Haredo lake wild life santuraies,Haleji lake wild life santuaries, khadi wild life santuaries,kargah wild life santuaries,keti Bundar wild life santuaries.

1. Hardero lake
• Hardero lake has imoprtant wintering areas
offer a wide varity of water fowl
• During mid/winter counts of water fowl the
highest population of apx.20426.
• This area was declared a wildlife santuary in
march 1977.
• This lake not probably not deeper than 1.7 m.

2. Cont….
• Hardero lake is natural brackish water lakes on
the edge of rocky terrain(north to east)
• 10km northwest of Thatta,85km east of Karachi
at about 7km makli to jangh shahiroad in thatta
district sindh provinces
• Its covering an areaof about 5.10 squares miles
or 1,321 ha.
• A natrual brackish lake in shallow depression on
the edge of a stony dessert between kinjhar and
haleji lake.

3. Cont….
• Hadero lake an important winteringarea for a
wide range of migratory birds which includes:
• pelican, flamingos, ducks, waders, gulls, coots,
glossy ibis and terns.
• Also supports a commercial fishery and
provides an oppertunities for scientific research.

4. Glossy Ibis Coots
Pelican Waders
Birds species in Hardero Lake:

5. Haleji Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
• The complete circumference of Haleji lake is
about 19 km.
• The main reservoir covers an area of about 10.5
km2 and the maximum depth is about 5 m.
• The lake was declared a wildlife sanctuary in
1977.

6. Cont…
• This is a waterfowl sanctuary and a
birdwatcher's paradise
• A 5 km track leads to the Lake from National
Highway and take a 10 km rotation drive of
wetland.
• Its catchment area is about 1704 hectares at an
elevation of 60 m.

7. Cont….
• Haleji Lake is a large fresh water body,
characteristic for the Sindh province of Pakistan.
• It was originally a salt-water lake, formed by
seasonal water, collecting in a depression
• Thousands of Black-crowned Night Heron roost
in the area.
• As many as 223 bird species have been recorded
in the environs of Haleji lake.

8. Cont….
• One of the most important breeding, staging and
wintering areas for waterbirds in southern
Pakistan, supporting between 50,000 and
100,000 birds annually, including Dalmatian
Pelican, European Wigeon and Black Coot.
• For instance, osprey, Pallas's fish eagle,
Buzzards, Harriers, falcons, Wigeon, coot,
shoveller, pintail, Teals, Mallard, heron, Jacana,
flamingos and some times Bewick's swan and
snails.

9. Haleji Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
Osprey Wigeon
Pallas's fish eagle
Flamingos

10. Cont….
• Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary is located on Hub Rive
r in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan.
• Hub Dam is Pakistan's third largest dam.
• This dam is situated in the north of Karachi borderin
g the Kirthar National Park.
• A large water storage reservoir constructed in 1981 o
n the Hub River, in a region of arid plains and low st
ony
hills.
• Much of the shoreline is steeply shelving and stony,
butthere are many shallow bays and small islands.

11. Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary
• In Sindh and Balochistan, 27,000 ha. 25°15'N
067°07'E. A large water storage reservoir
constructed in 1981 on the Hub River on the arid
plains north of Karachi.
• It is an important staging and wintering area for an
appreciable number of waterbirds and contains a
variety of fish species which increase in abundance
during periods of high water.
• The Mahseer (Tor putitora), an indigenous riverine
fish found in the Hub River, grows up to 2m in
length and provides for excellent angling. Recent
consecutive years of low summer rainfall have
reduced the water level

12. Cont….
• The greater part of the reservoir (in Balochistan) is
unprotected; the eastern shore and area south of the
Hub Dam (in Sindh) are protected in the Kirthar
National Park and Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary.,
respectively.
• The lake formed by the dam covers an area of 32 square
miles and is an ideal place for research of birds.
• There is plenty of waterfowl in the lake both resident and
migratory.
• The surrounding hills are the home of Urial, Sind wild
goat, Chinkara gazelle, Wolf, Jackal, Common fox,
Pangolin and numerous other birds and reptiles.

13. Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary
Jackal Sindh wild goat
Reptiles

14. Kargah Wildlife Sanctuary
• Kargah Wildlife Sanctuary located in Gilgit District,
Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.
• This landscape was stated and identified as a
wildlife sanctuary in the end of year 1975 in
November.
• Kargah Wildlife Sanctuary covers 445 sq km of the
Kargah Valley just five km north-west of Gilgit.
• This area contains a small population of the Astor
Markhor. The current population is in between 75-
150.

15. Cont…
• Kargah wildlife sanctuary is located approx.
around 35°49’55.74″N and 74° 4’58.43″E
around the border of Gilgit, Ghizer and Diamer
districts of the province Gilgit Baltistan.
• The valley covers 445 sq km which can be
accessed travelling five km south-west of Gilgit
by following the Kargah nala.

16. Cont….
• There are multiple mammal species that can be
sighted in the region from the goat family.
• There are around 150 individuals of the Astore
Markhors (Markhor Capra falconeri) which can
be identified by their large curved flat horns.
• The sanctuary is also home to Blue sheep and
the Alpine Ibex also known as the Capra Ibex of
the northern areas. Rare sights of the Alpine
musk deer were also reported.

17. Cont…
• The main predatory mammal in the area used to be
the elusive wild snow leopard but this endangered
species of big cats in now very rare in the region.
• The major aves species in the region are Chukar
partridge (the national bird of Pakistan), snow cock
which are species in the genus Tetraogallus of the
pheasant family, snow paritages and Monal
pheasants.
• The Kargah nala has a good number of trout species
as well.

18. Species
Blue sheep Musk deer

19. Keti Bunder Wildlife Sanctuary
• Keti Bunder is a Wildlife Sanctuary; for the conservation
of waterbirds.
• In 2008 WWF Pakistan reported that 69 bird species
including 25 resident and 44 migratory species. 21
species of reptiles, 2 species of amphibians, 63 species of
finfish and 24 species of shellfish were observed.
• The migratory birds include Pelicans, Herons and
Egrets, Waders and Raptors.
• Among Mammals, Wild Boar, Indian Jackal and
Cetaceans (Humpback Dolphin and Bottlenosed
Dolphin) have been recorded, while Indian Cobra,
Vipers, and Sea Snakes are recorded as common reptiles

20. Cont….
• Keti Bunder is situated at the mouth of the River
Indus known as Ochito, which enters through
Hajamro creek and covers an area of 9,130 hectares
(WWF, 2005).
• Keti Bunder lies about 200 km southeast of Karachi,
constituting part of the Indus Delta.
• The mangrove forests along Keti Bunder have
suffered due to diversion of Indus River water for
agriculture and hydropower generation through
construction of dams and barrages over it. The area
is rich in wildlife and hence it has been declared as a
Wildlife Sanctuary.

21. Migratory Mammals
Indian jackal
Wild Boar

22. Khadi Wildlife Sanctuary
• Khadi Wildlife Sanctuary located in Tando
Muhammad Khan District Thatta Sindh, Pakistan.
• Area in Hectares: 80.94
• Waterbirds:
• Grebes, Shearwaters, Storm Petrels, Tropic Birds,
Pelicans, Booby, Cormorants, Darter, Herons,
Egrets, Bitterns, Storks, Ibis, Spoonbill, Flamingos,
Geese, Swans, Ducks, Cranes, Crakes, Rails,
Waterhens, Moorhens, Coot and Waders.
• Birds :
• Kites, Buzzards, Hawks, Eagles, Vultures, Harriers,
Osprey, Falcons and Owls.