Delhi

flowers · farmland

Big display of Amaryllis belladonna Lilies or Hippeastrum in flower at Wilderness Orchard in March 2024 A range of colours of Amaryllis blooming beautifully at Wilderness Orchard botanical gardens in the Delhi spring-time, with crimsons, re…

farmland

Spring-time and the harmless Dhaman or Rat snake has become active at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi See how a snake locomotes, in this perfect video that shows a snake moving forward via slithering through the grass.

Butterfly Pieris brassicae mating in the Delhi spring: Brilliant yellow with backdrop of crimson Amaryllis Lilies in flower.

wildlife · birds

Shikra is a smart slaty grey raptor bird of prey and avian predator with beady ruby red eyes, as seen here at the Wilderness Orchard forest in New Delhi.

wildlife · birds

Spotted or Scaly-breasted Munia (a Finch family bird?) is a cute little grassland and open spaces bird, now banned to be kept as a cage bird, but seen here in the wild at the Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi city.

flowers

Delicate plum blossom lasts for just a few days, but is more glorious to behold, that too in crowded Delhi Ephemeral blossoms on a plum tree in the ever ephemeral Delhi spring-time. Aloo bukhara tree in bloom.

birds · lake

Hunched up Pond Heron enjoys winter sunshine on a Sehmal or Silk Cotton tree at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, preening and looking down to the waters below for potential prey.

farmland · flowers

Cymbidium Orchids grow in a wide range of colours at the Wilderness Orchard botanical gardens in New Delhi: Orchids ahoy! See also Taiwanese round orchids in flower.

farmland · flowers

Ornamental peach blossom in a deep red, flowering in Delhi's ephemeral spring, at Wilderness Orchard, in a thick grove of peach trees.

livestock

Camels troop down the erstwhile Rajpath (now Kartavya Path!?) as they still serve in the Indian Army! Rajasthan Camel-born regiment at Republic Day 2024 in New Delhi.

birds · farmland

A Rose-ringed Parakeet chowing down on Lantana camara seeds at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi.

river

Pathetic face of modern India: Woman collecting garbage in New Delhi, cleaning a dirty plastic riddled drain for her livelihood.

festival

See the frying process for preparation of Ghewar mithai or sweet meats from Rajasthan, at the Saras Food Festival in New Delhi, 14 December 2023. Ghewar mithai from Rajasthan, at Saras Food Festival New Delhi, 14 Dec 2023

monsoon · lake

Frogs galore in a monsoon pond in Delhi at the Wilderness Orchard's wetlands, as the air is rent with the en masse croaks. Note the puffed out air sacs as they vocalize and establish their breeding territories. Rana tigrina.

river

It's snowing in Delhi! Nope, sorry to disappoint, this is detergent foam pollution on Cleaning Yamuna River New Delhi

wildlife · flowers

Juvenile Shikra seen in a Delhi garden, its ruby red eyes as sharp as ever: Urban raptor or bird of prey

monsoon

Rain comes back to entertain Delhi in end monsoon burst, recharges ground water and cleans the air Heavy rain in Delhi on 2nd September 2024, as a car's wiper barely keeps off the flood of rainwater.

highway

A Public Works Dpartment Maintenance van provides support to workers on a stretch of the Yusuf Sarai road, as they lay out a pavement with red sandstone, in time for G20 delegates to arrive in Delhi.

livestock · farmland

Milking a cow in the wildfilmsindia dairy farm in Delhi : Desi-Holstein mixed hybrid gai has milk extracted from its udders, for consumption by its own calf and the calves of another cow that died after birth.

farmland · wildlife

Bird of prey catches hold of and clutches onto a gilheri or Five-striped Palm Squirrel at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi: Pariah Kite is an apex predator in the city of Delhi.

old town · fort

Red Fort and Old Delhi walled city in stunning aerial view, with flooding all around, and Yamuna river lapping at the fort walls, in the summer of 2023. The famous fort's bridges once again have water flowing under them.

monsoon · highway

A kid cycles in a road that has turned into a pond in Delhi's monsoon floods of summer 2023. Even the dog can't figure out how things changed so quickly, but sort of goes with the flow and enjoys the cool waters.

birds · flowers

Red-vented Bulbul sits on eggs to incubate them on hidden nest in a Wisteria creeper in Delhi garden Red-vented Bulbul hides away and makes a summer-time nest in a Wisteria creeper, watch it sew the twigs and stems together, and into a nest…