Chennai: Chennai recorded a significant increase in migratory bird numbers this season, with over one lakh birds observed ...

From a flock of endangered Egyptian vultures spotted at one of the recently developed habitats in the heart of the city – Asita East near I.

The lake, a designated Ramsar site, has become an ideal destination for wintering migratory birds from the Trans-Himalayan region, Tibet, Central Asia, Russia and Siberia. Also, t ...

TIRUNELVELI: The Agasthyamalai Community Conservation Centre, which conducted the 15th edition of Thamirabarani Waterbird Count (TWC) involving 200 volunteers in 68 irrigation tanks, recorded a total ...

Drake Falcated Duck, Cross Lough, Co Mayo, April 2012 (Pat Lonergan). The Co Mayo bird was unringed, behaved as wild and arrived with Eurasian Wigeon, a species widely regarded as a good 'carrier' for ...

This includes the wigeon, a migratory duck that winters in Scotland, where the bird is listed as a species of concern. In some fields where the rewetting has happened, wigeon numbers have gone ...