Express News Service
KOCHI: In a eureka minute, a group of ornithologists from Kerala spotted a migratory bird ringed in Russia throughout a seaside migratory bird-watching exploration at Chavakkad Beach in Thrissur. Typically called the Excellent Knot (Calidris tenuirostris), the bird discovered its method to the eastern coast of Kerala, flying over 10,000 km.
The bird was spotted by Dr Kalesh Sadasivan, P P Sreenivasan and Samkumar P B. The single-ringed bird
was seen in a flock of 15 Excellent Knots and about 150 migratory waders consisting of the lagger and unusual Caspian Plover, Sanderling, Lesser Sand Plovers and about a hundred Seagulls.
” Spotting the ring was elating however likewise indicated a hard call. We chose to record the number inscribed on the ring in the scorching heat of the beach and it checked out TC 32469 MOSKVA”, stated P P Sreenivasan, a veteran birder who had actually been keeping an eye on the Trichur coasts for over 2 years.
” The word MOSKVA provided us the very first hint that it was a Russian ring”, stated Samkumar P B, a member of Birders sans Borders (BSB), an NGO based in Thrissur working for bird preservation.
” When the Russian connection was verified, we got in touch with Dmitry Dorofeev, who supervised of the bird ringing operations at Kamchatka peninsula, where these birds are understood to reproduce. And the last verification came over e-mail,” stated Dr Kalesh Sadasivan, research study partner at Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), Thiruvananthapuram.
According to Dmitry Dorofeev, this Excellent Knot was ringed at the Khairusova-Belogolovaya estuary on the western coast of the Kamchatka peninsula, in eastern Russia. It was a juvenile bird and was marked with a metal ring on its leg on August 12, 2022.
These long-distance migratory birds remain in the Yellow sea area and Thailand in Southeast Asia prior to continuing to their southerly winter season premises consisting of Peninsula India. The Russian researchers had actually tagged around 100 Excellent Knots, however till now just 2 of the birds were resighted from India- one in Kerala and the other bird tagged 6Z was spotted at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
The types is utilizing the Main Asian Flyway, an essential worldwide migration path to reach the southern areas of Asia.
” TNHS and BSB are methodically photo-documenting the migratory birds, specifically the lagger migrants and ringed birds. Sighting of any tagged birds might be notified for unwinding the tricks bird migration,” stated Raphy Kalletumkara, president of BSB.
