Week 2 – The Flight of the Flamingos Festival
February 15-16
Two extraordinary days for Coastwise Marine Festival over the weekend, where participants saw a slightly different side of an intertidal area. They saw what a mangrove ecosystem looks like and the animals it hosts with Sheetal Chadhari Pachpande and Harshal Karve.
They got closer to the landscape through an art workshop by Gaurav Patil and ended the day with a magnificent boat ride where they saw quite literally – the flight of the flamingos.
The event was held at the Coastal Marine & Biodiversity Centre, Airoli. Event organised by Mangrove Foundation, Marine Life of Mumbai and WWF India.
Glimpses of the weekend.
Our beautiful flamingo mural made by Visual Sarkasm stands outside the Coastal & Marine Biodiversity Centre, Airoli.
Sheetal Chaudhri Pachpande takes the participants on a mangrove walk.
Harshal Karve talking about the animals that stay in the mangrove ecosystem.
Gaurav Patil takes a marine art workshop to bring the participants closer to the subjects they just saw.
Family fun time at the marine art workshop.
Full house at the marine art workshop.
A good few hours spent in the art workshop
Roots, water, animal. and the connections they represent
A boat ride to see Mumbai’s magnificent avian visitors.
The flight of the flamingos in real time
A happy weekend, happy people, happy Coastwise.
Up close and personal with flamingos
Mumbai has so many beautiful spaces for so many different species. We just have to look.
Joyride through mangrove country.
