“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·hills · school

A Rufous or Black-capped Sibia in Landour, Mussoorie, known to Dehra dun school students as the 'Three Cheers'! The Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

hills · snow

Trekkers climbing a rocky, snow-streaked ridge on the Rudragaira trek in the Himalayas. A large snow-covered mountain rises in the background, with steep icy faces, glacial ice, and exposed rock beneath a clear blue sky.

flowers · hills

Climate change is sending freak hailstorms to the Himalaya with alarming regularity, in place of snow and rain.

hills · birds

Nesting duties of the White-throated Laughing thrush of the Himalaya: Feeding time for yellow gaped babies A White-throated Laughing Thrush spreads her wings wide to protect delicate chicks from summer sun, as she sits in her nest atop her…

hills · livestock

A flock of foraging sheep can truly lay bare an entire hillside, as they meticulously graze the slope to barren-ness... Sheep over lead to over-grazing in the Himalaya, killing off the undergrowth and grasses on entire mountains.

hills · river

Leg 5 of Raid de Himalaya had two competitive and two transport sections. The last of the competitive sections began near Panikher village towards upper Suru valley and ended at Rangdum.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Cars and bikes pass from Ahata on SH - 43 enroute to Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh on Day 3 of Raid de Himalaya 2015. Leg 3 of Raid de Himalaya began at Manali and ended at Dalhousie.

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See how the glaciers of the Himalaya have gouged out the valleys and deepened them, through abrasion and abrasive action over eons.

hills · wildlife

After their brief pit stop in Delhi, to recharge their batteries, eat mulberries and insects, drink and rest in the shade, the Rosy Starlings have headed north and across the Himalaya, to their summer and breeding grounds...

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Butterflies pay a visit to a Red hot poker flowering stem at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet in the Himalaya A Stag beetle explores a Red Hot Poker or Kniphofia blooming head at the wildfilmsindia Himalayan botanical garden, with a Green-backed T…

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Tibetan Partridge in mid-winter Ladakh freeze, hardy pheasant family or pheasanidae like Ptarmigan type bird of the high Himalaya and trans-Himalayan regions.

hills · flowers

Primula (not sikkimensis) and Inula daisy fields of flowers in north Sikkim 17th June 2022, between Thangu and Gurudongmar, as seen near the army encampment, along the Lachen Chhu or the nascent Teesta river.

river · hills

A rarely visited and seen lake is Bamsaru Tal as seen her at the base of Bandarpunch peak in the Garhwal Himalaya, at spring-time snow-melt time.

birds · hills

A couple of Slaty-headed Parakeets (Psittacula himalayana) are filmed on a coniferous Cedrus deodara Himalayan Cedar tree in Uttarakhand. A silhouette of the bird trying to eat fresh cedar cone nuts straight from the tree.

Uttarakhand·hills · music

Accidentals performing in Big Gig music festival in Landour. This group is from Woodstock School.

Uttarakhand·hills

Rupin Dang speaking about the Rhododendron arboreum trees of his old British estate in the Himalaya, at 7600 feet altitude, in Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

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A Himalayan serow grazing in Himalayan forest, India. The Himalayan serow (Capricornis thar) is a goat-antelope native to the Himalayas, and eastern and southeastern Bangladesh.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A pair of Rufous or Black-capped Sibia do a little jig on a water pipe to get a drink of clean water, and a Black-crowned Jay on a late winter day at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forest in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Tree Dahlia imperialis plants grow to 20-30 feet in the Himalaya, originally from Mexico Autumnal feel of pink Tree Dahlia imperialis or wild Dahlias filmed at our wildfilmsindia forest in Jabbarkhet, Landour-Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

hills · river

Trout splash around with glee as they are fed in our trout runs in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

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Why is the skin flaking off this Agama's back? The spots give it camouflage. Why is it breathing so prominently and heavily, we wonder? Laudakia tuberculata: Found from 790m to 3900m above sea level these Lizards are normally seen in open r…

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

It's call gives this bird its onomatopoeic name of Three Cheers. Sitting pretty in the orange glow of pre-sunset timing in winters in the Himalaya, this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia can be heard singing in it's melodious voice in the…

hills · wildlife

A female Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) perched on a rocky ledge in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, India.

Uttarakhand·hills · ceremony

The scenic Dalai Hills offer a spiritual and panoramic experience in the Garhwal Himalayas. Thousands of colourful Tibetan prayer flags flutter continuously in the mountain breeze, symbolising peace, compassion, and harmony.