We will drive along the road, and stop at 4 points along this road, provided we have the time. Location 4, where the tarred road ends and becomes a mud road, is usually a good place to look for raptors. Very scenic, too!
Bring: Binoculars, cameras (all kinds of lenses can be used, there are plenty of macro subjects too), bird books/apps,
Wear: Hats/caps, dull-coloured clothes, comfy walking shoes. Bring rainwear if rain is forecast.
Food/water: Bring plenty of water. Snacks, if you like to share (we like doing so!)
Washrooms not available.
No water or shops after the village (Ragihalli).
Fairly level terrain, with just a little climbing at point 2, if one wishes to. The road becomes a mud path and goes on (beyond location 4 where I stop), for about 14 more km before joining Kanakapura Road,
People can leave whenever they wish to.
Please do try and be punctual, I like taking a group photograph with all the participants! However, if anyone is delayed they just have to drive along the road and they will meet the group at point 2 if not point 1, along the road.
Those who would like to come for the outing can join the WA group, at
Damini, Jay, Uday. Uday’s car had a problem, we took Jay’s car. We left at 3.45 from Casa Ansal Reached only by 6.45am but since it was cloudy there was no sunrise to miss.
Fixed up as a private outing. Apoorva, Damini, Jayashree, Uday, and I. Apoorva dropped out.
Gaita, Srikant (spelling?), Vidyut, Tara, Shalini, Apoorva, Damini, Priyanka, Lakhan, Digil. Gaita’s daughter Seher joined just after I took the photo.
Walks Populi/DMW: Outing to Muthanallur Lake, Sun, 21 Apr ’24 Where: Muthanallur KereWhen: Sun, 21 Apr ’24 Meeting time: 0630 hrs. Meeting point location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FnDnLcVEgJw1hcVm6 Level terrain. No washrooms available. Wear: Dull-coloured clothes, caps/hats, comfy walking shoes. Bring: Binoculars, bird books/apps, cameras, water, and snacks if you like to share (we do!) Those who would like to participate, please join the WhatsApp group for the walk, on this invitation link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/C13YoFtre5lBOvmvzuguXC After joining the group, we can discuss car-pooling logistics before, and exchange information and images after, the walk. Post-walk breakfast point: Adyar Anand Bhavan (A2B): location https://goo.gl/maps/Q7MdsoJkzvVhty7c9 In case of need/emergency, contact: Deepa Mohan, 99800 10366 Damini Gupta, 96207 16510 Shalni Ukunge, 78291 55214 Looking forward to meeting some of you on Sunday! Cheers, Deepa.
I should not give the Devi temple as a Google maps location. Almost all of us were led astray, Mani, his cousin Raj, Anu and her cousin did not mark the location where they parked and spent hours after the walk, hunting, in the hot sun. We had to park about 1km from the temple but marked our location and were also able to walk to the temple and find our way back afterwards. Many people came up the “pig farm” path, turned left and parked.
Location to give, on the opposite side of the lake
(direct access from Begur Lake Rd/Manipal County Road to the entry pointt was blocked last time we visited. If it is still blocked we have to go a little further on the road and take a right to the approx parking location.)
Not a circular walk, people can leave any time they wish to. Washrooms not available.
Bring: Binoculars, cameras, bird apps, books, pads/pencils Wear: Dull-coloured clothes, hats/caps (no shade at the lake), comfy walking shoes Bring plenty of water and snacks if you like to share (we do!)
Those who would like to participate in this walk can join the WA group for the outing at
Never been here, would explore the lake surroundings.
shall limit to 5/6 participants.
Wear: Forest-friendly clothes, Dull coloured clothes, Comfortable shoe, Hats/Caps, Sun protection (Sunshades, Sunscreen etc). (No Perfumes/Deodorants please)
Bring: Binoculars, Camera, Field guides (Book or Apps), Field journals to take notes, Sketch Book etc. Don’t forget to get water, Fruits and Healthy snacks.
Black-hooded Oriole nectaring on flowers of Silver Oak
Praying Mantis in the flower of Tecoma stans
Snack time
Coloured Sterculia (Sterculia/Firmiana colorata)
Munish brought delicious Passion Fruit from his garden
Parasitized pupae
View of B M Kaval kere (lake) from Neralu Farm, which Anirudh manages for his father, a doctor
Anirudh sells us vegetables fresh off the field
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Sudha and Nagaraj are the N and the S ofthe very successful NASA Davengere Benne Dose Hotel, on Kanakapura Road, that they managed on Kanakapura Road. It was our favourite brefus joint after a visit to Ravugodlu. They have now moved to a new location off Kanakapura Road. One A in NASA (Abhishek) is also there at the eatery, helping them; the other A has married and has a young child of her own to look after now!
Announcement: Kalkere Biodiversity Walk: Saturday, 9 March ’24
The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bannerghatta, is pleased to announce the Kalkere Biodiversity Walk for March ’24
Where: Kalkere Reserve Forest
When: Saturday, 9 March ’24
Meeting Time: 6 15am.
The groups will start the walk by 6.30am. Each group will be accompanied by at least one Forest Guard/KFD official.
The walk is restricted to 40 people in 2 groups of 20 each.
Since sunrise is now later, we will have the walk in a single phase, from 6.15 to 9.30am.
There will be a forest entry fee of Rs.150 per participant (Children, and students who show valid ids, will be exempted.) The fee will be collected by the volunteers and given to the KFD staff (BY CASH) before the participant joins the walk.
Those who are interested in participating can register on the form at
The form will open for registration at 8.30pm on Wednesday, 6 March. Please do not try registering before this. It may take a few minutes for the KFD to open up the form.
PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU FILL UP THE FORM.
Each participant, whether adult or child, has to be registered individually. Please do not include a spouse or other family member in the registration.
If there are children to be registered, please give their names and age (on separate registrations) on the form, registering separately for them. You will have to use a different mobile no. for each registration.
Selected participants will be confirmed ONLY when they join the WA group for the walk. Further instructions/guidelines will be given on the WA group.
IMPORTANT, please read and fill the form carefully:
Please fill all fields. FULL NAME required (there are often two identical first names like Srinivas or Pirya, etc.) Improperly filled forms will have to be disqualified for selection.
2.. Please give only a mobile no.on which you use WhatsApp. Selected participants will be added to the WA group for the walk on that number.
Your proper postal address is required. “Bangalore” is not a valid address as everyone joining this walk is likely to be from Bangalore
4.. Please wait for the confirmation email which will also give the link to the WA group to join. This may take a little time as the KFD has to release the list. do not pass on the WA group joining link to others. The link will be reset after all the selected participants have joined the WA group.
Please check for the confirmation on the same email id that you have given on the form. * PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER TOO* .(There have been repeated problems with people not checking their spam folder and saying they have not got the email)
If you are not selected, please do not arrive at the Reserve Forest Office asking to be included. This is unfair to participants who have taken the effort to register. Unregistered/unconfirmed participants will have to sit in the office until the walk is concluded.
Welcoming you to the walk,
DCF/ACF/RFO, Bannerghatta. KBW volunteers
Selection email:
The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bannerghatta, welcomes you to join the Biodiversity walk on Saturday, 9 March ’24
PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS EMAIL IN DETAIL, THE INFORMATION IS RELEVANT.
Please confirm your participation by joining the WA group for the event on this link:
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE CONFIRMED FOR THE WALK ONLY WHEN YOU JOIN THE WA GROUP. ‘ Children who are not using mobile phones can come with their parents, IF their names are on the registration list.
If you are unable to join, please let us know at once, so that another participant can join.
(Several cars can be parked in the compound of the RFO, but car pooling is strongly recommended and will reduce the number of vehicles.)
The RFO is on the routes of all BMTC buses going through Bannerghatta Road (365, 366, 369, 371, G4, etc.)
IMPORTANT:
Please report at the Reserve Forest Office, Kalkere (location given in the WA group description) , a little before the meeting time, leaving yourself enough time to park the car, make the forest entry payment, set your cameras, and so on. . The two groups begin their walk at 6.30am and will be accompanied by forest guards. Latecomers will not be able to join the walk.
Bring: Binoculars, cameras, bird books/apps, pads and pencils if you like to sketch or take notes.
Bring plenty of water.. Water will also be provided at breakfast.
Washrooms are available on the first floor of the Reserve Forest Office.
If you are driving, enter the gate and take the left-hand side path and drive down until you reach the forest office. The guards sometimes make you park near the gate, but tell them you are coming for the walk and drive in.
Both groups meet up at the office building after the walk, at 9.15 am. A simple breakfast will be served after the walk.
Please do not bring unregistered friends or family members along. The KFD has the list of registered participants who have joined the WA group. Others will have to sit out the walk.
This is a forest area, so please always keep with the group and do not stray away. If you find something interesting or want to photograph it, please draw the attention of the volunteers to it, the whole group can stop.
Please upload your images to the album, on this link:
The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bannerghatta, is pleased to announce the Kalkere Biodiversity Walk for January 2024
Where: Kalkere Reserve Forest
When: Saturday, 20 Jan ’24
Meeting Time: 6 15am.
The groups will start the walk by 6.15am. Each group will be accompanied by at least one Forest Guard/KFD official.
The walk is restricted to 40 people in 2 groups of 20 each.
Since sunrise is now later, we will have the walk in a single phase, from 6.15 to 9.30am.
There will be a forest entry fee of Rs.150 per participant (Children, and students who show valid ids, will be exempted.) The fee will be collected by the volunteers and given to the KFD staff (BY CASH) before the participant joins the walk.
Those who are interested in participating can register on the form at
(please read the instructions carefully before you fill the form)
The registration will open at 8.00 pm on Thursday, 11 Jan ’23 (it may be a few minutes later)
Each participant, whether adult or child, has to be registered individually. Please do not include a spouse or other family member in the registration.
If there are children to be registered, please give their names and age (on separate registrations) on the form, registering separately for them. You will have to use a different mobile no. for each registration.
Selected participants will be confirmed ONLY when they join the WA group for the walk. Further instructions/guidelines will be given on the WA group.
IMPORTANT, please read and fill the form carefully:
Please fill all fields. FULL NAME required (there are often two identical first names like Srinivas or Pirya, etc.) Improperly filled forms will have to be disqualified for selection.
2.. Please give only a mobile no.on which you use WhatsApp. Selected participants will be added to the WA group for the walk on that number.
Your proper postal address is required. “Bangalore” is not a valid address as everyone joining this walk is likely to be from Bangalore
4.. Please wait for the confirmation email which will also give the link to the WA group to join. This may take a little time as the KFD has to release the list. do not pass on the WA group joining link to others. The link will be reset after all the selected participants have joined the WA group.
Please check for the confirmation on the same email id that you have given on the form. * PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER TOO* .(There have been repeated problems with people not checking their spam folder and saying they have not got the email)
If you are not selected, please do not arrive at the Reserve Forest Office asking to be included. This is unfair to participants who have taken the effort to register. Unregistered/unconfirmed participants will have to sit in the office until the walk is concluded.
Welcoming you to the walk,
DCF/ACF/RFO, Bannerghatta. KBW volunteers
Selection email:
The Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bannerghatta, welcomes you to join the Biodiversity walk on Saturday, 20 Jan ’24
Please go through this email carefully. The information is relevant.
Please confirm your participation by joining the WA group for the event on this link:
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE CONFIRMED FOR THE WALK ONLY WHEN YOU JOIN THE WA GROUP. ‘ (Registered children who are not using mobile phones can come with their parents)
If you are unable to join, please let me know at once, so that another participant can join.
(Several cars can be parked in the compound of the RFO, but car pooling is strongly recommended and will reduce the number of vehicles.)
The RFO is on the routes of all BMTC buses going through Bannerghatta Road (365, 366, 371, G4, etc.)
IMPORTANT:
Please report at the Reserve Forest Office, Kalkere (location given in the WA group description) , a little before the meeting time, leaving yourself enough time to park the car, make the forest entry payment, set your cameras, and so on. . The two groups begin their walk at 6.30am and will be accompanied by forest guards. Latecomers will not be able to join the walk.
Bring: Binoculars, cameras, bird books/apps, pads and pencils if you like to sketch or take notes.
Bring plenty of water.. Water will also be provided at breakfast.
Washrooms are available on the first floor of the RF Office.
If you are driving, enter the gate and take the left-hand side path and drive down until you reach the forest office. The guards sometimes make you park near the gate, but tell them you are coming for the walk and drive in.
Both groups meet up at the office building after the walk, at 9.15 am. A simple breakfast will be served after the walk.
Please do not bring unregistered friends or family members along. The KFD has the list of registered participants who have joined the WA group. Others will have to sit out the walk.
This is a forest area, so please always keep with the group and do not stray away. If you find something interesting or want to photograph it, please draw the attention of the volunteers to it, the whole group can stop.
Please upload your images to the album, on this link:
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