Landour

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker nesting in Landour, Mussoorie, India. After having foraged for larvae and other grubs from tree bark, the Woodpecker male (the father has a red crest) comes back and regurgitates it at the opening of the nest-…

Uttarakhand·birds

White throated Laughing Thrush on Spiraea canescens, Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·school · hills

School children return from to their hill, after school hours, at Landour, Mussoorie, India.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Must do walks in Landour, Mussoorie - the perfect walking town in the hills overlooking the valleys of Dehradun and giving a glimpse of Himalayan peaks. Here's an example of some amazing species of birds you can observe in Landour.

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Lovely, rich fall colours on leaves of creepers. Creepers on the trunks of the deodar trees in Landour, Mussoorie show off colourful leaves in contrast with the brown and green around it.

Uttarakhand·architecture · temple

Rokeby was built in 1840 by Captain G.N. Cauthy and is one of the landmarks of Landour. The house and two acre estate are situated slightly above and to the east of St.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

The rain drizzles amidst the calm and serene atmosphere of Landour, Uttarakhand. Landour, a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 mi) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.

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Macaques family sitting and grooming each other in Landour, Uttarakhand. The macaques constitute a genus (Macaca) of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.

Uttarakhand·temple · architecture

St. Peter's Catholic Church members have lunch after the fellowship at church premises in Landour. This was on St. Patrick's Day in March, 2014. Mr.

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Gray langurs or Hanuman langurs, the most widespread langurs of South Asia, are a group of Old World monkeys constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.

Uttarakhand·hills · railway

Looking south from Landour, one can see the crowded hills of Mussoorie below. Standing at the tri-junction of the north face cemetery walk (to right of frame), one can see the road coming from Rokeby Manor and Char Dukaan to the left and be…

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Collared Pygmy Owlet on a Quercus oak tree in Landour, Uttarakhand. 6th February, 2014. Glaucidium brodiei resides across the Himalaya and north-east India. it is really tiny and barred heavily.

Landour, Uttarakhand·hills · school

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch in Landour. Is this a Sitta castanea or a cinnamoventris? The Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

The Great Barbet (Megalaima virens) is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker nesting in Landour, Mussoorie, India. After having foraged for larvae and other grubs from tree bark, the Woodpecker male (the father has a red crest) comes back and regurgitates it at the opening of the nest-…

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

Sister's Bazar, Landour, in deep snow! Oaks trees covered in powder. Deodars laden heavy with whiteness. Icycles melting off roof-tops. Cars completely obliterated with snow-cover. Trees hidden from view.

Uttarakhand·flowers · temple

Flowers in Landour. Can you identify this species with its gluey secretion below the flower, and commonly seen in Landour during the monsoon? It appears to be Commelina coelestis and not paludosa, what once used to be an ayurvedic medicinal…

Uttarakhand·hills

wildfilmsindia owns 28 acres of this forested flowering valley estate around Mussoorie, and uses it as a forest conservation hub.

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Viewers - do help us identify these moths that we filmed in and around Landour in Uttarakhand, India.

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Rhesus Macaques behaving like total brats at the hill station town of Landour. One of them has obviously been in a fight and has lost a part of his upper lip!

Uttarakhand·hills

Doma's Inn is a one of its kind guest house in Landour, known for its famous interior and food.

Uttarakhand·snow

Landour in the snow and cold. Freezing weather in Landour brings the temperature down to about -2 degrees Celcius.

Uttarakhand

Gray langurs or Hanuman langurs, the most widespread langurs of South Asia, are a group of Old World monkeys constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.