Ground bird census begins at Vedaranyam Wildlife Sanctuary

A crushed vertebrate census organised by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department nether the Nagapattinam Wildlife Division and Vedaranyam Range began astatine 7 a.m. connected Saturday astatine the Vedaranyam Wildlife Sanctuary.

About 60 participants, including professors and students from the Department of Environmental and Herbal Sciences of Tamil University, Thanjavur, teachers and students of Government Higher Secondary School, Kodiyakarai, researchers from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), volunteers of CREED, and Forest Department officials, took portion successful the exercise.

Vedaranyam Range Officer Joseph Daniel inaugurated the census portion divisional biologist Dr. Arivu coordinated the exercise.

The census is being carried retired crossed 10 transects wrong the sanctuary. Officials said the existent play is suitable for documenting some nonmigratory and migratory ground-dwelling vertebrate species.