India Ramsar wetland
Wular Lake
127 bird species recorded; the most from February to March.
Mohit.vaishnav1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
52 species in January.67 species in February.69 species in March.7 species in April.28 species in May.46 species in June.37 species in July.47 species in August.0 species in September.22 species in October.61 species in November.58 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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No records for this month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
127 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 127Speciesrecorded more than once
- 50Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,855Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,576 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 1Owls
- 12Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 18Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 48Songbirds
- 17Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 127 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pallas’s fish eagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Buteo refectusButeo refectus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- River TernSterna aurantiaVU
Ducks & geese18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Songbirds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenys
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
- White-capped Water-redstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Oriolus kundooOriolus kundoo
- Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- White-cheeked NuthatchSitta leucopsis
- Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
- Tickell's ThrushTurdus unicolor
- Rusty-tailed FlycatcherMuscicapa ruficauda
- Western Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus occipitalis
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchus
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Brown-fronted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes auriceps
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from February to March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-9°67 mm
- Feb4°/-7°101 mm
- Mar9°/-2°107 mm
- Apr15°/3°101 mm
- May21°/8°60 mm
- Jun25°/11°62 mm
- Jul26°/13°81 mm
- Aug24°/12°86 mm
- Sep22°/8°44 mm
- Oct17°/3°24 mm
- Nov10°/-2°37 mm
- Dec5°/-6°31 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Wular Lake.
Lake in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Wular Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in India, 1,576 m above the sea.
127 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,855 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Kite, the Indian Pond-Heron and the Coot.
18 species come for the summer, 30 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Long-tailed duck and Eastern Imperial Eagle.
The most species are recorded from February to March.
Get there and watch
- Block-3place to stay · 8.5 km · 3 within 10 km
- Hājannearest town · 8.8 km in a straight line
- Srinagar International Airport (SXR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 46 km in a straight lineCar hire at IXC airport (Chandigarh)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3places to stay within 10 kmBlock-3, River Edge
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Wular Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas18 mountains within 25 kmKowut · 13 kmKowutdor · 14 kmBumus · 14 kmMarkul · 15 kmDemnari · 15 kmPoslut · 17 kmLangmarg · 17 kmDional · 20 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmWular Lake41 km² · 3.8 km↗Ahansar Lake0.5 km² · 12 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyJhelum River774 km↗Kahan River
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Wular Lake
India
- 60Birdyas Score
- 127Species
- 50Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q744741) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,855 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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