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| Non-stop Bird Photography | profile | all galleries >> REST OF THE WORLD (COUNTRIES OUTSIDE WP) >> Wildlife trip to India (Feb-March 2017) >> Snow Leopards and Birds of Ladakh | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
| I spent a week in the eastern Ladakh region of the state of Kashmir from 27 Feb to 6 March 2017, together with 7 friends (3 Belgians, 2 Spanish and 2 Danish) in order to explore parts of Hemis National Park. This NP is world famous for being the best place to see the Snow Leopard in the wild. Our trip started with a flight from Delhi to Leh, followed by one day of acclimatisation at an altitude of 3300m. After exploring the Indus valley around Leh on day 2, we travelled to Hemis NP by car and on foot to reach our basecamp in the vicinity of Rumbak valley at 4000m. There, we spent the majority of our time scanning the Himalayan summits between 4000-4500m in search of the mytical Snow Leopard. During 6 full days, we were rewarded at 4 occasions with great views of a Snow Leopard. At 2 occasions, the Snow Leopard was very distant (>1000m) but at two other occasions, we could approach it down to a distance of 250-300m. The scenery in the Rumbak area were stunning throughout the trip and a good supporting cast of Tibetan/Himalayan birds and other fauna was a great addition to a truly fantastic journey, which ended with a visit to Thikse Gompa (Monastery) on our way back to Leh. This gallery has 192 images depicting 4 mammals and 18 bird species. |
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 Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 White-capped Water Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus)_Leh (Ladakh) |
 White-capped Water Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus)_Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstarts (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstarts (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstarts (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Güldenstädt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
 Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)_Leh (Ladakh) |
 Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)_Leh (Ladakh) |
 Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)_Leh (Ladakh) |
 Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)_Leh (Ladakh) |
 Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)_Leh (Ladakh) |
 Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)_Leh (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)_Rumbak village_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)_Rumbak village_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
 Brown Accentor (Prunella fulvescens)_Leh (Ladakh) |
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