As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Monday 30 October 2017

Migratory bird sighted 'for first time in Tamil Nadu'


TIRUPUR, OCTOBER 19, 2017 20:11 IST

Common Stonechat comes from central Asia and Europe, and Western Marsh Harrier from western Eurasia and Africa.

Two migratory bird species, Eurasian Marsh Harrier (also called Western Marsh Harrier) and Common Stonechat, have been sighted by a group of bird watchers, reportedly for the first time, near the S. Periyapalayam irrigation tank in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu.

“Common Stonechat is sighted for the first time in Tamil Nadu if one goes by records compiled by ornithologists,” said K. Ravindran, a regular bird watcher at the S. Periyapalayam tank for a decade.

Mr. Ravindran, who is also the president of the Nature Society of Tirupur, said that Eurasian Marsh Harrier was seen elsewhere in Tamil Nadu. Common Stonechat comes from central Asia and Europe, and Western Marsh Harrier from western Eurasia and Africa.

The Nature Society of Tirupur attributes a few possible reasons for the sudden appearance of these two birds here.

“Either they may have lost their way to places they usually visit, or because of the disturbances happened to their earlier habitats,” said Mr. Ravindran.



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