Fauna
Large number of crocodiles on the lake side have been sighted on the shores of the lake and also reported by fishermen and officials of IIT, Powai. White-throated Kingfisher, Small Blue Kingfisher, Spot-billed Duck, Spotted Dove, a few Purple Swamphens, Purple-rumped Sunbirds, Bronze-winged and Pheasant-tailed Jacanas, Ashy Prinias, Brahminy Kite, Red-vented, Red-whiskered and White-browed Bulbuls, cormorants, Lesser Whistling Ducks, grey, purple and Indian Pond Herons, Little, Intermediate Egret and Great Egrets, Peregrine Falcon, Greater Coucal, Rose-ringed and Alexandrine Parakeets, Eurasian Marsh Harrier (possibly winter visitor), Woolly-necked Stork (winter visitor) Hoopoe & Whiskered Terns. butterflies, honey bees, bumble bees and beetles have also been sighted.
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