The Trailblazer : Sultanpur National Park

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Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary was established in the year of 1971. The Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary was declared as a National park in the year of 1991. Total area of the park is about 1.43 Km2.

It is situated 30 Kms from delhi, in Gurugram Haryana (Location) is the best picnic spot for bird lovers in delhi. Rich in its biodiversity, Sultanpur attracts many migratory birds every year. There's a big water body inside the park which hosts a lot of water birds.

Best time to visit the National Park is winters when its home to a lot of migratory birds. Only way to move around here is by walking. The tracks are easy to walk on. The Park gets the National Park status as it houses mammals like Nilgais, Sambar, Blackbuck, Golden jackals, Jungle cat, Mongoose & Porcupines.

Haryana Government has done good development in the area, there are machaans inside the park through which birders can get an eagle vision at the birds.

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Approximately 250 species of Birds are found at Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary. Some of them are resident, while others come from distant regions like Siberia, Europe and Afghanistan. The climate of the region is tropical, winters are found very chilly here with scorching summers when the bird counts are found low. Monsoons are very pleasant here that starts in the month of July to continue till September.

Resident Birds

Resident birds include the common hoopoe, paddyfield pipit, purple sunbird, little cormorant, Indian cormorant, common spoonbill, gray francolin, black francolin, Indian roller, white-throated kingfisher, spotbill, painted stork, black-necked stork, white ibis, black-headed ibis, little egret, great egret, cattle egret, crested lark, red-vented bulbul, rose-ringed parakeet, red-wattled lapwing, shikra, Eurasian collared dove, red-collared dove, laughing dove, spotted owlet, rock pigeon, magpie robin, greater coucal, weaver bird, bank mynah, common mynah and green bee-eater.

Migratory Birds

Every year over a hundred migratory bird species visit here to feed. In winter the sanctuary provides is a panorama of migratory birds such as Sarus crane, greater flamingo, ruff, black-winged stilt, common teal, common greenshank, northern pintail, yellow wagtail, white wagtail, northern shoveller, rosy pelican, spot-billed pelican, gadwall, wood sandpiper, spotted sandpiper, Eurasian wigeon, black-tailed godwit, spotted redshank, starling, bluethroat and long-billed pipit. In summer about 11 species of migratory birds such as Asian koel, black-crowned night heron, grey heron, Indian golden oriole, knob-billed duck, blue-cheeked bee-eater, blue-tailed bee-eater and cuckoos come here.

In addition to the many birds, animals such as blue bull and black buck are also seen here. Trees, which are popular with the birds like acacia nilotica, acacia tortilis, berberis and neem, have been planted.