Ketchapuri Lake

Last day in the field before heading back to the UK, so a quick visit to  Ketchapuri Lake about 15 miles away from Yuksom. 2 Vivid Niltava, 3 Black-throated Sunbird, 1 Himalayan Blue Flycatcher, 1 Large Niltava, 2 Oriental Turtle Doves, 2 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, 2 Chestnut-crowned Warbler, 2 Grey Treepie, 1 Eastern Black Redstart and a Stripe-breasted Woodpecker.

Black-throated Sunbird

Large Niltava

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker

Eastern Black Redstart

Yuksom Day Four

Another day on the forest trail out of Yuksom - 2 Great Barbet, 2 Oriental Turtle Dove, 6 Spot-winged Grosbeak, 1 White-capped Water Redstart, 2 Little Pied Flycatcher, 1 Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike, 2 Small Niltava, 1 Black-capped Monarch, 1 Himalayan Bulbul, 7 Verditer Flycatcher, 2 Mountain Tailorbird, 1 Pygmy Wren-babbler, 2 Black-throated Sunbird, 1 Golden Spectacled Warbler, 1 Slaty-blue Flycatcher, 2 Broad-billed Warblers, 2 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike, 4 Oriental White-eye, 6 Short-billed Minivet, 1 Asian Barred Owlet, 1 Large Niltava, 1 Blyth's Leaf Warbler, 1 Long-tailed Thrush, 1 Black Eagle and 4 Robin Accentor - not a bad day, after 13 hours in the field.

Blyth's Leaf Warbler

Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Little Pied Flycatcher

Blue-tailed Jester

Common Leopard

Yuksom Day Three

Another day around Yuksom - highlights were 1 Hill Blue Flycatcher, 2 Red-flanked Bluetail, 1 Large Niltava, 2 Small Niltava, 1 Golden-spectacled Warbler, 2 Blue-winged Minla, 10 Chestnut-tailed Minla, 2 Red-tailed Minla, 4 Olive-backed Pipit, 5 Oriental Turtle Dove, 6 Red-billed Leiotherix, 6 Verditer Flycatcher, 1 Siberian Stonechat, 1 Little Pied Flycatcher, 2 White-crowned Water Redstart, 2 Nepal Fulvetta and most stunning of all - a tricolor Long-tailed Shrike.

 

Chestnut-tailed Minla

Little Pied Flycatcher

'tricolor' Long-tailed Shrike

Red-billed Leiotherix

Red-flanked Bluetail

Small Niltava

Siberian Stonechat

Rimbi

For a change of habitat I decided to spend the day along the river at Rimbi, no surprises in what I saw, just birds typical of the area - 5 Plumbeous Water Redstarts, 1 Verditer Flycatcher, 1 Brown Dipper, 2 Crested Serpent Eagle, 2 Long-tailed Minivets, 2 Grey Treepie, 1 Mountain Tailorbird, 20 Himalayan Bulbul and a dozen or so Spangled Drongo.

Brown Dipper

Himalayan Bulbul

Mountain Tailorbird

Plumbeous Water Redstarts

Spangled Drongo

Verditer Flycatcher

Rimbi

Pelling

Started off pretty early (well 6am anyway) and did the Helipad track again, and this time I really took my time, throughout the morning I had 6 Grey-hooded Warblers, 3 Verditer Flycatcher, 4 Oriental White-eyes, 2 Red-flanked Bluetails (inc a cracking full summer male), 2 Blue-throated Barbets, 2 Oriental Turtle Doves, 4 Little Pied Flycatcher, 4 Red-billed Leiotherix, 3 Brown-throated Treecreeper, 2 White-tailed Nuthatch, 6 Short-billed Minivets, 2 Small Niltava (both females), a Hill Prinia, 8 Fire-breasted Flowerpeckers, 2 Grey Treepies, a Grey-winged Blackbird, 2 Yellow-bellied Fantails, a Black-throated Sunbird and the same female Ultramarine Flycatcher as yesterday.
And I have just noticed that all the Sparrows in Pelling are Tree Sparrows.

Red-flanked Bluetail

Brown-throated Treecreeper

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Grey-hooded Warbler

Grey-winged Blackbird

Small Niltava

Tree Sparrow

Yellow-bellied Fantail

Pelling

Pelling

Dropped into a little gem of a place quite by accident, I started off by heading past the Helipad towards the monastery on top of the hill, but I decided not to bother going up a 1 km one in one track! However I did notice another track going down into the forest, so I birded this until it came to a dead end after 1km and then birded it back up to Pelling again.
An excellent bit of forest with a few small houses dotted about, in the 4 hours I spent here I got 5 Verditer Flycatchers, 2 Oriental Turtle Doves, 2 Little Pied Flycatcher, 2 Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush, 3 Fire-breasted Flowerpeckers, 2 Striated Bulbul, 4 Olive-backed Pipit, 4 Great Barbet, 2 Grey Treepie, 6 Red-billed Leiotherix, 20 Chestnut-tailed Minla and a female Ultramarine Flycatcher.
Star birds though were 4 Yellow-cheeked Tits, having missed these at Neora Valley, I didn't think I would get another chance.
Had a quick look around the forest at Pemayantse in the afternoon, before a thunderstorm hit, and just had 2 Fire-breasted Flowerpeckers, 10 Chestnut-tailed Minla and 2 Great Barbets.

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Great Barbet

Grey Treepie

Little Pied Flycatcher

Oriental Turtle Dove

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Verditer Flycatcher