Nearly 241,479 aquatic birds, together with waterfowl, had been seen in 142 wetlands throughout the nation, revealed the midwinter water fowl depend that was carried out this 12 months between January and March.
The census was carried out in cooperation with the Ornithology Research Center of Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU), Ministry of Agriculture, and the Forestry General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks.
Kiraz Erciyas Yavuz, school member on the Ornithology Research Center, OMU, informed Anadolu Agency (AA) that the International Wetlands Conservation Agency (Wetlands International) within the Western Palearctic and Southwest Asia carries out waterfowl counting yearly in the course of winter.
“Each team includes an expert bird watcher, assistant and observer who are responsible for specific counting points and must finish the job from morning to evening. At each count point, all water birds in the field of view are counted individually or in groups with telescopes and binoculars and the teams move on to the next point after assessments,” he added.
Noting that the censuses, by which a lot of the northern hemisphere participated, have been carried out in Türkiye since 1967, Yavuz emphasised that watching birds and detecting the rise and reduce of their numbers is extraordinarily necessary by way of defending nature.
“Türkiye was one of the richest regions with 1.72 million water birds of 103 species over the winter in 2018,” he added.
Unfortunately, the quantity has lowered to 62 waterfowl by way of species variety because of local weather change. Currently, 171,544 waterfowl from 68 species had been counted.
Underlining crucial wetlands in Türkiye in line with the midwinter waterbird census, Yavuz famous: “The Kızılırmak Delta, Yeşilırmak Delta, Lake Ladik, Amasya Yedikır Dam, Lake Tokat Kaz, Almus Dam, Derbent Dam, Altınkaya Dam, Lake Sinop Sarıkum, shores of Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, and the coasts of Giresun, Trabzon, Rize and Artvin are wetland habitats for aquatic birds.”
Pointing out that hundreds of flamingos that inhabit the shores of Lake Van within the japanese Karahan area, Gelingüllü Dam and Erçek Lake hosted essentially the most variety of birds this 12 months, because the places supply a few of the most necessary habitats for migratory species.
The objective of those censuses is to find out the species and populations of waterfowl in wetlands, which additionally signifies the well being standing of the wetland.
According to latest information, the commonest species had been teal, cuckoo, mallard, silver gull, cormorant, black-headed gull, lapwing, pike, crested hare and black buckthorn.
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