This is the breeding plumage of a Pheasant-tailed Jacana — beautiful in both colouring and plumes. It is a bird with a somehow exotic feel to it.

Because it walks on lotus pads and similar plants, it has remarkably large feet for its body size. There are no lotus plants in this river, so it was walking on water lettuce instead.

These are Whiskered Terns in breeding plumage. A flock of five or six was flying back and forth over the reed beds along the riverbank, occasionally diving sharply to catch what appeared to be grasshoppers.