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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.

In MigrantWatch, volunteers across the country note the dates of arrival and presence of migratory birds. No special travel or effort is required; volunteers simply note when and where they see migrant species. This simple activity, multiplied across many observers yields new and important information about bird migration in India. Summaries of first sighting data collected through MigrantWatch are available for 2007 and 2008 (pdf). 
Join more than 1,000 participants, distributed across India, in this Citizen Science project to understand how migrating birds respond to changes in the Earth's climate!

Join the Pied Cuckoo Campaign -- login to your account and click on "Pied Cuckoo Campaign". You can also read the results of last year's campaign on the MigrantWatch Blog

The 10 most recent sightings in the MigrantWatch database
  Date Species Number Location, Town, State Reported by
129-Aug-2010Pied Cuckoo1Bhaili-Raipura Area, Vadodara, GujaratNandita Amin
229-Aug-2010Variable Wheatear1Tank near Kankeshwar temple, Ratnal, GujaratShantilal Varu
329-Aug-2010Booted Warbler1Ningal tank, Anjar, GujaratShantilal Varu
429-Aug-2010Greenish Warbler1Bhartinagar, New Delhi, DelhiUdiyaman Shukla
529-Aug-2010Spotted Flycatcher3Ningal tank, Anjar, GujaratShantilal Varu
629-Aug-2010Rosy Starling30Tank near Kankeshwar temple, Ratnal, GujaratShantilal Varu
724-Aug-2010Brown Shrike1Jalpaiguri, Jalpaiguri, West BengalMousumi Dutta
822-Aug-2010Spotted Flycatcher1Saiyadpar Rakhal, Bhuj, GujaratShantilal Varu
922-Aug-2010Isabelline Shrike1Saiyadpar Rakhal, Bhuj, GujaratShantilal Varu
1022-Aug-2010Greenish Warbler1Lodhi Garden, New Delhi, DelhiUdiyaman Shukla


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