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1. Delhi NCR Birding Tours
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2. List of Birding Hotspots in Delhi NCR
• Okhla Bird Sanctuary (OBS)
• Surajpur Bird Sanctuary – Greater Noida
• Sultanpur National Park – Gurgaon
• Basai wetland
• Dhanauri wetland – Greater Noida
• Aravali Biodiverity Park, Gurgaon
• Yamuna Biodiversity park, Wazirabad Delhi
• K.G wetland, Palwal, Haryana
• Dighal Bahadurgarh Haryana
• Shesh Sai, Hodal, Haryana

4. Okhla Bird Sanctuary (OBS)
• OBS is one of the beautiful bird sanctuary at the Okhla
barrage over Yamuna river. It is situated on the border of Delhi
and Noida, separated by river Yamuna. OBS is one of the 466
International bird area (IBA) sites in India. The area covers
roughly 4 square kilometers.
• OBS is also known as heaven of birds, not only birds it also
surprises visitors with sighting of insect, reptile, amphibian,
mammal. Due to Yamuna river every year many migratory
birds visits to the sanctuary. It’s unique positioning attracted
more than 324 bird species are reported from OBS, out of that
50% are migratory and 36% are resident.

5. Okhla Bird Sanctuary (OBS)
• OBS has also been a wonderful place for sighting of beautiful
butterflies (30 species) and some attractive dragonflies and
damselflies. Amphibians and reptiles species are also point of
attraction.
• Habitats: – Sanctuary is surrounded with variety of plants
both native and exotic species. The body is mainly covered in
patches by aquatic plants along the deltas and banks having a
verity of trees which is good habitats for birds.

6. Okhla Bird Sanctuary (OBS)
• Best time to visit: Winters are the best time for migratory
birds. List of birds are flamingoes, northern shoveler, black
francolin, brown fish owl, spotted owlet, pied cuckoo, Sarus
crane, pelican, pheasant tailed jacana, river tern, Indian
vulture, shikra and many more,. Summer is good time for
insect such as butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies, grass
hoppers and many more species.

8. Surajpur Bird Sanctuary Greater Noida
• Surajpur is the wonderful example of natural forest of urban
wetland on the bank of Yamuna river basin. It is situated near
surajpur village in dadri tehsil of distric gautam budh nagar
under greater Noida development authority of UP, India.
Surajpur is about 55 km from Delhi and 26 km from Noida. It
is well connected with excellent Yamuna expressway.
• Uttar Pradesh forest department in collaboration with WWF
this wetland set a unique example of protection and
conservation of biodiversity close to urban areas.

9. Surajpur Bird Sanctuary Greater Noida
• Habitat: – The floral and faunal diversity and habitat sets a
unique example of flora and fauna including heronry of birds,
insects, mammals and reptiles. During the winter time
migratory birds and butterflies are spotted along with
beautiful plants.
• Spotting of remarkable special birds like Asian open bill stork,
white-necked stork, black-crowned night heron and black
headed ibis. This wetland also supports the breeding of some
rare birds like bristled grass birds, black-necked stroke and
states bird sarus crane.

10. Surajpur Bird Sanctuary Greater Noida
• 184 species of birds in which 101 species are resident and 53
species are winter migrant.
• Area of marsh, den peat land water weather natural or
artificial, permanent or temporary with water that is static or
flowing.
• Best time to visit: – winter for birds, summer for insects,
reptiles. rainy season: – During rainy season beauty of
landscape is amazing with greenery view of tall trees and
birds sound.

12. Sultanpur National Park Gurgaon
• Sultanpur National park also known as Sultanpur bird
sanctuary. Sultanpur National Park is situated in Gurgaon
district of Haryana on Gurgaon Farukh nagar road. The
distance from Gurgaon city is about 15 kilometers and from
Delhi about 41 kilometers.
• A paradise for birds and birders. This park is famous for
migratory as well as resident birds. The lake in center also a
attraction point for bird and birders. It covers the area of
around 2 kilometers. Major attraction of the park are 250
species of birds along with some of the distant regions
migrants from Siberia, Europe and Afghanistan.

13. Sultanpur National Park Gurgaon
• Key attritions Migratory birds: – Siberian cranes, greater
flamingo, rulf, black winged stilt, common teal, common
green shank, northern shoveler, rosy pelican, gadwall, wood
sandpiper, spotted sandpiper, eurasian wigeon, black tailed
godwit, spotted red-shank, starling, blue throat, pipit etc,.
• Resident birds: common hoopoe, purple sunbird, black
francolin, little cormorant, Indian cormorant, paddyfield pipit
and many more.
• Best time to Visit: – Winters from November to February,
During summer March to May. The park is marked closed for
visitors from June to October due to breeding sessions like
other national park of the country.

15. Basai Wetland
• Basai wetland is located less than 40 km away from the Delhi
and about 2km from grugaon city in Gurgaon district of
Haryana state. It is just before 8 kms of sutanpur national park
in Haryana.
• Basai wetland is permanent shallow wetland covering of
about 250 acres. It includes area with open water. The
wetland supports a high diversity of birds with at least 239
species. The wetland is also recognized as a birding hotspot in
ebirds with 282 birds species recorded as of may 2017. The
wetland included to an area of about 1square kilometers
during the monsoon by rain water.
• This little wetland with high concentration of birds is currently
great threat from ongoing constriction.

16. Basai Wetland
Key attraction birds :-
• Bar headed goose, Sarus crane, Black napped IBIS, Common
starling, Grey heron, Pied avocet, Marsh harrier, Short eared
owl, Isabelline shrike, Wire tailed swallow, Pheasant tailed
jacana, Indian bush lark, Pacific golden plover and many more.
• Best time to visit: anytime of the year winter is the best for
migratory bird.

18. Dhanauri Wetland – Greater Noida
• Dhanauri wetland is located at greater Noida 45 kilometers
from Noida. Utter Pradesh and 60 km from delhi in india. It is
beautiful place which hosts thousand of migratory birds.
• Habitat: water bodies, arshes and other patches in the district.
• Sarus crane are one of the best attraction of Dhanauri.
• Best Time to Visit: – any time during the year the state bird of
utterpradesh can be spotted easily. However, winters are the
best time.

19. Dhanauri Wetland – Greater Noida
Attraction for visitors: –
• More than 200 birds along with Sarus crane,Painted
Stork,Pheasant-Tailed Jacana,Bronze-Winged
Jacana,Baya Weaver,Green Bee Eater,Marsh
Harrier,Ashy Prinia,Grey heron,Purple heron,Cattle
egret,Large egret,Little grebe,Cormorant,Smaller
egret,Little egret,Night heron,Wolly Necked
Stork,White ibis,Spoonbill,Greylag goose,Bar-headed
goose,Lesser whistling teal,Ruddy
shelduck,Pintail,Common teal,Spot-billed
duck,Gadwall,Wigeon,Shoveller,Comb duck,Godwit.

21. Aravali Biodiverity Park Gurgaon
• Aravali biodiversity park one of the most incredible ecological
transformation that Delhi has seen so far. Covers an across of
692 acres surrounded with Delhi, Vasantvihar and Gurgaon.
This biodiversity park has become a home for over 1000
different species of plants 190 species of birds, 90 species of
butterflies and over a lakhs species of insect and 24 species of
reptiles. Black eagle spotted after 88 years in Delhi. Eurasian
eagle owl it is sometime referred to as the world largest owl.
Orange headed thrush: it is an omnivorous bird eats both
insect and seeds. Honey buzzard, Streaked waver.
• Best time to visit: Anytime is fine. Winters are the peak
session for migratory bird.
• Birds spotted in near future are

23. Yamuna Biodiversity Park Wazirabad
• Yamuna biodiversity park is one of the most visited public
place and prominent center for learning and understanding
the environment. It has become a home for biologically rich
wetlands, grassland communities a wide verity of fruits.
• This park also comprises a native flora and fauna, which used
to exist 100 years ago and then become extinct locally. The
Yamuna biodiversity park is presently spread over an area of
approximately 457 acres near wazirabad village on the flat
alluvial plants of the Yamuna. The biodiversity park is 15 km
from north-east of Connaught place and 4km north of ISBT.
• The herbal garden at the Yamuna biodiversity park has a
collect of around 450 living species. Include butterfly birds,
mammal residential and migratory birds also.

24. Yamuna Biodiversity Park Wazirabad
• Butterfly conservatory at the YBP is a major ecotourism
destination for visitors and nature lovers.
• Birds survive and breed in this area are:
• Grey heron, spotted owl, red-vented bulbul, indian grey
hornbill, tufled pochard, scaly breasted munia, darter and
other birds are yellow footed green pigeon, black-headed
munia, red munia, shikra, silverbill, cormorant, tailor birds,
oriental white eye, eurasion scops owl, darter, peacock,
migratiory duck and many more birds.

25. Yamuna Biodiversity Park Wazirabad
• Other than birds visitors attractions are Mangoose, common
krait (snake), jungle cat, fishes, indian hare, hoplobatraces
tigernus (frog), soft shell turtle, rat snake, asaian common
toad, monitor lizard. Dragonfly and damselflies, indian cobra
and many more.
• Best season to visit: is anytime of the year but for migratory
birds best time is winters.

27. K.G Wetland Palwal Haryana
• K.G wetland is about 75 kms from Delhi. It is in Haryana on a
distance of 55 kms from Delhi border.
• It is very sad that very less birders are familiar about this
wetland. It is accessible from the road itself the biggest
benefit for the photographer and the watcher. This wetland is
home of many migratory species along with resident birds.
Birding or photography can be done from own vehicle you will
get nice broken clear background, less disturbed area specially
with local and not too many visitors also.

28. K.G Wetland Palwal Haryana
• Birds you may get hear like greater spotted eagle,
marsh harrier, osprey, sarus crane, Egyptian vulture,
spotted owlet, black partridges, black-tailed godwits,
blue throat, chestrnut-shoulderred, petronia, Egyptian
vulture, Indian roller, kestred, little ringed plover, sarus
crane, tree pipits, wooly-necked strock, rivertern,
greater flamingoes, rudy shelduck, pelican and many
small birds.
• Best time to visit:- during winter for migratory ducks
passages migrants and resident for rest of the year.

30. Dighal Bahadurgarh Haryana
• A village still far from the concrete of the city. Dighal is in
district Jhajjar of Haryana india. It is well connected with
NH71 between Rohtak and Jhajjar on approx. distance of
65kms from the Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) New Delhi.
• Dighal village is surrounded by natural water bodies making it
a favorite destination for a large species of migratory birds.
• Dighal with over 200 acres of submerged field, hundreds of
species of migratory birds.
• Some rare birds sight here is: Marbled teal and greater white
fronted goose, ruddy turnstone, little heron, greater
flamingoes, sarus cranes, teak, sandpipers, indian spotted
eagle, booted eagle, Shikra, kestrel are seen here.

31. Dighal Bahadurgarh Haryana
• 201 species are found here in which some are resident and
migratory.
• Wetland offers many different birds just few km away. There is
a place where carcus of dead animal are left which attract
maximum of raptors.
• Best time to visit: Winders are the peak session for migratory
birds, rest of year common birds shall be easily spotted.

33. Shesh Sai Hodal Haryana
• Shesh Sai Hodal is about 100km away from Delhi. It is a
heaven for bird lovers. During winters it get into a heaven for
migratory birds. Hodal is surrounded with greenery and field.
Hodal is among one of the favorite places among birders. 100
+ birds are the attraction of the area.
• Birders might spot not very common birds here such as Bar-
headed geese feeding on the weight field ground, sparrow,
darter, white Tailed Lapwing.
• Best time to Visit: Winders are the best to see migratory birds
in Hodal. Rest of the year common birds are there to welcome
the visitors.

34. Custom made Birding Tours
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