Approximately 241,479 waterfowl were seen, including waterfowl in 142 wetlands across the country revealed the number of birds relocated in winter out this year between January and March.
The census has been taken in cooperation with Bird Research Centre of Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU), Ministry of Agriculture and the General Directorate of Forests of Nature protection and national parks.
Kiraz Ersias Yavuz, a faculty member at the Ornithological Research Center, OMU, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the Wetlands International Agency in It carries western Palearctic and southwestern Asia out Waterfowl are all year in the middle of winter.
“all team Includes an expert bird watcher and assistant f observer who We are responsible for specific count points And must finish The job is from morning to evening. At each counting point, all waterfowl in field of view calculated individually or in groups with Telescopes and binoculars teams move on to next point after ratings added.
Noting that the censuses, in which over of Northern Hemisphere involved, carried out in Turkish since 1967, Yavuz emphasized that bird control and increased detection decrease in Their numbers are very important in terms of protection nature.
It was Turkish one of richest regions with 1.72 million waterfowl of 103 species over winter in 2018 added.
Unfortunately, the number has reduced to 62 waterfowl in terms of Species diversification due to climate change. Currently, 171,544 waterfowl of 68 species have been counted.
Highlighting the most important wetlands in According to the mid-winter waterfowl census, Yavuz noted: “Kızılırmak Delta, Yeşilırmak Delta, Ladik Lake, Amasya Yedikır Dam, Tokat Kaz Lake, Almus Dam, Derbent Dam, Altınkaya Dam, Sinop Sarıkum Lake, and the beaches of Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, and coasts of Giresun, Trabzon, Rize, and Artvin are considered wetland habitats for Waterfowl.
Pointing out That’s thousands of Flamingos that live on the beaches of Lake Van in Eastern Karahan region, Gelingüllü Dam and Erçek Lake hosted the biggest number of these birds yearlike locations offer some of The most important habitat for migratory species.
the purpose of These censuses are for identifying species and populations of waterfowl in wetlands that also Indicates the state of health of wet ground.
According to the latest data, the most common The species were teal, cuckoo, mallard, silver gull, cormorant, black-headed gull, wing bird, pike, crested hare and black Buckthorn.
