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Population of Saras Crane at Yashwant Sagar down at from 170 to 50


Yashwant Sagar, declared as one of the 19 important bird areas of MP, has seen a steep downfall in population of Saras Crane. This was disclosed by scientist Dr KS Gopi Sundar in his lecture on ‘SarusScape: conserving water birds in agriculture areas’ organised by The Nature Volunteers at Pritam Lal Dua auditorium on Thursday.
“The last time I came to Indore for a bird survey in 1998, there were 170 cranes at Yashwant Sagar and now, it is has been recorded as 50 only,” Sundar said. He estimated the reason to be excessive use of pesticides in the area and use of lake bed for agriculture.
“The biggest threat for birds is not hunting, it is urbanisation,” Sundar said. He shared that many storks were estimated to be close to extinction with drop in population.
In the video documentary shared by him, it showed that Woolly Necked Storks were estimated to be about 35,000 only. The survey was done in wetlands all over the country.
“The problem was that nobody looks for the storks in agricultural land, people though that such water birds only live in wetlands,” Sundar explained. He quoted the importance of agricultural land for water birds, especially for breeding.
“Further, when the Woolly Necked Storks were surveyed in agricultural lands, the number went over 1.5 lakh,” Sundar said. He explained that many
“According to our surveys, most water birds including Saras Crane and Woolly Necked Storks are mostly found in agricultural lands in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra,” Sundar said.
He added that until recently, large water birds were thought to require large wetland areas with minimal human disturbance to survive and breed successfully. Studies on these birds in Uttar Pradesh have changed that perception radically.
“A few districts in the southwestern part of UP host densities of many species of water birds matching or even exceeding densities recorded for similar birds in protected and managed wetland areas elsewhere,” Sundar said.
He added that breeding densities and population of even the lofty Sarus Crane in these districts are among the highest for any crane species anywhere, and the state is home to the largest known population of this species.

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