The nearest railway station is
Begusarai Station; the nearest bus stop is Jaimanglagadh; and the nearest airport is
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport in
Patna
Patna (
), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India ...
.
Trees
''Mangifera'' ''indica, Annona squamosa, Polyalthia longifolia, Borassus flabellifer, Cocos'' ''nucifera, Phoenix sylvestris, Haplophragma adenophyllum, Bombax ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, Cordia dichotoma, Ehretia laevis, Bauhinia variegata, Cassia fistula, Delonix regia, Peltophorum pterocarpum, Tamarindus indica, Trema oriental, Terminalia arjuna, Diospyros Montana, Croton roxburghii, Trevia nudiflora, Dalbergia sissoo, Leucaena leucocephala, Pongamia glabra, Phoebe lanceolata, Azadirachta indica, Melia azedarach, Swietenia macrophylla, Acacia catechu, Acacia nilotica, Albizia lebbeck, Pithecellobium dulce, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Artocarpus lacucha, Ficus benghalensis, Ficus hispida, Ficus racemosa, Ficus religiosa, Ficus virens, Streblus asper, Moringa oleifera, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Psidium guajava, Syzygium cumini, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Phyllanthus emblica, Bambusa bambos, Dendrocalamus strictus, Ziziphus mauritiana, Anthocephalus kadamba, Aegle marmelos, Citrus maxima, Madhuca indica, Tectona grandis''
Threats
* Excessive chemicals, like
Furadan used to capture birds
* Killing of birds
* Villagers encroachment of lake area
Birds in the region
Critically endangered
*
Oriental white-backed vulture (''Gyps bengalensis'')
*
Long-billed vulture (''Gyps indicus'')
Endangered
*
Greater adjutant (''Leptoptilos dubiu'')
Vulnerable
*
Greater spotted eagle (''Aquila clanga'')
*
Lesser kestrel (''Falco naumanni'')
*
Sarus crane (''Grus antigone'')
Near threatened
*
Indian darter (''Anhinga melanogaster'')
*
Painted stork
The painted stork (''Mycteria leucocephala'') is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinc ...
(''Mycteria leucocephala'')
*
Black-bellied tern
The black-bellied tern (''Sterna acuticauda'') is a tern found near large rivers in the Indian subcontinent, its range extending from Pakistan, Nepal and India to Myanmar. It has become very scarce in the eastern part of its range and the Intern ...
(''Sterna acuticauda'')
Images
File:Siberian Stonechat at Kanwar Lake.jpg, Siberian stonechat
The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (''Saxicola maurus'') is a recently validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). Like the other thrush-like flycatchers, it was often placed in the Turdidae in the past. It bree ...
File:Red-naped Ibis at Kanwar Lake.jpg, Red-naped ibis
File:Yellow-throated Sparrow at Kanwar Lake.jpg, Yellow-throated sparrow
File:Eurasian Sparrowhawk at Kanwar Lake.jpg, Eurasian sparrowhawk
The Eurasian sparrowhawk (''Accipiter nisus''), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barr ...
See also
*
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
References
External links
NewsX Report on KillingNewsX report
{{Ramsar sites in India
Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests
IUCN Category II
Wildlife sanctuaries in Bihar
Ramsar sites in India
Oxbow lakes
Begusarai district
1987 establishments in Bihar
Protected areas established in 1987