Criteria 3 Annexure 3.5.1 Department of Collegiate and Technical Education Sri Mahadeshwara Government First Grade College Kollegal Collaborative Field work with Department of Zoology University of Mysore on survey of aquatic birds has been conducted during the year February 2016 -18 to give Awareness about the. 1. Methods used for survey of birds, 2. Equipment to carry while going for survey. 3. Habit and habitat of birds. 4. Develop the skill of using DSLR camera. Name of the collaborating agency with Name of the participants contact details Dr Sathish S V and Basavarajappa S, Professor of Zoology, students of B Sc. VI Semester University of Mysore. Manasagangothri, 1. Anil kumar B, Mysore. Mob.9449203241 2. Parashivamurthy, 3. Nithin B, 4. Roshan M R. Results obtained: Sl.No Birds observed Order Total mean Relative abundance 1 Common shelduck Anseriformes 0.16 0.02% 2 Cotton pygmy goose Anseriformes 1.77 0.31% 3 Ferruginous duck Anseriformes 1.33 0.23% 4 Garganey Anseriformes 2.5 0.44% 5 Greylag goose Anseriformes 1.27 0.22% 6 Lesser whistling duck Anseriformes 21.61 3.88% 7 Spot billed duck Anseriformes 36.77 6.60% 8 White winged duck Anseriformes 0.83 0.14% 9 Black tailed godwit Charadriiformes 140.72 25.27% 10 Black winged stilt Charadriiformes 35.55 6.38% 11 Bronze winged jacana Charadriiformes 5.61 1.00% 12 Common redshank Charadriiformes 3.11 0.55% 13 Golden plover Charadriiformes 1.38 0.24% 14 Green sandpiper Charadriiformes 9.16 1.64% 15 Marsh Sand piper Charadriiformes 15.72 2.82% 16 Red wattle lapwing Charadriiformes 11.33 2.03% 17 River tern Charadriiformes 2.33 0.41% 18 Spotted red shank Charadriiformes 8.94 1.60% 19 Asian openbill Ciconiiformes 1.55 0.27% 20 European white stork Ciconiiformes 0.83 0.14% 21 Painted stork Ciconiiformes 29.22 5.24% 22 Wooly necked stork Ciconiiformes 2.77 0.49% 23 Small blue kingfisher Coraciiformes 2.11 0.37% 24 White browed wagtail Coraciiformes 11.61 2.08% 25 Common coot Gruiformes 33.33 5.98% 26 Purple moorhen Gruiformes 19.22 3.45% 27 Water cock Gruiformes 4.55 0.81% 28 White throated kingfisher Passeriformes 1.72 0.30% 29 Black headed ibis Pelecaniformes 21.72 3.90% 30 Glossy ibis Pelecaniformes 11.27 2.02% 31 Grey heron Pelecaniformes 4.33 0.77% 32 Indian pond heron Pelecaniformes 20.05 3.60% 33 Intermediate egret Pelecaniformes 17.44 3.13% 34 Large egret Pelecaniformes 2 0.35% 35 Little egret Pelecaniformes 14.8 2.65% 36 Night heron Pelecaniformes 2.5 0.44% 37 Purple heron Pelecaniformes 4.77 0.85% 38 Red napped ibis Pelecaniformes 2.16 0.38% 39 Spot billed pelican Pelecaniformes 19 3.41% 40 Western reef heron Pelecaniformes 0.27 0.04% 41 Great cormorant Suliformes 10.72 1.92% 42 Little cormorant Suliformes 16.38 2.94% 43 Oriental darter Suliformes 2.38 0.42% Total Mean: 556.79 Total RA: 100% Number of birds counted in 18 survey during Feb-2016 to Feb- 2018 1800 1695 1600 1400 1341 1200 1098 1049 1000 800 719 588 589 624 600 501 462 Birds observed Numbers observed Birds in 400 299 213 156 159 159 200 120 102 128 1 1 0 Birds surveyed on dates The above chart depicts the number of Birds counted in 18 Survey during February 2016 to February 2018 around lakes of Kollegal. The maximum number of birds recorded during the survey is 1695 in numbers on the date 06/02/2016. Which shows 16.94% of the total birds recorded. The minimum number of birds recorded during the survey is 102 in Numbers dated on 07/08/2016. Which shows 1.01% of the total birds recorded. .