Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

High altitude birds come down to the lower hills to winter in more salubrious climes, or at least relatively speaking! Streaked Laughing Thrush chirrups away on a branch.

Uttarakhand·forest

Painted Lady and Clear Sailor Butterflies visit dahlia blossoms at widfilmsindia Jabbarkhet sanctuary - September 2023

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Seasons and moods at our wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in the western Himalaya. As the clouds rise up the valley - and this has been a moist spring and summer - the Irises open with the warming days.

Uttarakhand·flowers

With the Grey-winged Blackbird calling out cheerfully and tunefully, tall nodding spikes of foxglove stand in Lord of the Rings Shire-type situations at our botanical collections in the Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Oriental Poppy of the giantest kind at Jabbarkhet botanical collection of wildfilmsindia, with short flowr stalks and a deep thick-set flower head, and a full five inches across. Papaver orientale - Prince of orange

Uttarakhand·forest

A Grey winged Blackbird scrabbles around in the undergrowth at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary at Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand. A shy songster that hides in undergrowth.

Uttarakhand·farmland · flowers

A walk-through in our Cosmos fields in October this year, with the Common Hill Partridge calling across the hills. The odd white Cosmos is admixed with the more abundant purple-pinks, with blue skies as a stark backdrop.

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

Mist and clouds flowing across the mountains at Jabbarkhet Misty monsoon rain-forest-like forest at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forests around Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers

These garden Delphiniums came to wildfilmsindia gardens from Kashmir, and are now naturalized at our Jabbarkhet botanical collections, flowering from spring to fall.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

At our Jabbarkhet botanical gardens, the South African origin Agapanthus Lilies are in full bloom, with Oxeye daisies as white contrast, and bees buzzing all around. Hill Partridge and Verditer Flycatchers call in the background audio.

Uttarakhand·snow · highway

A Maruti Wagno R slips around on snowed over roads at Jabbarkhet, in the February 2022 heavy snowfall. It simply cannot climb the slightly steep road.

Uttarakhand·highway · snow

A motorcycle has a tough time climbing the north face road on the Tehri access from Mussoorie, past Jabbarkhet. The road is skiddy, slushy and wet, at once... Scooters and bikes all skid about as they try to climb along the road.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

A combination of sleet and snow falls on the shrubbery and middle Himalayan forests of our Himalayan wildlife sanctuary. January and February 2022 have seen profuse snowfall incidents across the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

At the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary at Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie, a pair of Goral or wild mountain goats stare out across a rocky cliff-top, at possible leopard movement in the Oak forest above.

Uttarakhand·hills

A range of cloud and mountain light as seen from the wildfilmsindia estate ridge at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand. Another day in our mountain paradise...

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

Monsoon flowering of Crocus rain lilies, poppies, dahlia and Asiatic dayflower or Commelina paludosa at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical slopes in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Rhododendron arboreum paints open forest in red | Himalayan flowers blooming in spring. Florets from the Rhododendron shrub cover the forest floor and it's flaming with Himalayan flowers at our Wilderness Estate in Jabbarkhet.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

The Himalayan Pied Woodpecker nonses around on a wild pear tree, eating into the fruit of the pear with its sharp beak.

Uttarakhand·highway · hills

A long line of vehicles is caught in a traffic jam on a mountain road near Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand, amid dense fog and mist. Cars are closely packed along the wet, winding roadway, while pedestrians walk alongside the stationary traffic.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

A stunning timelapse captures the grandeur of Jaonli peak in the Garhwal Himalayan Range as seen from Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Wind moving through a forested landscape in Jabbarkhet near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. A large tree with dense green foliage dominates the foreground, with its branches and leaves swaying in the breeze.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Ranunculus (Ranunculus asiaticus), commonly known as Persian buttercups, are observed blooming with dense, double-layered petals in shades of pink, red, orange, and yellow at the Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum.

Uttarakhand·snow · farmland

After a heavy snowfall, Jabbarkhet Wilderness Orchard is transformed into a stunning winter wonderland. The steps, grounds, trees, and rooftops are all completely covered in snow, creating a peaceful and breathtaking landscape.