Welcome to MigrantWatch
Each winter, millions of birds belonging to hundreds of species migrate into India from latitudes further north. When do these birds come and how do they spread across the country? As the global climate changes, is the timing of migration changing too? Information is scarce and your help is needed to answer these questions. Join us in contributing your sightings of migrants. And while you are here, please do join the Pied Cuckoo Campaign too.
MigrantWatch has now been running for over four years. Visit our blog to see how sightings contributed by participants have been used to better understand migration to and from India.
Recent News
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latest updates
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recent reports
Greenish Warbler from Dehradun by Raman Kumar (16-May)
Blyth's Reed-warbler from Dehradun by Raman Kumar (16-May)
Little Ringed Plover from sathyamangalam by Patrick David (16-May)
Blyth's Reed-warbler from Dehradun by Raman Kumar (14-May)
Ruddy Shelduck from Amravati by Dr. Jayant Wadatkar (13-May)
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top contributors 18-Apr-2012 to 18-May-2012
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popular species 18-Apr-2012 to 18-May-2012
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migrantwatch blog |
Pied Cuckoos are back!Legend has it that the Pied Cuckoo (also called the Pied-crested Cuckoo) heralds the coming of the monsoon. Is this true? Help us find out by reporting sightings of this widespread migrant. See here for details. The latest summary of the Pied Cuckoo arrivals in relation to the monsoon is here, and here is an animated map of cuckoo migration. You can also use our data page to see all Pied Cuckoo sightings on a map or in a table. |
Do you see the patterns?MigrantWatch participants have reported arrival and departure data for four years (2007-2011) now. Would you like to join us in sifting through the numbers, detecting patterns and general geekery? If so, search and download the data here! (You need to be logged in to download the raw data). For example, here is a map and table of all Greenish Warbler records in the database. | |
Design: Pavithra Sankaran. Support: Anush Shetty. MigrantWatch is a project of the Citizen Science Programme of NCBS in association with Indian Birds Journal