Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Butterflies pay a visit to a Red hot poker flowering stem at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet in the Himalaya A Stag beetle explores a Red Hot Poker or Kniphofia blooming head at the wildfilmsindia Himalayan botanical garden, with a Green-backed T…

Uttarakhand·birds

Verditer Flycatcher trills out its summer-time breeding season melody from a bare tree-top at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Deep sky blue Verditer Flycatcher at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet: A prettier Himalayan bird there isn't! Verditer Flycatcher quivers its tail as it delivers it's lovely trilling call! Deep blue bird catches monsoon light It's tail quivers as…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

With a backdrop audio track of Cicadas and the Common Hill Partridge, these bright red Amaryllis Lilies flower away in seclusion at the wildfilmsindia botanical collections at Jabbarkhet in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Deodar or Himalayan Cedar Pollen sits yellow and splashed across the face of this Chestnut- bellied Rock Thrush as it calls out from its perch at the wildfilmsindia conservation forests at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

What spring-time cheer these daffodil blooms bring us, in shades of pink, orange and yellow! See one day's harvest at our wildfimsindia Himalayan arboretum.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

As the late winter Himalayan clouds billow up, our Fritillaria imperialis rubra and maxima Lily (literally - the imperial crown lily!) finally flower at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical arboreturm - bringing back a valuable Himalayan…

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Jaonli peak - first climbed by Hari Dang and his Doon School expedition - as seen from Jabbarkhet Estate wildfilmsindia Nostalgic sunrises and sunsets with snow-capped Himalayan peaks in this view from our Jabbarkhet Wilderness Estate.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A pair of Rufous or Black-capped Sibia do a little jig on a water pipe to get a drink of clean water, and a Black-crowned Jay on a late winter day at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forest in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Rd-billed Blu Magpie, Orange-flanked Bush Robin, Green-backed Tit, Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush: Winter birds at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Sibia in a water spray, Orange-flanked Bush Robin, Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush: Winter birds at wild…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Grey-winged Blackbird shyly skulks on Himalayan wild pear tree and feeds on fruit, while keeping its fine whistling voice silent! Grey-winged Blackbird is one of India's finest songsters, even as it silently pecks around for insects A Grey…

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

This cute little thrush looks such a pretty site among the white flower clumps of this shrub in Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary.

Uttarakhand·flowers

We are pulling out tulip bulbs at the end of flowering season at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection. If left in the ground, in our monsoon climate, they will rot in the ground.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

This giant all black kauwa is the Himalayan Jungle Crow and is the largest of our kauwas, as seen here at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary at Jabbarkhet around Landour-Mussoorie, in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·coastline · hills

Westerly disturbances bring Mediterranean Sea waters as clouds to the Himalaya, cause summer showers.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Back-lit Iris flower petals show their delicate structure, with veins, as Himalayan sunset glows behind Bearded iris grow aplenty during spring at wildfilmsindia gardens at Jabbarkhet in Landour.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Grey winged Blackbird has an orange beak, and skulks in walnut tree at Pari Tibba Estate, in Motidhar, Mussoorie Grey-winged Blackbird is one of India's finest songsters: Hear the lovely calls in the Himalaya A Grey winged Blackbird scrabbl…

Uttarakhand·forest

Huge Himalayan Porcupines come out to feed every night at our wildfilmsindia forests in Jabbarkhet, around Landour in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers

With the Hill Partridge calling, Giant Yellow Crocus lilies open in the spring sun. Spring flowers at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet botanical collections around Landour in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

This cute little thrush looks such a pretty site among the white flower clumps of this shrub in Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary.

Uttarakhand·snow · forest

Heavy snowfall occurs at wildfilmsindia estate and forests at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand: Himalayan winter wonderland indeed! As seen from the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens, the Dehradun - Dhnaolti road is blocked with snow.

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Night life at Jabbarkhet! Rats and mice scurry around our camera trap range within the forest, along a meadow clearing. Clearly, a mouse family resides in the rockface to the right of the frame!

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

That yellow disc is the moon and NOT the sun! It rises round and full from behind a ridgeline of oak and deodar trees in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, as seen from Iris Cottage at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary at Jabbarkhet Estate in the Mussoor…