The two-day synchronised bird census in wetlands and bird sanctuaries in Villupuram district recorded around 146 species and 9,977 individual birds.
The census was undertaken in two bird sanctuaries — Oussudu and Kazhuveli — and 16 wetlands in Villupuram district on January 27 and 28.
More than 12 teams of volunteers, bird watchers, and ornithologists were engaged in the annual exercise organised by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, with technical support from Universal Eco Foundation, a Puducherry-based biodiversity conservation organisation.
