“Himalayas”

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Himachal Pradesh hill station roads covered with snow and even iced over, as our camera glides down the roads of a few towns in the mid-winter freeze. Winter in the Himalaya, in a mountain town. Ambuja Cement painted on a shop's shutter.

hills · forest

Pretty in orange and blue! Rufous Sibia bird pair at our wildfilmsindia Motidhar Estate A plump little Rufous Sibia fluffs out its feathers, preens and enjoys the winter sun at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary Rufous Sibia is the new name…

Uttarakhand·snow · aerial

High altitude secret world of a Himalayan glacier complaining about climate change, with melting lakes atop its moraine! Chaukhamba and lateral Kedarnath glacier stunning aerial view of Garhwal Himalaya, with emerald green glacial lakes.

flowers · hills

Yellow orchid flowers of Dendrobium densiflorum from Sikkim, seen flowering in Delhi garden during spring-time Dendrobium densiflorum, a Himalayan epiphytic tree orchid mostly found in the Sikkim and West Bengal Himalaya flowers profusely…

hills · river

Enjoying its pristine Himalayan stream-side habitat is this Spotted Forktail. Se its lovely puffy white feather coat on its back as it struts around the stream-bed! Forktail bird spotted by wildfilmsindia stream, walks delicately with white…

hills · lake

Slow motion glories! Aporia agathon or Great Blackvein Butterflies mud-puddle in our dried out trout pond at the wildfilmsindia estate at Pari Tibba in the western Himalaya. They enjoy the cool water with algae in it.

forest · hills

One carelessly tossed bidi by a villager or a cigarette by a wretched ignorant tourist and hundreds, even thousands of acres of prime Himalayan mixed Oak and Rhododendron forest go up in smoke, in the dead of night, and no one cares or acts…

hills

The gardeners team together for one of many winter seed planting exercises at the end of the autumn season. Pots are prepared with cocopeat and loamy khaad or leaf manure.

Himachal Pradesh·village · hills

A woman carrying tin of water on her back returns home in the Himalayas, Nako Village. Located in Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh at a height of around 3600m, Nako village still lies serene, unspoiled and picturesque.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

The view shows the mountain peaks of Dhauladhar covered in white snow. Indrahar Pass is a mountain pass in the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas.

river · lake

See the alluvial fan at 3:40 into this video of Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh, India. This kilometers long trans Himalayan lake holds billions of liters of water and has no riverine exit, so it is a lake that collects water but drains out none…

river · hills

Yaks crossing icy stream near Tibetan plateau of the Indian state of Sikkim. Yak Safari is an adventure ride in the craggy terrain of Sikkim.

hills · monsoon

Begonia dioica Himalayan wild flower and a droplet of water threatening to fall, with monsoon droplets of fresh rain water, with a backdrop of green lush Himalayan mountain forests at the wildfilmsidia sanctuary in the western Himalaya.

forest · hills

Acorns just like the one Scrat is always running after in the 'Ice Age' franchise in its real-life habitat with the Himalayan Oak leaves glistening in the evening sunlight.

hills · flowers

Blue Globe Thistle in full bloom in the high valleys of the Garhwal Himalaya, in late autumn in the month of October 2020. These are mostly found in the higher altitude areas of the Himalayan Range.

hills · highway

Primula floribunda is a delicate yellow winter flowering middle altitude Himalayan primula plant which flowers in large bunches along forest paths and moist road-sides in limestone belts of the middle and lower Himalaya.

hills · forest

A wild Himalayan mountain goat stands on a cliff top forest ledge and listens out for movement that might mean danger. It twitches its ears in different directions to catch any noise.

West Bengal·birds · flowers

What sharp black on red colour contrast, as a range of Himalayan birds feast on Rhododendron flower nectar and petals.

hills · forest

In the headwaters of the Ganges lies this seldom explored or visited valley above Dharali, with vast Himalayan Silver Birch and conifer forests in the sub snow line...

Uttarakhand·hills · aerial

A market and fruit godown between Jhala, Jashpur and Purali villages on the Ganga trail. #jashpur #purali #jhala Bhagirathi valley aerial view of Ganga below Gangotri and above Uttarkashi, with apple orchards One of the most sacred regions…

birds · wildlife

Having just fledged from their nests in the early monsoon season, these White-throated Laughing Thrush chicks frantically open and close their feathers to attract Mum's attention, to be fed: Laughing Thrushes.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) couple on a forest tree in Landour: See their ruby red eyes See Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) couple on forest tree around Landour, notice their ruby red eyes The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is…

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.

wildlife · birds

Eating black berries from a wild Himalayan shrub, this cute bird with a jaunty forward-facing crest atop its head is the Whiskered Yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis).