2nd Global Bird Watchers Conference 2012
After the second visit to the Little Rann of Kutch in the morning, our group went to Thol Lake.
Wikipedia: Thol Wildlife Sanctuary is a shallow water reservoir situated 25 km (15 mi) northwest of Ahmedabad and most popular birding place near Ahmedabad after Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuarywhich is about 50 km (30 km) from Thol Wildlife Sanctuary. Geographically Thol Wildlife Sanctuary falls in Mehsana district of North Gujarat. Kadi, a taluka headquarters of the district, is just 22 km (14 mi) away from the Sanctuary. Thol Wildlife Sanctuary is a man-made irrigation tank built in 1912 with water storage capacity of 84,000,000 m³ (68,000 ac·ft) and command area of 1450 ha (5.6 mi²) and catchment area of 153 km² (59 mi²). The wetland is predominated by the open water habitat, which is surrounded by cropland, fallow land and scrub land.
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