Dear friends,
The first ever Pelagic Survey from Kochi, organized by us (CNHS) and Kerala Birder was flagged
off from Munambam fishing harbor on 26/02. The one day
voyage to survey the sea birds off the coast of Kochi started early in
the morning and was inaugurated by Sri.C.G.Natesan, a senior citizen
interested in nature and nature conservation.
The survey track was recorded by Sri. Toms
Augustine, using GPS equipments and the vessel covered a total of 36
nautical miles area into the Arabian sea.
The major sea birds sightings recorded during the survey were the stragglers
like Arctic Skua, Pomarine Skua winter visitors like the Great Blackheaded Gull, Brownheaded Gull, Heuglins Gull, Crested Tern, Whiskered Tern and Bridled Tern.
It is reported that very few records were available
about the sighting of the Arctic skuas off the coast of Kochi; however,
the sightings of the birds in different plumage variations were an
experience of a lifetime to the survey team.
Twenty one bird watchers and nature photographers, led
by Dr. Dr.Dilip K.G., Praveen E S, Ginu George, Sandeep Das, Toms
Augustine,Dr.Anudath,Adv.Paul Puthur, Gopal
Prasad,Kripesh ,Bijoi ,Pradeep ,Gopinathan Nair,Depalan,Raveendran K
C, Sudeep Elamon,Sri Aby ,Sri. Vasanth, myself and youngsters Adil
Anudath and Ammini Puthur ,were in the team.
Photos were taken by Sri E S Praveen, Sandeep Das,
Bijoi KI ,Gopal Prasad and Sudeep Elamon. The sea was relatively calm;
climate sunny and hot; not much clouds and fishing vessels were sporadic
in the sea compared to our last trip off Chettuva coast.
Warm Regards,
Vishnu
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