Tribunal direction came while hearing a plea stating that the proposed festival will involve activities like kite flying, paragliding, motorcycle expedition, use of loudspeakers etc and such activities will adversely affect migratory birds and the natural habitat of the lake which is a Ramsa
Mohammad Yasin said considering the harsh winter in the Kashmir valley this year, he put together the forest resort for the exotic fowls, which come to nest at Dal Lake at this time of the year in search of shelter and food.
Researcher Selin Ersoy, an ecologist at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), studied how 'personalities' of individual Red Knots differ and affect the way they search for food.
"Their mating season started a few months ago. Due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the heat, smoke and toxic dust in the air must have affected them in a big way. I fear that many of them might even have died," globally renowned ornithologist Dinesh Bhatt said.
It has been witnessed that for the last so many years that migrant birds are not coming here. When research was conducted by the Zoology department of Bareilly College regarding fall in the arrival of migrant birds, several disturbing revelations came to light.
With the onset of winter, migratory birds have started arriving in the Kashmir valley and at this time these birds are seen dancing at the wetlands of the valley.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 26 (ANI): Govindpur village in Bargarh district of Odisha has declared itself a "Birds Village" and pledged to protect and conserve the migratory birds coming to Hirakud reservoir every year.
Brisbane [Australia], April 21 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Queensland developed an app, to protect endangered birds that are at the stage of extinction around the world, by breaking down the language barriers between scientists.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 27 (ANI): In a significant judgment, the High Court of Tripura on Sunday directed the state government to constitute a panel of higher officials who will be responsible for the protection and preservation of the wetlands across the state where migratory b
Udaipur (Tripura) [India], January 29 (ANI): Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Tripura Dr DK Sharma on Friday said that the forest department personnel did not find any bird carcasses at Udaipur's Sukh Sagar Lake under Tripura's Gomati district.