Santragachi Jheel Pakhiralay - Bird watching area in Howrah - Howrah, India

Santragachi Jheel one of the lake where a lots of migratory birds come each and every year in winter. But maintenance of Lake is very very poor which is more than 75% covered by water hyacinth.

Located next to Santragachi railway station, this jheel is a habitat for thousands of migratory birds, particularly during winter. During my last visit, I spotted birds like lesser whistling duck, gadwall, stork-billed kingfisher, black kite, citrine wagtail, eurasian moorhen, bronze-winged jacana, green bee-eater, plain prinia, purple heron, Indian pond-heron, cattle egret etc. But the lake does not seem to be properly maintained as a large part of the lake is blocked by hyacinths and sewage from several houses around the lake is directly mixing with the water of the lake.

This jheel is very beautiful and just near to santragachi station towards Howrah Station . In Autmn and Winter Season many types of Birds are coming this jheel and make Very beautiful seen.

A paradise for migratory birds from all across the globe, this huge waterbody is a revered tourism destination for ardent bird lovers and the admirers of mother nature. However, during my visit, I had observed that the maintenance standards to be quite inferior. This beautiful jheel could be easily transformed into a major tourist attraction, if properly maintained and taken care of, by the government. Nonetheless, it was a pleasant experience and I would recommend everyone to visit here, atleast once.

This place is very popular among the city birders for availability of various winter visitor birds. You will find some distance shot of birds from this location but location is enriched with various species. Nowadays many organizations are active in this location to protect them and maintain Jheel for maintaining birds habitat

I live in Santragachi,and honestly speaking neither the people nor the concerned authorities do anything to clean or maintain the Jheel. It was a beautiful place untill a decade ago when many exotic birds used to come during their hibernation period in winter,but now it's nothing like it used to be. The fences around the jheel is broken and people do fishing which is illegal. This is the condition of the Jheel right now,dated 21.10.2019

I heard about this birding spot since last 22 years, but sadly couldn't visit. Visited this place only on January 6 of 2020 around the afternoon 4 pm. There were many migratory birds from Ferrugenous Pochard, Baikal Teal and Common Moorhen categories. In fact all these categories are variants of Ducks. I found similar birds in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Rajasthan. I find this place interesting. But, because of the housing constructed around the water bodies, and due to tge fact that the water is not clean enough, all kinds of the expected birds are not arriving these days. Migratory birds need natural water bodies without any threats for speding their winter! Man-made structures and concrete jungles are deterrents to the natural choices of these beautiful birds! If you like my review encourage me by a like . That will keep me going on and write more reviews with useful information!

This place is very popular among the city birders for availability of various winter visitor birds.Location is enriched with various species. Nowadays many organizations are active in this location to protect them and maintain Jheel for maintaining birds habitat..Winter is best time to watch migratory birds, specially in morning..