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TIRUCHI
The Forest section volition conduct a synchronised Terrestrial Bird Census for 2025-2026 successful assorted districts successful the cardinal portion connected Saturday and Sunday. Bird experts, vertebrate enthusiasts, volunteers, and assemblage students volition beryllium progressive successful this Statewide workout to beryllium conducted by the field-level Forest section officials.
Ahead of the census, the section organised an predisposition for the participants successful Tiruchi and Pudukottai connected the ways of conducting the workout and recognition of terrestrial vertebrate taxon among others.
In Tiruchi district, the census would beryllium conducted astatine 20 locations which includes M.R. Palayam reserve forest, Semmalai reserve forest, Puthanampatti, and Sengattupatti adjacent Thuraiyur, a Forest section authoritative said and added that the squad members would beryllium equipped with binoculars and cameras. About 20 teams would transportation retired the census astatine the locations earmarked for each 1 of them.
The census would beryllium conducted from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The census of nocturnal terrestrial birds would beryllium carried retired during the exercise.
In the neighbouring Pudukottai district, the census would beryllium conducted astatine 25 locations falling nether 5 wood ranges. The locations see Narthamalai reserve forest, Veppangudi, Maniyachi reserve wood and Mullur reserve forest.
The census is to beryllium carried retired to find retired the species, their diversity, and habitats to initiate measures to support specified vertebrate taxon and their habitats, the authoritative said. A akin State-wide workout was conducted past twelvemonth during which respective migrant and nonmigratory terrestrial vertebrate taxon were recorded successful assorted districts successful the cardinal region.
