Abstract: Drigh Lake has emerged as an important wintering area offer a wide variety of waterfowl 37 species of waterfowl belonging to 6 orders and 9 families have been recorded from the area during the period 1998-2003, which includes some rare and threatened species. The status of each bird species has also been recorded. During mid/winter counts of waterfowl the highest population of 12618 waterfowl was counted in 2000. Drigh lake wildlife sanctuary listed as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention in July 1976.