Aharbal Falls
The Aharbal falls, about 60 kms from Srinagar via Shopian, lie in the gorge cut into the Pir
Panjal hills by the Veshav river.
The sheer cliff faces provide favoured nesting sites for Kestrels,
Redstarts, Blue Whistling Thrushes and Forktails.
Bird Roll Call :
Common Stonechat, Grey
Bushchat, European Goldfinch, Common Starling, Yellow-breasted Greenfinch, Rock
Bunting, Great Tit, Eurasian Collared Dove, Oriental Turtle Dove, Large-billed Crow, Black Kite, Common Myna, Himalayan Bulbul, House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, Streaked Laughingthrush,
some warblers and
nesting Common Kestrels, Plumbeous and White-capped Water Redstarts, Brown
Dippers, Blue
Whistling Thrushes and Little Forktails.
