 Bondla is the smallest of Goa’s three national reserves all situated
in the Western Ghat mountains, with only 8 square km of forest and a
small, rather down-at-heel zoo at its centre. It is about a 2 hour drive
from Baga and our full day trip started at 6.00 am. With Lloyd providing
both breakfast and lunch. We made several stops along the 6km approach
road at Lloyd’s favoured spots, including the small reservoir,
where with dusk approaching we saw our only Forest Wagtails and Grey
Junglefowl. A number of species we saw were only repeated at Backwoods/Tambdi
Surla and the visit also saw our only Red-breasted Flycatcher and Crested
Treeswifts of the trip. An excellent but hot day’s birding produced
66 species. In addition we also saw plenty of Langur Monkeys, Spotted
Deer, Samba and Wild Boars. Bondla also has the only public loo we saw
in Goa where relief can gained for 1 Rupee!
Bird List 
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