Bird Walk at Khari River Mehsana Gujarat

Name: Bird Walk at Khari River Mehsana Gujarat
Start: 2025-10-20T07:00:00+05:30
End: 2025-10-20T09:00:00+05:30

About Khari River Mehsana

The Khari River in Mehsana district, Gujarat, is a riverine habitat in an arid to semi-arid region. The river and its banks, along with adjoining wetlands or seasonal pools, provide habitat for riparian and water-dependent bird species (kingfishers, herons, egrets, river terns, sandpipers, etc.), as well as passerines using the riverine scrub. The surrounding landscape may include scrub, agricultural land, dry deciduous patches, and scattered trees.

Primary threats are water overuse, river channel modification, pollution (agrochemicals, waste), erosion, and drainage of wetlands. Conservation actions would include maintaining environmental flow, buffer strips of native vegetation, controlling pollution, habitat restoration along the riverbanks, and possibly designating the river stretch as a bird conservation corridor.

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Common birds of Khari River

Along the Khari River in Mehsana (Gujarat), you would expect common riparian and waterbird species recorded in eBird for rivers in north Gujarat. These include White-throated Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Common Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Cormorant, Indian Pond Heron, River Tern, Black-winged Stilt, Plover species (Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover), Sandpipers, and Common Sandpiper in shallow waters. In adjacent scrub or agricultural land, one might find Indian Roller, Indian Peafowl, White-eyed Buzzard, Brown Shrike, Ashy Prinia, Tailorbird, Yellow Wagtail, Wire-tailed Swallow, and Common Iora. During monsoon or wet season, Egrets, Openbill Stork, and Asian Openbill might appear in flooded patches near the river.