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The Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus is an Old World warbler from the family Locustellidae (Bush warblers). It is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN (Birdlife International, 2016) and is endemic to India (BirdLife International 2016). It is a resident species in the Western Ghats of India and is suspected to have local movement (Rasmussen & Anderton 2012). It is restricted to grassy highlands, principally in the Western Ghats (Rasmussen & Anderton 2012). This note describes observations of this species at a new site in western Maharashtra, with evidence of possible breeding. In June 2014, MG sent, for identification, the photograph of a warbler to CR, and SB, which he had taken near (18.37 N, 73.75 E) Sinhagad Fort, Pune District (Maharashtra, India). They identified it as a Broad-tailed Grassbird by its shape, and barred, rounded tail. We visited the location on the same day, where we spotted confiding birds, making it possible to take good photographs [138-139]. This is a tourist spot and is regularly visited by a large number of people, so it seems that the birds were not disturbed by the presence of people.