Pulicat Lagoon is the second largest brackish water lagoon in India, after Chilika Lake. The shallow lake is known for its diversity of aquatic birds and is an important stopover on migration routes and is reported to be the third most important wetland on the eastern coast of India for migratory shorebirds, particularly during the spring and autumn migration seasons. In view of the rich avifauna of the lagoon, two bird sanctuaries are established in the lagoon, one in each of the two states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

A trip for Wetland Migratory birds photography in the out skirts of Chennai.

The shallow lake is known for its diversity of aquatic birds and is an important stopover on migration routes and is reported to be the third most important wetland on the eastern coast of India for migratory shorebirds, particularly during the spring and autumn migration seasons. For this season Greater & Lesser Flamingos, Spot Billed Pelican, Caspian Tern, Sea gulls, 20 species of shorebirds, gulls, terns, little grebe, Indian cormorant, little cormorant, Asian Openbill stork, black-headed ibis, Eurasian spoonbill, lesser whistling teal, spotbill duck, great thick-knee and stone curlew. Several species of wintering waterfowl have been noted including bar-headed goose, ruddy shelduck, Eurasian wigeon, common teal, northern pintail, garganey, northern shoveller, common pochard, brown-headed gull, black-headed gull, whiskered tern, gull-billed tern and Caspian tern. Birds of prey which appear in winter are the: white-bellied sea eagle, harriers and peregrine falcons and some of the native birds are herons and egrets, painted stork, ducks. More will let you know on our workshop.