Landour

Uttarakhand·hills

Winter sunset from Landour, Mussoorie, marks the end of the winterline, as globe sinks into horizon

Uttarakhand·forest · wildlife

The Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is the common arboereal Green pigeon or harial of Uttarakhand, as seen here at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary around Landour, in Motidhar.

Landour, Uttarakhand

Enchanting skies during sunsets as filmed from our Wilderness forest in Landour, Uttarakhand. Cloud formations painted in colours of the sunset in the evening.

Uttarakhand

Jaonli was first ascended by a Doon school expedition headed by Hari Dang. See this great view of the Gangotri wall of peaks, Jaonli and Rudragaira from the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·forest · wildlife

An elusive Himalayan Indian Panther or Leopard with rossette spots picks on its bovine kill at night, while Red-billed Magpies come calling by day for a free feast, at our wildfilmsindia protected forests in Landour-Mussoorie in Uttarakhand…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

The misty mountain landscape of Uttarakhand with calls of Cicadas. A Cicada is seen up close with its camouflage colours.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Sporting a very prominent mohawk and the white 'Cheeks', Himalayan Bulbuls (Pycnonotus leucogenys) are filmed on various trees in our Wilderness Orchard and sanctuary in Landour-Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

Daniel Taylor at Landour Villa - where his Yeti search started: "This is where my Yeti search started. It was 60 years ago, and in the room behind it, I was walking to sneak a cake from my grandmother's kitchen before tea time.

Uttarakhand

Delicate as silk and thin as gossamer: Damselflies and Dragonflies at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet around Landour in the ewstern Himalaya. See their gigantic bulgy eyes relative to their body size.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

Monkeys share intimate spa time and team grooming in Landour: Rhesus Macaques can be sensitive creatures too and not just badmaash characters! Watch this lovely little group setting with mothers de-ticking and eating the ticks off their you…

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Twilight hour in the western Himalaya: A Mountain Scops Owl calls as the sun sets behind the deodars and the moon crests the distant ridge.

Uttarakhand·birds

A Grey Drongo or Kotwal chidiya stands sentry atop a tree's top-most branch,looking out for insects with its sharp ruby red eyes, at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary around Landour in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·festival

Jalebi and Vada made by the Aggarwal brothers of Hapurwale mithai shop, at the Christmas mela at Char Dukan in Landour, Mussoorie. Jalebi and Vada made by Aggarwal brothers of Hapurwala at Christmas mela at Char Dukan in Landour

Uttarakhand·farmland · hills

If you work for wildfilmsindia, this is the evening sunset you would experience from our Jabbarkhet estate, visiting which is a rite of passage for all recruits at Wilderness Films India.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Early winter time planting, in time for spring flowering, of bori sack fulls of yellow and blue bearded Iris rhizomes brought from Srinagar, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Landour - Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

Landour, Uttarakhand

Winter is here in North India again and comes the season of bonfires and marshmallows in the festive season at our Wilderness Films India conservation area in Landour-Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

The red stamens of the Kesar crocus from Spain are what are picked, dried and used as the super high value spice of kesar.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Birds of our wildfilmsindia protected Mussoorie forests around Landour and Motidhar: Red-billed Blue Magpies with their lovely blue streaming tail feathers, Sibia, Thrushes and more.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

First climbed by Hari Dang and his group from the Doon School, Jaonli mountain steeped in fresh winter snow, as seen from wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical A clear winter's day from Jabbarkhet and Landour shows Jaonli peak and the Gangotr…

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

A collection of cloud timelapses over Landour. Watch as rain clouds roll in and the sun peeks through.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Hill Partridge call in bright spring sunshine.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Plumbeous Redstart by our Bindal stream, Orange-flanked Bush Robin on its wintr migratory visit to Mussoorie, and a White-crested Laughing Thrush eating kaitha wild pear fruit : Three fun birds from the wildfilmsindia bird sanctuary around…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Kotwal chidiya or Grey Drongo has a ruby red eye and bluish-grey plumage that makes it stand out and be most visible, especially as it sits on vantage points and the tops of trees, in our middle hills in the western Himalaya.