Lesser flamingoes sighted at Carambolim lake

PANAJI: Birders reported the sighting of 21 lesser flamingoes in Carambolim lake, about ten kms from the city, after a gap of five years. “Such big congregations are hardly seen,” a birder said.

Parab, a forest department official was among one of those who sighted them and informed the Goa Bird Consevation Network (GBCN) members.

The flock was seen in the open paddy fields just outside the southern boundary of the lake.

In recent years, the arrivals have dwindled at this lake and the winter visitors are seen in nearby Dhado wetland, Neura in central part of Goa and Maina lake in south Goa.

Construction activity and human intervention has affected the lake, but no study has been done to assess the conditions.