Guindy
National Park is located in the Guindy area
which is not too far from the city center.
It is a vast expanse of land with a lot
of animal and plant population. The Park
is supposed to have been a hunting ground
earlier of a British officer, which was
later purchased by the Government of Madras
and converted into the National Park.
The Guindy National
Park has an amazing variety of wildlife
to its credit. Some of the major attractions
include Elephant, Spotted Deer, Antelope,
Toddy Cat, Jungle Cat etc. A delightful
variety of Antelope finds place here including
the rare Indian Antelope- The Black Buck.
The Park also has an amazing variety of
birds. There are about thirty seven varieties
of them, including Blue Faced Malkoha,
Koels, Shrikes, Doves, Munias, Minivets,
Barkets, King Fisher, Golden Backed Woodpecker,
Blue Jay, Yellow Wattled Lapwing, Crow
Pheasant, Red Drongos, Robins, Quails,
Flycatcher, Beak Paradise, Stone Curlew,
Wattled Lapwing, Gray Partridge, Parakeets,
and Tailor Birds.
The Guindy National
Park is also of botanical importance as
it has a collection of some rare varieties
of plants and trees. Some of the trees
of importance include Amona Squamosa,
Feronia Azadirachta India, Limonia, Atlanta
Monoplylla etc. The trees and plants provide
a lot of greenery and shade to the visitors
and a trip down this park is extremely
refreshing and interesting.
