Hello friends, hope the start of 2026 is
fantastic for you. 2025 ended with one of the best trips I have had to date, and
looking forward to having many more in the coming years.
Since I had an amazing time, let me take you on a virtual tour to start your 2026 with a bang, so let set go to Little Rann quickly.
Light action camera
In this section, I will update you on how this trip concluded and what we did. This includes a recap of the journey, the wildlife we encountered, and the photos we captured.
I wanted to visit the Little Rann of Kutch
(LRK) for a long time, but somehow it wasn’t happening. This time, all due
credit to Vishnu, he informed me about his plan to visit LRK and asked me
to join. Additionally got to know that Saurabh and Jogi both will be leading
the tour, so it was like a dream come true.
The tour finalized with a group of 16,
the travel started with a mix of train and air travel to reach Ahmedabad, and then
to the field of LRK.
Normally, we start the safari around 3 pm, but here we had morning time to warm up and settle down with the camera
before we reach the core part. Therefore, the morning warm-up started with Vulture
Point, where the count of vultures and eagles was more than the count of people
present there. This is rare that we get so many vultures in one place. Getting vultures so close and in such numbers is just difficult; this is possible only at a place like LRK
After spending some good time, we
reached the hotel to freshen up and get ready for the main session in the field to
capture as many unique offerings as we can. I know you are eager to know the fun part, so let's move to the next section.
The Fun-tastic Moment
In total, we had six safaris to explore and capture the specialties of the land. The fun element was to find the rare species in such a huge land. Typical dry
land with endless boundaries, with a challenge to find small, and that is too
camouflaged most of the time with the surrounding.
With session by session, we were
fulfilling the bucket, but with greed to find more, we started with Vultures and
eagles, and now we were adding the list of raptors like eagles, harriers, Kestrel, and Amor Falcon of the world, but that was just a starter main course was yet to
come.
After
taking on raptors, our focus was to find fox, sort ear owl, pelicans, flamingo,
storks, the speed star Peregrine falcon, etc
We were lucky to get one be one
everything that we wanted, especially peregrine, fox, and wild ass in the evening,
though sunset teased us by setting before giving the desired shots.
Eye-level shots of
eared owl and Sykes’s nightjar, finding of white tail lapwing, common starling, and
sirkir Malkoha were just amazing. First to find such birds and with a close encounter was just outstanding, I am short of words to describe the same, rather
you can check out pictures to understand and feel the beauty yourselves, do
share your feelings once you check out the pictures.
Wait a do not go anywhere, this is not
the end, this is just an interval time of the movie, Dhurandhar is yet to come.
The Dhurandhar
The Dhurandhar of the trip is yet to
be disclosed, you must be thinking so may stuff already we got now what else
could be surprising.
The master stroke first came from Hedgehog;
this was the biggest surprise (rarest of the rare) in my journey of 10 years.
God just gifted us a lifetime memory, hence it deserves to be called a big Dhurandhar
of the wild.
The next is none other than Hyena, the
nocturnal and shy animal, it hardly gives you time to capture because it comes out in the dark, so capturing is difficult due darkness. We got Hyena
during morning time, thankfully it wasn’t dark, plus it was going towards the den, so we got decent time to capture, getting Hyena so openly with more than 10 minutes is almost impossible, hence it deserves special mention as Dhurandhar.
The master class
When you get rare sightings, but what
if you miss the shot or don’t take it effectively, it definitely hurts. This is
where the expert plays the role. Saurabh and Jogi were taking a master class during
the break time and reviewing pictures from time to time, and guiding us to make
improvements so that we don’t miss out on opportunities. I take this opportunity to thank Saurabh and Jogi for their knowledge
sharing and for helping us to improve.
Now, at the end, please look at the BT’s
World section to see exciting pictures of the tour. Do share your feedback with
me at btwildart@gmail.com
Vote of Thanks
Nature
Explorer Team – Many thanks, team NEI, for managing the tour
so smoothly. You people are rocking, keep it up.
Gopal
bhai and team – Your efforts and knowledge helped us get memories of life lifetime,
many thanks
Co-Travelers
– We will meet you soon. Many thanks for the lovely time.
Dhruv Sir, apart from the Chemistry subject, you need to spread knowledge of astrology to get a wild card entry in the trip 😆
Special
mention - Kidos Mayesha and Arin, it was lovely meeting you both. I was amazed to
see your interest in nature, especially in this mobile generation.
BT’s World
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| Short-eared Owl |
Preregrine Falcon
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| Hedgehog |
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| Desert Fox |
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| Hyena |
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| Sykes's Nightjar |
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| Wild Ass |
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| Sirkeer Malkoha |
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| White Tailed Lapwing |
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| Egyptian Vulture |
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| Pelican |
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| White Stork |
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| Common Starling |
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| Scops Owl |
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| Steppe Eagle |
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| Owlet |
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| Rose ringed Parakeet |
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| Desert Fox |
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| Hyena |
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| Montagu's Harrier |
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| Imperial Eagle |
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| Kestral |
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| Desert Fox |
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| Shot-eared Owl |
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| Peregrine Falcon |
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| Wild Ass |
