Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

Moisture-laden monsoon clouds sweep across the mountains of wildfilmsindia's conserved forests at Jabbarkhet, as the rainy season envelops the Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·forest · wildlife

Dark-grey Bush Chat is a cute little diminutive bird with a loud call, as it sits on a deodar twig Dark-grey Bush Chat is a cute little diminutive bird with a loud call, as it sits on a deodar twig A female Dark Gray Bush Chat sits on vigil…

Uttarakhand·hills

As a Himalayan sunrise lends light to our flowering Himalayan kaitha pear tree, it also throws light on the exotic but now naturalized Magnolia soulangeana blossoms wihch stand in stark contrast against the backdrop of flamboyant and impres…

Uttarakhand

Grafting Cherry trees with Sweet Stephany grafts from Battistini Vivai, at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet, onto two year old Cherry rootstock, in the winter of 2024.

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Brilliant clouds racing towards a winterline sunset from our wildfilmsindia eyrie at Jabbarkhet around Landour, in mid-winter, seen through deodar or Himalayan Cedar trees.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Garden Anemone flowers opening to receive the sun's rays, along with German Iris at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet arboretum in the western Himalaya.

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Plucking Daffodils and iris on a windy day at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet, planting out Amaryllis lilies

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In warm evening light, a Common Kestral raptor takes in the winter sun, preens, scratches its eye with its claw and changes the leg it stands on frequently, at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet conservation lands.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Garden geraniums in pink and red flourish mid-winter at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical garden in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·monsoon

Dark grey Bush Chat chicks hatch in a nest made on the ground itself, at the foot of a clump of flowering lilies, against all safety conventions and concerns about ground predators and monsoon rain water flow.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Garden Dahlias have been growing run-wild at our Jabbarkhet Estate in the Western Himalaya since the British era, when garden planted by the Brits. With summer, their rhizomes come alive, and dormant seeds start to sprout.

Uttarakhand·forest

Clouds well up from Dehradun to forests of wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet, among sunlight and shadows Clouds well up from Dehradun to Mussoorie's forests at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet, play among the sunlight and shadows Westerly disturbances…

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

Western disturbances bring heavy winter moisture from the Mediterranean Sea, with much opportunity for precipitation from the thick cloud cover over the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Autumnal feel of pink Tree Dahlia imperialis or wild Dahlias filmed at our wildfilmsindia forest in Jabbarkhet, Landour-Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. These enchanting blooms look like summer but it has been filmed in winter.

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

This is our Himalayan and cold weather plant nursery in the plains of north India, at the Wilderness Orchard.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

In the pre mating season of late winter, groups of Kalij Pheasant gambol and play around the forested Oak ridge at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Painted Lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) suck nectar from garden escape not-gone-wild Dahlia flowers on a sunny day in Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand, at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary.

Uttarakhand

Sephisa dichroa (Western Courtier Butterfly) is a species of butterflies in the family brush-footed butterflies. They are diurnal and mostly found in South and Southeast Asia.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

A bratty inquisitive pack of langurs hang out on our ridge at Jabbarkhet, in the grassy oak forest. They come upon our wildfilmsindia camera trap and one bandar peers in to the lens... More follow.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

Rain drops fall off deodar needles, ferns and branches, seen in slow motion, in Jabbarkhet monsoon, at the wildfilmsindia mountain estates in the Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Finally, some fresh crunchy oak leaves in summer-time after the hot period and forest fires that deprived the resident species of proper fodder...

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Neither deathly steep cliffs nor wet slippery grasses deter the wild Mountain Goat of the Himalaya - the Goral.