AWC count wetland day 2020

1. WETLAND DAY 2020
RAJU KIDOOR
&
MAXIM RODRIGUES
(KASARAGOD BIRDERS)
Piculet.pitta@gmail.com

2. AWC?
• Asian Waterbird Census
• Largest census of waterbirds organized by
Wetlands International
• To count wetland birds
• To know their presence
• To know their population
• To know their distribution

3. OTHER AIMS
• Public awareness
• Issues related to specific wetlands
• Point of conservation

4. AWC 2020 KASARAGOD
KASARAGOD BIRDERS
MAXIM RODRIGUES, RAJU KIDOOR,
SHYAMKUMAR PURAVANKARA, JESHMA
JEVITA DSOUZA, ROHAN RAI, PRANAV KARLE,
HARISH BABU & SANURAJ T.K

5. WHY COUNT WATERBIRDS?
• LONG TERM MONITORING (Population
changes)
• WHERE?
• LAKES, ESTUARIES, PADDYFIELDS

6. INSTRUCTIONS
• COVER MOST IMP WETLANDS SITES
• SITE BOUNDARY
• REPEAT IT EVERY YEAR (LTBM)
• COLLECT BASIC INFORMATION , WETLAND
CHARACTERISTICS, MAIN USES, THREATS TO
WETLANDS AND WATERBIRDS

7. AWC DONE 2020
1. ARANTHODE (MAXIM)
2. BAMBRANABAYALU (RAJU KIDOOR & PRANAV KARLE)
3. BATTEKALA, VORKADY (MAXIM & ROHAN)
4. CHEMMATAMVAYAL (Shyamkumar, Jeshma & Maxim)
5. CHITTARI ESTUARY (HARISH BABU)
6. GOLIDHADI, KUNJATHUR PADDYFIELDS (MAXIM & ROHAN)
7. KANVATHEERTHA (MAXIM & ROHAN)
8. KUMBLA-SHIRIYA ESTUARY (MAXIM)
9. MANJESHWAR (MAXIM & ROHAN)
10. PADU PUTHIGE (MAXIM & JESHMA)
11. PAVOOR AREA (MAXIM & ROHAN)
12. PERALATHVAYAL (Shyamkumar, Jeshma & Maxim)
13. PUTHIGE WETLAND (MAXIM & JESHMA)
14. KANNANKAI WETLAND (PILICODE) (MAXIM & SANURAJ)
15. AREEKADAV (MAXIM & SANURAJ)

8. FROM THE FIELD

13. RESULTS (total sp)
60
48
0
67
0
20
31
0
46
24
30
53
32
0 0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
NO OF SPECIES
NO OF SPECIES

14. • Anseriformes = Lesser Whistling Duck, Cotton
Teal, Gargany
• Other Migratory ducks?
• Grebe?
• Cormorants?
• Darter?
• Pratincoles?

15. Threatened Birds
SL NO
English name
Threat_2018
1Asian Woollyneck Vulnerable
2Black-headed Ibis Near Threatened
3Oriental Darter Near Threatened
4Eurasian Curlew Near Threatened
5Black-tailed Godwit Near Threatened
6Rufous-bellied Eagle Near Threatened
7Grey-headed Bulbul Near Threatened
Praveen et.al., 2019

18. • Good birding for jan
• More public participation
• More outreach towards public through medias
• News, whatsapp, facebook, blog

19. What more?
• Proper planing
• Monitoring same location every year (LTBM)
• Gap between birders

20. THANK YOU