Thane Creek
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Thane Creek is one of the 500 significant bird conservation sites in India. With its rich natural resources and mangroves, the creek is home to over 205 species of birds. Rare birds such as whistling teals, golden plover, grey plover, hoopoe and avocet can be sighted here. Among the major waterfowls spotted here include lesser flamingo, greater flamingo, Asian open bill stork, white stork, pied avocet, eastern golden plover, ruddy turnstone and dunlin. (Info by "malayalam")
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thane_Creek
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Coordinates: 19°7'42"N 72°58'15"E
- Powai Lake 8 km
- Vihar Lake 8.8 km
- Tulsi Lake 10 km
- Kalamboli Holding Pond 16 km
- Bandra Low Tidal Region 17 km
- Sewri Mud Flats 17 km
- Mahim Bay 19 km
- Varaldevi Lake 19 km
- Aum Manori Bay Beach 22 km
- Haji Ali Bay 23 km
- Mangroves 1.6 km
- Kanjurmarg Dumping Ground 2.1 km
- Vashi Mangrove 2.7 km
- Ghansoli 3.1 km
- Airoli 3.8 km
- Kanjur Mangroves 4.4 km
- Bhandup 4.5 km
- Mulund 4.5 km
- Mumbai Suburban District 9 km
- Sanjay Gandhi National Park 11 km
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