Nalbana bird sanctuary

Situated in a region experiencing tropical type climate with ample rainfall, nalbana Bird Sanctuary can be visited all through the year. The South West monsoon brings an on-pour of rains and it persists between the months of July and October. The months between November and February are pleasant is the winter season and has the minimum temperature around 6 degree centigrade. Even the summer months are pleasant with temperature ranging between 20 and 25 degree centigrade.

The best time to visit nalbana Bird Sanctuary is basically between October and March. This is because it is when the most number of migratory birds fly to the sanctuary. Both during the winters and peak summers, the island is above water level, and this makes the place more approachable. As understood, monsoons are also not ideal for planning a trip to nalbana as the incessant downpour makes the sanctuary submerged in water.

Several species of birds and aquatic animals in the sanctuary can be spotted easily. They thrive due to the continuous water inflow to the lake. They also ensure regular de-weeding of the water that helps in the sustenance of marine life.

More than 150 species of fish and shrimps along with hundreds of bird species can be spotted in the area. A large number of birds fly from the different region such as Flamingoes from Rann of Kutch in Gujrat and Iran lodge in the low water of the lake.

Pallas's fish-eagles (VU), Spoon-billed Sandpiper (CR), Dalmatian Pelican (VU), Asiatic dowitchers (NT), and spot-billed pelican (NT) are some of the rare birds that are seen. Raptors such as Kites, Marsh Harriers, White-bellied sea eagle, and the peregrine falcon are found.

Short leg birds like Ruff, snipes, dunlin, plovers, sandpipers and the collared pratincole, can also be easily seen along the shifting shores of the island. Long legged avocets, godwits, and stilts are equally found in abundance here. The wagtails, Larks, and lapwings are more commonly found near the mudflats. Ducks, pintails, teals, geese and coots are the other common one that can be spotted. Nalanda Island is considered as the largest nesting colony in south-east Asia and boasts of a lare nesting colony of river terns and gull-billed terns.

The blending of new water and ocean water enables the lake to support the vast environment of amphibian creatures along with the avian species. There are a few feathered creature animals in the nalbana Bird Sanctuary which are the inhabitant species. A portion of the rarest fleeting species are also found here such as the Asiatic Dowitchers and Spoon-charged Sandpiper.