The sanctuary is an hour’s drive. In case you plan a road trip, it takes about 3-4 hours to reach Ballavpur from Kolkata. Covering approximately 200 hectares, Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary is ...

Nature enthusiasts have voiced concern as the number of migratory birds flocking to the Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal’s Birbhum district has declined sharply this year. Till 2022, the ...

followed by Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary with 14 species, Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary with 11, Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary with 10, and Ramnabagan Wildlife Sanctuary with 8 species.

A wildlife sanctuary in south Bengal has become a haven for poachers. According to a witness, the hunters use dogs to frighten water birds out of their roosting site in wetland. Once the birds fly ...

Nature enthusiasts have voiced concern as the number of migratory birds flocking to the Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal's Birbhum district has declined sharply this year. Till 2022 ...

The sanctuaries studied were in Ballavpur (Birbhum), Bethuadahari (Nadia), Raiganj and Ramnabagan (East Burdwan) and Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary (North 24-Parganas). The highest number of ...

Effective water level and vegetation management are vital for the future of the Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary as an important wintering ground of migratory water birds." Pradip Halder, forest range ...