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Critically endangered yellow-breasted bunting sighted for first time in Gujarat’s Nal Sarovar
February 29, 2024 2:28 pm
The first time a yellow-breasted bunting was sighted in Gujarat was at Pariege lake in 2019. The bird is commonly spotted in the Himalayan region and east and central Asia.
In a rare occurrence, Houbara bustard sighted in Nal Sarovar in November and December
December 19, 2022 3:26 am
Houbara bustards are believed to be migrating from their breeding grounds in the Middle East to the Indian sub-continent during winters.
Man held for poaching birds from Nalsarovar sanctuary get three years’ RI
April 15, 2022 2:58 am
Nalsarovar is one of the three Ramsar sites of Gujarat with international fame which records presence of over 130 species of birds, many of them migratory.
Two species to enter Nal Sarovar’s migratory list
February 07, 2022 1:56 pm
One bird each of the two species was recorded at the sanctuary near Ahmedabad, which has been designated as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention.
Ahmedabad: Seven islands in Nal Sarovar bird sanctuary encroached
July 16, 2019 9:12 pm
Nal Sarovar is a marshland with shallow waters spread over 120 square kilometres, about 60 kilometres away from Ahmedabad.
Near Ahmedabad, livelihoods dry up with a dried wetland
January 09, 2019 1:15 pm
Nearly 300 boatmen, who ferried tourists from one side of the lake meandering through flocks of brahminy ducks and purple moorhen, are sitting idle. The lake has dried up completely, revealing its cracked and blackened bed.
Rampant poaching at Nal Sarovar, no step taken to protect wetlands
April 01, 2016 11:13 am
As the bird sanctuary was spread over a large area, the CAG observed, the forest department should “use modern technology to curb poaching” because manual surveillance might not be enough.
30 emus found abandoned near Nal Sarovar sanctuary
June 18, 2014 4:09 am
About 20 of these birds — the national bird of Australia — were caught by locals and officials of the forest department on Tuesday.
Catch this flight
December 22, 2013 4:40 am
Every winter,several endangered bird species make Gujarats bird sanctuaries and wetlands their home.
Forest staff to get arms training to prevent poaching
April 20, 2013 5:12 am
After the recent bird-poaching case at the Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary,the forest department has scheduled arms-training programme for the forest personnel here in the first week of May.
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