Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve

Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve is a protected wetland centered on the historic Ankasamudra Lake in Ankasamudra village, Hagari Bommanahalli taluk, Vijayanagara district, Karnataka. Notified as Karnataka's first Bird Conservation Reserve, it covers about 98 hectares of tank and foreshore. The reserve is notable for supporting large congregations of resident and migratory waterbirds, including painted storks and pelicans, and for its community-supported conservation model.

Visitors can expect a large shallow irrigation tank with open water, mudflats, and fringing vegetation surrounded by agricultural fields. A bund road, watchtower and bird hides allow observation of flocks of waterbirds, waders and winter migrants. The setting is quiet and rural with minimal built infrastructure, focused on birdwatching, photography and nature observation from designated viewpoints along the tank periphery.