<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santragachhi" class="extiw" title="en:Santragachhi">Santragachi</a> Lake (bn: Santragachi Jheel) located adjacent to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santragachi_Railway_Station" class="extiw" title="en:Santragachi Railway Station">Santragachi railway station</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howrah" class="extiw" title="en:Howrah">Howrah</a>, India. There are many lakes at Santragachi but only one lake attracts large number of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/migratory_birds" class="extiw" title="en:migratory birds">migratory birds</a> in the winter in October to March. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Whistling_Duck" class="extiw" title="en:Lesser Whistling Duck">Lesser Whistling Duck</a> is the most dominant species visible here; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Pintail" class="extiw" title="en:Northern Pintail">Northern Pintail</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikal_Teal" class="extiw" title="en:Baikal Teal">Baikal Teal</a> and other migratory birds are also visible. The lake area is owned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_Zone_(India)" class="extiw" title="en:South Eastern Railway Zone (India)">South Eastern Railway, India</a>, though the Forest Department of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" class="extiw" title="en:West Bengal">West Bengal</a> also looks after the place. Forest ministry of the Government of West Bengal intends to convert the lake to a Wildlife Conservation Centre.
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