“Himalayas”

Zanskar, Ladakh·livestock · hills

The last few hundred meters down to the waters' edge, the young Urial ewes lop and canter, jump and spring forward, excited for their drink of water in this high altitude desert! As the Urial descend down a ravine, jumping across smaller pr…

hills

This poor Stag Beetle has got onto its back, and cannot right itself, even as a Common Hill Partridge or Peora calls across the valley.

hills

A cute little Goral or wild Mountain Goat of the Himalaya chews at dry grasses , awaiting spring and the profusion of new plant growth, for better feeding.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A forest fire lit by a careless villager or tourist rises up from the valley below, carried by strong winds, and climbs to Mussoorie where it lights up many hills and destroys hundreds of acres of Himalayan forests.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

The enchanted landscape of Spiti Valley in the Himalaya. Snow capped mountains and valleys with serene rivers flowing in Nako Valley. A holy gate made of rocks with Buddhist flags fluttering in the cold landscape.

highway · hills

The villagers in some parts of Garhwal in Uttarakhand call this device a 'guldoba' for it repairs roads, pushes aside masses of stone, rubble and muddy soil.

snow · river

A rare aerial view of the Gangotri glacier, with a ring-side view of climate change in action in the Himalaya, with glacial melt and Himlayan glacial run-off getting accentuated in recent years.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

While we were camped out in the lower Himalaya, in search of the thought-to-be-extinct Mountain Quail, we came across this party of White-throated Laughing Thrush birds looking for insects in the under-storey of the forest at the Wilderness…

birds · hills

The brilliant blue plumage shines in the summer sunshine of the Himalaya, offset by the green forest hues behind. A prettier bird one cannot possibly behold than the Verditer Flycatcher!

hills · snow

Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group.

hills · forest

Himanshu Upadhyaya's Holm Farm Heritage in Ranikhet must rank as one of the finest Himalayan home-stay destinationss, so head there on your next visit! A lovely old restored British home around Ranikhet cantonment town in Kumaon.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Spiti Valley, surrounded on all sides by the soaring snowy mountain walls of the high Himalaya, Spiti is situated India’s northern border with Tibet in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

Nanda Devi, Uttarakhand·hills · river

The Himalayan lake of Roopkund is the starting point for the onward trek to Hom Kund and Ronti Saddle that lies on a col between the mighty peaks of Nanda Ghunti and Trishul that lie along the outer rim of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Ga…

hills · snow

A lone yellow tent with smaller tents pitched on the ablation valley along a glacial shelf with the glacier separated by just a small ridge. A small glacial melt water lake is located at the edge of the moraine.

forest · flowers

Male Kaleej Pheasant beaks around in the leaf litter, with the odd Rhododendron petal and fallen flowers, displaying to a nearby female, establishing territory.

forest · aerial

Thick forest along the Sarada river along Tanakpur's sub-Himalayan Bastiya forest belt in Champawat district of Uttarakhand, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

Rajasthan·river · hills

Khichan Lake sees wild Demoiselle Cranes come in for rest and recuperation after crossing the Himalaya

birds · hills

A Himalayan Pied Woodpecker cleans our excavated saw dust and dug out wood chips from inside a nest: Avian housekeeping and cleaning.

hills · birds

Is that first shot a Ferrugineous Flycatcher perhaps. If so, it may be a new record for the Garhwal Himalaya! Rufous Sibia sits in warm evening light, flits around on fungus ridden branch in middle Uttarakhand A plump little Rufous Sibia fl…

birds · hills

Seen in the central Indian open plains are a Long-tailed or Bay-backed Shrike, a Common Babbler and a a spunky energetic Himalayan Black lored Tit.

hills · forest

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 what we always called the Black-capped Sibia or Three Cheers! Winter wild pears are an a…

forest · hills

Spot the critter! Cicada in green and black against moss on an oak tree trunk : almost perfect camouflage for this loud insect whose call reverberates through mountain forests.

hills · forest

After a bath in our Rispana stream, a Rufous Sibia carouses with preening White-throated Laughing Thrushes in a thicket or shrubbery, as cicadas call out loud, at Motidhar forest Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-…

monsoon · hills

Grown with seed provided by the Meconopsis Group of the UK, this is Meconopsis integrifolia ex Zheduo Shan, with reflective rain drops accumulated on hairy leaves, after a late winter - early spring shower at the wildfilmsindia botanical co…