Glory of Allapalli, Hemalkasa - Gadchiroli

In-front of tallest teak tree of the area. Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

WWF-India, MSO had organized a nature camp to Glory of Allapalli, Bhamragad and Hemalkasa, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. 17 participants attended the camp. It was our great pleasure when Dr. Prakash Amte interacted with our team and their experience with us. We are highly thankful to the entire team of Allapalli, Gadchiroli - Maharashtra Forest Department for giving us this opportunity. This area has abundant forms of biodiversity. We also visited 'Chaprala Sanctuary' on our way back.

confluence of reviersclicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

Given below is a list of sightings with some photographs:

1. Flora

1. Vad/Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis)
2. Palas/Flame of the forest (Butea monosperma)
3. Amba/Mango tree (Mangifera india)
4. Karanj/Pongam oil tree  (Pongamia pinnata)
5. Katesavar/Red silk cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
6. Gulvel/Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia)
7. Sag/Teak (Tectona grandis)
8. Bahava/ Indian Laburnum (Cassia fistula)
9. Aaghada/Prickly chaff flower (Achyranthes aspera)
10. Umber/Country fig tree (Ficus glomerata)
11. Ghaneri/Red sage (Lantana camara)
12. Jambhul/Java plum/Black plum (Syzygium cumini)
13. Wild Karwand (Carissa spinarum)
14. Moi, Shemat/Indian Ash tree (Lannea coromandelica)   
15. Pimpal/Sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa)
16. Khair/Catechu tree (Acacia catechu)     
17. Vavla/Indian Elm (Holoptelia integrifolia)
18. Bor/Indian jujube (Ziziphus jujube)
19. Tad/Palmyra fan (Borassus flabellifer)
20. Mogli Erand (Jatropha curcas)
21. Kala kuda/Sweet indrajao (Wrightia tinctoria)
22. Pandara kuda/Tellicherry bark (Holarrhena antydysentrica)
23. Anantmul/Indian sarsaparilla (Hemidesmus indicus)
24. Ain/Laurel (Terminalia crenulata)        
25. Garuga/Kakad (Garuga pinnata)
26. Takla/Wild senna (Cassia tora)
27. Shivan/White teak (Gmelina arborea)
28. Haldu (Haldina cordifolia)
29. Shisham/Indian rosewood(Dalbergia sissoo)
30. Asana/Spinous kino tree(Bridelia retusa)
31. Kharoti/Sand paper tree(Streblus asper) 



Kumudini clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

32.  Moha/Indian butter tree(Madhuca longifolia)

33. Tendu/East Indian Ebony(Diospyros melanoxylon)
34. Bamboo(Dendrocalamus strictus)
35. Chinch/Tamarind (Tamarindus indiaca)
36. Babhul/Gum arabic (Acacia nilotica subsp indica)
37. Garari (Cleistanthus collinus)
38. Shirish/Siris tree (Albizia lebeck)
39. Aboli/Firecraker flower(Crossandra infundibuliforms)
40. Ukshi/paper flower climber (Calycopteris floribanda)
41. Apta/Bidi leaf tree (Bauhinia racemosa)
42. Kanchan/Purple bauhinia(Bauhinia purpurea)
43. Lokhandi/torch tree (Ixora pavetta)
44. Jackal jujube (Ziziphus oenoplia)
45. Kusum/Ceylon oak (Schleichera oleosa)
46. Kalam/Kaim (Mitragyna parvifolia)
47. Dhavda/Axle wood tree (Anogeissus latifolia)
48. Kumudini/water snowflake ( Nymphoides indica)
49. Kanchari/Sessile joyweed (Alternanthera sessilis)
50. Gardenia latifolia
51. Gela/Mountain pomegranate (Catunaregam spinosa)
52. Nana/Ben teak (Lagerstroemia microcarpa)
53. Hivar/white bark acacia (Acacia leucophloea)
54. Payar/Indian rock fig (Ficus arnottiana)

2. Fauna

A. Insects:

a. Butterflies:

1. Common sailer
2. Blue mormon

   

   Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

3. Striped tiger
4. Chocolate pansy
5. Yellow pansy
6. Blue pansy
7. Peacock pansy
8. Small grass yellow
9. Lime
10. Common crow
11. Common hedge blue
12. Common emigrant
13. Common rose
14. Common wanderer
15. Psyche
16. Common grass yellow
17. Common palmfly
18. Dark evening brown
19. Danied eggfly
20. Common castor
21. Plain tiger

b. Other insects:

1. Cricket

   

   Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap
   

   
   

2. Short horned grasshopper
3. Shield bug
4. Potter wasp
5. Termites
6. Pagoda ants
7. Godzilla ants
8. Forest cockroach
9. Red cotton bug
10. Honey Bee
11. Fire ants
12. Long horned grasshopper
13. Paper wasp

B. Arachnids

1. Giant wood spider
2. Funnel spider
3. Debri-collecting spider
4. Social spider

C. Amphibians

1. Common Indian toad

D. Reptiles

1. Garden lizard
2. Forest calotes
3. Indian skink

E. Birds

Green bee eater Clicked by Dr. Vasant Sahasrabuddhe

1. House crow
2. Large billed crow
3. House sparrow
4. Golden-fronted leafbird
5. Oriental white-eye
6. Red vented bulbul
7. White-browed fantail
8. Spotted owlet
9. Black drongo
10. Darter
11. Lesser whistling duck
12. White bellied drongo
13. Spotted Dove
14. White throated kingfisher
15. Small blue kingfisher
16. Rose ringed parakeet
17. Jungle babbler
18. Orange headed thrush
19. Purple rumped sunbird
20. Purple sunbird
21. Common myna

    

    Crested serpent eagle Dr. Vasant Sahasraduddhe

22. Scaly breasted munia
23. Pond heron
24. Cattle egret
25. Little egret
26. Common tailor bird
27. Black kite
28. Black shouldered kite
29. Black-rumped flameback
30. Indian roller
31. Rufous treepie
32. Oriental magpie robin
33. Indian robin

    

    Copper-smith barbet Dr. Vasant Sahasrabuddhe

34. Long tailed shrike
35. Shikra
36. Crested serpent eagle
37. Grey headed fisheagle
38. Green bee-eater
39. Coppersmith barbet
40. Eurasian golden oriole
41. Black-hooded oriole
42. Yellow footed green pigeon
43. Cormorant
44. Swifts?

Orange headed thrush Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

Jangle babble clicked by Dr. Vasant Sahasrabuddhe

Spotted owlet clicked by Dr. Vasant Sahasrabuddhe

F. Mammals

1. Spotted deer
2. Hanuman langur
3. Bonnet macaque
4. Malabar giant squirrel
5. Three-striped squirrel

G. Others:

1. Millipede
2. Land crab

Dr. Prakash Amte interacting with participants Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

Allapalli Forest Guest house

Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

Clicked by Dr. Shreya Bhanap

For future programme click on following links:
http://wwfmso.blogspot.in/2014/11/wwf-india-mso-programme-january-june.html
http://wwfmso.blogspot.in/2014/11/wwf-india-mso-camp-to-nagaland-and.html

Aswali camp report

WWF-India, MSO arranged a nature camp to Aswali range of forest, Gholwad for its supporters and other nature lovers.

We got to observe good amount of biodiversity and also got to learn the changing pattern of Tribe life style. The land that had a continuous range of forest is slowly getting disturbed by tree cutting and fencing. After interacting with few locals we learnt that it all started the declaration of the Forest Land Act.

Vishnukrant clicked by Prasad Gawde

Given below is the list of sightings

Flora:

Ruelia tuberose

Curcuma pseudomontana (Hill turmeric)

Celosia argentea (Kurdu)

Indigofera linfolia (Lal-gondhali)

Cyanotis spp

Evolvulus alsinoides (Vishnukrant)

Alysicarpus longifolius

Impatience balsamina (Balsum)

Sophubia spp.clicked by Bhaskar Paratey

Neanotis lancifolia (Taraguchchha)

Polygonum glabra (Sheral)

Madhuca longifolia (Mahua, Moha)

Bombax ceiba (Kate-Sawar)

Heterophragma quadriloculare (Waras)

Butea monospaerma (Palas)

Dillenia indica

Gmelia arborea (Shivan)

Catunaragum spinosa (Gela)

Bauhinia racemosa (Apta)

Morinda pubescence (bartindi)

Haldinia cordifolia (Haldu)

Clicked by E. Thiruvengadam

Atlantia racemosa (Makadlimbu)

Plumbago zeylanica (Chitrak)

Costus speciosus (spiral ginger)

Thespesia lampas (ran bhendi)

Canavalia lineata (Sagar abai)

Argyreria festiva

Thunbergia fragrance (Chemine)

Adansonia digitata (Baobab)

Casurina equisetifolia (Suru)

Terminalia bellerica (Beheda)

Chitrak clicked by Prasad Gawde

Carya arborea (Kumbha)

Acacia catechu (Kath)

Anogeissus latifolia (Dhavda)

Helicteros isora (East Indian screw tree)

Flacourtia montana (atak)

Syzigium cumini (jambul)

Phoenix sylvestris (Shindi)

Borassus flabellifer (Tadgola)

Manilkara hexandra (Ryan)

Ficushispida (Rough leaved fig)

Ficus racemosa (Umber)

Pollensclicked by Rupali Gurav

Schleichera oleosa (Kusum, Ceylon oak)

Common pierrot clicked by R. Naimi

Common fourring clicked by R. Naimi

Gaudy baron clicked by Bhaskar Paratey

Caterpillar with some outgrowth clicked by Prasad Gawde

Common gull clicked by Prasad Gawde

Fauna

Insects:

bush brown butterfly clicked by Rupali Gurav

Butterflies:

Common Indian crow

Common pierrot

Common evening brown

Common fourring

Striped tiger

Common gull

Great egg-fly

Gaudy baron

Other:

Tortoise beetle

Jewel beetle

Paper wasp

Paper wasp clicked by E. Thiruvengadam

Stingless bees

Grasshopper clicked by Rupali Gurav

Ruddy marsh skimmer (Dragonfly)

Damselflies

Katydid

Short horned grasshopper

Robberfly

Fireants

Bagworm

Tunnel web spider clicked by Bhaskar Paratey

Arachnids:

Signature spider clicked by Rupali Gurav

Giant wood spider

Tunnel spider

Signature spider

Amphibian:

Common Indian toad

 

Signature spider clicked by Rupali Gurav

Garden lizard clicked by Rupali Gurav

Reptiles:

Forest calotes

Garden lizard

Birds:

Hoppoe

Shikra

House crow

Large billed crow

Cattle egrets

Indian grey hornbill

White throated kingfisher

Black tailed godwit

Little ringed plover

Red wattled lapwing

Black kite

Black drongo

Oriental magpie robin

Red vented bulbul

Common iora

Common myna

Jungle babbler

Purple sunbird

House sparrow

Black hooded oriole

Dead jelly fish on sea shore nearby clicked by Rupali Gurav

Clicked by Rupali Gurav

Report: List of sightings during TIFR trail

Kailaspaati. Clicked by RupaliGurav

On 18th May, 2014 WWF-India , Maharashtra State Office organised a trail at TIFR colony campus, Colaba. About 20 participants including WWF-India supporters, nature club members, TIFR staff and other nature lovers attended the trail. We were delighted to see the tremendous variety of biodiversity that it holds. This includes magnificent trees such as shami, banyan, kailaspaati etc; birds suchas kites, owlets etc. We are thankful to PRO Mr. Kishore Menon and the staff members who joined us for the trail and shared the valuable information and their observation on the campus biodiversity.

 

Clicked by Gauri

List of sightings during TIFR

A. Flora:

1.       Ficus religiosa

2.       Dolichendron falcata

3.       Couroupita guianensis(Kailaspaati)

4.       Adensonia digitata (Baobab)

5.       Cerbera maghance (sea mango)

6.       Tecoma stans

7.       Gliricidia maculata

8.       Tabebuea rosea

9.       Prosopis sineraria

10.   cocos nucifera

11.   Umbrella schefflera (umbrella tree)

12.   Plumeria alba (chafa)

13.   Plumeria rubra

14.   Atrabotris hexapetala (hirva chafa)

15.   Cassia fistula (Amaltas)

16.   Cassia alata

17.   Ficus benghalelnsis (Watavriksh)

18.   Garcenia indica (kokum)

19.   Roystonia regia (royal palm)

20.   Ficus benjamina

21.   Aegel mormolos (bel)

22.   Artocarpus intergrifolia (phanas)

23.   Mangifera indica (mango)

24.   Kigelia pinnata (sausage tree)

25.   Delonix regia (gulmohor)

26.   Peltophorum pterocarm (copper pod)

27.   Samamea saman(rain tree)

28.   Swetenia mahogani (Indian mahogany)

29.  Pterospermum acerifolium

B. Fauna:

1. Insects

a. Butterflies: Tailed Jay, Common mormon, common Bluebottle, Common leopard

b. Others: Jewel beetle, carpenter beetle, red silk cotton bug

2. Reptiles:

Common garden lizard

3. Birds:

1.       House crow

2.       Long billed crow

3.       House sparrow

4.       Spotted owlet

5.       Blue rock pigeon

6.       Coppersmith barbet

7.       Rose ringed parakeet

8.       Alexandrian parakeet

9.       Common myna

10.   Asian koel

11.   Oriental magpie robin

12.   Red whiskered bulbul

13.   Black kite

4.  Mammals:

Three striped squirrel

For future program please check following link
 http://wwfmso.blogspot.in/2014/05/wwf-india-mso-programme-july-december.html

Clicked by Shannen Castelino

Clicked by Kashmira Khot