The Forest Department will carry out a synchronised census of terrestrial birds in reserve forests and reserve lands in Tiruchi Forest Division as part of a Statewide exercise to be held on March 2 and 3.
The census will be carried out involving front-line staff of the Forest Department, bird experts, and volunteers. The participants would be split into teams to carry out the census of terrestrial birds within the limits of the Tiruchi Forest Division.
The Tiruchi Forest Division has 86 reserve forests and four reserve lands in its jurisdiction. The reserve forests are in Thatchankurichi, Nedungur, Veeramalai, Thatchamalai, Sobanapuram, and Naganallur. The preparatory exercise and the training session for the front-line staff of the Forest Department regarding the terrestrial bird census would be conducted on March 2. The actual census would take place on March 3 between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., said a Forest Department official.
