Nanmangalam Reserve Forest

Nanmangalam Reserve Forest
Nanmangalam Reserve Forest
	Location in Chengalpattu, India
Location	Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India
Nearest city	Chennai
Coordinates	12°55′37″N 80°10′19″E / 12.927°N 80.172°ECoordinates: 12°55′37″N 80°10′19″E / 12.927°N 80.172°E
Area	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Governing body	Tamil Nadu Forest Department
	forests.tn.nic.in

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Nanmangalam Reserve Forest is a protected forest located in Chengalpattu district, about 24 km from the city centre. It is located at Medavakkam on Velachery High Road between Velachery and Tambaram. The reserve forest has an area of 320 hectares. However, the total area of the forest is 2,400 hectares.^[1]

Red-wattled lapwing

The forest[edit]

The forest is popular among bird watchers and is home to about 85 species of birds. Red-wattled lapwing, Hoopoe, crested honey buzzard, grey partridge, coucal, Indian eagle-owl, white-breasted kingfisher, pied kingfisher, southern bush lark and red-whiskered bulbul are commonly seen in the area.^[2]

The 320-hectare Nanmangalam Reserved Forest, located about 10 km from Velachery, is a scrubland around an abandoned granite quarry^[3] and is home to some of the rare territorial orchids, according to a recent study.^{[citation needed]}

The state forest department has entrusted the work of data collection in this small forest area to Care Earth, a bio-diversity research organisation. Located near Medavakkam, a rapidly developing residential locality, the forest needs immediate fencing to protect it from encroachment and to curtail any non-forestry activity there, the study says.^{[citation needed]}

The neighbourhood of Nanmangalam is one of the 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in the state of Tamil Nadu.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "After 14 years, encroachments in Nanmangalam reserve forest removed". The Times of India. Chennai. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
↑ "A forest in the urban jungle". The Hindu. Chennai. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
↑ Padmanabhan, Geeta (9 January 2012). "Chennai's eco spots". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
↑ Madhavan, D. (20 December 2012). "National Institute of Siddha modifies expansion plan". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 23 December 2012.

[EncroachmentsRemoved-1] "After 14 years, encroachments in Nanmangalam reserve forest removed". The Times of India. Chennai. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

[2] "A forest in the urban jungle". The Hindu. Chennai. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ChennaisEcoSpots-3] Padmanabhan, Geeta (9 January 2012). "Chennai's eco spots". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[Hindu_NISModifiesExpansionPlan-4] Madhavan, D. (20 December 2012). "National Institute of Siddha modifies expansion plan". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 23 December 2012.

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The forest[edit]

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