If you're a nature lover, then you must visit the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary while on a tour to Agra India. The Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is also known as the Keoladeo Ghana National Park. This bird sanctuary is a few hours drive from Agra and offers bird lovers the fascinating sight of hundreds of resident birds nesting in the trees alongside the marshes of Bharatpur.

The Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary was previously the bird hunting reserve of the Maharaja of Bharatpur. He built an artificial marsh consisting of raised earthen bunds and water channels. The trees growing on the bunds give birds a place to roost and nest and the underwater roots and beetles give the birds enough food to feed on. You can travel to Bharatpur and observe the graceful birds of this bird sanctuary, on tours from Agra with Agra Hub.

Some of the birds you can see at the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary are storks, cranes, many kinds of water fowl, kingfishers, jays, parakeets, drongoes, barbets, and many migratory birds in winter including various kinds of ducks from central Asia. Until a few years ago the rare Siberian Crane was seen here in winter. Bharatpur is a favorite of wildlife photographers and bird watchers. The ornithologist Dr Salim Ali was responsible for Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary being declared a National Park in 1982. Bharatpur was declared a World Heritage site in 1985. Agra Hub offers tours of Bharatpur where you can see the beautiful birds at the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary on tours from Agra India.