Ravaged river Yamuna, flowing for nearly 22 kms through Delhi, has seen a mixed bag on its wetlands as regards arrival of water birds this year. While some species of migratory water birds in lesser number arrived, the wetlands managed to attract maximum number of Gulls.
Gulls continuously cannot stay longer on the most degraded, polluted riverine habitat and keep moving in search of food, roosting and attracted to the banks of Yamuna where public throws food to them for feeding, according to Asian Waterbird Census(AWC)Delhi state coordinator and ecologist T K Roy said here on Thursday.
He said Wetlands International’s annual Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) part of the global International Waterbird Census is carried out in the month of January in 27 countries together in Asia and Australasia. Indian volunteers participate in it under coordination of the AWC State Coordinators as per the confirmed annual dates by National Coordinator. AWC supports the conservation and management of wetlands and water birds globally.
Serious birders and volunteers on Wednesday participated in AWC 2025 at River Yamuna in Delhi (Wazirabad Barrage to Nizamuddin Bridge), he said.