“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·village · hills

Traditional Terraced Mustard Farming and Rural Village Life in Agora Village of the Garhwal Himalayas within Uttarkashi District.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A female Grey Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus), a small songbird frequently found in the Himalayas and surrounding regions. Appearance: Females are generally brown with a rufous-colored tail and a distinct, faded head pattern.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Hanging upside down as it plunders a wild Himalayan pear tree and bites off big chunks of ripe small wild pear fruit, this Rufous Sibia is the 'Three Cheers' caller, earlier known as the Black-capped Sibia, seen here at Jabbarkhet in the we…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Arisaema Himalayan Snake plant seed pods begin to ripen in our Himalayan forest, even as Agapanthus flowers among the yellow gladiolus at the wildfilmsindia botanical collection at Motidhar around Mussoorie Agapanthus flowers go crazy in th…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bunches of run-wild Crocuses have taken over our early monsoon late summer hillsides at the Jabbarkhet botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia, overlooking the plains and the higher mountains of the Himalaya, as garden escapes that have got nat…

hills · highway

In the fog and mist of the Himalaya, one wrong turn can lead to a deadly accident, such as this one in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. A Haryana number car has gone off the road, with obviously disastrous consequences for the occupants.

Nepal·hills

Climbing up the frozen steep mountains have never been an easy task, and it becomes more evident while the men of Indian Army tries to climb the highest peak in the world i.e., Mount Everest.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

With a Hill Barbet and a Blue-throated Barbet calling, and a Rufous Sibia too, a Grey-winged Blackbird takes full advantage of the display of Rhododendron flower heads before it, above our Bindal stream at Motidhar Estate in Mussoorie.

hills · snow

Rudugaira peak, peaks of the Nega-Nelang valley, Manda, Jogin, Auden's Col and Gangotri I, II and III peaks, with the Rudragaira glacier in between.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Blue bearded Bee-eater: Rare sighting of this smart insect eating superb flyer with a beard, in Mussoorie, at the Wilderness Orchard and conservation forests at Motidhar.

forest · hills

The more drab brown female and the blue-black and white male Kalij Pheasant hang out in our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Roping up to cross the roaring Rishi Ganga river within the outer sanctuary of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, India.

farmland · hills

Rukmani Nursery in Ghorakhuri is one of the finest horticulture projects in Uttarakhand, even in the entire western Himalaya.

hills

Laudakia tuberculata: Found from 790m to 3900m above sea level these Lizards are normally seen in open rocky areas and are fairly distributed in India.

birds · hills

Does this owl look comical or threatening as it puffs out its white throat feathers, and calls out its typical toot-toottoot-toot four note call, across the hills of Garhwal? This is the smallest owl in the world, and quite our favourite on…

hills · snow

Breathtaking and beautiful view of the majestic mountains and peaks of the Himalayas, covered with snow. The mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom.

hills · livestock

Sheep flock together in a rolling green alpine meadow or buggyal pastureland in the high Himalaya of Garhwal.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Nanda Devi National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries: Nanda Devi National Park is an outstanding mountain wilderness with few if any parallels elsewhere in the Himalayas on account of its concentration of high peaks and glaciers lying within a…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A deep purple Crocus flower opening and closing in time lapse, following movement of the sun, at Jabbarkhet in the western Himalaya. A white clover flower grows right behind it.

Uttarakhand·hills · highway

The tiny Chinyalisaur airport above Tehri Dam in Garhwal, Uttarakhand: One of the shortest air strips in the Himalaya, with a tricky approach through the narrow Ganga valley above Tehri Dam, and a short runway.

hills · river

Rare sighting: Is this a Tree Frog or a regular ground frog? Is it a rare Himalayan species, perhaps? Is this species a common one, or is it perhaps not even known to exist in the region? Help us identify this frog species, please.

birds · hills

It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue! Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and…

birds · hills

Himalayan Snake Plant or Arisaema among Maroon Oriole and Thrush bird calls at Motidhar estate of wildfilmsindia, in the western Himalaya. Arisaema is a large and diverse genus of the flowering plant family Araceae.

hills · wildlife

Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun, is this Sibia, at our wildfilmsindia estate.