Khorda, 19/1: The annual bird census was held in Chilika lake on Saturday . Over 11 lakh migratory birds of 196 species visited Chilika Lake in Odisha this year, according to the annual bird census official report. This year’s total arrivals of bird figure is 11,27,228 of 196 species, which is lesser than of last years figure 11,37,759. It is found that Northern Pintail,Gadwall and Eurasia wigeon birds were coming in maximum numbers this year to Chilika. As per the information , the bird census was underway from 6 a.m to 1 p.m, whereas Lake Chilika has been divided into five zones, with 21 teams deployed for bird census .Each team had 6-7 members. There were 8 teams in Tangi zone, 6 in Balugaon, 4 in Satapada, 2 in Rambha and One in Chilika . GPS, binoculars, cameras, two way radios and other equipments were used in the counting.