Summary:
Migratory waterbirds have not arrived in Hyderabad, the city of lakes, this year.
This is largely due to heavy rains in Hyderabad this monsoon.
The water bodies in and around the city are brimming at full tank levels, while water birds look for shallow water bodies filled with marine life and aquatic vegetation like plankton.
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Migratory waterbirds have not arrived in Hyderabad, the city of lakes, this year.
This is largely due to heavy rains in Hyderabad this monsoon.
According to birdwatchers, the reason is that water bodies in and around the city are brimming at full tank levels, while water birds look for shallow water bodies filled with marine life and aquatic vegetation like plankton.
Birdwatchers are turning back from the lakes with disappointment as scores of migratory birds that arrived every year are not here yet.
Around 50 species of birds from different parts of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Northern China migrate to Hyderabad every year by the end of October and early November to escape the freezing cold winters of the Northern hemisphere.
A majority of these are water birds like ducks and geese, or shore birds, like waders.
“This year, the water bodies have turned into oceans (for birds).
There are no shores available as the tanks are full and the water is too deep and lifeless for birds,” said Secretary of Deccan Birders M Shafaat Ullah.