Bannerghatta Walk by KFD, for Wildlife Week, 021023
Announcement by Executive Director,Bannerghatta National Park:
As part of Wildlife Week, 2023, Bannerghatta Biological Park is hosting a free nature walk for local biodiversity documentation and photography in the Park, from 6.30 to 9.00am on the 2nd, 7th and 8th of October 2023. Citizens above 10 yrs are welcome to join the walk. Children below 18 must be accompanied by a guardian.
Participation is limited to 40 persons per session, hence kindly prebook your place for the nature walk through a WA message to 9035092797 before 5pm on 30 Oct '23. Participants have to assemble at the staff entrance by 6.30am on the day of the nature walk.
Further, we also invite citizens to display their wildlife photographs/paintings during the Wildlife Week at Bannerghatta National Park. Interested citizens can send hard copies of up to three photographs and one painting, to the Public Relations Officer (Ph 9035092796) by 29th September. Photographs will be displayed throughout the Wildlife Week and winners will be invited for the valediction program on 8th October '23.
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Response to the WA message I had sent:
Thank you for registering for the nature walk at Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park.
Kindly fill this Google form to confirm your registration: https://forms.gle/bg3Q5izYJ4nWWKGv5
We request you to assemble at the staff entrance by 6:30 am.
Kindly wear walking shoes with forest friendly / camouflage colour clothes. You can carry a backpack with a water bottle, bird guide, notebook, binoculars and camera. Refreshments will be available between 6:30 am to 6:50 am at staff entrance and breakfast is also provided after the nature walk. Kindly carry an ID card. No eatables are allowed during the nature walk and phones should be on silent mode
Dropped pin
Near Unnamed Road, Bannerughatta, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560083
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BN1kLMY5gCWUfLpbA
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eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S151237258 (56 sp)
iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-10-02&place_id=any&user_id=deemopahan&verifiable=any (https://tinyurl.com/bdpn4m56)
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/86494503@N00/albums/72177720311622897 (79 photos)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10160154312138878&type=3
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The meeting point was the Zoo parking lot. Nearly 100 people assembled on the morning of 2nd October. Sri Suresh, Sri Mani, Sm Anuradha and Sm Aishwarya (who works in the Zoo) all helped gather the people into three groups, under the supervision of forest guards, and participants took three routes into the forest area. I conducted the walk for one group and have agreed to do so on the 8th too.
Badam milk was served to everyone in at the start, and people entered through the Zoo main gate and proceeded on the respective trails. I am giving some details about the trail we followed. It was an area which I used to frequent in the days when the zoo had not been enlarged, and was open to everyone. We visited two or three waterbodies and went into the Herbivore area too. A simple breakfast of chitranna was served to all participants after the walk.
There was also a Wildlife Walk from Vidhana Soudha to Lalbagh, on the same day. I was, of course, unable to attend that.
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Butterflies:
Blue, Lesser Grass
Blue, Pale Grass
Cerulean, Common
Emigrant, Common
Emigrant, Mottled
Four-ring, Common
Jezebel, Common
Mormon, Common
Pansy, Chocolate
Pansy, Lemon
Rose, Common
Rose, Crimson
Tiger, Blue
Tiger, Plain
Tiger, Striped
Wanderer, Common
Yellow, Common Grass
Yellow, Three-spotted Grass
Bees, Blue-banded, Dammer, Honey. Grasshoppers, Short- and Long-horned. Hornet (Paper Wasp) Mantis, Flower and Stick. Spiders, Crab, Giant Wood, Jumping, Lynx, Orb Weaver.
Some of theMedicinal Plants
Bengal Dayflower (Commelina benghalensis)
Black Creeper (Ichnocarpus frutescens)
Cats' Ears (Cyanotis sp)
Coat Button (Tridax procumbens)
Gale in the Wind (Phyllanthus niruri)
Hop Bush (Dodonea viscosa)
Jamaican Spike (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
Mistletoe (Loranthus sp)
Touch-me-not (Mimosa pudica)
Some of the trees
Alale (Terminalia chebula)
Chandan Santalum album)
Honge (Pongaemia pinnata)
Kakke Mara (Cassia fistula)
Maavin Mara (Mangifera indica)
Sampige (Nichela champaca)
Tare(Terminalia bellirica)
Teak (Tectona grandis)
Tare (Terminalia chebula)
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Tariffs sign
Me with the organizers (pic credit, KFD staff)
My group at the start
Black Creeper (Ichnocarpus frutescens, used in Ayurveda)
An elephant enjoys the water in the lake
A Sambar doe
Sambar Stag
Small Minivet
A riveting sight...an Indian Grey Mongoose killed and ate a Russell's Viper
Darter
Black-rumped Flameback
Chital does
Golden Shower (Cassia fistula)
The ladies who helped us. Zoo lady staff, Divya, Sowmya, Rthisha, Geetha, with Suresh sir)
The forest guards who accompanied us through the walk
Volunteers preparing origami decorations for the day at the zoo
Our Zoo has the blessings of Champaka Dhama Swamy. The ancient temple is nearby.
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Videos:
1. 6626 (1) Indian Grey Mongoose with Russell's Viper kill: https://youtu.be/UlX8XledQkM?si=3XNcAFXLlw62HZVk
2. 6632 (2) Indian Grey Mongoose with Russell's Viper kill: https://youtu.be/nqoJVJ593jg?si=ekuqPZecz2c8c03v
As part of Wildlife Week, 2023, Bannerghatta Biological Park is hosting a free nature walk for local biodiversity documentation and photography in the Park, from 6.30 to 9.00am on the 2nd, 7th and 8th of October 2023. Citizens above 10 yrs are welcome to join the walk. Children below 18 must be accompanied by a guardian.
Participation is limited to 40 persons per session, hence kindly prebook your place for the nature walk through a WA message to 9035092797 before 5pm on 30 Oct '23. Participants have to assemble at the staff entrance by 6.30am on the day of the nature walk.
Further, we also invite citizens to display their wildlife photographs/paintings during the Wildlife Week at Bannerghatta National Park. Interested citizens can send hard copies of up to three photographs and one painting, to the Public Relations Officer (Ph 9035092796) by 29th September. Photographs will be displayed throughout the Wildlife Week and winners will be invited for the valediction program on 8th October '23.
***********************
Response to the WA message I had sent:
Thank you for registering for the nature walk at Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park.
Kindly fill this Google form to confirm your registration: https://forms.gle/bg3Q5izYJ4nWWKGv5
We request you to assemble at the staff entrance by 6:30 am.
Kindly wear walking shoes with forest friendly / camouflage colour clothes. You can carry a backpack with a water bottle, bird guide, notebook, binoculars and camera. Refreshments will be available between 6:30 am to 6:50 am at staff entrance and breakfast is also provided after the nature walk. Kindly carry an ID card. No eatables are allowed during the nature walk and phones should be on silent mode
Dropped pin
Near Unnamed Road, Bannerughatta, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560083
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BN1kLMY5gCWUfLpbA
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eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S151237258 (56 sp)
iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-10-02&place_id=any&user_id=deemopahan&verifiable=any (https://tinyurl.com/bdpn4m56)
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/86494503@N00/albums/72177720311622897 (79 photos)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10160154312138878&type=3
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The meeting point was the Zoo parking lot. Nearly 100 people assembled on the morning of 2nd October. Sri Suresh, Sri Mani, Sm Anuradha and Sm Aishwarya (who works in the Zoo) all helped gather the people into three groups, under the supervision of forest guards, and participants took three routes into the forest area. I conducted the walk for one group and have agreed to do so on the 8th too.
Badam milk was served to everyone in at the start, and people entered through the Zoo main gate and proceeded on the respective trails. I am giving some details about the trail we followed. It was an area which I used to frequent in the days when the zoo had not been enlarged, and was open to everyone. We visited two or three waterbodies and went into the Herbivore area too. A simple breakfast of chitranna was served to all participants after the walk.
There was also a Wildlife Walk from Vidhana Soudha to Lalbagh, on the same day. I was, of course, unable to attend that.
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Butterflies:
Blue, Lesser Grass
Blue, Pale Grass
Cerulean, Common
Emigrant, Common
Emigrant, Mottled
Four-ring, Common
Jezebel, Common
Mormon, Common
Pansy, Chocolate
Pansy, Lemon
Rose, Common
Rose, Crimson
Tiger, Blue
Tiger, Plain
Tiger, Striped
Wanderer, Common
Yellow, Common Grass
Yellow, Three-spotted Grass
Bees, Blue-banded, Dammer, Honey. Grasshoppers, Short- and Long-horned. Hornet (Paper Wasp) Mantis, Flower and Stick. Spiders, Crab, Giant Wood, Jumping, Lynx, Orb Weaver.
Some of theMedicinal Plants
Bengal Dayflower (Commelina benghalensis)
Black Creeper (Ichnocarpus frutescens)
Cats' Ears (Cyanotis sp)
Coat Button (Tridax procumbens)
Gale in the Wind (Phyllanthus niruri)
Hop Bush (Dodonea viscosa)
Jamaican Spike (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
Mistletoe (Loranthus sp)
Touch-me-not (Mimosa pudica)
Some of the trees
Alale (Terminalia chebula)
Chandan Santalum album)
Honge (Pongaemia pinnata)
Kakke Mara (Cassia fistula)
Maavin Mara (Mangifera indica)
Sampige (Nichela champaca)
Tare(Terminalia bellirica)
Teak (Tectona grandis)
Tare (Terminalia chebula)
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Tariffs sign
Me with the organizers (pic credit, KFD staff)
My group at the start
Black Creeper (Ichnocarpus frutescens, used in Ayurveda)
An elephant enjoys the water in the lake
A Sambar doe
Sambar Stag
Small Minivet
A riveting sight...an Indian Grey Mongoose killed and ate a Russell's Viper
Darter
Black-rumped Flameback
Chital does
Golden Shower (Cassia fistula)
The ladies who helped us. Zoo lady staff, Divya, Sowmya, Rthisha, Geetha, with Suresh sir)
The forest guards who accompanied us through the walk
Volunteers preparing origami decorations for the day at the zoo
Our Zoo has the blessings of Champaka Dhama Swamy. The ancient temple is nearby.
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Videos:
1. 6626 (1) Indian Grey Mongoose with Russell's Viper kill: https://youtu.be/UlX8XledQkM?si=3XNcAFXLlw62HZVk
Click to view2. 6632 (2) Indian Grey Mongoose with Russell's Viper kill: https://youtu.be/nqoJVJ593jg?si=ekuqPZecz2c8c03v