Flamingo Count with BNHS - Greater Flamingos of Okhla Bird Sanctuary

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Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) organized the first coordinated Flamingo Count nationwide on 23rd and 24th of February in Delhi NCR. Both Greater and Lesser flamingos will be covered during the count. This count is being carried out to generate population data in the Indian context. BNHS invites Government Institutions, Indian Bird Conservation Network (IBCN) members, birdwatchers, NGOs, ornithologists, researchers, academicians and nature lovers across India to participate mega count event. Flamingo Count will be conducted in two phases at a pan-India level.

Flamingo Count will be conducted in two phases at a pan-India level.The first phase will be conducted on the 23rd-24th February 2019.

This video is a documentation of the count carried our in Okhla Bird Sanctuary. Team IndianWildlifeClub participated in the count.

Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary at the Okhla barrage over Yamuna River. It is situated in Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, on Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border and known as a haven for over 300 bird species, especially waterbirds. In 1990, an area of 3.5 square kilometres (1.4 sq mi) on the river Yamuna was designated a bird sanctuary by the Government of Uttar Pradesh under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The site is located at the point where the river enters Uttar Pradesh. The most prominent feature of the sanctuary is the large lake created by damming the river, which lies between Okhla village to the west and Gautam Budh Nagar to the east. The Okhla Bird Sanctuary (OBS) is roughly 4 square kilometres in size and is situated at the entrance of NOIDA in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated at a point where river Yamuna enters in the state of Uttar Pradesh leaving the territory of Delhi. It is one among fifteen bird sanctuaries in the state.(Wikipedia)

The bird species of thorny scrub, grassland and wetland are seen in the sanctuary due its location. This wetland was formed by the creation of Okhla Barrage. The Uttar Pradesh Government designated this a sanctuary in the year 1990. It is now one of the 466 IBAs (Important Bird Areas) in India.

Video Susan Sharma
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