A short trip to Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, near Kothamangalam. Eranakulam District, Kerala, India.

Gijo Vijayan
11 min readOct 20, 2022

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At Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, I am the happiest inside the forest.

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I am Gijo Vijayan here, blogger, author and entrepreneur from India.

On 19th October 2022, Wednesday, I visited Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, near Kothamangalam. Eranakulam District, Kerala, India. This place is about 12.5 km from Kothamangalam town. The bus will will take 30–45 minutes to reach this spot.

The main aim of writing this blog is to give information to travellers before they visit this place. I welcome tourists from all over the world to visit Thattekad Bird Sanctuary (Dr.Salim Ali Bird Trail).

HERE is the Googlemap location:

You got to visit 2 places. One is the “Salim Ali” bird trail. This is a forest area where Dr.Salim Ali, the famous bird watcher and scientist used to watch birds for days together camping inside the forest.

Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November 1896–20 June 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the “Birdman of India”. Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several bird books that popularized ornithology in India. Read more at WIKIPEDIA.

Dr.Salim Ali’s story written in Malayalam Language @ Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, covering an area of barely 25 km², and located about 12 km from Kothamangalam, was the first bird sanctuary in Kerala. Salim Ali, one of the best known ornithologists, described this sanctuary as the richest bird habitat on peninsular India.

At the Butterfly Garden — Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary has a rich and varied birdlife. Several species of birds, both forest birds as well as water birds, visit the sanctuaries. More than 332 varieties of birds are found here. Different species of migratory bids even from Siberia comes to Thattekad Bird Sanctuary and stay few months, then fly back to their destinations. The thick forest is ideal for birds to migrate, Thattekad reservoir is also nearby.

Porcupine Model inside the Thattekad Bird Sanctuary-Park
ME AT the Ticket counter

I walked through “SALIL ALI BIRD TRAIL”. YOU NEED to take Rs.50/ ticket from the cunter. This area is maintained and protected by the forest department of Kerala. There are lots of wild elephants inside the forest. While on trail, you can see the elephant dungs on many places. Sometimes you may come across wild elephants while walking though the road inside the sanctuary.

Here are some photos of the Thattekad Bird Sanctuary.

When I reached the place early morning, there was no tourist. I was the only one. I walked through the forest alone and it was a unique and fantastic experience. I talked to myself and enjoyed the beauty of nature. The view of the forest is breathtaking and there is a river nearby the forest. Here are some photos of the forest trail. The view is amazing.

There is a beautiful “Butterfly park” ner the entrance of the Thattekad Bird Sanctuary. You can also see a beautiful HERBAL GARDEN. I have taken few snaps of the area. The instructor there Mr.Kunjappu helped me a lot to understand rare varieties of butterflies in this garden. There are many species of wild flowers also here.

Here are some photos of the butterfly garden here. There are many varieties of rare butterflies here.

Brochure — Thattekad Bird Sanctuary — I got this from the reception.

Final Word: I suggest you visit Thattekad Bird Sanctuary with a specific plan for birdwatching. Stay there few days and enjoy nature, wildlife. To get relevant permissions, contact the Kerala Forest and wildlife department.

Here are some accommodation facilities near Thattekad Bird Sanctuary.

Contact the above given Mobile Numbers to stay near this place.
BIRDS MURMUR CAMP WEBSITE:

Tapovan Green County Resort, NEAR Thattekad Bird Sanctuary.

Address:
Thattekad P.O, Palamattom, Kochi, India, Kerala
Mobile: +91 9446002885
Email:
tapovan4u@gmail.com

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I am Gijo Vijayan, travel blogger from India. I promote tourism business globally. Website: www.GijoKV.com