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Sidhpur
Wildlife
Thol is a compact Water Bird Sanctuary. The area was notified as Sanctuary in November 1988 under Sec. 18 of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The Sanctuary, not far from Ahmedabad City has a small area of 6.99 sq. km. 'Thol is a shallow water reservoir having water storage capacity of 84 MCM. It is predominated by open water area. However, it lacks islands, reed bed (emergent aquatic plants) or prominent shore land. Thol is a manmade irrigation tank having command area of 1450 ha and catchment area of 153 sq. km. This is a shallow wetland on Government wasteland, with less habitat diversity. The wetland is predominated by the open water habitat, which is surrounded by cropland, fallow land and scrubland.
Kadi, a taluka head quarter of the district of Mehsana, is just
22 km away from the Sanctuary. It is 25 km northwest of Ahmedabad.
The agricultural fields in the environs of the tank attract a large
number of waterfowl (for feeding on grains or seeds), which otherwise
rest and roost at the wetland. This manmade wetland has high conservation
value as waterfowl refuge and as irrigation tank. Tens of thousands
of resident and migratory waterfowl thrive here from November to
January, of course, if hydrological conditions are favorable. Trumpeting
cranes, Honking geese, Greater & Lesser flamingo are the main
species here.
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Thol
Wild Life Sanctuary