Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary located near Dehradun is one of the best place for birds watching and boating, there are many tourist places near Dehradun, but today we are going to tell you about one such lake. where you can spend some time amidst nature.

About Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary

Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary surrounding is 15 km from the Vikasnagar tehsil headquarters, was declared the Asan Conservation Reserve in 2005. Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary is spread over an area of 444.40 hectares. one of the best place to see the rare birds during the migration period . a pair of rare Palash fish eagle has also reached Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary on migration. With this, the number of species that have migrated to the Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary has reached 41.

These days, due to the migration of about 3500 birds, the colorful world of birds you can see in the Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary .As the number of birds increases, the team of Chakrata Forest Division is patrolling day and night for their protection. The rare Palash fish eagle earlier used to nest on the Semal tree in the Forest Reserve Training Center forest, but this pair of eagles left the Semal tree due to increasing human interference. In the last few years, only one Palash fish eagle reached here. This time after a long time the pair of Palash fish eagle has come here at the right time of migration.

Although many species of birds come here when the outbreak of cold increases in other regions including Siberia, but bird lovers like the pair of Palash fish eagles coming on temporary migration. The rare Palash fish eagle preys on the fishes. Bird lovers also try to capture his hunting style on camera. Palash fish eagle is found in countries like Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, Pakistan, Myanmar etc. Bird lovers throng here in large numbers every year to spot a pair of Palash fish eagles, easily recognized by the white stripe on the head and tail.

How to Reach Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary

Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary is located on the confluence of river Yamuna and Asan near Dhalipur village. It is approximately 42 km away from Dehradun on Dehradun-Paonta road. The sanctuary is only 11 km from Vikasnagar, 22 km from Kalsi and around 66 km away from Chakrata. Dehradun railway station at 42 km away is the nearest railway station and Jolly Grant airport at 71 km away is the nearest airport.