Kokkare Belluru Bird Sanctuary — Attraction in Karnataka

This is 18 kms northwest to the taluk centre Madduru and referred in ancient inscriptions as ‘Belluru, Beluru, Chikkabeluru’ which was a part of Kalalenadu. From the last five decades the place is famous as a bird sanctuary because of its intimate contact with Crane bird called ‘Kokkare’. The crane birds migrate from different parts of the world during the period from January to July, construct their nests and settle on trees like /tamarind, Gobbali at the middle of the village. After hatching the eggs, return to their homeland. Hence, the village obtained a surname Kokkare attached to its name Belluru and has become a natural bird sanctuary. One can see numerous crane birds on the trees of the village as well as many more on the skyline. They have different colour in their beak, neck, feet and feathers; some of them are light red, some are light black and many are white. Every year in and around Sankranti festival (January) the Pelicans (Hejjarle) and white birds (Bellakki) migrate to this place, built nests, hatch eggs and then return to their Homelands before the rainy season (July), similar to a woman returning from her parents’ house with grown...

Totally worth a visit!!

I visited this place recently & I will try to give a brief idea about things to do here.

Kokkare means Stork and Bellur is the name of the village. Since different Varieties of Storks migrate to this place every year it became famous as Kokkare Bellur.

Now coming to Things To Do here :

Like other famous wildlife places, there is no designated park or sanctuary here. You can see Storks and Pelicans on the trees all over the village. There is a Tourist Information Centre which has a small Photo Gallery, library with books about animals, An Amphitheater, a play area for kids & a restroom too. Here the birds which are injured are kept in a small enclosure and taken care till they are good to fly again. The caretaker mentioned that people were allowed to celebrate birthdays too (all this was before pandemic :) ) There are not much restaurants in the village. Please try to carry some snacks.

Overall good place for a...

We visited this place on the way to Mysore . It is located quite close to Maddur town on the left side of the highway..from Bangalore to Mysore. We need to travel about 10kms from the main road .

The village was sight to behold ! The birds were happily strolling in the small village and concentrated on a few trees !

We happened to meet a local person from the village who gave us all the information about these beautiful birds who have migrated from othe counties and this ( July - August ) seemed to be the season .

This place is worth visiting., though lot of tourist attraction can be done..

This place reminds me of "Game of Thrones", as these birds keep flying all over the place

13 Oct 2023 - visited the place few days ago . Unfortunately it was off season as we were told. They were few birds who had stayed back because of wings program etc but this time...