If it was not for the stern eye of our BNHS birding expert, I might have ended up patting a Godwit or two sitting so temptingly close to our boat. As the boat skimmed through the reed-lined narrow ...

There is something magical about Chilika. The brackish water lagoon is a vast expanse of blue water, encircled by low undulating hills. The lake extends to 1,165sq km in the monsoon season, while in ...

The number of feathered guests to the famous Chilika lake in Odisha, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, increased this winter. The number of feathered guests to the famous Chilika lake in ...

At first glance, Chilika Lake looks endless. Water stretches out toward the horizon, broken only by low islands, patches of reeds and the sudden flash of bird wings. It does not behave like a typical ...

Chilika Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage candidate and designated Ramsar site, is not just a lake but a dynamic ecosystem that attracts hundreds of thousands of migratory birds every winter. It’s a ...

The greater flamingoes seemed drugged in the heat haze from the Bay of Bengal. Near them waded white ibis from Bangladesh, and rare Brahminy ducks from Mongolia drilled their heads into the lake. I ...

Chilika Lake the brackish water lagoon in the state is a UNESCO world heritage site. Odisha Chief Minister Navin Patnaik has shared breathtaking pictures of Chilika Lake on Twitter, the brackish water ...

Berhampur: Chilika Lake, the biggest brackish water lagoon in the country, will remain closed for visitors for four days — on Jan 18, 20, 21 and 22 — for the annual bird and dolphin census. The ...