India, Feb. 1 -- The three-day Waterbird (and allied woodland birds) Census of Sukhna lake and the 2,600-hectare Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS) was completed on Friday by the Chandigarh forests & wildlife department with technical assistance from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, and WWF-India (Harike team).The census was supported by bird identification experts, NGOs, government teachers and students.

The census data will be included in the final report of the WII, which conducted the rapid assessment of biodiversity of Chandigarh UT (wildlife survey) over eight days in November 2025. This writer was team leader for one of the four bird identification and count teams at the lake and the SWS (two teams), Wednesday-Friday....