Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Gurgaon

A Morning Drive to Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary & The Last Sarson Ke Khet of Gurgaon

Jan 262016

The last of Sarson Ke Khet Near Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary That I regularly go bird watching at Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary near Gurgaon is old news. While I enjoy bird watching there with my friends and family at Sultanpur, each visit also now makes me a bit sad. As we approach the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary and the Basai Wetlands that are on the way, the thoughts about future of these birding heavens make me gloomy because of the future of the Sanctuary, as well as the Basai Wetlands, is not secure. For me, the visit to nature is all about the ecosystem, [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Photography, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: Basai Wetlands, Bird watching, birding, Gurgaon, sarson, Sultanpur 26 Responses »

Trip Report : Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Birding with Kids

Oct 222015

Birdwatching with Kids at Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary I think first time I went to Sultanpur bird sanctuary was before I was 10. I don’t remember seeing any birds at that time but we had great fun playing in the open. After that I have been to Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary outside Gurgaon many times. Every now and then I take kids also for bird watching to Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary. Though I am not sure how long the Sanctuary and the birds there will be able to withstand the steady growth of concrete jungle and mobile towers around it. So I try [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: Bird watching, birding, birds, Painted Stork, Sultanpur, Travel with Kids 12 Responses »

Nilgai in Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary

Apr 182014

Morning Mist and Nilgai pair in Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary This picture has a bit of history, for those who care. It was clicked about 5 years ago with a point and shoot camera, in Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary on the outskirts of Gurgaon. We have gone there early morning for birding with all the kids in the family in winters and it was very cold and misty. If I remember correctly one of the kids noticed some movement in distance and said there is something there. So I just pointed and clicked with my point and shoot camera. We could not [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: Antelope, black buck, Gurgaon, Nature Notes, Nilgai, Sultanpur, Tal Chapar 8 Responses »

Trip to Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary : A Bird watching with kids

Feb 102011

Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary- An Oasis in Concrete Jungle of Gurgaon We live in concrete and glass jungle called Gurgaon the city that encroached on the fertile lands of Haryana, taking over one field at a time. Most of the ponds that enriched the water table were filled with the construction debris and the oldest mountain range in the world Aravalis was brutally mutilated by the mining lobby. But among all this lies the Sultanpur bird sanctuary in Gurgaon on the other side of the highway close to ancestral village of Nawab of Pataudi. Sultanpur bird sanctuary is a less famous compared [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: birding, birds, Owl, Sultanpur, Tal Chapar, Travel Story 5 Responses »

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