forest

birds · hills

Sitting on a dead deodar tree branch, this most beautiful sky blue bird in the Himalaya is the Verditer Flycatcher as it trills out its call in the summer breeding season.

forest · aerial

Experience the breathtaking aerial views of Thattekad national park's lush, green jungle. Explore the beauty of this pristine natural haven from above.

West Bengal·wildlife · forest

Embark on a memorable journey with locals through the tranquil waters of Sajnekhali wildlife sanctuary in the Sundarbans.

forest · aerial

Wide vast swathes of agricultural lands alongside the distributaries of the Ganga river in the Sunderbands region of mangroves and low-lying flood plains of the Ganges delta. Kheta bari fields of Bengal, along the Ganga nadi.

Bengaluru, Karnataka·aerial · forest

Sarjapur Forest Area and outskirts of Bengaluru city, in Aerial view of Karnataka's IT city suburbs, in this aerial view, as seen aerially, from the air.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Low winter rainfall and barely any snowfall is another culprit for Himalayan forest fires that frequently destroy the nests and chicks of birds during their breeding season.

forest

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Uttarakhand·river · hills

Spotted Forktails splash around and have a watery ball in the Bindal-Rispana stream between Mussoorie and Dehradun, in summer-time and during their breeding season. Wetting bunches of moss, they carry them back to line their nests with.

forest · farmland

In pre-dawn daybreak low light, a Kalij Pheasant flock emerges in our Lily fields to feed each morning. A Pheasant male pecks at undergrowth for buds, shoots and bugs: Kaleej margha at wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

forest · hills

Cute little long-tailed Broadbill has a bath in our Bindal stream at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary, and then heads in to an Oak tree to shake off the water and dry off.

Uttarakhand·forest · birds

An adult male Doordraj or the glorious Indian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) with its lovely streaming tail feathers visited our wildfilmsindia Motidhar forests this spring, in the forests around Mussoorie.

flowers · hills

Calanthe plantaginea is a beautiful and rare light lilac coloured flowering ground orchid found in the wildfilmsindia forests in the western Himalaya.

hills · flowers

Paeonia emodi, a species of wild Peony that is endemic to the upper Himalaya, grows at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·forest · flowers

In a shocking red, the forest floor gets carpeted with Rhododendron arboreum dropped blooms and petals alike, after being eaten by birds above, and then falling on to the forest floor.

forest · hills

The mountain ranges of western Ghats extends over Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and contains 39 properties including wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and reserve forests, which have been designated as World Heritage Site…

forest · farmland

Western Ghats of Karnataka: Forest and agriculture interface between rice fields and palm cultivation, with red lateritic soil visible clearly in this aerial view of forest habitat that has been ruined and turned to agriculture in recent ye…

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.

birds · wildlife

This ullu cutely fluffs out the feathers on top of its head and looks out with its beady yellow eye. It lives a very secretive life and is barely seen and has been even more rarely filmed.

wildlife · forest

Early bird catches the worm indeed! In one big gobble this caterpillar is eaten up and then the male Robin looks all gorged and with a full mouth! That was a good meal for the migrant from the high mountains - exactly why it visits us each…

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A splash of yellow, red and green is what one sees when this Katphora comes along. And it does a world of good for the trees it sits on as it does away with insects, their larvae and grubs too.

Uttarakhand·forest

This perky chirpy shy and retiring bird is the Orange flanked Bush Robin with its turquoise and orange feathers, and it is a lovely high altitude winter visitor at our forests at Motidhar in Mussoorie, heading back to the high mountains to…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A Blue-throated Barbet nests at wildfilmsindia bird sanctuary in western Himalaya, at Motidhar valley around Mussoorie. A Himalayan or Hill Barbet also calls clearly in the clip, so it must be sitting on an adjacent tree.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Ranunculus or Persian Buttercup flowers pop out in brilliant colours flowers and enormous sized buds at Motidhar around Mussoorie, even as a Blue-throated Barbet calls out throatily across the valley, and white and yellow Feezia bloom in a…