Super-built, densely crowded, greatly polluted, the Mumbai region is an assault on the senses. Yet, amid and immediately around all this crowds and industry and logjam exist over a quarter of the country’s avifauna (bird life) !
Winter brings with it some much welcome seasonal visitors to the city – flamingos.

If you are in the city and want to meet with our pink feathered friends, “Ashbirder ^[1]” – an avid bird watcher tells us how.

By train:
Get off at Sewree station (E), which is on the harbour line. Cross the main road (Mahul Road), take the Sewri Koliwada Road opposite. Continue along this road and take the first left. This will take you to a crossroad (where this road meets the Sewri Fort Road) Take a right from here and continue until you reach the jetty. This is a place surrounded by ships/barges and is a good look out point for the birds. It’s about 15 min walking distance from the station.

Ashbirder has more infomation here.

I’m actually planning to do this tommorrow – should be fun.