A pelican in flight at Telineelapuram village in Srikakulam district, 150 km away from Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak The soft golden light of dawn breaks through the winter mist at Telineelapuram, illuminating the sprawling tamarind trees that house the season’s most awaited guests from Siberia — spot-billed pelicans and painted storks. The crisp … Read more
Plastic waste left behind by visitors is drastically reducing the depth of the Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary in Guntur district and harming migratory birds, say experts from Acharya Nagarjuna University. According to sources, water level in the lake has fallen considerably from what it was in 1996-97, the year it was taken over by the Andhra … Read more
Punjab’s Harike wetland. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The arrival of migratory birds this year to Harike, northern India’s largest wetland, declined 12% from 2021, according to the latest census of these water birds. The Forest and Wildlife Preservation department census counted 65,624 birds from 85 species at Harike, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) … Read more
Channa further said that the increasing water level of some of the aquatic bird habitats was also one of the reasons for the decline in the bird population. (Representative image) As the avian fauna from Siberia start their migration from the homeland far away, it is worth pondering over the decrease in their number. The … Read more