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? Join us in contributing your sightings of migrants, visit our blog to see how sightings contributed by participants have been used to better understand migration to and from India. Also take a look at the MigrantWatch 5-year summary.
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Garganey from Bhavnagar by Shantilal Varu (14-Apr)
Wood Sandpiper from Bhavnagar by Shantilal Varu (14-Apr)
Common Sandpiper from Bhavnagar by Shantilal Varu (14-Apr)
Rosy Starling from Hyderabad by Anjali Pande (13-Apr)
Common Sandpiper from Bhavnagar by Shantilal Varu (12-Apr)
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top contributors 19-Mar-2014 to 19-Apr-2014
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popular species 19-Mar-2014 to 19-Apr-2014
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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 over five years (starting in August 2007) 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. MigrantWatch is a project of the Citizen Science Programme of NCBS in association with Indian Birds Journal