India · Maharashtra
Bhandup Pumping Station
265 species and 92,162 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–February, with up to 164 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Great EgretArdea alba
House CrowCorvus splendens
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus159 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 265 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- IIT Bombay5 km257 species
- Bhopar grasslands, Thane13 km246 species
- T S Chanakya birding area14 km248 species
- Pagote – Uran28 km202 species
- Viva Wetlands, Virar40 km223 species
- Mamachi Wadi Beach, Arnala43 km269 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White-spotted Fantail Rhipidura albogularis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Jungle Babbler Argya striata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Common Babbler Argya caudata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus
- Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
- Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Loten's Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Vigors's Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Indian Blackbird Turdus simillimus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike Lalage melanoptera
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bhandup Pumping Station?
October–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 164 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bhandup Pumping Station?
265 species, from 92,162 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bhandup Pumping Station in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Sandpiper, Indian Pond Heron, Red-vented Bulbul, Black Kite and Little Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.