Earlier this month, a Mumbai birder spotted a great knot bird with a radio tag on its leg at Akshi beach in Alibaug. It has come to light that the bird had travelled all the way from China and had been banded on August 26 at Yalujiang by Bai Qingquan.

Birder Avinash Bhagat posted on Facebook recently that he was lucky to spot the endangered bird during his birding trip. "A tagged Great Knot bird sighted at Akshi beach during our visit this winter. This bird has been tagged in Yalujiang, China, as per colour flagging protocol on East Asian-Australian flyway."