Gogabil Lake -Katihar,Bihar

Name: Gogabil Lake -Katihar,Bihar
Address: Manihari, Katihar, 854105, IN
Telephone: +919431285348

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Gogabeel is Bihar’s 15th Protected Area and also state’s first Community Reserve.

The State Board for Wildlife, under the provision of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, amended in 2002, incorporated Gogabeel as Conservation Reserve and Community Reserve on 2 August, 2019. Gogabeel, Bagharbeel and Baldia chaur are important wetlands enlisted in the Important Bird Areas (IBA) of Asia. It is a prototype of oxbow lake of about 1 to 5 km dimension with ample water content round t

he year. The waterbody and land area of Gogabeel encompass 217 acres area of which 73.78 acres belong to the government while the rest is owned by the local community of Amdabad and Manihari blocks of Katihar district. The area is heavily flooded during monsoons every year with rains and spill over from Kankhar, Mahananda and Ganga rivers. The lake is rich in aquatic flora and fauna providing abundant food attracting migratory birds in the winters. The lake provides a habitat for about 130 species of birds of which about 30 are migratory. Globally, there are 13 bird ways of which 2, namely, Central Asian and South Asian bird ways traverse Bihar. Waterbirds which have been visualised recently in the month of January 2021 by the environmentalists and bird viewers of Janlakshya are as follows:

Pond heron Indian cormorant

Great cormorant Little cormorant

Cattle egret Great egret

Intermediate egret Little egret

Northern lapwing Gray headed lapwing

Red wattled lapwing Black winged stilt

Little stint Little grebe

Great crested grebe Gray headed swamphen

Pheasant tailed jacana Bronze winged jacana

White breasted waterhen Asian openbill

Lesser adjutant Black headed ibis

Red naped ibis Common kingfisher

White throated kingfisher Pied kingfisher

Osprey Oriental darter

Wood sandpiper Red crested pochard

Ferruginous duck Northern pintail

Eurasian wigeon Gadwall

Common pochard Grey lag goose

Eurasian coot Green winged teal

Cotton pigmy goose Northern shoveler

Lesser whistling duck Grey heron

Purple heron Yellow bittern

K**b billed duck Glossy ibis

Booted Eagle

Major threats to Gogabeel:

Over the decades, waterbody of the lake have shruncken due to accumulation of silt following every flood

Intensive agricultural practices including the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides pose threat of water pollution affecting phyto and zooplanktons of the lake and its possible accumulation to toxic levels in the birds

Sound pollution is disturbing the bird habitat due to use of tractors, vehicles, pump sets and loudspeakers during ceremonies and festivals

Water pollution due to plastics, polythenes, thermocol, metals, detergents, kerosene, mobil and other bio non degradable products due to human activities of different types

Fishing

Poaching

Human establishments and activities hampering the tranquillity of the area and construction projects like power grid, transmission lines, towers, multilane roads

07/04/2024

Today was the second and concluding day of Bird Guide Training Workshop (6th-7th April 2024).

The programme was held at Gogabeel Information Centre, a unit of Janlakshya environment programme situated at village Surapar, Manihari, Katihar, Bihar.

The Bird Guide Training workshop was organised by Janlakshya, Baigna, Katihar and supported by the Forest Department, Purnia division.

26 young people attended the two days workshop from 9 am to 5 pm on 6.4.24 and 7.4.24 in which breakfast, tea and lunch and supportive materials were provided. Apart from indoor lectures, outdoor birding and photography were offered at the Bagharbeel lake site. Terrestrial and waterbirds were visualised, counted and photographed with the help of trainers and the field guide manual.

The trainer team comprised of 5 members; 2 lead trainers and 3 co-trainers.

Overall the training provided was very satisfactory and the event was successful.
आज बर्ड गाइड प्रशिक्षण कार्यशाला (6-7 अप्रैल 2024) का दूसरा और समापन दिन था।

कार्यक्रम बिहार के कटिहार के मनिहारी के ग्राम सुरापार स्थित जनलक्ष्य पर्यावरण कार्यक्रम की इकाई गोगाबील सूचना केंद्र में आयोजित किया गया था।

बर्ड गाइड प्रशिक्षण कार्यशाला का आयोजन जनलक्ष्य, बैगना, कटिहार द्वारा एवं वन विभाग, पूर्णिया प्रमंडल के सहयोग से किया गया।

दिनांक 6.4.24 एवं 7.4.24 को प्रातः 9 बजे से सायं 5 बजे तक दो दिवसीय कार्यशाला में 26 युवाओं ने भाग लिया जिसमें नाश्ता, चाय एवं दोपहर का भोजन एवं सहायक सामग्री उपलब्ध करायी गयी। बघारबील झील स्थल पर इनडोर व्याख्यानों के अलावा, आउटडोर बर्डिंग और फोटोग्राफी की पेशकश की गई थी। प्रशिक्षकों और फील्ड गाइड मैनुअल की मदद से स्थलीय और जलपक्षियों की कल्पना की गई, उनकी गिनती की गई और उनकी तस्वीरें खींची गईं।

प्रशिक्षक टीम में 5 सदस्य शामिल थे; 2 प्रमुख प्रशिक्षक और 3 सह-प्रशिक्षक।

कुल मिलाकर दिया गया प्रशिक्षण बहुत संतोषजनक रहा और आयोजन सफल रहा।

06/04/2024

आज गोगाबिल झील स्थित जनलक्ष्य सूचना केंद्र में दो दिवसीय पक्षी गाइड प्रशिक्षण कार्यशाला का प्रथम दिन बिहार के भौगोलिक क्षेत्र, जैव विविधता, पक्षी की विविधता, पक्षी गाइड, पक्षी अबलोकन के बारे में प्रतिभागियों को जानकारी दी गई है। कल के प्रशिक्षण सत्र में पक्षियों की पहचान की विधि, बिहार के पक्षी, प्रवास, पक्षियों की दस्तावेजीकरण विषय पर जानकारी दी जाएगी साथ ही बर्ड वॉचिंग कार्यक्रम रखा गया है।

जनलक्ष्य और पूर्णिया वन प्रमंडल कार्यक्रम में जनलक्ष्य के डॉ० पी० सी० दास, डॉ० राज अमन सिंह, दीपक कुमार झुन्नू, गौरव सिन्हा, अजित
कुमार प्रज्ञ, राहुल कुमार, हरे राम पांडेय, ऋषि उपाध्यक्ष, वनरक्षियों राहुल कुमार , पंकज राज, विपिन कुमार समेत कुल 22 प्रतिभागियों ने कार्यशाला में भाग लिया ।

19/02/2024

Red-wattled lapwing at Gogabil Lake -Katihar,Bihar on 19.02.2024.
Birds

06/02/2024

03/02/2024

गोगाबिल पक्षी बिहार

जल पक्षी गणना-2024

03/02/2024

Purple Heron (लाल सैन)

गोगाबिल झील, कटिहार, बिहार
जल पक्षी गणना बिहार-2024

03/02/2024

Black Bittern (काला जुन बगुला)

बलदिया चौर, मनिहारी, कटिहार, बिहार जल पक्षी गणना-2024

09/01/2024

मधेपुरा के ए.डी.एम शिशिर कुमार मिश्रा एवं मुकेश कुमार झील में प्रवासी पक्षियों का अवलोकन एवं छायांकन करते हुए।

08/01/2024

Gogabil lake is an oxbow lake of Amdabad and Manihari blocks of Katihar district of Bihar. It is a declared Community Reserve and Conservation Reserve and is a wetland included in the list of important bird area of Asia.

It is known and liked for enormous fresh water stretch round the year and a good population of resident and migratory terrestrial and waterbirds. Important migratory birds species include: northern shovler, northern lapwing, northern pintail, osprey, pochards, terns, ducks, goose, wagtails, shunks, sandpipers, gadwal. great crested grebe, garganey, stint,etc.

It has a potential for being incorporated in the category of Ramsar Sites and a unique site for ecotourism.

A master plan in consultation with environment activists and community groups should pave way for the development of Gogabil as a destination for tourism as a bird sanctuary once government agencies get activated towards this priority sector.

03/01/2024

02/01/2024

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31/12/2023

Happy new year

Address

Manihari
Katihar
854105

Telephone

+919431285348

Website

http://gogabil.in/

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