Thousands of threatened waders
Hello peeps, got a good response for the previous posts so thought I ought to write more (I had lost hope of getting any audience) . So on October 8 2018, I decided to visit a road side marsh which is surrounded by very high density settlements. It is at Mai Kolachi road in central Karachi. I have attached a Google map still below... I hoped to get some common waders so all set, I left with the birding buddy, Aba jee. Camera charged and off we went. That small marsh dotted with Mangroves always seemed a good birding spot whenever I passed by it. We stopped the rickshaw right next to the busy road and I hoped out to get some lifers. Within moments, I realized the place was ruined with sewage by the surrounding places and as this tiny spot is linked with the main sea, all this garbage this gets out as well. The birds made me forget the killer smell, the spot was filled with Gull billed terns . I counted them roughly and got the figure at 200s. It was a good count for such a small are
