Bahrain’s Surveillance bird reaches Kerala, India after 3 years.

Migratory bird belonging to the species known as “ Laser Crested Tern” reached , Alappuzha a small coastal town in Kerala.

The relation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and India is long standing and when the nation celebrated the National Day, the bird did an amazing and miraculous feat by flying 3300 Kms in 3 years to reach Kerala,India.

Laser crested tern which is also called as the Greater Crested Tern or the Swift Tern is a seabird in the Tern family “Sternidae” that nests in dense colonies on coastlines and islands in the tropical and the sub-tropical lands. It’s usually found in the areas of the Red Sea, across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific and Australia.

This specie, breeds in dense colonies to avoid predators and later migrates to long distances before returning back to their nesting areas.

The lone bird which was found in Kerala might have many stories to share. The bird was last spotted and tagged on July 13, 2012 at the Algerian Islands by the members of the British Trust for Ornithology.

The bird was now spotted in the small town known as Azhikkal in the Alappuzha district in Kerala, India. The birds are tagged by the members of the Ornithology to understand their migratory route, behavior, age etc. The bird’s once spotted by the group catches them and tags them with metal or plastic tags to identify them later.

Once such tagged birds are found, they are intimated to the tagging organization and then it is marked their location and findings and then set free for the birds to continue their journey.

This is the first time that a Laser Crested Tern was spotted in the Alappuzha district even though a large variety of other migratory birds continuously comes to Alappuzha all year round.

The bird was spotted by Mr.Shaji Cheriyan. The bird was spotted in a flightless state . Mr.Cheriyan then intimated the bird watchers Mr. Harikumar and Mr.Prashant Kumar who checked the tags and then intimated the British Trust for Ornithology. The Ornithology trust informed that during the winters, birds of this species usually fly to the coastal areas of Sri Lanka and India. This year the organization has tagged nine lakhs birds.