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Govt seeks public opinion on conservation reserve status for Navi Mumbai’s DPS Flamingo Lake

March 18, 2025 3:54 pm

Over 1,000 people have joined a signature campaign for the protection of DPS Flamingo Lake in Navi Mumbai.

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March 05, 2025 6:32 pm

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Flamingos build their nests resembling mud mounds along waterways (Image source: @ANI/X)

Watch: Flamingos paint Mumbai’s Karave wetlands pink in stunning migration display

January 09, 2025 11:21 am

The viral video shows flamingos and seagulls gracefully moving around the creek in Karave village in Navi Mumbai.

A high-level committee, led by the Principal Secretary of the Forest Department, has been appointed to study the conservation methods for the lake, designated as a natural habitat for flamingos. (Reuters), flamingo

Maharashtra to conserve Navi Mumbai’s DPS Flamingo Lake

July 10, 2024 2:13 pm

The DPS wetland is an important tidal-water satellite wetland where flamingos land during high tide at the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary, one of India's Ramsar sites.

NGT issues notices to CIDCO, forest dept, wetland authority over flamingo deaths

June 11, 2024 10:41 pm

The NGT took note of the inlet blockage by the elevated roads constructed by CIDCO that resulted in water stagnation, disregarding the fact that flamingos typically inhabit areas of flowing waters.

Visitors flying drones pose major threat to flamingos at wetlands in Navi Mumbai

June 11, 2024 9:40 pm

Drones disturb the birds when they land at the TS Chanakya, NRI, and DPS flamingo zones in Navi Mumbai, especially when the tidal water level rises at the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS).

70-year-old flamingo lays her first egg, becomes auntie-to-be at UK nature reserve

May 23, 2024 7:19 pm

Flamingo Gertrude, 70 is known for her maternal instincts, and now is preparing to welcome new baby flamingos in the flock.

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Flamingo Gujarat’s special issue highlights diversity of raptors in state

August 27, 2023 1:35 am

The vulture census conducted last year by the Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, an autonomous body functioning under the forest department, had recorded 713 vultures, more than a third of the 2,143 vultures found across the state.

Flamingo rescued from Najafgarh wetland in Gurgaon succumbs to injuries

November 29, 2022 12:24 pm

A forest department official said the flamingo had suffered a leg injury and the infection had spread. It is suspected that the bird may have got entangled in a high-tension wire or was hit by something during flight.

Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary secures recognition as Ramsar site

August 14, 2022 12:28 am

Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Tuesday tweeted that 11 more Indian wetlands, including TCFS, have got Ramsar recognition as “wetlands of international importance”. With the addition of these 11 wetlands, the number of Ramsar sites in India has gone up to 75.