Landour

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.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

wildfilmsindia estate hand and assistant manager Naresh harvests Agapanthus Lilies in the Himalayan monsoon at our gardens and arboreta in the Landour region... We follow him around as he amasses bunches of cut Lily stems.

Uttarakhand·snow · highway

A motorcycle has a tough time climbing the north face road on the Tehri access from Mussoorie, past Jabbarkhet. The road is skiddy, slushy and snowy wet, at once... Scooters and bikes all skid about as they try to climb along the road.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · architecture

The Tripathi house in Landour lies below the Doordarshan TV tower, as does a . red-roofed house located above Sister's Bazar and the Bakehouse Cafe.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Landour birds visit a flowering Horse Chestnut or Aesculus indica tree in the summer time, mostly Blackvein butterflies, as seen in slow motion flight. Landour birds visit flowering Horse Chestnut tree

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

A Streaked Laughing Thrush young one on a log. Cicadas call as we climb around Landour, en route the Chhaiyan Bamak valley of Garhwal, towards the peak of Bandarpunch or White Peak.

Uttarakhand·festival · bazaar

A Dussehra celebration passing through Landour Bazar in the hill town of Landour, near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·festival · bazaar

This footage showcases the CMYK Book Store stall at the Landour Christmas Mela in Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

With the Common Hill Partridhe of Peora calling, and the sight of a Chestnut bellied Rock Thrush, truly a Himalayan bird straight out of one's childhood around Landour. The female is more drab compared to the colourful male.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Giant Dutchmaster yellow and Tete a Tete Daffodils bloom in our wildfilmsindia gardens, at the advent of spring Daffodils all fragrant and fresh in the crisp spring-time late winter air, with Laughing Thrushes calling in our Motidhar forest…

Uttarakhand

Rhesus Macaque monkeys or bandars have family time, with de-ticking and lice removal in the summer sun. They preen and clean each other on a bright sunny day around Landour town in the western Himalaya.

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·hills

A Himalayan glow-worm walking on a rock-face in Landour, Uttarakhand, in May 2014. A viewer tells us these are likely to be adult female glow-worm firefly (probably a Pyrocoelia species) .. i.e.

Landour, Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Sleepy Broadbill goes into roosting mode, lulled by Great Barbet calls, in Uttarakhand Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary around Landour. Suddenly, something seems to wake it up and it goes into alert mode in no time at all.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

This Zesterops palpebrosa on kashmal or Berberis aristata shrub is feeding on insects in Landour. This is the upper altitude range of the White-eye.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

In the serene hills of Landour, a breathtaking winterline sunset unfolds over the majestic Himalayan Mountains.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Homespun and Dutchmaster Daffodil flowers being harvested at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet gardens, in spring.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

In March 2023, wildfilmsindia's first Shimadaijin Tree Peony gave out its first flower, to much joy for observers! Tree Peony grows in the Himalaya: Paeonia Tree (Tree Peony) suffruticosa 'Shimadaijin' at the wildfilmsindia botanical collec…

Uttarakhand·flowers

Black Bulbuls get attracted to Cherry blossom around Landour: Insects and nectar a double draw.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Thick cloud cover moves in across the plains and into the higher mountains, with Surkhanda Devi and Dhanolti seen in the distance.

Uttarakhand·hills · music

Tentative at best, this Sibia cannot decide whether its coming or going, sitting or perching. It seems to be undecided about the next move.

Uttarakhand·snow

Heavy snowfall seen covering oak trees with a blanket of fresh snow in Landour, Mussoorie during the winter of 2011, as seen while dining at Emily's at Rokeby on the south face of the Landour Chukkar.