Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·forest · flowers

In a shocking red, the forest floor gets carpeted with Rhododendron arboreum dropped blooms and petals alike, after being eaten by birds above, and then falling on to the forest floor.

Uttarakhand·forest · flowers

A male and female mating pair of Kaleej Pheasants hang out in our rich habitat of a forest-field interface around Mussoorie in the western Himalaya. The male pecks seeds from the ground, chiefly of grasses.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Calla or Arum Lilies grow tall, large and stately at wildfilmsindia stream-side valley in Mussoorie Arums collected and placed in vases look lovely in the Himalayan spring... The Callas are not at their peak as winter has just passed.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Ranunculus or Persian Buttercup flowers pop out in brilliant colours flowers and enormous sized buds at Motidhar around Mussoorie, even as a Blue-throated Barbet calls out throatily across the valley, and white and yellow Feezia bloom in a…

Uttarakhand·aerial · old town

George Everest Estate in Mussoorie: Aerial view of heritage building of man who first surveyed Everest, and took all the credit for doing so from Radhanath Sikdar.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Blue bearded Bee-eater: Rare sighting of this smart insect eating superb flyer with a beard, in Mussoorie, at the Wilderness Orchard and conservation forests at Motidhar.

Uttarakhand·hills

Evening in Mussoorie, with winterline showing from wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Estate, layers of cloud cushioning the sunset view which is actually less romantic than one could imagine, with the colours coming from the layers of air pollution…

Uttarakhand·flowers · forest

Banding together in the warm winter sun are these Slaty-headed Parakeets at the wildfilmsindia Motidhar forests around Mussoorie in the western Himalaya - familiar grey head of this cute fruit and flower marauders are noisy, attractive bird…

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Brown Dipper breaks away from high Himalaya, seen around Mussoorie in Motidhar wildfilmsindia stream

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Look at that damselfly flex its thorax in that fabulously contorted fashion! And see hlicoptr dragonflies take off vertically like VTOL's.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Snowfall and hail in Himalaya leads to dangerous slippery, slushy and skiddy road conditions after a summer storm: Plains drivers can't handle the conditions and they bunch up into convoys and drive together, sometimes driving into each ot…

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Hail stones and rain fall together around Mussoorie. Hail and rain in Uttarakhand: Climate change could now mean middle Himalaya gets more hail than snow

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Himalayan Morel mushrooms or gucchi / guchhi grow giant in size at wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills

Late season accumulated hail in the wildfilmsindia Himalaya: It barely snows in the middle hills, but hail is common, around our mountains in Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A wild Cherry tree or Padum in full bloom in early winter around Mussoorie is a club-house for local birds and butterflies feasting on the nectar for the butterflies and the insects that comes to the flowers, for the birds.

Uttarakhand·forest · birds

A Crested Hawk Eagle seen at the wildfilmsindia forests in Mussoorie - see nictitating membrane action. Notes its haunty preky crest atop the head, and the sharp yellow eye.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · lake

Late monsoon season rain delivers heavy showers in the mountains around Mussoorie, nearly floods trout pond and keeps our walnut grove valley super drenched.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

This hill cucumber is large and thick and has small dimples or bumps on the surface, it super sweet and juicy, and grows across the hills of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·river · farmland

Along the head waters of the Bindal or Rispana river in the upper Dehradun - Mussoorie region lie the trout stream and trout breeding waters run by Wilderness Films India.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

What frog species is this middle Himalayan altitude mendhak? We filmed this at our wildfilmsindia wetlands in the middle Himalaya, around Pari Tibba Estate and Motidhar, along the origin of the Bindal-Rispana nadi, in the monsoon of 2022.

Uttarakhand·flowers · industry

What lovely bird-call at our wildfilmsindia estate, as we examine bees take nectar from digitalis flowering stalks at Jabbarkhet in Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·highway · hills

An enormous prickly much-needled Porcupine or Siahi crosses our Camera Trap and triggers the recording, in the dead of night, on a winter's day in the Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand, around M…

Uttarakhand·hills · old town

The restored George Everest House, Hathipaon, Mussoorie : House on the edge of the hill. Everest's Himalayan perch: George Everest House, Hathipaon, Mussoorie, restored, back on tourist map George Everest House, Hathipaon, Mussoorie : House…