• Sunil Kumar

The study is carried out between the years 2016 to 2021 to know the breeding status in the catchment area of Borgaon Reservoir. Borgaon Dam is situated at a distance of 11 km from Yavatmal town and is situated in the north-east direction. There are seven medium projects in the district and Borgaon reservoir is one of the important birding hotspots. In the summer mainly in the west and south, the water level begins to recede and create ideal wetlands, grasslands and rocky areas and these are good breeding habitats for waterfowl. Migratory and local waterfowl breeding records on Borgaon Dam to date include Little Tern, Black Winged Stilt, Kentish Plover, Little Ring Plover, Small Pratincole, River Tern, Great Thick-knee, Red Wattled Lapwing, Yellow Wattled Lapwing. Every summer most of the area of this dam used to be crowded with eggs and chicks of waterfowl. For the past few years, during the breeding season of waterfowl, i.e. from February to May and then to June, the breeding areas are destroyed due to large scale excavation of soil, siltation, grazing of cattle, free movement of stray dogs in the same area. Eggs are destroyed, chicks are killed for no reason, and helpless bird parents have to wait a year for reproduction. Due to these persistent anthropogenic activities, the breeding rate of waterfowl here has come down drastically and the number of migratory waterfowl on their way back in summer is decreasing day by day. Local waterfowl diversity is also seen in limited form. If the administration does not immediately address all these issues, in the next few years the bird diversity at Borgaon dam will be limited and it will not be an ideal place for bird watching. The government should curb illegality and conserve ideal habitats like Borgaon Dam for bird species so that various species of migratory waterfowl and local waterfowl will visit here in thousands and the dam will once again become known as a hotspot for bird watching in the area.

Borgaon dam, Breeding ground, Anthropogenic activities, Habitat destructions, migratory and residential waterfowl, Bird eggs and Conservation.

"A STUDY ON CATCHMENT AREA OF BORGAON DAM IN SUMMER TO KNOW THE STATUS OF WATER BIRD BREEDING SITES.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no.b132-b136, October-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2210125.pdf

"A STUDY ON CATCHMENT AREA OF BORGAON DAM IN SUMMER TO KNOW THE STATUS OF WATER BIRD BREEDING SITES.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no. ppb132-b136, October-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2210125.pdf