmail.com>
Goa
- Goa Bird Conservation Network (web). Bird walk on the first Sunday of every month. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Mandar Bhagat (9822168887), Omkar Dharwadkar (9049911877). Email: <mail.gbcn@gmail.com>.
Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu
- J&K Birdlife (on Facebook). Bird walks on almost all weekends and holidays. Locations vary. Contact Parvez Shagoo (9797290608) <parvaizshagoo@gmail.com>.
Karnataka
Bengaluru
- Birdwatchers’ Field Club. Weekly bird walk on Sundays. 1st Sunday of the month: Hebbal Lake, 2nd Sunday: Lalbagh, 3rd and 4th Sundays at varied locations. See calendar here. Contact: Ulhas Anand (9845171063) <ulhaspa@gmail.com>.
Manipal
- Manipal Birders’ Club (on Facebook). Weekly bird walk on Sundays. Meet at 06:30 hrs in front of Cafe Coffee Day, opposite MIT AB-5 main gate (see on a map). Contact: Rahul Narlanka <rahul.narlanka@manipal.edu>.
Mysuru
- Aranya Outreach (on Facebook). Monthly bird walks. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Kiran Bagade (9916340451), Saptha Girish (9900105195).
- Mysore Nature. (web). Occasional bird walks. Meeting location and time varies. Contact: Shivaprakash A (9480191661).
Madhya Pradesh
Indore
- Details coming soon.
Maharashtra
Mumbai
- Mumbai Birdwatchers’ Club (MBC on Facebook). Occasional bird walks. Location and meeting times vary. Contact: MBC <mumbaibirding@gmail.com>.
Thane
- Birds of Thane & Raigad District (on Facebook). Monthly bird walks on a Sunday. Location and meeting times vary. Contact: Pratham (9821455643).
Odisha
Bhubaneswar
- The Bhubaneswar Bird Walks (on Facebook). Occasional weekend bird walks. Contact: <tbbw.odisha@gmail.com>.
Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore
- Coimbatore Nature Society. Weekly bird walk on Sundays. Contact: Selvaraj PR (9842261279), Satish K (9442341404), Prakash G (9840092602).
Telangana
Hyderabad
- Hyderabad Birding Pals (on Facebook), weekly bird walk on Sundays. Email: core@
hyderabadbirdingpals.com
Uttarakhand
Dehradun
- Doon Nature Walks (web, Facebook). Monthly walks. Location and time varies. Contact: Sanjay Sondhi, Titli Trust (9412052189) <sanjay.sondhi1@gmail.com>; Raman Kumar, Nature Science Initiative, (9412348345) <cyornis@gmail.com>.