Landour

Uttarakhand·highway · desert

Scorpion in a crack in the road, in Landour, Mussoorie. Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A Scarlet Minivet in Landour. The scientific name of this bird is Pericrocotus flammeus. It is the size of a Bulbul and is about 20 centimeters long. This bird lives in deciduous, mixed and evergreen forests, in the plains and hills.

Uttarakhand·birds

This small fella is one of the indian species of woodpeckers. A small pied woodpecker originally described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801.

Uttarakhand·hills

Rupin Dang speaking about the Rhododendron arboreum trees of his old British estate in the Himalaya, at 7600 feet altitude, in Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·birds

The Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

Uttarakhand

The yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula), also known as the kharza, is an Asian species of marten which is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number…

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

A Verditer Flycatcher in Landour. The Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · school

Landour institutions that are famous are Prakash's shop, for its cheese and jams (and occasionally bread and cinnamon rolls!), Deodar Hotel (Dev dar Woods), the Landour Language School, Kellogg church, Woodstock school, St.

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Langurs in the oaks of Landour. These langurs would recognize Mr. Ruskin Bond, know Victor Banerjee from Prannoy Roy, and know the difference between Anil Prakash and Sanjay Narang! Smart langurs, indeed...

Uttarakhand·flowers

Juicy plums on a tree laden with fruit at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Briar or climbing rose creeper, Landour, Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills

Himalayan baker baking bread in Landour, Mussoorie. The bread contains Atta, Yeast powder, water and other ingredients. These ingredients form a dry dough which the baker kneads and then lets sit for a while.

Uttarakhand·hills · school

A Rufous or Black-capped Sibia in Landour, Mussoorie, known to Dehra dun school students as the 'Three Cheers'! The Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

Uttarakhand·hills

A Rufous Sibia earlier known as the black capped Sibia as seen in Landour in the Himalaya. The Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of birds in the Leiothrichidae family. They feed on berries and insects.

Uttarakhand·birds

Chestnut Bellied Rock Thrush in Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·birds

A Himalayan Flycatcher species on a Berberis aristata shrub in Landour.

Uttarakhand·forest

This is how forest fires start. First of all, garbage should never be burnt! When a callous sweeper or cleaner does burn garbage, the fire spreads to the forest around, and trees catch fire and this the fire is spread...

Uttarakhand·snow

Mr. Gulab Ramchandani's Shamrock estate, part of the erstwhile Childer's Lodge or Nahata Estate.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Aquilegia flowers in Landour, with Pari Tibba and the Jharipani hill below, and Dehra dun in the distance. Aquilegia flowers in Landour.

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Wisteria creeper at Landour Villa, Landour, Mussoorie. This creeper was planted by Daniel Taylor's grandfather when they came to India from the US! Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten speci…

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A stroll through this bazaar will bring you across this famous show shop called the 'Chaudhary Shoemaker' who will have a pair of shoes remodelled for your foot by time-honoured craftsmen – an absolute treat! They have been in this business…

Uttarakhand·forest

Green backed Tit beautifully feeds itself in Landour, India. Green backed Tit flies from one place to another in deciduous forest of Landour.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Rufous-winged Shrike Babbler or white browed shrike babbler in Landour. A viewer tells us this is a Himalayan Shrike-babbler.