Arignar Anna Zoological Park also known as the Vandalur Zoo is a zoological garden located in Vandalur, a suburb in the southwestern part of Chennai, India, about 31 kilometres


It houses more than 170 species of animals in about 81 enclosures.There are about 47 species of mammals, 63 species of birds, 31 species of reptiles, 5 species of amphibians, 25 species of fishes, and 10 species of insects in the park.

They are many types of deer ranging from barking deer, sambar, blackbuck, nilgai, sangai, hog deer.Wolf, Jackal, Hyena, llama and Otter

Visit  for more details http://www.aazoopark.in/

Zoo is open all days the week except tuesdays(better check on Newspapers for any changes)

Main Attractions: White tiger, Lion,Birds and Elephants

How to Reach: Vandalur zoo is located at GST Raod. You will get buses to Vandalur from most part of Chennai. Else try to reach bus to Tamabaram and Vandalur is few kms from Tambaram.


Few of my captures at Vandalur zoo





















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Vedanthangal is the home of Migratory birds in Chennai which is located near chengalpet.
The Santuary attacts more than 40,000 birds every year from various parts of the world.

Vedanthangal in Tamil language means 'hamlet of the hunter'

Tourist attraction:
  • Vedanthangal Bird Santuary- Bird watching
  • Karikili Bird Sanctuary- Bird Watching(near by)
How to reach:

From Chennai- You have to take GST Road- Reach Chengalpet and then you have to take a right after few KM in GST to reach vedanthagal bird sanctuary.

Easier option is to reach Tambaram or Chengalpet- from there take a bus to vedanthangal.

Note: Always plan to start early in the morning since reaching this place takes time .Better to take a Binocular or your camera.







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Siruseri SIPCOT is located at OMR Road after Navalur, which is a SEZ for IT companies(TCS,CTS,Hexaware, Change pond,Syntel.....etc)

Though it is primarily an IT park, i prefer this place for bird watching (during migraotry bird season)

Tourist Attractions:
  • Bird watching(not a famous place)

Note:You have to reach the end of SIPCOT to watch the birds(after syntel/ITM business school). On the edge of Siruseri IT park corners, the Birds live peacefully. But there has been a huge human intervention which results in pollution. will post some pics that will give you an idea of this place.
It is preferred to go on a weekend,so that you will not have any IT crowd

Also requesting not to visit after dark hours considering your security.


Few Pics of My Birding Experience at Siruseri

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Kelambakkam or Mutukkadu backwaters is located in ECR and is easy to access for Birdwatchers.

Tourist Attractions:
  • Muttukadu Boat House
  • Bird watching 
  • Kovalam Beach
How to reach:

From Chennai- Take any ECR bus(preferably MTC bus that reaches Kovalam or Mahabalipuram).

For Muttukadu Boat house- Get down at Muttukadu boat house bus stop

For Birdwatching
  • Muttukadu boat house
  • Kelambakkam-Kovalam connecting road
  • Fisherman's cove
Note: Kelambakkam-Kovalam conneting road is my favorite place of all the places in Chennai. Morning and evening time are the best time ,where you will have less vehicles passing through without disturbing the birds

Morning time- you can see fisherman fishing in the backwaters.

Concern: There is a School near Kelambakkam-Kovalam junction . Near by is a dump which is worstly polluted and often i could see kids/people who collect plastic or metal parts in that dump. 

Pelicans,Darters, Kingfishers,Open billed Storks are the most commonly seen birds here

Few of my pics





Pelicans







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Pulicat is the second largest brackish water lake in India and is known for migratory bird wathcing.

Pulicat stretches out from Pazhaverkadu of Tamilnadu border to SHAR or Sriharikotta near sullerput of Andra border

Pulicat/Pazhaverkadu(Tamilnadu Border)

Pazhaverkadu is a coastal village of chennai with a nice beach view, Dutch cemetry and a Boat house.

Tourist Attractions:
  • Pulicat/Pazhaverkadu bird sanctuary 
  • Pazhaverkadu Boat house
  • Pazhaverkadu  Beach
  • Dutch cemetry
  • Light House
  • Annamalaichery Bird santuary

How to reach:

From Chennai- you have to catch NH5 (Chennai - Kolkatta road) and then reach ponneri via kavarapettai. Pazhaverkadu is around 15 km from Ponneri.

Preferred mode of transport: Vehicle(Car or Bike)- you can save more time. Buses are also available from Ponneri.

Pulicat(Andhra Pradesh Border)

Pulicat lake also share its border with Andhra pradesh that extends upto Sriharikota.

Tourist Attractions:
  • Pulicat bird sanctuary 
  • Birding festival(every January)
How to reach:

From Chennai- you have to catch NH5 (Chennai - Kolkatta road) and then reach Sullerpet.From Sullerpet you have to take SHAR Road that reaches Sriharikotta. The full 10 KM stretch of SHAR Road is Pulicat lake/bird santuary and is best place for bird watching and bird photography.

Preferred mode of transport: Vehicle(Car or Bike)- you can save more time. You will get Auto's or jeep's to SHAR ,but is not prefered during any Satellite launch

Every year in January , Sullerpet people celebrates "Flamingo Festival" to celebrate the arrival of Flamingo to the city

Pulicat is the best place to see Flamingo's in Chennai









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