Mini Series · Wildlife

Mumbai’s Tibetan Tourists

Thousands of Tibetan Sand Plovers return each year to the wetlands of Navi Mumbai.

Tibetan Sand Plovers are beautiful little migratory shorebirds that return to our city’s wetlands each year. Their presence in the thousands, alongside other bird species, is living proof of the ecological importance of Navi Mumbai’s wetlands.

In collaboration with: Wetland Champion
Where: Navi Mumbai, India
When: 2026

Thousands of Tibetan Sand Plovers with rust-orange breasts packed together on a mudbank, reflected in still water beside mangroves

Plovers lift off in a cloud above the packed flock on the mudbank

A dense mass of plovers in flight, wings blurred, with tower blocks behind

A flock of plovers wheels low over the water in front of a white wall and trees

Plovers sweep over the water above gulls and curlews standing in the shallows

A vast flock of plovers flies past green trees, with apartment buildings and air conditioners behind

At a time when there are still attempts to deny the identity of these landscapes, I have a simple message: please open your eyes.

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