I wish I had seen this thread earlier so my sightings would have been more topical.
I spent four weeks at Cavelossim, South Goa from 11/11 until 9/12 and will be posting a comprehensive report in the vacations section in the next couple of days. Until then some highlights from Cavelossim were:
14/11 - Indian Grey Hornbill
15/11 - Wryneck
18/11 - Great Knot x 2
24/11 - Pallid Harrier (present for three days)
26/11 - Small Pratincole x 2 (A flock of 2-300 seen on passage by another birder a few days earlier)
30/11 - Drongo Cuckoo
30/11 - Indian Thick-knee
I was last here in 2011 and this time there was a huge increase in wader sightings on the beach. This time there were always between 500-1000 Sandplovers with an ever changing selection of other waders amongst them throughout my stay e.g. up to 20 Terek Sandpipers, plenty of Dunlin, two Sanderling, occasional Grey Plover, Whimbrel, Curlew, Greenshanks, Common Sandpipers, Little Stints and the Great Knot mentioned above.
Additionally I saw two other waders that I have not been able to identify and have placed a thread here:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=355582
Joe1969 - I arrived at Backwoods when you were there and was tagged onto the group that went out with Loven. We had a Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher on my last morning (5/12) when we went for the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (also seen)
Cheers
Ian