Sikkim Report

Sikkim is one of Beautiful states of India. OikoEssence conducted a nature camp during April, 2018. We are glad to share the sightings of the same.

Flora 

Includes lots of Rhodendrone spp. such as Rhododendrone arboreum, Rhododendron capanulatum; crolarias, bamboos etc. April is the time when rhododendrones bloom in plenty and it is an amazing experience to observe gloom in such a large quantity.

Fauna

Insects

Butterflies

Western Centaur Oakblue

Common jester

Indian Oakblue

Purple sapphire

Common peacock

Red lacewing

Sikkim Hill Jezebel

Common Lascar

Large cabbage white

Other Insects

Black headed skimmer

March fly

Crematogaster ants

Honey Bee

Hower fly

Katydid

Spittle bug

Birds

Satyr tragopan

Lathami khalij

Indian Peafowl

Spangled drongo

Asian barred owlet

Indian roller

Grey hornbill

Blue rock thrush

Greater golden back

Gold naped Finch

Green magie

Green tailed sunbird

Oriental white eye

Himalayan bulbul

White capped Red start

Rufuous gorgeted flycatcher

Russet sparrow

House sparrow

White tailed nuthatch

Striated laughing thrush

Crimson sunbird

Rufuous breasted bush robbin                                                                 

Black bulbul

Whiskered yuhina

Great tit

Fire breasted flower pecker

White browed fulvetta

Blue rock pigeon

Grey winged black bird

Blue fronted redstart

Scarlet minivet

Indian robbin

Little pied flycatcher

Verditer flycatcher

White collared black bird

Snow pigeon

Brown flanked bush warbler

Grey hooded warbler

Bar throated siva

Olive-backed pipit

Chestnut-crowned laughing thrush

Brown-throated treecreeper

Crested serpent eagle

Large hawk cuckoo

Barn Swallow

Eurasian tree sparrow

Blue winged minla

Red tailed minla

Grey Wagtail

Rufous breasted bush robin

Rufous sibia

Great Barbet

Grey breasted prinia

Speckled wood pigeon

Barred cuckoo dove

White bellied drongo

Black drongo

Mammals

Hoary bellied Himalayan squirrel

Others

Leech

Slug

More Bird Pics

For Other programs of OikoEssence click following link

http://oikoessence.blogspot.com/2017/12/oikoessence-programme-shedule-2018.html

Kolhapur Camp report

Nature camp to Khidrapur and sacred groves near Radhanagari and Dajipur.

Sacred grove or Devrai are the small patches of the forest protected by community with local deity temple. Earlier collection of any kind of forest produce or  hunting were strictly prohibited within these patches. Due to this such natural habitat can grow into a complex forest and can act a gene bank for rest of the area. But now due to rapid urbanization, changing culture and wrong plantation in devrai areas, these reprentative forest are getting lost.

During camp 6 different devrais near Dajipur WLS were visited.

Bird sightings include paradise flycatcher, common kingfisher, white throated kingfisher, yellow footed green pigeon and many more..

The plant list includes -

• Acacia Spp.
• Artocarpus heterophylus (Phanas)
• Bauhinia racemosa (Apta)
• Beautea monosperma (Palas)
• Careya arborea (Kumbhi)
• Carrissa Karandas (Karvand)
• Carvia callosa (Karvi)
• Caryota urens (Bherli mad)
• Cassia fistula (Bahava)
• Cissampelos pareira
• Cryptolepis buchananii (Dudhvel)
• Dendrobium roseum
• Dicoxylum binectorifolium
• Dillenia indica (Karmal)
• Erythrina indica (Pangara)
• Entada rheedii (Garambi)
• Ficus benghslensis (Vad)
• Ficus hespida (Kala umber)
• Ficus racemosa (Umber)
• Ficus religiosa (Pimpal)
• Garuga pinnata (Kakad)
• Gnetum ulva
• Gnidia glauca (datpadi)
• Helicteres isora (Murudsheng)
• Hemidesmus indicus (Anantmul)
• Hollarhena antidysentrica (Pandhra kuda)
• Jasminum sambac (Wild Jasmine)
• Lagerstroemia nana (Nana)
• Lannea coromondelica (Moi)
• Macranga peltata (Chanda)
• Mangifera indica (Amba)
• Memecylon umbellatum (Anjan)
• Morinda pubescence (Bartondi)
• Nothopegia castaneifolia
• Obenaria recurva
• Petalidium barleroides (Indian cristata plant)
• Phyllanthus embelica (Avla)
• Pongamia pinnata (Karanj)
• Securinega leucopyrus (Pandharfali)
• Sterculia urens (Kahandol)
• Tamarindus indicus (Chinch)
• Tectona grandia (Sag)
• Terminalia belerica (Beheda)
• Terminalia chebula (Harda)
• Vaugeria spinosa (Alu)
• Wrigtia tinctoria (Kala kuda)
• Ziziphus rugosa (Bor)

Sharing some photographs clicked during the camp.

Photographs clicked by Thiruvengadam and Shreya B

Securinega leucopyrus

Beauty of deciduous forest- Erythrina Sps.

Ficus Sps.

Heterophragma quandrangularis fruits

Ficus hispida fruits 

Obenaria recurva

Dendrobium roseum

Common Hoopoe

White throated Kingfisher

A perfect place for nesting

Crested Lark

Khidrapur temple

Khidrapur temple

Jezebel on Entada