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Sandi Bird Sanctuary
Site Name | Sandi Bird Sanctuary |
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State | Uttar Pradesh The Sanctuary is located in the Bilgram tehsil of Hardoi district in state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is just 1 Km from the Sandi town, 19 Km from city Hardoi and 129 Km from Lucknow, the state capital. |
Ramsar Site Number | 2409 |
Ramsar Designation Date | 26 Sep 2019 |
Area | 309 hectares |
Latitude | 27.3139 |
Longitude | 79.9722 |
Categories | Inland wetland Permanent freshwater marsh/pool |
Elevation min / max | 111 / 115 |
Listed in Montreux Record? | No |
Spans over more than one country? | No |
Details | |
Sandi Bird Sanctuary is a freshwater marsh in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. The wetland is typical of the Indo-Gangetic plains and receives most of its water from monsoon rains. Rich in aquatic plants, the Site provides a productive habitat for waterfowl with over 40,000 individuals counted in 2018. It is home to over 1% of the South Asian populations of common teal (Anas crecca), red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) and ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca), while the vulnerable sarus crane (Grus antigone) has a population of 200 individuals within the Sanctuary. These figures justify its designation as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International. The wetland is a popular recreational and tourism destination and supports surrounding farmers as a source of livestock fodder. Drought presents a threat; the Sanctuary dried out leading to a subsequent collapse in waterbird populations from 2014 to 2015. | |
Threats | |
Water regulation, Water abstraction, Agriculture & aquaculture, Annual and perennial non-timber crops, Human intrusions & disturbance, Recreational and tourism activities, Invasive and other problematic species and genes, Invasive non-native/ alien species, Natural system modifications, Vegetation clearance/ land conversion, Climate change & severe weather, Droughts |