Bird Walk at Shail Parn Udyan, Devtal, Jabalpur, MP

Name: Bird Walk at Shail Parn Udyan, Devtal, Jabalpur, MP
Start: 2025-12-20T08:30:00+05:30
End: 2025-12-20T10:30:00+05:30

About Shail Parn Udyan

Shail Parn Udyhan, located near Devtal in Garha, Jabalpur along Medical College Road, is a scenic natural park set against rocky hill formations and lush vegetation in the heart of the city. The park covers a sprawling green area with walking trails, a natural pond, and rocky outcrops, offering both city-dwellers and visitors a peaceful retreat from urban life. Its landscape includes a mix of native trees, shrubs, and seasonal flowers that contribute to a pleasant greenery and cooler microclimate within the city. While it is primarily known as a recreational and nature spot, its semi-wild setting with dense tree cover provides habitat for a variety of common urban and woodland birds, making it of interest to local birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts. The presence of water bodies and vegetated patches attracts birds that thrive in mixed park and scrub habitats, adding to its appeal as a bird-rich area in the Jabalpur region.

Despite its natural charm and ecological potential, Shail Parn Udyhan faces several threats typical of urban green spaces, including limited maintenance, lack of infrastructure (like restrooms and security), and pressure from city development that can degrade habitat quality and disturb wildlife. These challenges highlight the need for focused conservation and management efforts, such as better upkeep of trails and vegetation, habitat enhancement to support greater biodiversity, and community engagement to protect resident and visiting bird species. Strengthening these conservation measures would help preserve the park’s ecological character while enhancing its role as both a nature haven and popular public space for relaxation and environmental education in Jabalpur.

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Common birds of Shail Parn Udyan

Shail Parn Udyan in Jabalpur is a surprisingly rich birding hotspot, with over 220 bird species recorded so far, making it one of the most diverse urban green pockets in the region. The park hosts a vibrant mix of residents and seasonal migrants, ranging from colorful passerines to elusive forest birds. Birders often encounter Painted Spurfowl, Orange-headed Thrush, Blue-capped Rock Thrush, Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher, Taiga and Red-breasted Flycatchers, along with winter visitors like Hume’s, Sulphur-bellied, and Greenish Warblers. The wooded patches echo with calls of Brown Boobook, Jungle Owlet, Greater Coucal, Coppersmith and Brown-headed Barbets, while open and wet areas support species such as White-breasted Waterhen, Little Grebe, and agile raptors like the Shikra. Bright forest jewels including the Black-hooded Oriole, Golden Oriole, and Purple Sunbird add to the park’s charm, making Shail Parn Udyan a rewarding destination for both casual visitors and seasoned birdwatchers.