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Pulicat Lake Pulicat Lake in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh is the country’s second largest

brackish water lagoon. It straddles the border of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh stateson the Coromandal Coast in India. It is the gateway of SHAR, Shriharikota Rocket

Launching Station and often called as Rocket Town. The barrier island of Sriharikotaseparates the lake from the Bay of Bengal. It’s a home to flamingos and painted storks–

some 15,000 flamingoes visit the lake every year. There’s a Flamingo Festival hostedevery February, which features a wetland-ecology exhibition. Tourists can also take bird-

watching tours, nature treks and sailing trips.

Even if you don’t make it to the festival, take a boat ride on the backwaters to seeflamingoes, painted storks, open billed storks, grey herons, cormorants, white ibises,

spoonbills, egrets, and reef heron. The wetlands eco system is considered as among therichest areas of bio diversity. Pulicat, by virtue of the mixing of fresh water with sea

water is found to be an ideal habitat for diverse life-forms. 160 species of fish, 25 speciesof polychaete worms, 12 species of prawn, 19 species of mollusk and 100 species of birds

are well documented apart from a number of other aquatic flora and fauna.

The lake is also home to crabs, clams, mussels, oysters, snails, fish worms, insects,spiders, sponges, anemone, prawns, plankton and so on including rare endemic species

like gilled leech, an unidentified blood red fish, etc., Rapid siltation has caused loss of biodiversity. It is seen that mangrove opllen is found on Sriharikota Island indicating their

existence some years back. Loss of mangroves may be one of the reasons hasteningsiltation, reducing biodiversity and hence depriving fisher folk of their livelihood.

Places to visit

Nelapattu Bird sanctuary: is located on the East Coast about 10-km north of Pulicat in the

Nellore district. The NBS is one of the largest and important pelican habitats in SoutheastAsia

Where to stay: IB at Sullurpet else Chennai

R&B guesthouse and a few Inspection Bungalows in Sullurpet.

Contact: Radhika, AP Tourism, New Delhi (011-3366328) orThe Divisional Forest Officer,

Wildlife Management Division,Sullurpet

Phone: 08623-62158, 08623-242742

Hotels in Chennai city

Where to eat

None. Carry your own food and water.

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