OikoEssence: October 2017

Friday, 20 October 2017

Bundi and Ramgarh Vishdhari WLS camp report

Bundi and Ramgarh Vishdhari WLS camp report

OikoEssence conducted a nature camp at less known Ramgarh Vishdhari WLS. This sanctuary is good example for typical scrub forest. Major flora is Acacia Spp. etc. We are thankful to forest department for permissions.

In addition to this, we also visited another less known Bhaisrogarh WLS which is surrounded by river Chmabal from 3 ends.

By Shreya B

Fauna Bundi camp

1. Insects

a. Butterflies (Ramgarh vishdhari & Bhainsrorgarh)

1. Plain tiger

By Shreya B

2. Stripped Tiger

3. Common emigrant

4. Lemon pansy

5. Common grass yellow

6. Leopard

7. Common Indian crow

8. Danied eggfly

9. Great eggfly

10. Blue pansy

11. Cerulean?

12. White orange tip

13. Yellow orange tip

b. Other insects

1. Short horned grass hopper

By Shreya B

2. Katydid

3. Cricket

4. Spittle bug

5. Blister beetle

6. Jewel beetle

2. Amphibians

1. Indian toad

2. Indian bull frog

3. Birds

a. Birds observed everywhere

1. Grey frankolin

2. Green bee-eater

3. Crow pheasant

Pied Kingfisher by Rupali G.

4. Black winged kite

5. Black kite

6. Common Hooppoe

7. Shikra

8. Black kite

9. Spotted dove

10. White browed wagtail

11. Scally breasted munia

12. House sparrow

13. House crow

14. Large billed crow

By Bhaskar P

15. Asian palm swift

16. Eurasian collared dove

17. Red wattled lapwing

18. Egyptian vulture

19. Jungle babbler

20. Purple sunbird

21. Ashy prinia

22. Black winged stilt

23. White breasted waterhen

b. Birds observed in Ramgarh Vishdhari WLS only

1. Tern

2. Painted stork

3. Indian pea fowl

4. Pied Kingfisher

5. White throated Kingfisher

By Bhaskar P

6. Pied crested cuckoo

7. Plovers

c. Birds observed in Bhainsrorgarh WLS only

1. Indian vulture

2. Indian grey hornbill

3. Rose ringed parakeet

4. Oriental white-eye

5. Cormorant

6. Eurasian openbill

4. Reptiles -

1. Forest Calotes

2. Monitor lizard

3. Crocodile(Bhainsrorgarh)

5. Mammals

1. Sambar

2. Nilgai

3. Hanuman langur

4. Rhesus macaque

More Clicks

By Bhaskar P

By Shreya B

Chakrata Report

Uttarakhand is blessed with natural beauty. OikoEssence conducted a camp to Chakrata, Uttarakhand from 1^st to 5^th October, 2017.

Pleasant weather welcomed us here along with red billed magpies, songs of whistling thrushes, Deodars, Pines, Spruces, Firs, Oaks, Rhododendrons, Bhojpatra (Betula utilis), Maple & Horse chestnut trees. We got to see a good number of plants and animals during this camp.

Pic By Mr. Thiruvengadam E.

Group with local team

by Ms. Gauri G.

Cotoneaster by Ms. Gauri G.

Chakrata has broad-leaved forest that is dominated by Oak trees and needle leaved trees can be seen as well. Trees like deodar, thuja, fir etc are prominent in needle leaved plants. Small shrubs like Berberis spp., Rosa spp. cotoneaster; herbs like Urtia spp., ringal, bamboos, Geranium, wild spinach, Ephedra, wild strawberries were seen in abundant.