They were seen in the back water of well-known Dal Lake in 1997.
Eurasian otters are called Vodur locally and belong to the family Mustelidae and are semi-aquatic.
The fish eater species keeps the ecosystem healthy.
In 2004 and 2008, IUCN included the Eurasian otters on its redlist as near threatened.
White-naped Tit
First white-naped tit in Kappatagudda hills, North Karnataka at the village of Kadakola.
It is a tit in the tit family Paridae.
It is native to India, and occurs in two disjunct populations in dry thorny scrub forests in western India and in southern India.
This species is highly patchily distributed, and has been susceptible to extinction.
It is only present in parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, the Eastern Ghats of Southern Andhra Pradesh, Northern Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Southern Karnataka in India.
It is found only in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in South Karnataka.
2025 Pong Dam Lake annual bird count.
A total number of 1,53,719 birds of 97 species were recorded in the annual bird count of the Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary in 2025, which was the highest number recorded.
Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh.
The drastic increase in the number of Barheaded Geese, which is the icon of the sanctuary.
The total increase in bird population - 83,555 people over and above what was recorded in the year 2024.
Dibru Saikhowa National Park- Oil Exploration.
The Environment Ministry Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) approved the R&D proposal but on the condition that it would be utilized solely to the purpose of conducting the research.
Based on OIL, the ERD (extended reach drilling) technology will be able to drill a depth of 3,500-4,000 metres without disturbing the surface.
In August last, the FAC turned down the proposal to drill seven wells within the Dibru Saikhowa National Park based on the ERD technology of the three existing wells of the Baghjan oil field.
In 2006, the Supreme Court decided that no mining (by whatever name) would be permitted in national parks, sanctuaries and forest lands.
It increased by one kilometre the no-mining area around the national parks and sanctuaries in 2023.