Birds of Haldwani

Haldwani sits in the foothills of Nainital district, where the mountains meet the plains — the gateway to Kumaon. Down here the birdlife shifts entirely: black drongos, red-wattled lapwings, golden orioles, rose-ringed parakeets, coucals and cattle egrets of the warm lowlands, many of which never come up to the hills.

It's where the village meets the wider world, and where the plains' birds come within reach of a Kumaon trip.