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Hardero Lake and Haleji Lake Important Bird Areas
- 1. Hardero lake • Hardero lake has imoprtant wintering areas offer a wide varity of water fowl • During mid/winter counts of water fowl the highest population of apx.20426. • This area was declared a wildlife santuary in march 1977. • This lake not probably not deeper than 1.7 m.
- 2. Cont…. • Hardero lake is natural brackish water lakes on the edge of rocky terrain(north to east) • 10km northwest of Thatta,85km east of Karachi at about 7km makli to jangh shahiroad in thatta district sindh provinces • Its covering an areaof about 5.10 squares miles or 1,321 ha. • A natrual brackish lake in shallow depression on the edge of a stony dessert between kinjhar and haleji lake.
- 3. Cont…. • Hadero lake an important winteringarea for a wide range of migratory birds which includes: • pelican, flamingos, ducks, waders, gulls, coots, glossy ibis and terns. • Also supports a commercial fishery and provides an oppertunities for scientific research.
- 4. Glossy Ibis Coots Pelican Waders Birds species in Hardero Lake:
- 5. Haleji Lake Wildlife Sanctuary • The complete circumference of Haleji lake is about 19 km. • The main reservoir covers an area of about 10.5 km2 and the maximum depth is about 5 m. • The lake was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1977.
- 6. Cont… • This is a waterfowl sanctuary and a birdwatcher's paradise • A 5 km track leads to the Lake from National Highway and take a 10 km rotation drive of wetland. • Its catchment area is about 1704 hectares at an elevation of 60 m.
- 7. Cont…. • Haleji Lake is a large fresh water body, characteristic for the Sindh province of Pakistan. • It was originally a salt-water lake, formed by seasonal water, collecting in a depression • Thousands of Black-crowned Night Heron roost in the area. • As many as 223 bird species have been recorded in the environs of Haleji lake.
- 8. Cont…. • One of the most important breeding, staging and wintering areas for waterbirds in southern Pakistan, supporting between 50,000 and 100,000 birds annually, including Dalmatian Pelican, European Wigeon and Black Coot. • For instance, osprey, Pallas's fish eagle, Buzzards, Harriers, falcons, Wigeon, coot, shoveller, pintail, Teals, Mallard, heron, Jacana, flamingos and some times Bewick's swan and snails.
- 9. Haleji Lake Wildlife Sanctuary Osprey Wigeon Pallas's fish eagle Flamingos
- 10. Cont…. • Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary is located on Hub Rive r in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. • Hub Dam is Pakistan's third largest dam. • This dam is situated in the north of Karachi borderin g the Kirthar National Park. • A large water storage reservoir constructed in 1981 o n the Hub River, in a region of arid plains and low st ony hills. • Much of the shoreline is steeply shelving and stony, butthere are many shallow bays and small islands.
- 11. Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary • In Sindh and Balochistan, 27,000 ha. 25°15'N 067°07'E. A large water storage reservoir constructed in 1981 on the Hub River on the arid plains north of Karachi. • It is an important staging and wintering area for an appreciable number of waterbirds and contains a variety of fish species which increase in abundance during periods of high water. • The Mahseer (Tor putitora), an indigenous riverine fish found in the Hub River, grows up to 2m in length and provides for excellent angling. Recent consecutive years of low summer rainfall have reduced the water level
- 12. Cont…. • The greater part of the reservoir (in Balochistan) is unprotected; the eastern shore and area south of the Hub Dam (in Sindh) are protected in the Kirthar National Park and Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary., respectively. • The lake formed by the dam covers an area of 32 square miles and is an ideal place for research of birds. • There is plenty of waterfowl in the lake both resident and migratory. • The surrounding hills are the home of Urial, Sind wild goat, Chinkara gazelle, Wolf, Jackal, Common fox, Pangolin and numerous other birds and reptiles.
- 13. Hub Dam Wildlife Sanctuary Jackal Sindh wild goat Reptiles
- 14. Kargah Wildlife Sanctuary • Kargah Wildlife Sanctuary located in Gilgit District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. • This landscape was stated and identified as a wildlife sanctuary in the end of year 1975 in November. • Kargah Wildlife Sanctuary covers 445 sq km of the Kargah Valley just five km north-west of Gilgit. • This area contains a small population of the Astor Markhor. The current population is in between 75- 150.
- 15. Cont… • Kargah wildlife sanctuary is located approx. around 35°49’55.74″N and 74° 4’58.43″E around the border of Gilgit, Ghizer and Diamer districts of the province Gilgit Baltistan. • The valley covers 445 sq km which can be accessed travelling five km south-west of Gilgit by following the Kargah nala.
- 16. Cont…. • There are multiple mammal species that can be sighted in the region from the goat family. • There are around 150 individuals of the Astore Markhors (Markhor Capra falconeri) which can be identified by their large curved flat horns. • The sanctuary is also home to Blue sheep and the Alpine Ibex also known as the Capra Ibex of the northern areas. Rare sights of the Alpine musk deer were also reported.
- 17. Cont… • The main predatory mammal in the area used to be the elusive wild snow leopard but this endangered species of big cats in now very rare in the region. • The major aves species in the region are Chukar partridge (the national bird of Pakistan), snow cock which are species in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family, snow paritages and Monal pheasants. • The Kargah nala has a good number of trout species as well.
- 18. Species Blue sheep Musk deer
- 19. Keti Bunder Wildlife Sanctuary • Keti Bunder is a Wildlife Sanctuary; for the conservation of waterbirds. • In 2008 WWF Pakistan reported that 69 bird species including 25 resident and 44 migratory species. 21 species of reptiles, 2 species of amphibians, 63 species of finfish and 24 species of shellfish were observed. • The migratory birds include Pelicans, Herons and Egrets, Waders and Raptors. • Among Mammals, Wild Boar, Indian Jackal and Cetaceans (Humpback Dolphin and Bottlenosed Dolphin) have been recorded, while Indian Cobra, Vipers, and Sea Snakes are recorded as common reptiles
- 20. Cont…. • Keti Bunder is situated at the mouth of the River Indus known as Ochito, which enters through Hajamro creek and covers an area of 9,130 hectares (WWF, 2005). • Keti Bunder lies about 200 km southeast of Karachi, constituting part of the Indus Delta. • The mangrove forests along Keti Bunder have suffered due to diversion of Indus River water for agriculture and hydropower generation through construction of dams and barrages over it. The area is rich in wildlife and hence it has been declared as a Wildlife Sanctuary.
- 21. Migratory Mammals Indian jackal Wild Boar
- 22. Khadi Wildlife Sanctuary • Khadi Wildlife Sanctuary located in Tando Muhammad Khan District Thatta Sindh, Pakistan. • Area in Hectares: 80.94 • Waterbirds: • Grebes, Shearwaters, Storm Petrels, Tropic Birds, Pelicans, Booby, Cormorants, Darter, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Storks, Ibis, Spoonbill, Flamingos, Geese, Swans, Ducks, Cranes, Crakes, Rails, Waterhens, Moorhens, Coot and Waders. • Birds : • Kites, Buzzards, Hawks, Eagles, Vultures, Harriers, Osprey, Falcons and Owls.