Bird watching and birding for
ornithologists and amateur bird watchers at
Parkwoods Forest Retreat, Shoghi, near Shimla

A Birder.
A Birder

Hoppoe
Hoppoe
Parkwood Shogi, near Shimla, is a great destination base for bird watching. The verdant, sylvan surroundings in the Himalayan ambience are home to many different species of birds.

Some of the birds which can be commonly spotted just outside one's cottage are the White Eared Bulbul, Black Drongo, Spot Winged Tit, Blue Magpie, Kalij Pheasant, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Brown Fronted Woodpecker, Black Headed Jay and Trumpeter Finch.

For more extensive birding, the surrounding forest has many birding trails and nesting sites which the local guides at Parkwoods can lead you to. For amateur bird watchers, within the resort there is a machaan for sighting birds at leisure while the serious ornithologists venture out into the forest and upto 10 kms away by road or 6 kms through the forest to the Gambhar River tributary where many birds congregate.
Contact us for a customised birding program if you have a group. Kindly inform the number of people, nights and schedule and previous birding experience. We can also suggest an itinerary. Parkwoods is a forest retreat, 335 kms from Delhi and 6.5 hours by road.
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One August autumn when the hillsides were emerald green and the monsoon clouds were still romantically flirting down in the valleys, I was staying in Hut #4 at Parkwoods Forest Retreat in Shoghi. I made a friend but as happens in many relationships - the affair was one-sided! When I would be having my morning tea at my cottage portico, a Brown Fronted Woodpecker would visit the pine tree right in front, everyday, without fail. I always experienced the staccato beat of its beak against the trunk to be amazingly soothing. Look out for my friend whenever you visit Parkwoods!
Achal Bindra Ban

For somebody getting initiated into birding I could not decide what I found more exciting - to be woken up by a cacophony of khalij pheasants outside my tent or glimpsing a red billed blue magpie with its long majestic tail vanishing into the bushes as I took a turn on a birding trail or sighting the ubiquitous black drongo. How I wish that I could also sight the elusive monal and western tragopan. Having recently got a 10x42 Nikon binocs, I just cannot wait for my next birding trip to Park Woods Shogi.
 Ranjana

 Red Jungle Fowl. Yellow Billed Blue Magpie. Blue Throated Barbet.
Red Jungle Fowl
 Yellow Billed Blue Magpie Blue Throated Barbet

Park Woods Resort in Himachal Pradesh - A Birdwatcher's Delight.
  Many birds can be sighted within the retreat and in the surrounding forest and bushes.
Given below is a short birding list of sightings made on birdwatching trails.
We request enthusiasts and birders to help us add to this list.
 

~ Alexendrine
   Parakeet
 ~ Asian Koyal
 ~ Bhraming Starling
 ~ Black Bulbul
 ~ Black Drongo,
   Adult
 ~ Black Francolin
   (Black Patridge)
 ~ Black Headed Jay
 ~ Black Lored Yellow
   Tit
 ~ Black Red Start
 ~ Black Shouldered
   Kite (Vulture)
~ Blue Rock Pigeon
 ~ Blue Throated
   Barbet
 ~ Blue Magpie
 ~ Blue Whistling
   Thrush
 ~ Blyth’s Reed
   Warbler
 ~ Brown Fronted
   Woodpecker, Male

~ Bushchats
 ~ Common Cockoo
~ Common Hoopoe
 ~ Common Indian
    Nightjar
 ~ Common Myna
 ~ Common Quail
    (Partridge)
 ~ Copper Smith
    Barbet
 ~ Egyptian Vulture
 ~ Eurasian Collared
   Dove
 ~ Eurasian Griffon
 ~ Fire Capped Serin
   Flowerpeckers
 ~ Great Barbet
 ~ Great Short Toed
    Lark
 ~ Great Tit
 ~ Great Tree Pie
 ~ Great Headed Fly
   Catcher
 ~ Greenish Leaf
    Warbler

~ Grey And Yellow
    Tits
~ Grey Winged
    Black Bird
~ Himalayan Green
   Finch
 ~ House Sparrow
 ~ Indian Peafowl
 ~ Indian White
   Backed Vulture
 ~ Jungle Babbler
 ~ Jungle Myna
 ~ Jungle Prinia
 ~ Kalij Pheasant,
   Female
 ~ Koklas Pheasant
 ~ Large Pied Wagtail
 ~ Long Tailed
   Minivet
 ~ Oriental Turtle
    Dove
 ~ Oriental White Eye
    Peacock
 ~ Pied Crested
   Cuckoo

~ Pied Fly Catcher
   Shrike
~ Plum Headed
   Parakeet
 ~ Red Billed Leothrix
 ~ Red Headed
   Vulture
 ~ Red Jungle Fowl
   (Rare)
 ~ Red Vented Bulbul
 ~ Rofous Sibia
 ~ Rose Ringed
   Parakeet
 ~ Rufous Backed
   Shrike
 ~ Schmitar Babbler
 ~ Slaty Headed
   Parakeet
 ~ Small Yellow
    Naped
    Woodpecker
 ~ Spot Winged Tit
 ~ Spotted Dove
~ Spotted Forktail
 ~ Spotted Munia

~ Tree Sparrow
 ~ Trumpeter Finch,
   Juvenile
~ Ultra Marine
   Flycatcher
 ~ Verditer Flycatcher
 ~ Warblers
~ Wedge Tailed
   Green Pigeon
 ~ White Crested
    Laughing Thrush
 ~ White Eared
    Bulbul, Adult
 ~ White Throated
    Fantail Fly Catcher
 ~ Woodpecker
 ~ Yellow Bellied
   Fantail Flycatcher
 ~ Yellow Billed
    Blue Magpie
 ~ Yellow Billed Blue
   Whistling Thrush
    (Koyal)
 ~ Yellow Throated
   Sparrow
 
Some bird watching sites in and around Park Woods Forest Retreat in Shoghi
in the wooded suburbs of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Gambhar River tributary - 6 kms from Parkwoods. A lone bird sighted from the machaan. Birders trying to identify a lifer.
The machaan at Parkwoods is very strategically located for some great birdwatching. The surrounding valley has many forested trails leading to various birding sites.

Contact us for more details

 Cheer Pheasant (Rare).  Himalayan Woodpecker. Grey Bushchat (Female).
Cheer Pheasant (Rare)
  Himalayan Woodpecker Grey Bushchat (Female)
 
Black Drongo.
Black Drongo		 Great Barbet.
Great Barbet		 Common Barbler.
Common Barbler		 Common Myna.
Common Myna		 Blue Whistling Thrush.
Blue Whistling Thrush

 Junjle Prinia. Black Partridge. Schmitter Babbler.
Junjle Prinia
 Black Partridge Schmitter Babbler
Himalayan Bulbul.
Himalayan Bulbul		 Grey Bushchat.
Grey Bushchat		 Hoopoe.
Hoopoe		 Oriental White Eye.
Oriental White Eye		 Pie Crested Cuckoo.
Pie Crested Cuckoo


Park wood is a naturalist's delight.
 
Eco Tours and Nature Walks
Park wood is a naturalist's delight.
Pine, oak and rhododendron forests, wild raspberry and blackberry bushes and innumerable trees, bushes and plants found only in the
Himalayan wilderness.
 

Magical sunsets makes Park Woods an excellent camp resort for yoga, meditation and destressing.
Destressing and Creativity
In the middle of a pine forest in 20 acres of wilderness, the fragrance of the flora wafting across the ridge, the lyrics of exotic birds interspersing the music of the breeze and the magical sunsets, make Park Woods an excellent hill camp resort for destressing. Also an inimitable destination if you have the creative ilk - paint, sketch, shoot (pics) and write to your heart's content - inspiration bountiful!

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Birding and bird watching at Parkwoods Retreat Shoghi Shimla. Park Woods Shogi, Simla, is a great destination base for bird watching for amateur birders and ornithologists. The Retreat offers comfortable cottages. The Caravan is the exclusive marketing and reservation office for Park Woods, Shoghi. For bookings and more information call or e-mail us. Visit our Office to see photographs, CDs and for other details.
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