Bird Race: Third edition of Bird Race on January 7 | Bird Conservation Society of Gujarat |

Rajkot: The Bird Conservation Society of Gujarat (BCSG) will organise the ‘Bird Race’ in the state on January 7, 2024. ‘Bird Race’ is an activity in which the sighting of a particular bird species at a particular place is counted in a single day and the exercise is carried out at several locations by several teams on a specific day.
This will be the third consecutive year when the ‘Bird Race’ will cover the entire state.About 200 bird-watchers will cover all 38 ecological zones in the state. The major ecological sites are Nalsarovar, Jamnagar city surrounding, Khijadiya, Narara, Porbandar, Mokarsagar, Bhavnagar, Velavadar, Vansda National Park, Purna sanctuary, Polo forest, Khadir, Dholavira, Nadabet and LRK.
In January 2023, bird-watchers had sighted 343 bird species in a single-day event in 30 districts. According to BCSG, some of the rare species sighted in 2023 included red-throated pipit and greater white-fronted goose.
In January 2022, 356 unique species of birds had been sighted in the state in a single day and the red-breasted goose was sighted at Thol lake.
The sighting of this species was for the second time in the state.
Uday Vora, former chief conservator of forests and…