Baturiya Birds sanctuary, sometimes referred to broadly as Hadejia Wetland game reserve is a natural wetlands, located within the Sudan Sahelian region. Its stretches in a general west to east direction of Hadejia River Valley touching portion of three Local Government Areas Auyo, Kirikasamma and Guri Local Government areas in Jigawa State.The reserve was taken as Parts of Birds area of Hadejia/Nguru wetland and also as wetland of international importance (RAMSAR) 20 recently it was proposed to upgrade to a state of a national park by Nigerian national parks service (NPS).
The area of the reserve includes; the buffer zone is about 350km2 reserve support great variety of wildlife resources particulariy water game birds that are of both migratory and resident origins especially for resting activities.
HISTORY OF THE GAME RESERVE
The game reserve derived its name from the neighboring community of meaning a lady from Europe or white lady this was originated some centuary back when Baturiya community was not established, the area was just a variety of wildlife resources and Europeans used to visit and camp at. History have indicated that in early 70's the bush around Baturiya terms of variety of wildlife species and there were a lot of pond and were rich in terms of fish, crocodiles, monitor lizard and others aquatic animals.
