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Kole Wetlands birds count
January 23 , 2023
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- 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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