General Information

Best season to visit
The nesting season commences late October. The birds are through with breeding and start returning to their feeding grounds around March. The best time to visit the sanctuary is from November to the middle of March.

Best time to visit
When the birds have eggs or chicks, only one parent will remain in the nest. The other will fly to the surrounding areas in search of food. There-fore, the best time to visit the Sanctuary is during the early mornings or late evenings when you can see more birds.

Annual Rainfall : 1200 mm

Area : 30 ha.

How to get there :
Nearest airport Chennai - 58 kms away
Nearest railway station Chengalpattu - 30 kms away
By road Chennai - 90 kms. There are regular and frequent bus services from Chennai, Tambaram and Chengalpattu.

Accommodation
Forest Rest House at Vedanthangal with catering arrangements.

P.W.D. Rest House at Karunguzhi.

All types of accommodation are available in Chennai.

Other facilities

You can get fruits, tea, cold drinks and snacks just outside the Sanctuary. forest officers told me that a bird census had been taken recently. There were more than 75,000 birds - fifty per cent more than last year and much more than the numbers during the past several years species of birds have been recorded in this sanctuary. I have compiled a list of the birds I could see and identify:

Garganey Teals Canada

Glossy Ibis Sri Lanka

Grey Heron Bangladesh

Grey Pelican Australia

Open-billed Stork Bangladesh

Painted Stork Siberia

Snake Bird Sri Lanka

Spoonbill Burma

Spot Bill Duck Canada