Migratory bird watching at Bhigwan - Simply amazing experience

Bhigwan is the small village located on the border of Pune and Solapur district on National Highway 9 in Maharashtra, India. Bhigwan is located on the backwaters of Ujni dam in Yashwant Sagar reservoir which is best place to watch the migratory bird near Pune.

The distance between Pune city to Bhigwan is 105 Km and one can travel by various means as State Transport Bus going towards Solapur in 3.5 hour, by passenger train heading towards Solapur but both the means are not convenient so my suggestion will be the personal transport as bike, car or cab.

So on 17th December 2013 me and my friend decided to go for bird watching at Bhigwan (Kumbhargaon) and started at 6 am in the morning an managed to reach at 7.30 am, which was the amazing experience of driving the bike in the freeze weather of 8-9 degree Celsius on the amazing road I have ever seen before which made our day.
Road map from Pune to Bhigwan (Kumbhargaon)
There are two place at Bhigwan for bird watching as Diksal and Kumbhargaon which is in the perimeter of 10 km.

1. Diksal: After reaching Bhigwan town on Solapur highway there is a left turn which will take you towards Diksal. Diksal is a small village on the distance of 4 km from Bhigwan. There is a bridge on the road where many bird resides nearby.

2. Kumbhargaon: After reaching Bhigwan town on Solapur highway travel more 2 km straight and you will find a sign board which point left for "Kumbhargaon" village. It is also known as "flamingo point".

Plan to reach Bhigwan around or before 7.30 am as it the best time to see many birds.

Grey Heron

Black Head Gulls

River Tern

Grey Heron with 3 Painted Stork

Grey Heron with Many Great Egret's

Black Ibis

Grey Heron

Black Head Ibis

Great ride

NH 9 simply amazing

We do not find any flamingos as they are yet to arrive (best time is Jan - Feb) we will again plan the same visit in the month of February to see the Great Flamingo.