ladakhBIRDING

ladakhBIRDING is a travel agency based in Ladakh operated by Padma Gyalpo. An expert bird guide with extensive knowledge about birds and wildlife of Ladakh. He has recorded many new species for Ladakh. Not only birds but butterflies and moths as well. Apart from having an post graduate degree in Environmental Sciences he has also completed several online courses in Ornithology.

One of the latest records made in Ladakh by Padma Gyalpo was Menetries's Warbler which was a first record for India. Rare birds to ladakh such as Savanna Nightjar and Willow Warbler, also a first for Ladakh was made recently in October during a solo passage migrant bird count by Gyalpo.

Apart from Birding tours, Gyalpo leads and conducts bird and nature walks for school and college going students as well as Bird counts and surveys across ladakh.

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Explore the Wildlife of Ladakh

Get to photograph Birds, Mammals, Butterflies and Reptiles of Ladakh with ladakhBIRDING

Birds of Ladakh

There are 441 species of birds recorded in Ladakh as of November, 2025 and counting. Get customized and species specific tours in Ladakh to fulfill your needs. You get to photograph some of the rarest birds in India.

Mammals of Ladakh

Explore and photograph the rare mammals such as Snow Leopards, Pallas's Cat, Eurasian Lynx, Tibetan Sand Fox, Tibetan Gazelle, Ladakh Urial etcetera that thrives in Ladakh.

The potential to explore ladakh's butterfly diversity is very high and around 100 species are recorded as of now. Photograph the rare Apollos to Meadow Blues and other rare endemics.

Butterflies of Ladakh

Total number of Birds recorded in Ladakh as of November 2025 is 441.

The latest addition was Tundra Bean-Goose by Padma Gyalpo in Chuchot Marshes, leh.

Total number of Mammals recorded in Ladakh as of November 2025 is 58.

Total number of Butterflies recorded in Ladakh as of November 2025 is 95.