Santosh Rajus
“The elephants have come” “Two calves are here” “One tusker”! These were the words spreading everywhere in the Coffee Plantation for the past two months but not one person got to see these magnificent and much elusive elephants. This led me to the quest of understanding the herd in this plantation and their movement patterns…
Kallu Kuttai Lake is next to Tharamani and the during monsoon season, Its water spreads a long distance, connecting with the Pallikaranai marshland. But due to development in Velachery, and the laying of railway track, the lake size is reduced to 1.5km and its ecosystem is constantly facing threats. The highlight of this lake is…
20 years back Velachery was rich in life; I still remember growing as a child looking at Cobras, Rat Snakes, fishes and a lot of birds. There were hardly a few houses and the Pallikaranai marshland, which stretched to about 14,000 acres, was also part of it. During the laying of the metro railway tracks,…
One of the rare bird species to be spotted in south India, the Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) has arrived in Chennai. Since 2003 these birds have been visiting the Pallikarani Marshlands and this year, they arrived in great numbers. Over 220 Grey-headed Lapwings have gathered along the Pallikaranai marshland, feeding and flying around in flocks…
