11th FEBRUARY Left Heathrow on Air India flight AI112 at 08.45 and arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi at around 22.45 local time. Flights were booked through www.ebookers.com. Met up with Hugh Harrop who had been in the country since early February & Mike Prince who had flown in early on a Virgin flight. Met up with the representative of Asian Adventures who had made all our ground arrangements then headed through the city to stay at the Rosy Pelican Hotel, Sultanpur, about 50kms from Delhi. 12th FEBRUARY After breakfast we walked around Sultanpur National Park including the desert area until lunch. After lunch we drove to Okhla on the Yamuna River and spent the last few hours there until dark. We then had a long drive to Bharatpur where we spent the night at the Hotel Sunbird.

Collared Scops Owls Otus bakkamoena gangeticus The Rosy Pelican, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 12th February 2005

Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 12th February 2005

Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 12th February 2005

Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 12th February 2005

First-year Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 12th February 2005

Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala The Rosy Pelican, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 12th February 2005

Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Yamuna, Uttar Pradesh, India 12th February 2005

Asian Pied Starling Sternus contra Yamuna, Delhi, India 12th February 2005