

We have documented the following biodiversity within the Kavesar Lake and its riparian, catchment and buffer zone area of around 6-7 acres (around 2.50 hectares).
Birds :-
1. Common Coot
2. Spot-Billed Duck
3. Tricoloured Munia
4. Pale Billed Flowerpecker
5. Pheasant Tailed Jacana
6. Asian Openbill
7. Common myna
8. Asian Pied Starlings
9. Rose ringed parakeets
10. Alexandrine parakeets
11. Black Drongo
12. Jungle babbler
13. Tawny bellied babbler
14. Yellow eyed babbler
15. Clamorous Reed Warbler
16. White breasted waterhen
17. Common Moorhen
18. Indian pond heron
19. Black crowned night heron
20. Striated heron
21. Black bittern
22. Bronze-winged jacana
23. Common kingfisher
24. White breasted kingfisher
25. Pied kingfisher
26. Black kite
27. Shikra
28. Spotted dove
29. Tickell's blue flycatcher
30. Asian brown flycatcher
31. Spotted owlets
32. Grey wagtail
33. Little Egret
34. Lesser Whistling Ducks
35. Greater Coucal
36. Asian Koel
37. Red Vented Bulbuls
38. Red Whiskered Bulbuls
39. Green Bee-Eaters
40. Scaly Breasted Munia
41. House Sparrow
42. Large Billed Crow
43. Cattle Egrets
44. Coppersmith Barbet
45. Long-Tailed Shrike
46. Indian Robin
47. Oriental Magpie Robin
48. Indian Golden Oriole
49. Spot-breasted fantail
50. Purple-rumpled Sunbird
51. Rosy Starlings
52. Rock Pigeons
53. Common Tailor Bird
54. Ashy Prinia
55. Purple Heron
56. Median Egret
57. Intermediate Egret
58. Common Iora
59. Shaheen Falcon
60. White-eyed Buzzard (1 June 2025)
61. Black hooded Oriole
62. Booted Warbler
63. Greenish Warbler
64. Cinnamon Bittern
65. Indian Paradise Flycatcher
66. Black naped Monarch
67. Red-breasted Flycatcher
68. Barn Owl
69. Indian Grey Hornbills
Mammals :-
1. Indian grey mongoose
2. Indian Palm Squirrel
3. Bats
Reptiles :-
1. Indian rat snake
2. Russell's viper
3. Indian spectacled cobra
4. Green vine snake
5. Checkered keelback
6. Indian Garden Lizards
7. Gecko
8. Skink
9. Monitor Lizard
10. Indian flapshell turtle
Amphibians :-
1. Indian bull frog
2. Common toad
Aquatic animals:- 1. Crabs
2. Tilipia
3. Carps
4. Bull head catfish
Edible wild plants of Kavesar wetland habitat
- तेरं अळू
Colocasia esculenta
2. कडू कंद
Dioscorea bulbifera
3. कंचरी
Sessile Joyweed
4. नळीची भाजी (water spinach)
Ipomoea aquatica
5. कमळ काकडी
Nelumbo Nucifera
6. आंबोटी(Oxalis)
Oxalis corniculata
7. शेवळं / लोथ
Amorphophallus Commutatus
8. पेव (Costus)
Cheilocostus speciosus
9. भोकर (glue berry/लसोडा)
Cordia dichotoma
10. उंबर
Ficus racemosa
*Trees*
1. Banyan Tree (*Ficus benghalensis*)
2. Karanj (*Pongamia pinnata*)
3. Tamarind (*Tamarindus indica*)
4. Moha (*Madhuca longifolia*)
5. Arjun (*Terminalia arjuna*)
6. Kadamb (*Neolamarckia cadamba*)
7. Kate Savar / Red Silk Cotton Tree (*Bombax ceiba*)
8. Bhokar (*Ziziphus mauritiana*)
9. Bahava / Indian Laburnum (*Cassia fistula*)
10. Pangara / Indian Coral Tree (*Erythrina variegata*)
11. Taman / Jarul (*Lagerstroemia speciosa*)
12. Sita Ashok (*Saraca asoca*)
13. Jambhul / Java Plum (*Syzygium cumini*)
14. Mango (*Mangifera indica*)
15. Koral / Kanchan (*Bauhinia purpurea*)
16. Pimpal / Peepal (*Ficus religiosa*)
17. Umbar / Cluster Fig (*Ficus racemosa*)
18. Saptaparni / Blackboard Tree (*Alstonia scholaris*)
19. Paras Pimpal / Portia Tree (*Thespesia populnea*)
20. Buchache Jhad / Indian Cork Tree (*Millingtonia hortensis*)
21. Neem (*Azadirachta indica*)
22. Coconut (*Cocos nucifera*)
23. Palas (*Butea monosperma*)
24. Teak (*Tectona grandis*)
25. Ain (*Terminalia elliptica*)
26. Bakul (*Mimusops elengi*)
27. Rain Tree (*Samanea saman*)
28. Indian Almond (*Terminalia catappa*)
29. Jackfruit (*Artocarpus heterophyllus*)
30. Shivan / Gmelina (*Gmelina arborea*)
*Aquatic and Wetland Plants*
1. Vetiver Grass
2. Water Spinach (*Ipomoea aquatica*)
3. White Lotus (*Nelumbo nucifera*) - Noted as a rare species
4. Water Lily (*Nymphaea pubescens*)
5. Purple fountain grass (Pennisetum advena 'Rubrum')
6. Narrowleaf Cattail
*Shrubs and Climbers*
1. Hibiscus (*Hibiscus rosa-sinensis*)
2. Lantana (*Lantana camara*)
3. Jasmine (*Jasminum sambac*)
4. Butterfly Pea (*Clitoria ternatea*)
5. Bougainvillea (*Bougainvillea spectabilis*)
6. Morning Glory (*Ipomoea purpurea*)
*Ground Cover and Herbs*
1. Brahmi (*Bacopa monnieri*)
2. Cynodon Grass (*Cynodon dactylon*)
3. Touch-me-not (*Mimosa pudica*)
4. Tulsi (*Ocimum tenuiflorum*)
5. Nutgrass (*Cyperus rotundus*) (*Cymbopogon citratus*)
6. Indian Pennywort (*Centella asiatica*)
Butterflies & Moths
- Plain Tiger
- Striated Tiger
- Blue Tiger
- Common Jezebel
- Common Baron
- Common Jay
- Common Crow
- Danaid Eggfly
- Hummingbird moth
Others
1. Snails
2. Earthworms
3. Dragonflies, Damselflies,
4. Bees, Bumblebee and other insects and Spiders
5. Mushrooms like Trametes versicolor