Bird Sanctuaries See Trip Reports Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary - KARNATAKA Keoladeo Ghana Sanctuary (Bharatpur) Nalaban Island, Chilika Lake, Orissa Thattekad Bird Sanctuary Okhla Bird Park and Wildlife Sanctuary Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Harike Bird Sanctuary Lake City, Kolkata - Urban Wetlands National Chambal Sanctuary The Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary Santragachi Jheel Assan Barrage Bird Sanctuary Vedanthangal Water Birds Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu) Manjira Bird Sanctuary Neelapattu Bird Sanctuary Pulicat Lake Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary National Parks See Trip Reports Bandhavgarh National Park Bandipur National Park Corbett National Park Dachigam National Park Gir Forest National Park Kanha National Park Kaziranga National Park Manas National Park Nagarhole National Park Periyar National Park(Thekkady) Ranthambore National Park Sariska Forest Reserve Sunderban National Industrial development vs National Park Corporates and Wildlife Little Known Destinations See Trip Reports Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary Kabini, Karnataka Bhimeshwari Bhadra Sanctuary Biligiri Rangana Hills Little Rann of Kutch Netarhat, Bihar Cheerapunji Desert National Park. Rajasthan Eravikulam National Park, Kerala Pindari Glacier, Uttar Pradesh Trekking On The Trans Himalayan Routes Bhitarkanika, Orissa

Santragachi Jheel Just a 20 minute drive from the center of Kolkata lies a 13,75,000 square feet lake, known as the Santragachi Jheel. Winter months (October to March) draw 4000 to 5000 ducks and moorhens to this safe haven. What is really the key feature of Santragachi is the protection that these birds receive at this small lake. Unless you visit Santragachi and see the unconcerned way in which the normally wary birds move about, you can never appreciate the miracle of Santragachi. And the credit goes to the Indian Railways who own and maintain the lake ( Water Hyacinths are a major problem) and more particularly to the local residents who take pride in protecting the birds. Some facts: Santragachi is not beautiful. It is hemmed in by habitation and railway tracks. Water hyacinth dominates the surface and there is very little green cover. But the birds more than make up in their variety, numbers and in the unconcerned way they make Santragachi a home. Lesser Whistling-Ducks dominate this lake, as they do in most parts of the east. But by no means is Santragachi a one duck pond.