The Wild Orissa celebrated the World Wetlands Day on Sunday by conducting the 1st Subarnarekha waterbirds census on a stretch from Jaleswar to Chaumukh in Baleswar district.
The census was coordinated by Saishree Patra. On the day many wildlife conservationists, bird lovers, ornithologists, research scholars, students, fishermen and local community came together for counting waterbirds. Small teams were constituted which was tasked with coverage of a particular sector of the river Subarnarekha in a synchronised manner.
A total of 2,000 waterbirds were counted from parts of the Subarnarekha consisting of 20 waterbird species. The comparatively low number of waterbirds was due to various economic activities being undertaken like fishing, brick kilns, agriculture, boating, etc. and also due to little late season counting, a Wild Orissa release said.