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The Madhav National Park, Shivpuri provides an excellent habitat for avifauna in the form of two water bodies with marshy plant growth, terrestrial platforms, earth mounds having scattered trees and bushy vegetation. Several migratory birds visit these lakes every year during winter. Keeping in view the conservation value of wetland birds, systematic efforts were made during April 2006 to March 2008 with the objective to have an overview of the species diversity, population count and location preference of wetland birds in this landscape. In Sakhya Sagar Lake during the year 2006-07 a total of 1580 individuals of 73 different species and during the year 2007-08 a total of 1396 individuals of the same 73 species of wetland birds were identified and counted. In Madhav Lake during the year 2006-07 a total of 233 individuals and during the year 2007-08 a total of 172 populations of individuals of all 73 species of wetland birds were counted and the preferable locations of each species were also recorded. Some statistical analysis of data was also done with the help of Shannon Index, Simpson Index and Evenness.