Desert National Park

The Desert National Park is a first-rate illustration of the ecosystem of the Thar Desert and its rich fauna. The Sudashri forest post is the most ultimate place for observing wildlife in the Desert National Park. Sand dunes form less than 20 percent of the Park, which consists of craggy rocks, pavements and compact salt lake bottoms, inter-medial areas and fixed dunes.
Its population includes the blackbuck, chinkara, wolf, Indian fox, desert fox, hare and desert cat. Flights of sandfrouse start coming to waterholes from sunrise onwards. One also hear the morning call of the grey partridge. Blue tailed and green bee-eaters, drongos, common and bush quail and Indian rollers are birds, which are commonly found around waterholes. The park is also home to the great Indian Bustard, which is peril of extinction.

The Desert National Park is a brilliant example of the ecosystem of the Thar desert and
its miscellaneous fauna. Sand dunes form around 20% of the park. The major
landform consists of craggy rocks and compact salt lake bottoms intermediate areas
and fixed dunes.

The black buck is another widespread antelope of this region. Its other distinguished inhabitants are the desert fox,, wolf and desert cat. Bird life in this sandy habitat is stunning and magnificent. Birds such as the sandgrouse, partridges, bee-eaters larks and shrikes are usually seen. Demoiselle crane and houbara arrive in the winter.

Handsome Black Bucks

The birds of prey observed here is tawny and steppe eagles long legged and honey buzzards, falcons and kestrels. But the most exceptional of the fauna is the great Indian bustard. This tall heavy bird is an epitome of confidence and grace. It is frequent to see five or six bustards near
Sudarshi water hole 18 kms from Jaisalmer is the Akal Wood Fossils Park that is about 180 million years age. Seashells and huge fossilized tree trunks in this park record the geological history of the desert.