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A State-wide Synchronised Wetland Bird Census is scheduled to beryllium conducted connected December 27 and 28 for the twelvemonth 2025-2026.
The Forest Department has asked the District Forest Officers / Wildlife Wardens to marque indispensable preparations to behaviour the Wetland Bird Census successful each vertebrate sanctuaries, marshlands and different important wetlands.
The yearly workout is to beryllium carried retired involving non-governmental organisations, vertebrate experts, quality lovers, volunteers and students of acquisition institutions. Forest Department officials said the census would beryllium conducted astatine each the locations covered during the erstwhile year’s census.
Ahead of the conducting the census, field-level Forest Department officials would clasp an predisposition programme for the participants connected assorted aspects including the ways of conducting the census, however to show the birds and recognition of species, information signaling and documentation among others. The workout would statesman astatine the ace of dawn astatine the wetlands by aggregate teams comprising field-level Forest Department officials to spot the birds and grounds the species, the officials further said.
In Tiruchi district, a full fig of 20 large and tiny tanks were covered during the erstwhile year’s census. This includes the Koothapar big tank, Mukkombu - Upper Anaicut, Thayanur tank, Kiliyur tank, Thuraiyur large tank, Thinnanur vessel and Keerambur tank. Some of the vertebrate taxon recorded during the census conducted successful the erstwhile twelvemonth successful Tiruchi territory included Purple Swamphen, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Black-headed Ibis, Grey Heron, Glossy Ibis, Oriental Darter, Little Cormorant and Little Stint.
In Pudukottai district, the Kavinadu Kanmoi, Annavasal Periyakulam, Ariyur Kulam and Perungalur Sirungakulam were among the 25 wetlands which were covered during the census conducted successful the erstwhile year. The aforesaid locations would beryllium covered this clip too. In Ariyalur district, the wetlands covered past clip included the Karaivetti vertebrate sanctuary.
