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Rare migrant birds flocks at Tiruppur’s Nanjarayan Tank Bird Sanctuary

Birders in western Tamil Nadu are thrilled as some of the water birds that rarely visit the region have flocked at the Nanjarayan Tank bird sanctuary on the outskirts of Tiruppur. Mr. Ravindran said that commercial fishing was banned in the tank after it was declared as the 17th bird sanctuary in Tamil Nadu in September 2022. Wood Sandpiper, Common …

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Tiruppur’s Nanjarayan Tank Bird Sanctuary welcomes rare vagrant Pied Avocet

The checklist of birds at the Nanjarayan tank Bird Sanctuary in Tiruppur touched 187 when a Forest Department watcher spotted a Pied Avocet, a shore bird, on Tuesday. According to the Nature Society of Tiruppur, the Forest Department watcher Sivamani sighted the bird on Tuesday morning and shared the photo of the uncommon bird with members of the society. Byju …

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An Indian spot-billed duck with pale plumage was sighted at Manickapuram tank in Tiruppur district recently. S. Nandagopal, a member of the Nature Society of Tirupur, spotted the rare leucistic duck when he went to Manickapuram tank near Mudalipalayam SIDCO for birding on September 16. In normal conditions, Indian spot-billed duck has a greyish-brown plumage with a yellow tipped black …

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Tamil Nadu government notifies Nanjarayan tank in Tiruppur as bird sanctuary

The Tamil Nadu government has notified the Nanjarayan tank in Tiruppur district as the 17th bird sanctuary of the State. On Monday, the Department of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change issued a government order, declaring the tank as the 17th bird sanctuary under the Wild Life Act. Stalin wrote on Twitter, “Happy to announce that the Government has notified the …

A new bird sanctuary takes wing at Nanjarayan Tank in Tiruppur

A muddy, green patch on the farthest end of a 440-acre lake is where we spot pelicans, painted storks, and coots, in hundreds, during a walk along the lake on a windy morning. This undisturbed habitat attracts birds in large numbers.” The Nanjarayan Tank also known as Sarkar Periyapalayam Reservoir, is located on the outskirts of Tirupur city near Koolipalayam, …