Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary
South Twenty Four Parganas
Lothian Island
Tropical estuarine swamp forest
Spotted Deer, Jungle Cat, Wild Boar, Rhesus Macaque;
Estuarine Crocodile, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, Red Crabs,
Black-Capped Kingfisher, Curlew, White-Bellied Sea-Eagle,
Tern, and Whimbrel
Sundari (Heritiera fomes), Keora (Sonneratia apetala),
Kankra (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza), Khalsi (Aegiceras
corniculatum), Gewa (Excoecaria agallocha) and Goran
(Ceriops tagal), Hantal Palm (Phoenix paludosa)
Nearest airport (135 km
away) is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
International Airport, Kolkata.
Nearest railway station at
Canning Railway Station(48km).
Connected by roads from
Gosaba(50km).
Forest guest house and
local hotels at Canning.
Divisional Forest Officer, 24 Parganas (South)
Division
12, Biplabi Kanailal Bhattacharjee St., Alipore,
Kolkata 700027
Phone: 033-2479-9032