“Himalayas”

forest

We found this massive tree with a Hobbit hollow inside it, in a thick forested area of Dombang in north Sikkim - must be 500 years old! Four people can stand within the tree hollow! Looking up to the crown, there is a vertical chute within…

forest

Kalij Pheasants with their sprightly white kalgi preen their feathers and dig in the oak leafed forest floor for insects and worms.

forest · hills

Male threatens female away from prize worm she has found: Kaleej Pheasant couple beak around in grass Male and female Kalij Pheasant couple root around in the forest leafy under storey, at Motidhar sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, with the red…

birds · forest

A Grey Drongo digs into a juicy cicada, holding it with its left foot, and pecking deep for morsels with its sharp beak. It seems the marauding Jungle Myna has come to nest in the middle Himalaya, after all.

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.

Uttarakhand·forest

Indian tourists carry their skiing gear move towards skiing area to learn in Auli. Auli is nestled in the lap of snow-capped peaks of Garhwal Himalayas, in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, near the world famous religious shrine of Badri…

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…

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.

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.

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…

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-…

forest · wildlife

Dark-Grey Bush Chat male approaches chicks with insect feed in its beak, at wildfilmsindia sanctuary Bird eating insect Uttarakhand A male Dark Grey Bush Chat nests in wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya, and successfully fetches grubs…

hills · forest

At the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens owned by wildfilmsindia in the western Himalaya, a Goral or wild mountain goat looks up in surprise at all the noise and disturbance caused by a group of visiting langur monkeys.

forest

Time-lapse of bearded Iris Bruno flowers in the western Himalayas of Uttarakhand in spring-time Iris season at wildfilmsindia sanctuary.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

As the day breaks, the folds of ranges stretching away into the eastern horizon, across the Himalaya, look towards Surkhanda Devi and Dhanolti, Kanatal and Chamba, while clouds float in. ..

Himachal Pradesh·railway · aerial

Shimla Toy train enters a tunnel and exits through pine forests. Flying over the Kalka to Shimla Toy train, the train runs like a snake in the Himalayas. The train travels along mostly mountanious route from Kalka to Shimla.

hills · forest

What this lovely cold water emanate from Himalayan springs, and flow through pine and deodar forests, and fall into this rocky bowl in the Rohru region of Himachal, refreshinghly, on a warm summer day when the sun beats down hardly.

river · forest

At our wildfilmsindia Himalayan bird sanctuary, see the lovely deep blue iridescent shades in a White-capped Redstart's plumage as it hunts for insects along the modest Bindal-Rispana stream where it starts out deep in our protected oak and…

forest · hills

With White-created Laughing Thrushes calling out with their bubbly songs, a female Kalij Pheasant ascends into Oak tree for her nightly roost, eats lichens and moss before settling in Come night time, and the Kalij Pheasants in our forest a…

forest · hills

Have you ever seen a pigeon so green in colour? This Himalayan Kokla Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is the real deal! A Kokla Green Pigeon couple sit in their nest.

wildlife · hills

A female leopard listens out carefully for an alarmed and calling Muntjac, Kakar or Barking Deer, even as a wild cat searches for amouse, and a feamle nursing Wild boar with prominent teats gambols through our forest, and get caught in our…