Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary

Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary is a protected area of 0.384 km² near Thirupattur in Sivaganga district, declared in June 1977 when the area was still part of Ramnad district. It takes in three irrigation tanks, Vettangudi Patti, Periya Kollukudi Patti and Chinna Kollukudi Patti, and gets most of its rain from the northeast monsoon between October and December.

These small basins attract over 8,000 winter migrants of 217 species, most of them from Europe and northern Asia. Breeding birds include Asian openbill storks, spoonbills, darters, white ibis, and grey and night herons, and the sanctuary also draws painted storks, little cormorants, several kinds of egret, common teal, spot-billed ducks, pintails and flamingos.