Keoladeo National Park | Bharatpur(Ghana) Bird Sanctuary

Keoladeo National Park | Bharatpur(Ghana) Bird Sanctuary

Keoladeo National Park | Bharatpur(Ghana) Bird Sanctuary

 

👉Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary, also known as  Ghana National Park, is a bird sanctuary that also offers safety to wildlife. It is one of the best bird sanctuaries on this planet,  

👉This park is only 176 km. from Delhi and 50 km from agra.

👉The park is a popular tourist destination, and is well known for its beautiful natural landscape and birds sightseeing. This park is famous for Migratory birds and different endangered species of birds that can only be found here. Most of the Migratory birds come from from Siberia and Central Asia region and spend their winters in Bharatpur. 

Keoladeo National Park

Migratory birds are a beautiful sight to behold. They are able to fly long distances and visit many different places. They are a reminder that life is always moving forward.

Migratory birds spend the winter in one place and the summer in another. Some birds, such as the osprey, spend the winter in different countries. Migratory birds are a sign of the health of the environment. When they are not migrating, they are spending their time eating, flying, and nesting.

Migratory birds help to spread plant and animal life. They eat insects and other small animals. They also eat fruit, which helps to spread seeds.

Migratory birds are important symbols of the natural world. They remind us that life is always moving forward.

Keoladeo, the name derives from an ancient Hindu temple,  dedicated to Lord Shiva and remains at the center of the national park. Term “Ghana”  refers to the dense forests that covers the region. Ghana means dense and it refers to the dense thick forest that cover the area. Dozens of species of grasses and reeds around providing rich grazing for birds and mammals. Painted stork, white ibis, openbills, spoonbills, egrets, herons, cormorants and stags are in quantity whereas thousands of moorhens and jacanas breed in it's rich vegetation.  The food here is in excess and in adequate quantity.

One third of these birds are migrants many of them arrive in Bharatpur before returning to their breeding stations as distant away as Siberia and Central Asia. It was declared a protected sanctuary in 1971

Certain mammals and pythons are most easily sighted at Ghana. Two types of wild cat, , fishing cat and vocal at night are jackals can also be seen. Rock python is a bonus for the visitors, can be seen sunning themselves, especially at the Python Point situated beyond the temple.

Among ducks geese and waders that come to Ghana are Gadhwal wigeon, showler, garganey,warbler, common teals, red crested and white eyed pochards, whistling teals and bare-headed geese appearing in sufficient numbers.  Other visitors are plover, sandpiper and snipe. Rosy and dalmation pelican also join the resident grey pelican. Many terrestrial migrant species can also be sighted. Warblers, pipets, wagtails and buntings are winter visitors

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👀Keoladeo National Park  or Bharatpur National Park is a famous bird sanctuary and birdwatching paradise, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This 29 km reserve is known locally  as Ghana and is a patchwork of dry grasslands, forests, wooded swamps and wetlands. This National park is  home to 366 species of birds, 379 species of flowers, 50 species of fish, 13 Snake species, 5 species of lizards, 7 species of amphibians, 7 species of turtles and a variety of other invertebrates. Almost Every year, thousands of migratory water birds visit the park to breed in the winter.

 

 

A settlement of native water-feathered creatures as well as transient flying aquatic creatures and  winged aquatic creatures, this paradise is also possessed by Sambar, Chital, Nilgai and Boar.  While much of the Indian park has been produced by the hunting situation of Royal India, Keoladeo,  known as the Bharatpur Wildlife Sanctuary, is perhaps the main situation in which the environment has been created by a maharaja. 

 

👉In the past, the city of Bharatpur was often flooded every monsoon.An earthen dam (Ajan Dam) was built in 1760 to spare the city this annual idea of ​​nature. The pain caused by mining the soil for the dam was undone and it turned into Lake Bharatpur. Although Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is open all year round,but the best time to visit Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is  August through November to watch resident birds and  October through February to spot migrating birds.

 

The sanctuary is one of the finest bird-watching sites in the world. The interesting thing is that this place was once the waterfowl hunting ground for  royalty and the British, but it was turned into a nursery for birds and other wildlife  in 1971.   You can take a jeep ride or a safari or in rickshaws to spot exotic birds and some animals that also live in the jungle. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is easily a bird lover's paradise and photographers will also find this place charming.

 

👀Best Time to visit

Although the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is open year round, the best times to visit the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary are August through November to view the resident birds and  October through February to see the  migratory birds.

 

🐈Fauna

The main visitors attractions in  Keoladeo National Park are the different migratory birds that come from  Siberia and Central Asia region and spend their winters in Bharatpur before returning to their breeding grounds.

Migratory birds in the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Refuge include some species of cranes, pelicans, geese, ducks, eagles, hawks, spores, spines, wagtails, warblers, hummingbirds, flycatchers, bunting, lark and beeper, etc.

 

🌳Flora

 

The main vegetation is tropical dry-leaf trees interspersed with dry grass in areas where forests have been spoiled. Except for the deceptively monitored swamps; an important part of the region is secured by medium-sized trees and shrubs.

The northeast mountain range of  Keoladeo National Park is generally dominated by Jamun (Syzygium cumini), Babul (Acacia nilotica) and Kadam (Mitragyna parvifolia). The open forest is mostly made up of Babul with a small amount of Ber and Kandi. Ber and Kair rule the thicket.

Piloo (Salvadora persica) also occur in the national park and just happen to be  woody plants that occur in salty soils. The ocean vegetation is rich and supports waterfowl.

 

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