Pashan Garh, Panna National Park

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Pashan Garh

One of India's smaller but well known reserves, Panna National Park is known for its wild cats, including tiger, leopard and other cat species. Wild dog, wolf, hyena and caracal all wander the park's large plateau. Sloth bear make their home among the rocky escarpments. The dense forests shelter the large sambar deer, as well as chital and chowsingha. Milgai and chinkara can be seen on the outskirts of the open grasslands.

Panna is situated along the banks of the Ken River, which flows through the reserve from north to south, providing a life line to the park's wildlife. Two species of crocodile specific to India, the mugger and the rarely spotted long snouted gharial, can be found in the river.

Dense mixed forests cover the reserve, interspersed with open grasslands and woodlands. Panna lies in the hills of Vindhya range and, after the monsoon season, the deep ravines are punctuated with cascading waterfalls. Streams and lakes fill up with water, luring flocks of migratory birds. Panna boasts more than 200 bird species, with the magnificent colours of India's national bird, the peacock, often spotted in the reserve. White necked stork, bareheaded goose and honey buzzard are among the many other birds spotted in the park.

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BEAR SEASON

One Saturday evening, we were heading towards the Mahua Pani watch tower to catch a glimpse of the sun go down amidst the Vindhyanchal range. As soon as we got off the vehicle we headed towards the edge of the plateau to admire the beautiful Ken river below us when our guide Suresh, suddenly shouted bhaloo (bear). At first we looked around but couldn't...

Posted: Pashan Garh by Yajuvendra Upadhyaya, Date: 16 April 2013

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THE NEWBORN

We were driving in the Hinauta range of Panna National Park . It was early morning when one of the forest officials told us that an elephant of the park management had given birth! Without any hesitation we headed straight to the Bargarhi Patrolling camp where the mother and her young one were together. The young elephant was only interested in his...

Posted: Pashan Garh by Yajuvendra Upadhyaya, Date: 11 April 2013

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THE TUSSLE OF THE CHINKARA

One fine Monday morning we were driving to the Mahua Pani watch tower inside the Panna National Park when we suddenly encountered a male and female chinkara locking horns with each other. When we first approached them they looked at us for a few seconds before resuming their tussle. This tussle went on for a few minutes before walked away into the...

Posted: Pashan Garh by Yajuvendra Upadhyaya, Date: 3 April 2013

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SAVANNA NIGHTJAR

This star bird was very well camouflaged amidst the tree stumps and small pieces of limestone when suddenly we heard its dheet call. Our guide Kailash immediately spotted this bird!

Posted: Pashan Garh by Yajuvendra Upadhyaya, Date: 2 April 2013

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FASTEST DIVING BIRD

One morning when the weather was cloudy we saw this bird flying in a gorge on eye to eye level.

Posted: Pashan Garh by pradeep Rana, Date: 30 March 2013

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SLOTH BEAR

One evening inside the park we saw a black thing moving on the grass land next to road. When we drove closer we saw this huge sloth bear feeding on flowers on a Mahua tree. Once he saw us he started running away into the dense undergrowth and scrub forest.

Posted: Pashan Garh by pradeep Rana, Date: 28 March 2013

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THE BIG ONE

The Sambar is the largest deer found in the Indian Subcontinent, early this morning I got a chance to get this huge Sambar in 1 frame.

Posted: Pashan Garh by Yajuvendra Upadhyaya, Date: 4 March 2013

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THE CLASH OF ANTLERS

With the rutting season of the spotted deer, a clash of antlers is inevitable, this evening we saw one male trying to challenge another.

Posted: Pashan Garh by Yajuvendra Upadhyaya, Date: 1 March 2013

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VULTURES AT EYE LEVEL

We were in this gorge enjoying the view of vultures soaring high in the air, when one of them (a Eurasian griffon) decided to drop down on a cliff!

Posted: Pashan Garh by Yajuvendra Upadhyaya, Date: 1 March 2013

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CANIBAL BULLS

We were looking at the mash sandpiper fishing on a nallah, when about 100 meters ahead in the grasslands, we saw these 4 bulls feeding on a carcass of one of their own kind. We had no clue as to why this was happening!