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The two last ones from Pulicat Lake, seen today: 965: Booted Warbler 966: Laughing Dove I'm happy with this year as I have heard an additional 36 species. So I have recorded 1002 species this year!

It's getting harder and harder to add new species, but here are two more: 27/12/2011 - Lake Ousteri 963: Indian Nightjar 28/12/2011 - Pondicherry 964: House Swift

Today I visited Vedanthangal, a bird sanctuary south of Chennai (aka Madras). It was packed with birds, Pelicans, Spoonbills, Ibises, Cormorants and many more. Also managed to add some new ones: 26/12/2011 - Vedanthangal 955: Black-headed Ibis 956: Yellow-wattled Lapwing 957: Richard's Pipit...

A morning spent at Lake Ousteri (or Ossudu) in some woodland habitat. Nice birding, another four to add. 24/12/2011 951: Pale-billed Flowerpecker 952: Asian Paradise Flycatcher 953: Brahminy Starling 954: Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

This morning I visited Manabakkan salt pans and the Alambara Fort at the coast. A lot of birds this year, Pacific Golden Plovers in extraordinary numbers. And some new ones to the list: 23/12/2011 944: Gull-billed Tern 945: Little Tern 946: Great Crested Tern 947: White-browed Wagtail 948...

And there are still new ones to come in, this time again from a late afternoon stroll at Lake Ousteri, near Pondicherry. 21/12/2011 941: Ashy Prinia 942: Indian Pitta (nicely seen) 943: Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike

An outing to Gingee today, some 50kms away from Pondicherry: 20/12/2011 937: Blue Rock-thrush 938: Yellow-throated Bulbul 939: Indian Eagle-Owl 940: Dusky Crag-martin

Big day out to Kaliveli Wetland, a huge wetland north of Pondicherry. Difficult to reach but surely equals places like Pulicat Lake which are much better known. 18/12/2011 - Kaliveli 899: Indian Shag 900: Little Cormorant 901: Oriental Darter 902: Purple Heron 903: Asian Openbill 904: Painted...

Back to the Mainland. No real birding yet but some common Indian species to add. 15/12/2011 892: Pied Kingfisher 893: Little Green Bee-eater 894: Black-winged Kite 895: Indian Roller 896: Caspian Tern 17/12/2011 897: Red-vented Bulbul 898: Common Tailorbird

And the last three days on the Andamans: 12/12/2011 - Mount Harriet and Chiriya Tapu 877: Dollarbird 878: Asian Fairy-Bluebird 879: Ashy Drongo 880: Slaty-breasted Rail 881: Andaman Hawk-Owl 882: Andaman Scops-Owl 13/12/2011 - Chiriya Tapu and North Wandoor 883: Andaman Crake 884: Red-throated...

Getting closer to the big goal. Unfortunately 1000 is out of reach with my itinerary, as expected. 11/12/2011 - Chidia Tappu and Sippighat 869: Besra Sparrowhawk 870: Brahminy Kite 871: Andaman Woodpigeon (nice picture taken) 872: House Swallow 873: Forest Wagtail 874: Dusky Warbler 875...

I needed some sleep in the morning, so I only went to Mount Harriet in the evening. Very nice Woodpecker and Owl. 10/12/2011 - Mount Harriet 864: Andaman Woodpecker 865: Hume`s Hawk-Owl 866: Edible-nest Swiftlet 867: Vernal Hanging-Parrot 868: Small Minivet

In the morning I explored Sippighat, an area of tidal creeks and marshes. In the late evening I did some owling around Chidyia Tappu. Heard 4 species but only saw one. 09/12/2011 - Sippighat and Chidyia Tappu 843: Intermediate Egret 844: Striated Heron 845: Yellow Bittern 846: Lesser...

Today I visited Mount Harriet. Nice forest but slow birding, as in most tropical forests. Very hot today. 08/12/2011 - Mount Harriet 821: Andaman Serpent-Eagle 822: White-bellied Sea-Eagle 823: Green Imperial-Pigeon 824: Emerald Dove 825: Andaman Green Pigeon 826: Long-tailed Parakeet 827...

Landed in the morning in Port Blair on the Andamans. First I explored Port Blair, a rather uninspiring Indian city. 07/12/2011 - Port Blair 812: Pacific Reef-Heron 813: Pacific Golden-Plover 814: Greater Sand-Plover 815: Terek Sandpiper 816: White-bellied Swiftlet 817: Brown-throated...

And finally in India. 04/12/2011 - Chennai (formerly Madras) 791: Rose-ringed Parakeet 792: Asian Koel 793: Asian Palm-Swift 794: Common Myna 795: House Crow 796: Indian Jungle Crow 05/12/2011 - Chennai, Theosophical Garden and Adyar Estuary 797: Spot-billed Pelican 798: Indian Pond-Heron 799...

Finally some new birds again for the year list. I went seeing the Diver which was first reported on Sunday and the Goshawk came as a bonus;) So 110 to go in India! 23/11/2011 - Rheinsfelden, Rhine 789: Goshawk 790: Red-throated Diver

A strange combination today. I went to the Alps but then a text came in and I had to rush back to Zürich: 16/10/2011 787: Hazelhen - a nice male, good views 788: Sabine's Gull - in Zürich, my first one for Switzerland

11/10/2011 786: Bearded Tit A nice group today in the Rhinedelta, Austria

18/09/2011 - Neeracherried (in pouring rain) 783: Little Stint 20/09/2011 - Nuolenerried 784: Buff-breasted Sandpiper Together with two Pectoral Sandpipers! My second Buff-breasted and much better than the first one! 25/09/2011 - Swiss Alps 785: Eurasian Pygmy Owl Always a stunning wee bird!