Port Blair, Feb 23: This year Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been ranked at 15th position on pan India basis in the GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT & CAMPUS BIRD COUNT 2022 international event. GBBC & CBC is an event organised by Bird Count India and coordinated in this UT by the Andaman Avians Club Team.
This year the event has seen a very enthusiastic participation from club birders and many across the Islands.
During this 4 day event, participation of 25 bird watchers of ANDAMAN AVIANS CLUB across the Islands have accumulated for a total of 45 Sites, surveyed and recorded 8186 individuals of 131 species.
Some of the important bird sightings during the event was Eyebrowed Thrush, Blyth's Flycatcher, Blue Eared Kingfisher, Andaman Wood Pigeon, Andaman, Black Baza, Black Bittern, Malayan Night Heron and many other endemic, resident & migrated species. During the event the top performing campuses were IRBn Campus Port Mout, Chidyatapu Biological Park, Wild Grass Resort.
Mr. Amrit Raha from South Andaman, Mr. D. Sekhar from Middle Andaman and Mr. Ram Vikas from North Andaman District were the top birders. All these birders are members of Andaman Avians Club.
The motive of this event was to make people more aware about the birds of Andaman and to spread awareness about their habitat conservation. The Club has thanked all the Heads of the Institutions and Dept. of Environment and Forest for the support and encouragement.