TIRANA, January 15/ATA/- The National Agency for Protected Areas started today counting of the birds as part of the international winter bird census.
The Waterfowl Census is conducted annually by the National Agency of Protected Areas in cooperation with experts from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Ornithologists.
This census takes place simultaneously in 146 countries of the world on January 15-16, 2022.
Agency employees have started counting the birds in Banja Lake in Gramsh, Belsh Lakes as well as in Shkodra Lake and Buna River in the early hours of this morning.
The purpose of this census is to verify through inventory according to the relevant methodology of the populations of these birds, the respective species, in all 30 coastal wetlands, natural and artificial lakes, estuaries, swamps, etc.
Albania has joined the International Waterfowl Census since 1993, when this census initially took place in coastal habitats and Lake Shkodra. At the international level, censorship has been going on since 1967./p.s./
