View Record #7498



ID7498
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutLachkera in Fingeshwar block of RAIPUR DISTT
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictRaipur
StateChhattisgarh
Location Latitude21.27865601
Location Longitude81.86614227
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2005-2009
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Village
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Old residential area
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village)
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above?I visited once or twice
Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above?Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?A fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen occasionally
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Vill Lachkera has a big nesting colony, about 2500 Asian Openbills and Little Cormorants, Cattle Egret and other species nest here, within the area of vill itself, duly protected by community. Apart from these species, House sparrows also nest here, about 12 nests in houses were seen , No of birds seen more than 80/90. A proposal has been submitted to Forest deptt to declare this area as a Protected area for birds.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?