“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Pretty little Green Pigeons feed on monsoon fruiting Verbena - fig type berries at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet sanctuary in the Himalaya, around Landour.

river · hills

Fuzz ball of cotton! A Spotted Forktail fluffs out its feathers and preens on a post of our trout pond at the wildfilmsindia stream in Uttarakhand, showing lots of white inner feathers.

hills · birds

This super cheery singer songster is the Grey-winged Blackbird, while it's more dapper and colourful forest-mate is the Verditer Flycatcher which makes it a point to sign from high dead branches, to make its presence felt.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A winter visitor to our wildfilmsindia forests around Mussoorie, with beautiful flanks of orange, a flicking tail, nervous demeanour and aquamarine blue, meet the Orange-flanked Bush Robin! The Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also…

Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand·forest

Watch close-ups of a beautiful Indian Fritillary butterfly, Common Punch and Indian Red Admiral as seen at our Wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Jabbarkhet in the Himalaya.

forest · wildlife

Dark Grey Bush Chat, Yellowish-green Leaf Warbler and Rhododendron trees in our Wilderness protected forest. 0:00 - The dark grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A lovely tapestry of colours and clouds painted upon by the glow of dusk from 7200 feet in the Himalaya, from our mountain cottage at wildfilmsindia's forests in Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·forest · flowers

A male and female mating pair of Kaleej Pheasants hang out in our rich habitat of a forest-field interface around Mussoorie in the western Himalaya. The male pecks seeds from the ground, chiefly of grasses.

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…

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…

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 · 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.

forest · wildlife

About 150 bird species are reported from the Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary and during winter large congregations of Brahminy Duck Tadorna ferruginea can be seen at the sanctuary.

Uttarakhand·forest

Light filtering in through the teak trees (Tectona grandis), Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand. Mono-culture forest of teak in the forest / jungle of Corbett in the terai foothills of the Himalaya, known as the Shivalik range.

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...

hills · forest

One of India's best songsters, when not skulking silently in winter, the Grey-winged Blackbird puts up an audio display in summer! Grey-winged Blackbird shyly skulks on Himalayan wild pear tree and feeds on fruit, while keeping its fine whi…

Uttarakhand·flowers · forest

Banding together in the warm winter sun are these Slaty-headed Parakeets at the wildfilmsindia Motidhar forests around Mussoorie in the western Himalaya - familiar grey head of this cute fruit and flower marauders are noisy, attractive bird…

forest · hills

Our wildfilmsindia Himalayan jungle in sunlight and shadows! Help us protect these forests and diverse habitat types in the middle Himalaya.

wildlife · birds

The Black Baza also trips over and loses balance as it tries to poach on ants on its branch, in addition to the green locust treat in its talons! This Black Baza eats ants that pass on a small tree branch, all the while consuming a rodent t…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A Yellow-naped Woodpecker's yellow-green throat feathers catch evening light, on Oak tree in the Himalaya, within the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in Uttarakhand, while a Darjeeling Pied Himalayan Woodpecker pecks at insects living wit…

forest · flowers

This Kalij murgha visits among our Agapanthus lily garden in the western Himalaya. A Pheasant male pecks at undergrowth for buds, shoots and bugs: Kaleej margha at wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

birds · hills

In nature, a handicapped bird has little chances of survival. Yet, this Grey-winger Blackbird seems to be full of life, sings and vocalizes with full joy and is clearly confident of its place in its territory.

Meghalaya·hills · forest

Mountain cabin in Himalayan mountains of India: an aerial journey through forest and meadow. Since the Himalayas don't just cover the head of the continent India like a jewelled crown but extends from the north to northeast.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Neither deathly steep cliffs nor wet slippery grasses deter the wild Mountain Goat of the Himalaya - the Goral.