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Our Corbett road trip ended with a visit to Ranikhet and lastly, Sattal.
Sattal or Sat Tal (Hindi for "seven lakes") is an interconnected group of seven freshwater lakes situated in the Lower Himalayan Range near Bhimtal, a town of the Nainital district in Uttarakhand, India. Set amongst dense forests of oak and pine trees, Sattal is one of the few unspoiled and unpolluted freshwater biomes in India. These lakes are a paradise for birds.

According to Wikipedia, Sattal is unique for its biodiversity and ecological amplitude. It is known to be a birding paradise and supports a number of local and migratory birdlife. It has 500 species of resident and migratory birds, 20 species of mammals, over 525 species of butterflies and over 11,000 species of moths, beetles, bugs and other insects.

We could spent hardly an hour or so for dedicated birdwatching as we were to return to Gurugram the same day.

Yet, the birds we saw, namely, emrald dove, grey headed woodpecker, common hoopoe, common cuckoo, Black headed Jay,Himalayan bulbul, Oriental turtle dove, white throated laughing thrush, orange headed thrush, Long tailed minivet, grey headed canary fly catcher, scaly breasted munia ---are proof that this is indeed a birding paradise.

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