SeeWood Lake,, Mumbai, India (2025-26) .......A Gem
Seawood Lake, a listed ebird hotspot, is truly a gem hidden in the Navi Mumbai suburbs. It combines of a wide variety of beautiful birds (migratory and local) hosted by a lake surrounded by mangroves and greenery in a world that dramatically changes colors - even during our 2-3 hour long birding walks from sunrise to mid-morning.
I fell in love with this location and visited it 4 times in 4 months. Each time with different companion(s) leading to different Bondig experiences narrated after the Bird Picturesl
- 8th February: Grand-daughter Kahani
- 26th February: Wife Ashima, Kahani
- 7th March: Niece Bul Bul
- 4th June: Ashima.
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Birders
Niraj
Kahani
Ashima
Bul Bul
SeeWood Lake,, So Many Birds ...
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Asian Koel (M,F)
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Black Crown Night Heron
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Black Winged Stilt
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Black Drongo
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Chestnut Tailed Starling
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Black Headed Gull
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Common Moorhen
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Flock of Egrets
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Common Sandpiper
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Grey Heron
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Indian Golden Oriole
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Indian Pied Starling
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Indian Pond Heron
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Indian Robin
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Indian Rumpled Sunbird
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Red Vented Bul Bul
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White Eared Bul Bul
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White Throated Kingfisher
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Indian Cormorants
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Plain Prinia
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Little Egrets
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Northern Shoveller
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Northern Pintail
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Red Wattled Lapwing
Asian Koel
Asian Koel
Asian Koel
Asian Koel (female)
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Black Crown Night Heron
Black Winged Stilt play....click for sound
Black Drongo
Chestnut Tailed Starling
Chestnut Tailed Starling
Black Headed Gull
Common Moorhen
Flying Egrets (Click ..... Click sound icon)
Common Sandpiper
.... at Sunrise
Common Sandpiper
... a bit later
Grey Heron
Grey Heron Pair
Grey Heron & Painted Storks
Indian Golden Oriole
Indian Golden Oriole
Indian Pied Starling
Indian Pied Starling
Indian Pond Heron
Indian Pond Heron
Indian Pond Heron play....click for sound
White Eared Bul Bul
Indian Rumpled Sunbird
Red Vented Bul Bul
White Eared Bul Bul
White Throated Kingfisher
Indian Cormorants
Plain Prinia
Little Egrets
Northern Shoveller (M&F)
Wood Sandpiper
Northern Pintail
Red Wattled Lapwing
Flamingoes and Painted Storks
Flamingoes and Painted Storks are in a league of their own - majestic, colorful, serene, beautiful. One ends up taking a lot of photos and videos to capture their beauty.
AWAIT SPECIAL POST on Flamingoes and Painted Storks from Seawoods Lake.
To Read about new human BONDING & BIRDING during these 4 walks
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Bonding Experiences Grow
Birders
Niraj
Kahani
Ashima
Bul Bul
Kahani my grand-daughter has become an enthusiastic birder joining me enthusiastically. Read about how she got involved is a long story you can read by clicking KAHANI
Bul Bul my niece saw my blog and requested to Join a birding walk. This was the first time a visitor to my blog was motivated to explore birding - more than justifying the work involved in its preparation.
We were able to schedule the walk only towards the end of the season in early March. She enjoyed her first experience - the calm beauty of the changing colors of the Lake and the birds - even though much less in number than in peak season. I was however able to augment the experience with pictures of the peak season.
The long walk, shared selfie, coffee and long chats on the way to and from Seawood reaffirmed the value of Birding in creating shared moments and stronger bonds in today's fast paced world.
Ashima - my Wife
Ashima my wife's involvement in bird trips has developed steadily over time and is a longer story for another time. She went on two of the four 2026 birding walks in Seawoods - each of them memorable in different ways.
In the FIRST walk the lake was teeming with birds and yielded many of the pictures displayed above. What added enormously to the walk was that we were accompanied by our grand-daughter Kahani - making it a very special "Birding Experience". After a 2.5-hour walk the hungry trio enjoyed a tasty breakfast in TOKAI Cafe nearby.
The SECOND walk followed the reports of flamingoes having arrived in Seawood and is going to be covered in the next Post. Kahani could not come as her school term had begun.
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Flamingoes and Painted Storks
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SPARE a few seconds from your busy schedule just LOOKING at these two images before scrolling on to enter the World of Flamingos and Painted Storks.
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Flamingos
I hope this section draws you, even if for a few moments, into the enchanting world of Flamingos - a world that mesmerizes me time and again.
Each slow, graceful stride of a Flamingo sends gentle concentric ripples lazily across the placid lake, shimmering in the rapidly changing morning colors.
It reminds me of Gulzar’s timeless poem
"Ahista Chal Ae Zindagi — a call to life itself to slow down.
The Flamingos and Painted Storks seem to whisper the same message to you the viewer:
"Slow down your Life for 4 minutes and savor the calm beauty of our world."
Flamingos
There are 4 Flamingo videos in this section - total viewing time 4 minutes. They capture the beauty and grace of Flamingos in still images, while walking and flying.
Video 1: 9 still images flowing in a video (17 secs)
Video 2: 10 Walking videos - No 1 flows into No 2 and so on (2 mts 42 secs)
Video 3: Soars gracefully over lake .... into the sky (37 secs)
Video 4: Flying over lake into a graceful landing Vudeo (25 secs)
My Birding Journey Evolves
I have passed through several stages of “thought evolution” in my Birding Journey. The Latest addition is as follows: ( To read about this journey from its beginning Click ABOUT)
Suddenly from nowhere lines of the famous poem of Gulzar requesting life itself to slow down because of many unfinished dreams, duties and unpaid debts sprang to my mind in a modified form re birding:
"Ahista chal e Zindagi,
Kai Parindey* milney baki hain.
Tez raftar se tere chalne se,
Kai mil gaye, kai chute gaye,
Chuton se milna Baki hai,
Kai parindon ki photo mil gayin, Kai chute gayin,
Chuti photo leni baki hain."
*Birds
Loose translation:
Slow Down O Life,
Many birds remain unmet.
Because of your rapid pace,
Many got met, many got missed,
Meeting the missed ones still remains
Many photos were taken, many got missed,
Taking the missed Photos remains
Sometimes sadly I reflect why I discovered joys of birding only in my 70s. How I wish that Life slows down to enable more and more Birding!
POLLUTION's effects on birding
A NEW SECTION re the effects of Pollution on Birding was triggered by Flamingos and is started in this blog. To access CLICK: POLLUTION
- The absence of Flamingos in the peak Birding Season in Mumbai and their belated arrival in June coupled with a newspaper report on the increased Pollution in the Mumbai Lakes like Seawoods raised the seriousness of Environmental Degradation several fold in my mind. I am therefore starting a new section documenting this aspect as I encounter it to raise awareness of the issue.
Whether it will translate into my joining some action group I still do not know.