MANJIRA BIRD SANCTUARY Total Area 3568-sq-kms
Best time to visit July 1 to October 31
Accommodation Hotels & Restaurants Nearest Town Macherla (29
km)
How to get there Train to Hyderabad (150 km); Hyderabad
(150 km),
Species found Catla, Rahu, Murrel, Ech Paten, Karugu,
Chidwa,Painted Storks, Herons, Coots, Teals, Cormorants, Pochards, Black and
White Ibises, Spoon Bills, Open Billed Storks etc
Manjira wild
life sanctuary spreads over an area of 20 sq.kms and is the abode of a
number of resident and migratory birds and the marsh crocodiles.
It has
an Environmental Education Centre with a museum, a library, and an
auditorium. All this facilitates in educating the visitors about nature
conservation and maintenance of ecological balance.
Boats are in
operation to take the visitors around the sanctuary for bird watching.
Binoculars and books on identification of birds are also available. The
films of birds and animals are also shown everyday on 16-mm projector.
NELAPATTU
BIRD SANCTUARY Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary is in Nelapattu
village. It is located on the East Coast about 20-km north of the Pulicat
Bird Sanctuary in the Nellore district. It is just 50-km from Chennai. The
Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary is one of the largest pelican habitats in Southeast
Asia. The total area of the sanctuary is 404-kms
Flora and
Fauna :
This
sanctuary provides fine breeding ground for rare and endangered species like
Grey Pelicans, Open-Billed Storks, Little Cormo- Rants, Spoon-Bills,
White-Ibises and Night Herons. It is a small fresh water irrigation tank
with Barringtonia trees spread in the water, which can withstand inundation
for longer periods in the tank bed.
The birds for perching and
nesting prefer the foreshore areas. It is a best visiting place for the
migratory birds for a long time apart from it more than 1,500 pelican's
breed here every year. It is also considered as an ideal roosting place for
many birds like egrets, terns and ducks.
KAWAL
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Kawal
is situated 50 Kms from Mancherial and 70 Kms from Nirrnal. Amidst dry
deciduous teak forests is the scenic Kawal wild life sanctuary spread over
an area ol 893 sg. Kms. It is home for Barking Deer, Nilagai, Indian Bison,
Panther, Cheetal.
Two watch towers are constructed at Donga pa My
and Alinagar villages. Here the visitor is treated to some spectacular
sunrise and sunset.
