Pulicat Bird Sanctuary

Pulicat Bird Sanctuary Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish water lagoon in India spread over the two states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

It is famous feeding ground for a variety of aquatic and terrestrial birds like Flamingoes, Painted Storks, Large and Little Egrets, Grey Pelicans, Grey Herons and Water birds like Northern Pintails, Black winged Stilts, Northern Shovellers, Common Teal, Seagulls, Terns, Sandpipers, Common Coots, etc.,
THE LAKE:-
Pulicat Lake is a lagoon, adjacent to the Bay of Bengal (on western side) and is f

ormed out of the back waters of Bay of Bengal. Its length is about 70 Kms and width varies from 1Km to 20 Kms. The minimum and maximum depth of Pulicat lake is 0.2m to 4 m respectively. The lake has 16 island villages inside and about 30 villages adjoining the lake. The people of these villages are directly or indirectly dependent on the lake for their livelihood. The Lake supports a rich biodiversity and high biomass of fishes, prawns, crustaceans, coelenterates and planktons etc. which form the principle source of food for the birds. The lake is rich in deposits of silica sand, Gypsum, Lime shell deposits and other minerals.

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Divisional Forest Office
Sullurupeta
524121

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918623251742

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