“monsoon”

hills · monsoon

Gladiolii blooms in the Himalayan monsoon: Cornflag gladiolus dalenii at wildfilmindia's Motidhar botanical collections in the 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.

forest · hills

In the fading light of a monsoon day, what has this female Kalij Pheasant found as she gobbles it up, trying to stuff it down her beak, camouflaged as she is into forest leaf litter digs in to the understorey for insects and seeds? Male thr…

festival · hills

Maund Mela is the Fish killing festival of Uttarakhand, takes place in monsoon, decimates stream of aquatic life but is also culture.

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·monsoon · hills

Ever walked down stairs that had water streaming down them? Only in Mussoorie! Monsoon water cascades down the Mussoorie hills. The water is flowing down from the rock, forming another mini stream on the road side.

hills · monsoon

Abbott Mount is an old British times hill station in Kumaon, close to Champawat, Devidhura and in the general Almora district.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

These delightful white and pink wild Begonias grow wild on our Himalayan slopes at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the western Himalaya.

flowers · hills

A melange of monsoon time wild flowers from the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Himalaya (in order) - Begonia dioica and picta, Roscoea purpurea is a wild ground orchid of sorts, wild ginger, green seed pods of Arisaema wall…

monsoon · hills

An after storm cloudy monsoon view from the middle Himalaya, looking down to the plains of north India.

monsoon · hills

Brilliant Himalayan cloud movements: Late monsoon afternoon time lapse of clouds at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet mountains in Uttarakhand. And then we head into sunset! Late afternoon time lapse of clouds at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet

hills · monsoon

As the clouds clear, the peak of Bandarpunch is revealed in all its glory, in the Garhwal Himalaya range, as the wildfimsindia team treks beyond Dodital lake and into the bowl of Banderpunch.

hills · monsoon

This termite hill grows taller by the minute as you watch this time lapse of a termite hill in the Indian monsoon season, with grey clouds billowing past. Assiduously working away on their mud fortresses, numbers do the job for termites.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Help us identify this species of jungli pahari ginger. A wild Himalayan Ginger plant flowers in the prolific monsoon months at the wildfilmsindia Pari Tibba Estate in Motidhar, Mussoorie. Frogs call from our trout ponds!

farmland · hills

Rice paddies are cultivated in step cultivation form in the Himalaya. The rice fields are stepped down the hillside, with each field a foot or so lower so that the steepness of the hill is tamed and water can flow evenly from one field to t…

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

At the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical gardens and wildlife sanctuary, the monsoon has been profuse this July, in 2019. The ferns, wild Himalayan pear tree, fig leaves and deodar needles all sport drops of rain water.

hills

Termites craft their termite hills, one grain of soil at a home, building upon the base and creating large towering structures that we call deemak pahari.

river · hills

A small hill stream rushes over rocks and pebbles, its water turning white where it tumbles past a large boulder. Green shrubs with purple flowers hang over the bank, and wet leaves, twigs, and gravel line the ground nearby.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Monsoon time riverbank bird roots around for insects: Spotted Forktail along Bindal upper head waters Spotted Forktail is a cute water bird that lives along fast flowing Himalayan streams, seen here at the wildfilmsindia Bindal - Rispana wa…

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

The leaves of the Oak trees rustle in the wind, exposing their white undersides, and the deodars bend their boughs, as pre-monsoon showers finally hit Mussoorie-Landour, as rain cools down the hills around Jabbarkhet, and kills off all sign…

birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher quivers its tail as it delivers it's lovely trilling call! Deep blue bird catches monsoon light It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blu…

monsoon · hills

Termite insects in their hive of activity as they get frantic with work as monsoon progresses across India. See a termite hill or deemak pahari get built in time lapse mode...

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

The Moon moves up dark Himalayan sky, as the dark and dense monsoon clouds clear away one August night, as seen from the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in Landour, Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

See how the pollen has amply dusted off on the back of this beetle which feeds within a Crocus or Rain Lily bloom at the wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in Uttarakhand.