Migratory chicken arrivals at Punjab’s Harike wetland decline this season
3 min readBy PTI
HARIKE (Punjab): The arrival of migratory birds this 12 months to Harike, northern India’s largest wetland, declined 12 per cent from 2021, based on the newest census of those water birds.
The Forest and Wildlife Preservation division census counted 65,624 birds from 85 species at Harike, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) India Coordinator Gitanjali Kanwar mentioned.
Every winter, 90 species of migratory birds from Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, amongst others, arrive on the wetland web site as soon as the water our bodies of their native locations begin to freeze.
In 2021, the census recorded 74,869 migratory birds from 88 species.
The 12 months earlier than, 91,025 from 90 species have been counted.
There was no census in 2022 as a consequence of COVID-19.
In 2018 and 2019, 94,771 birds of 94 species and 1,23,128 birds of 83 species arrived on the wetland web site, respectively.
The purpose behind the decline in migratory chicken arrivals this 12 months is but to be ascertained.
Whether the drop is at a worldwide or a regional stage is but to be seen, Kanwar mentioned.
Punjab witnessed fewer migratory chicken arrivals in any respect wetlands this 12 months, she added.
Spread over 86 sq. kilometres on the confluence of the Sutlej and the Beas rivers in Tarn Taran, Ferozepur and Kapurthala districts, the Harike wetland is dwelling to uncommon species of migratory water birds throughout winters.
The birds begin arriving at Harike, also called Hari ke Pattan, in September earlier than setting off on their return journey by March.
“The reverse migration has already started,” Kanwar mentioned.
Among the species that arrived at Harike this season included 34,523 Eurasian coots, 8,381 greylag geese, 7,432 gadwalls, 2,262 widespread pochards and 1,807 northern shovelers.
Spoonbills, painted storks, ruddy shelducks, bar-headed geese, widespread teals and shoreline birds resembling gulls, terns, sandpipers and plovers have been additionally counted.
Kanwar mentioned some species such because the merlin, black-necked grebe and the widespread merganser have been noticed after a very long time.
Apart from Harike, these water birds additionally arrive at wetlands in Keshopur Miani, Nangal, Ropar, Kanjli and the Beas river.
HARIKE (Punjab): The arrival of migratory birds this 12 months to Harike, northern India’s largest wetland, declined 12 per cent from 2021, based on the newest census of those water birds.
The Forest and Wildlife Preservation division census counted 65,624 birds from 85 species at Harike, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) India Coordinator Gitanjali Kanwar mentioned.
Every winter, 90 species of migratory birds from Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, amongst others, arrive on the wetland web site as soon as the water our bodies of their native locations begin to freeze.
In 2021, the census recorded 74,869 migratory birds from 88 species.
The 12 months earlier than, 91,025 from 90 species have been counted.
There was no census in 2022 as a consequence of COVID-19.
In 2018 and 2019, 94,771 birds of 94 species and 1,23,128 birds of 83 species arrived on the wetland web site, respectively.
The purpose behind the decline in migratory chicken arrivals this 12 months is but to be ascertained.
Whether the drop is at a worldwide or a regional stage is but to be seen, Kanwar mentioned.
Punjab witnessed fewer migratory chicken arrivals in any respect wetlands this 12 months, she added.
Spread over 86 sq. kilometres on the confluence of the Sutlej and the Beas rivers in Tarn Taran, Ferozepur and Kapurthala districts, the Harike wetland is dwelling to uncommon species of migratory water birds throughout winters.
The birds begin arriving at Harike, also called Hari ke Pattan, in September earlier than setting off on their return journey by March.
“The reverse migration has already started,” Kanwar mentioned.
Among the species that arrived at Harike this season included 34,523 Eurasian coots, 8,381 greylag geese, 7,432 gadwalls, 2,262 widespread pochards and 1,807 northern shovelers.
Spoonbills, painted storks, ruddy shelducks, bar-headed geese, widespread teals and shoreline birds resembling gulls, terns, sandpipers and plovers have been additionally counted.
Kanwar mentioned some species such because the merlin, black-necked grebe and the widespread merganser have been noticed after a very long time.
Apart from Harike, these water birds additionally arrive at wetlands in Keshopur Miani, Nangal, Ropar, Kanjli and the Beas river.
