“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

The Black throated Thrush roots around in the leaf litter as it reaches the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet bird sanctuary, as a winter migrant to the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Dark throated Thrush is a not common winter visitor at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet bird sanctuary in the western Himalaya. Black throated Thrush at Jabbarkhet

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.

hills · flowers

Cirsium thistle or Cirsium falconeri is found at higher altitudes, even as high as 4400 meters in the Himalaya! Onopordum acanthium or the Scotch Thistle as seen in the Valley of Flowers.

birds · hills

Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue! Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and looks deceptively like a different bird but is rea…

birds · wildlife

Kotwal chidiya or Grey Drongo has a ruby red eye, a forked tail 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.…

hills · river

This Green-backed Tit calls out every few seconds while sitting on a rock and taking in the warm winter sun...

hills · birds

The fabulous Hill Barbet or Great Himalayan Barbet gets its name mewli or piao from this far reaching call which is heard far and wide in the mountains of the Western Himalaya.

flowers · sport

Football lilies bloom in great profusion at our botanical collections in Delhi and up in the western Himalaya, with the advent of the monsoon rains...

hills · wildlife

Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun, is this Sibia, at our wildfilmsindia estate.

flowers · hills

Separating and planting out Meconopsis Himalayan and Tibetan Blue Poppy seedlings into separate pots, Primulas too, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills

European Honey Buzzard, a prominent Himalayan raptor (not the Oriental?) sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar tree, during passage migration, as seen at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet mountains in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

hills · snow

Neat and cute as buttons, a covey of Tibetan Snow Partridge huddle together on an icy snow slope in the Ladakh winter, rugged and tolerant to extreme temperatures. They band together to keep warm and share in each others' warmth.

hills · snow

Porters and team members assemble tents on a rocky glacial shelf above the main Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, en route the Kalindi Khal pass trek in the western Himalaya.

hills · monsoon

Walking through deep snowpack Porters and team members assemble tents on a rocky glacial shelf above the main Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, en route the Kalindi Khal pass trek in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

Commelina tuberosa not paludosa monsoon light time lapse at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection in the western Himalaya. The Commelina flower has a gluey secration inside its pod.

hills · forest

High up in the Himalaya grows the remarkable Bhojpatra, or Himalayan birch. Its distinctive peeling, pale bark was traditionally used as a writing material for manuscripts and religious texts.

forest · hills

In pre-dawn darkness, a Kalij Pheasant is the first one to the party on the forest floor, turning up leaves and digging with its claws in the soft moist soil below the oak trees.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Black-crowned Jay and Rufous Sibia: Two visitors to our wild Himalayan pear tree, for fruit and insect fare The Rufous Sibia, Black-capped Sibia or the Three Cheers bird has smart blue wings with a rufous-brown body and a black cap atop its…

hills · monsoon

Misty monsoon clouds roll over green hills in the Lower Himalayas during heavy fog season. Thick white fog blankets valleys and peaks, creating dramatic atmospheric layers.

Watch a spider jump to carry its silk strand from one branch of a shrub to another, in high altitude forests of Uttarakhand in the western Himalaya. Help us identify this species of spider!

Himachal Pradesh·hills · village

Explore the traditional houses and simple village lifestyle of the people of Spiti Valley. This video captures the unique architecture and daily life set against the stunning backdrop of the Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

The Rufous Sibia, Black-capped Sibia or the Three Cheers bird has smart blue wings with a rufous-brown body and a black cap atop its head Hanging upside down as it plunders a wild Himalayan pear tree and bites off big chunks of ripe small w…

hills

Walking up the scree and rocky slopes of Mt. Rudragaira to get to a 19, 200 foot high trekking peak of a Himalayan summit in the Garhwal Himalaya.