Bird watching trip at Botanical Garden

After organising a bird watching trip for the Kolkata enthusiasts in January, birder Shubhankar Patra and his team is all set to organise another bird watching trip to Shibpur Botanical Garden in

Howrah

on Sunday. “We are expecting a number of rare species and we will walk through the road on left side along the river Ganga,” said Patra.

On their last trip, a group of more than 50

birders

went to

Borsul

in East Bardhaman district for birding. Along with taking photographs of the birds they will also do macro photography of butterflies, dragonflies and other rare insects. The main motto of the trip will be to create awareness of the nature conservation. “With rapid urbanisation, lesser and lesser birds are coming to Kolkata. But, in places like Botanical Garden, where urbanisation hasn’t destroyed the natural

habitat

and there are

plenty

of waterbodies and trees, many rare species of birds and insects are still be seen,” he added.