flowers

festival · flowers

The entrance to the Darchik Cultural Centre in Darchik village opens onto the annual Apricot Blossom Festival in the Aryan Valley of Kargil district, Ladakh.

Kargil, Ladakh·village · hills

Hundarman Village in Kargil district of Ladakh is surrounded by apricot trees in full bloom during the spring season.

flowers · highway

A bed of blooming petunias grows along a dirt path, with white, pink, and purple trumpet-shaped flowers visible among yellow wildflowers. Young palm trees and neatly maintained green bushes line the central divider nearby.

birds · wildlife

A sunbird sits inside a small, intricately woven hanging nest attached among the branches of a leafy garden tree. The bird remains within the nest for extended periods, occasionally turning and adjusting its position.

wildlife · birds

Grey Hornbill 'Lamdour or dhanesh chidiya' feeds its chicks with greens and other regurgitated vegetable and insect matter at Lodhi Garden, with a little unsolicited help from a Pied Hornbill female! Indian Grey Hornbill carrying green plan…

wildlife · birds

A female Oriental Pied Hornbill adopts a Grey Hornbill nest and chicks as her own in New Delhi city's Lodhi Gardens, and foster feeds them on a unilateral basis, in addition to the Grey Hornbill pair feeding their own chicks.

flowers

A leafless Semal or Red Silk Cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) covered in red flowers. The bare, angular branches stand against a clear blue sky, with clusters of scarlet blossoms visible across the tree.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Sorting plant bulbs across a dirt plot at the Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum in Uttarakhand. An open cardboard box and several small packets of seeds or bulbs are placed nearby as the planting work is prepared.

wildlife · flowers

A female Oriental Pied Hornbill adopts a Grey Hornbill nest and chicks as her own in New Delhi city's Lodhi Gardens, and foster feeds them on a unilateral basis, in addition to the Grey Hornbill pair feeding their own chicks.

flowers · highway

A dense planting of Coreopsis, also known as tickseed, along a landscaped city road median in Delhi. The bright yellow, daisy-like flowers have deeper orange-red centres and grow alongside palms and flowering shrubs.

Rajasthan·flowers · architecture

Hyatt Place Jaipur Malviya Nagar is near Apex Circle in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The exterior features a tall contemporary facade with a diamond-patterned design and rooftop greenery.

birds · wildlife

Rose-ringed Parakeet chick peeks out, half-feathered and curious about the world outside. Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) chicks inside a tree hollow at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi.

flowers · industry

The footage shows two hands planting fresh tulip bulbs in soil inside a polytunnel at Motidhar Botanical Arboretum in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

A carpet of blooming Primula denticulata, commonly known as drumstick primula or Himalayan primrose, and Iris kemaonensis, spread across a high-altitude alpine meadow in the Himalayas near Badrinath.

flowers · industry

A red and black blister beetle clinging to a cluster of green flower buds and feeding on one of them. Its contrasting banded wing covers stand out against the green plant as it chews into the bud.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Harvesting peony seed pods: After the flowers fade, the plant forms plump green seed pods, like the ones in this video.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum in the rain, with mist drifting through tall conifers and raindrops covering flowers and leaves.

flowers

A red and black Blister Beetle feeding on a yellow squash flower. The beetle has a glossy black body and contrasting red-striped wing covers as it moves across and chews the flower petals.

wildlife · birds

A female or non-breeding male Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) perched on a bare branch in soft, warm light.

Kargil, Ladakh·river · village

Garkon Village lies along the Indus River in the Aryan Valley of Kargil district, Ladakh. During spring, apricot trees across the village and surrounding agricultural terraces bloom with white and light pink flowers.

birds · wildlife

An adult Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) perched beside a round cavity in a tree trunk. The bright green parakeet has a red hooked bill, long tapering tail, red-orange eye ring, and a dark ring around the neck.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

The April landscape around Jabbarkhet near Landour in Uttarakhand, with flowering trees and wildflowers across the Himalayan forest.

flowers · birds

Spring landscapes around Pampore in the Kashmir Valley, with green meadows, wetlands, and hazy snow-capped mountains in the background.