Udpuria village bird sanctuary

Udpuria village bird sanctuary is basically a pond which is situated about 30 kms from Kota town of Rajasthan. The village can be approached on Kota–Shyopur road. A narrow road to the village branches off from Digodh town. It is about 7 kms from Digodh town and 10 kms. The pond covers an area of about 4 acres. The pond is predominantly rain-fed but is also connected to the Right Main Canal of the Chambal River. It receives water from canal during summers when the water level goes too low in the pond. The pond is a well-known breeding ground for painted storks. According to the villagers these birds have been coming for more than 20 years. The painted stork breeding colony of Udpuria village is worth a visit during winter months when the whole area is abuzz with the calls of hundreds of young birds competing with each other for food and parental attention. The painted stork at Udpuria dam are found engaged in breeding in numbers greater than those of in Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur. Among the migratory birds that reach areas near Kota during winter are various species of geese and ducks with their two species. There are about 200 birds in the pond. Five species of storks out of world`s total seventeen can be spotted in this region during winter. Mostly visible is Painted Storks that nest in the higher branches of babool trees. Another species of stork, generally seen here are open billed storks and necked storks that because of their being shy avoid communities and stay in solitary. Other migratory birds that offer a fascinating site to the birdwatchers are white-breasted waterhen, coots, moorhens, kingfishers, rollers, spotbilled duck, golden oriole, Indian peafowl etc. 

Babool, tamarind, banyan, peepal and neem are some of the tree species found here.