DECLINING MIGRATORY BIRDS- NEPAL

19 migratory bird species visited Few lake this year, opposed to 29 last year.  Drying up of lakes, decrease of damp areas, illegal hunting, and encroachment of lake and climate change have been presented as the causes of decline. Meanwhile, Commercial fish farming in Badhaiya wetland in Bardia district, Western Nepal have caused decline in arrival of migratory birds. The habitat has got fragmented and there are less conservation activities going on.
23 and 25 February