The 12th Vembanad Water Foul Survey, being taken out as part of the Asian Water Foul Survey by Wetland International, will be held on Sunday. The Vembanad Wetland, declared a Ramsar Site, has been divided into 100 regions for the benefit of the survey which begins at 6 am. Nearly 150 bird watchers will participate.
The preliminary training for the members of the team was held at the Regional Agriculture Research Station at Kumarakom. K V Subrahmonian, field director, Periyar Tiger Reserve, inaugurated. Noted ornithologist Prasanth Narayanan made a presentation reviewing the results for the last 11 surveys.
Kottayam Nature Society president B Sreekumar presided.
KTDC assistant manager P Rajeev, Cochin Refineries deputy general manager S Anujan, coconut Lagoon general manager Anil Kumar, Kottayam Nature Society secretary N Unnikrishnan PTR deputy director P R Suresh and others spoke.
