MigrantWatch: an India-wide Citizen Science activity

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Hello Friends

Lets all put in our whatsoever, small or large, efforts in making " Migrant

Watch " survey a successful one. Full details are hereunder.

Regards

Kishore Kotecha

Wildlife Conservation Trust

Rajkot - Gujarat

 

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Dear all,

 

I am pleased to announce the launch of MigrantWatch, an annual

countrywide programme to study the movements of nine common winter

migrants to India. If you have an interest in the natural world,

please help in this collective effort!

All that is required to participate is a basic ability to identify

the nine species. Participants keep an eye out for these species

around their homes, schools and workplaces, and simply report the

first date that they see each one. With a little more effort,

participants can also keep a daily record of the target species. A

small effort on the part of each one of us added together can lead

to huge advances in our understanding of bird migration.

More details on this Citizen Science programme and on how to

participate are on the MigrantWatch website:

http://www.ncbs.res.in/citsci/

The collected information will be made freely available through the

web.

The success of MigrantWatch depends on the participation of as many

people as possible, from every corner of the country. So please join

today, and ask your friends to join too!

With best wishes,

Suhel Quader

for MigrantWatch <MigrantWatch

*MigrantWatch is organised by Indian Birds journal in association

with the National Centre for Biological Sciences, and with the

participation of individuals and organisations across the country.*