Kamarganti Survey March 2024
Led By Pampa Mistri / Priyam Chattopadhyay
The fisheries of our Greater Kolkata in the far South East of West Bengal form a very integral part of our ecosystem. It is a fragile, human-linked habitat providing a stop-over site for a variety of species in thousands of numbers every year at the time of return migration to their breeding territories in the North. The fisheries provide food to these species for fat-gaining during this temporary stop to allow them to have a healthy and long flight back to their lands...
The fisheries of our Greater Kolkata in the far South East of West Bengal form a very integral part of our ecosystem. It is a fragile, human-linked habitat providing a stop-over site for a variety of species in thousands of numbers every year at the time of return migration to their breeding territories in the North. The fisheries provide food to these species for fat-gaining during this temporary stop to allow them to have a healthy and long flight back to their lands...
Bakkhali Aug 2020
Led By BWS Field Trip
Shelley begins by addressing the skylark directly, calling it a ‘blithe’ or carefree ‘Spirit’ rather than a bird, because the bird seems to have come ‘from Heaven’. Done with containments & lockdowns, the carefree spirit of the members of Birdwatcher’s Society (BWS) took to Bakkhali / Frasergunj on this Sunday, 30th August 2020...
Shelley begins by addressing the skylark directly, calling it a ‘blithe’ or carefree ‘Spirit’ rather than a bird, because the bird seems to have come ‘from Heaven’. Done with containments & lockdowns, the carefree spirit of the members of Birdwatcher’s Society (BWS) took to Bakkhali / Frasergunj on this Sunday, 30th August 2020...
Bakkhali Jambudweep Feb 2020
Led By BWS Field Trip
The society organised a survey trip to Bakkhali and Jambudweep on 8th February and 9th February 2020. The trip was primarily for surveying waders. It was done with assistance from the Forest Department of West Bengal. Total of 12 members participated in the survey. We reached Bakkhali on 8th at about 11 am and quickly conducted a count on the Kargil Beach. The sky was overcast with slight hint of rain.
Species recorded at Kargil Beach: See table below...
The society organised a survey trip to Bakkhali and Jambudweep on 8th February and 9th February 2020. The trip was primarily for surveying waders. It was done with assistance from the Forest Department of West Bengal. Total of 12 members participated in the survey. We reached Bakkhali on 8th at about 11 am and quickly conducted a count on the Kargil Beach. The sky was overcast with slight hint of rain.
Species recorded at Kargil Beach: See table below...
Malda Field Trip Jan 2020
Led By BWS Field Trip
The society organised a survey trip to Malda on 11th and 12th January 2020. The trip was primarily for surveying of the Ganges sandflats and its surrounding lands. A total of fifteen members participated in the survey. The group reached Malda on 11th Jan at around 5am. BWS members from Malda region had organized the logistics, namely hotel, transportation and boats for the survey. Day long surveys for two consecutive days were carried on...
The society organised a survey trip to Malda on 11th and 12th January 2020. The trip was primarily for surveying of the Ganges sandflats and its surrounding lands. A total of fifteen members participated in the survey. The group reached Malda on 11th Jan at around 5am. BWS members from Malda region had organized the logistics, namely hotel, transportation and boats for the survey. Day long surveys for two consecutive days were carried on...
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