Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·river · hills

After a nice summer-time dip into our Bindal-Rispana stream at the wildfilmsindia Pari Tibba estate at Motidhar in Mussoorie, this Green-backed Tit fluffs up its feathers, preens and tries to dry up to move on with the rest of its day, and…

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

What a lovely energetic sprightly bird the Plumbeous Water Redstart is, as it bobs its tail up and down, sitting by a gurgling clear mountain torrent, with brown rocks and white foamy froth from the fast flowing water...

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Hailstones are seen accumulated across the ground in Jabbarkhet, near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, following a hailstorm event. The ice pellets, formed within powerful storm clouds, create a scattered white layer over the landscape.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Shaheen Falcon perched on a bare tree branch at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet. The Shaheen Falcon is a powerful non-migratory subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon native to the Indian subcontinent and is widely admired for its speed, agility, and…

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A beautiful pair of Rufous Sibias (Heterophasia capistrata) is seen perched gracefully in the temperate Himalayan forest.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A Himalayan Queen Fritillary (Issoria issaea) rests delicately among the wild vegetation of Jabarkhet Nature Reserve in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Water droplets fall in slow motion on a fresh green leaf during the monsoon season in Mussoorie, creating a serene and refreshing visual.

Uttarakhand·hills

Himalayan grasses grow atop the Haunted House of the Himalaya, sun shines behind, seen in time lapse.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Kalgi wala murgha: A large mixed male and female winter time feeding group of white-crested Kaleej Pheasant group feeds confidently in a Mussoorie forest protected by wildfilmsindia.

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·festival · village

Villagers come together to pillage the Aglar nadi on one day each June. Villagers pack away the catch and return home after fishing, and show off the day's haul, after Maund Mela 2024 Fish killing festival that takes place below Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·festival

Villagers pack away the catch and return home after fishing, and show off the day's haul, after Maund Mela 2024 Fish killing festival that takes place below Mussoorie. One man shows a fresh water Eel.

Uttarakhand·hills · music

The Himalayan Bayberry or Kaphal is a sour-sweet wild Himalayan berry that ripens in summer and is found in the forests around Mussoorie in this video.

Uttarakhand·forest · birds

An adult male Doordraj or the glorious Indian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) with its lovely streaming tail feathers visited our wildfilmsindia Motidhar forests this spring, in the forests around Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Rainbow Trout seen swimming about at wildfilmsindia Trout hatchery, in slow motion, in Himalaya Jal tori farming in Uttarakhand! Rainbow Trout fish ponds and trout hatchery run by wildfilmsindia in Mussoorie river valley Rainbow Trout fill…

Uttarakhand·river · hills

White-capped Redstart jauntily wags its tail up and down, chirping incessantly, awaiting insects by Bindal stream side at the lower end of Mussoorie's hills.

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Uttarakhand·flowers

A range of red, yellow, orange, pink and white Anemones bloom in the mid-summer warmth, at our wildfilmsindia botanical gardens at Pari Tibba in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand

It's feeding time for the Rainbow Trout at the wildfilmsindia trout hatchery in the western Himalaya! As the Maroon Oriole calls out loud with its fluty whistle, the trout fingerlinds / hatchlings are busy in their new habitat at the Wilder…

Uttarakhand·snow · highway

As seen from the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens, the Dehradun - Dhnaolti road is blocked with snow.

Uttarakhand·forest

A sudden and surprise hailstorm in Uttarakhand : wildfilmsindia forests in Mussoorie get battered by huge hail stones, destroying flowers, plants, tree saplings and delicate paudh or seedlings...

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Our Clematis creepers are yet small, but have still taken the effort to flower and reward us here at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Saffron harvest at wildfilmsindia in Mussoorie: Kesar Crocus is cultivated outside Kashmir too! 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·village · farmland

A young Garhwali village boy collects Capsicum or Shimla mirch from the family's fields, along with his mother and village aunts, and his older sister, in the western Himalaya region of Ghorakhuri and Nainbagh along the Yamuna river.