TNPSC Thervupettagam

Kole Wetlands birds count

January 23 , 2023 673 days 690 0
  • Drop Kole wetlands are spread over an area of 13,632 hectares straddling Thrissur and Malappuram districts.
  • It has been visited by hundreds of migratory birds every year.
  • A survey was conducted in the Thrissur-Ponnani kole fields, a Ramsar site known for the number and diversity of birds.
  • The first day of 2023 Census recorded the lowest count of waterbirds in three decades.
  • A total of 9,904 birds belonging to 90 different species were counted this year.
  • The counts were 16,634 & 15,956 in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
  • There has been a marked decline in the number since 2018, when the count was 33,499.

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