Chris is a very experienced birding guide. After spending most of his life living in south-east England Chris moved Yorkshire in 2007.

He created North Kent Birding in 1998 and has specialised in operating tailor-made layover and short break birding trips anywhere in the United Kingdom. He offers birding tours tailored to suit the client's requirements and can focus on finding a number of specific target species, sampling a range of habitats or undertaking a thorough exploration of a specific site.

Chris is currently a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee and has recently been involved in the creation of the Armenia Birding (http://www.armeniabirding.info) website.

Overseas, Chris has watched birds in over 35 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. He has organised and led over 30 birding tours to ten countries in Asia and has a particular interest in the birds of the Indian subcontinent. He is always very keen to undertake freelance tour work throughout the subcontinent. In addition he has led multiple tours of Vietnam, Malaysia and Mongolia and welcomes opportunities to undertake further tours in this region. In addition he is also available for freelance work in most Western Palearctic countries and the Middle East.

Sujan Chatterjee is a partner in Helptourism. He has lead quality tours since 2002 to the North-eastern region of India; he specializes in birding tours and birding holidays.

For the last fifteen years Sujan has been involved in bird surveys, photography and research in various birding sites in this region like Neora Valley National Park, Singalila National Park, Sunderbans Tiger Reserve etc. His websites are www.helptourism.com and, in partnership, www.kolkatabirds.com

Sujan has studied Ornithology, and is a member of the Oriental Bird Club, Bombay National History Society, and The Indian Bird Conservation Network. He is also the moderator of the bengalbirds yahoogroups. He has been guiding birding tours to the various regions of Kolkata, Chilka, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Lava, Singalila National Park, Sunderbans, Duars, Kaziranga, Namdapha, Dibru-Saikhowa and other parts of North East India for the last two years.

Sujan is available to guide birding trips to all of eastern India, and can tailor-make and guide tours on request.

Surveyed Thar desert for birds, coordinator - save Great Indian Bustard campaign with BNHS. Contributor-book 'Important Bird areas in India, priorities and conservaton sites by Oxford university press and Inland wetlands of India, Priority sites by Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and NaturalHistory.

Homepatch - Keoladeo, Ranthambhor, Sariska, Chambal, MtAbu, Kmbhalgarh and Desert National park. Visited these areas with Birdlife International, RSPB, other bird conservation organisations and leading bird tour companies. Other parts of India include Rajaji, Corbett, Kaziranga, Panna, Bandhavgarh National Park. Specialities GI Bustard, Pied bushchat, Green munia, Stolickza's chat, IndianSskimmer, Sarus Cranes, Indian Vulture

Jijo Mathew is a very experienced birder and is capable of taking birders to all the important bird sites all over Kerala and neighbouring States which would cover almost 450 species of birds. The important bird sites includes Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary (Forest Species), Koal (Ramsar site in Trichur district), Kumarakom (Large backwater lagoon), Eravikulam National Park (Shola and grassland species),Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary (Dry forest species), Ooty (Some peculiar endemic species), Koonthankulam (Heronry) and some other important sites close to these areas.

Jijo has eight years of birding experience and his communication skills in English are very good. He is also well versed in Hindi and Malayalam. Jijo has been involved in Bio-diversity assessment projects carried out by the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore for the last four years and is presently working as a Nature Education Officer at Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. He is also a member of OBC and contributes his observations on birds to OBC and BNHS etc.

Jijo is lucky in being the first to photograph the Nilgiri Thrush which has been published in the OBC Bulletin and also the first to record the breeding of Slaty Legged Crake from Kerala.

He is happy to accompany birders and wildlife lovers from all over the World. he is interested in Natural History, Wildlife, Trekking, Travelling and Photography.

Ansar khan, Ornithologist and Wildlife Photographer invites the bird watchers and wildlife photographers to relish and enjoy the wild life diversity of the India.

Born and raised in the heart of the Keoladeo National Park, Ansar Khan is acquainted with every minute detail of the park and has up to date knowledge of all the nesting sites and can pinpoint the location of birds of different habitat in and around the park. Son of Mr. Bholu Khan (Ranger, Dept. of Forest, Keoladeo National Park) which himself worked with Dr. Salim Ali, he got the zeal for birds and wildlife in legacy. Recently he prepared an updated checklist of the avian fauna of the national park adding 42 new introductions to pre-existing record of the birds in the park.

Ansar khan himself is an established wild life photographer having credentials of publication in brochures of the WWF, Sanctuary etc. Ansar Khan also invites wild life photographers to catch the glimpses of vibrant and diverse facets of the wildlife as he has immense knowledge of nesting sites and hot spots for some species of birds in particular.

He is also working in the field of wildlife conservation by way of the Life Line For Nature Society, which he founded with like-minded people. The society is involved in disseminating the knowledge and importance pertaining to conservation of wild life in and around the national park including both the rural and urban spread of population. The society also keeps a vigil over every development related to the wildlife of the park and raises issues of conservation from time to time.

Ansar khan is available throughout the year for guiding in all of north India including Corbett national park, Bhandavgarh, Kanha National Park and the whole of rajasthan embracing every national park and sanctuary such as Keoladeo National Park, Sariska Tiger Reserve, Ranthambore National Park, Taal Chhapar sanctuary, and Desert National Park in Stretch of Thar Desert.

Peter Lobo, is a partner in Gurudongma Tours & Treks. He has lead quality tours and treks for ten years to the remote regions of India, specializing in personalized tours for a niche market. For the last five years Peter has been involved in ground explorations of potential birding sites, and in carefully researching and testing birding trips to chosen hot spots in India. This has resulting in the launching of the first all india birding tours website - www.allindiabirding.in.

Peter has studied Ornithology, and is a member of the Oriental bird club, The Bombay National History Society, The Royal society for protection of Nature, Bhutan, The Indian bird conservation network. and the Birdwatchers society of Andhra Pradesh. He has been guiding birding tours to the remoter regions of Sikkim, Darjeeling and North East India for the last two years. During 2002, he has explored and designed birding circuits at Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Assam, the Namdhapa National Park in Arunachal Pradesh, and the Great Himalayan National Park in Himachal Pradesh. He also undertook arguably the first ever, birding reconnaissance of West Kameng and Tawang, along the restricted "Bailey trail" crossing over four passes ranging from 3650 meters to 4730 meters. Peter's greatest assets are his ability to spot birds, familiarity with terrain and habitat, and rapport with local people and guides

Peter is available to guide birding trips to all parts of India, and can tailor-make and guide tours on request.

Nafis Mohammed is a naturalist who lives in the town of Sawai Madhopur on the edge of the forest.

Nafis has been visiting the Ranthambhore National Park since he was a small child and has over many years built up an almost encyclopedic knowledge of both the forest and the tiger. He started by accompanying his uncle who was a jeep driver, initially to practise his English with the tourists and eventually to learn more about this wonderful place that he has lived next to all his life. He then became a driver in his own right, for years he drove throughout the forest, often helping people realize their dreams of seeing a tiger in the wild. Several years later he trained and became a fully qualified naturalist.

Nafis has an incredible instinct for finding tigers. He also can predict many things, such as a particular tigers movements, where they will appear and at what time.

If you are visiting Ranthambhore and would like to hire Nafis you can contact him directly in India. He can organize most things in Ranthambhore inc hotels, transport and park entrance. Please ensure you give him as much notice as possible as to when you are planning to visit as he is always very busy throughout the season.

Karan is a guide based in Ramnagar near Corbett National Park in Northern India.

Karam is the local representative for Exotic Journey's and ground agent providing logistical support for wildlife holidays throughout India. Karan has been a driver and guide in Corbett for over six years and has an excellent knowledge of the birds and other wildlife of this park and the surrounding area. He is available to guide groups and individuals in Corbett and its environs and also knows the Nainital area very well.

A course in Ornithology from Bombay Natural History Society, India and has more than 30 years of experience in birdwatching and other wildlife matters, particularly for Central India. Visited most of the National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries including Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Satpura, Tadoba-Andhari, Achanakmar, Barnawpara, Sitanadi, Udanti, Gomardha, Kanger Valley National Park, Simlipal and participated in all the bird and animal surveys in last 15 years, organised by various organisations and scientific Institutions, also prepared checklists of birds, butterflies for more than 40 places and has to credit a publication of a checklist of 360 species of birds of the Chhattisgarh , which is now available on the Website www.delhibird.org. So far 39 notes on different aspects of wildlife have been published in renowned Journals, Newsletters eg, BNHS, Newsletter for Birdwatchers, Cheetal, Sanctuary Asia, BSAP etc. A State Co-ordinaor of Indian Bird Conservation Network for states of Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh. Recently my articles have been published in the book, Important Bird Areas In India, Published by the BNHS.

Nominated as the Special Invitee on the State Wildlife Advisory Board, by the State Government of Chhattisgarh and has attended five International & national level workshops and conferences on conservation of endangered bird species at Mumbai, Jaipur, Bhopal, Chandigarh and also a workshop organised by the State forest Department of Chhattisgarh for Resettlement of villages from National Parks and sanctuaries. Also drafted a project report for the project to be set up in Chhattisgarh for conservation and breeding of the endangered Vultures.

A seminar on effect of mining activities on biodiversity, is being convened at Raipur on 12th - 13th FEB. '05 by Bombay Natural History Society. I am coordinator and speaker in this seminar.

BIO-DATA OF SHRI A.M.K.BHAROS