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Lengda - as they are known in Garhwal area of Uttarakhand, or fern fronds, also known as fiddleheads in north America, make for highly nutritious iron rich forest produce.

Uttarakhand·forest

Massive Horse Chestnut tree at wildfilmsindia forests at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Winter clouds rise up from the valley and conceal the mountain tops, hide the deodar and oak trees, around Mussoorie in Uttarakhand.

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Uttarakhand·birds · forest

This cute little thrush looks such a pretty site among the white flower clumps of this shrub in Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

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.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A Tortoiseshell Butterfly on a granitic rock at the wildfilmsindia butterfly sanctuary in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, around Landour.

hills · forest

Himalayan Jungle Crow is larger and blacker than the plains House Crow or Corvus splendens, and has a pure black neck and not the grey neck of the House Crow. A glossy coat and a thicker larger beak too!

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Kalij Pheasants walk around with great confidence, as they forage for insects and seeds at our wildfilmsindia sanctuaries around Mussoorie. Pheasants of Himalaya become confident as they are provided protection at wildfilmsindia sanctuary

Uttarakhand·music · forest

While Black Bulbuls hang out in pairs or singly during the rest of the year, in winter they team up and band together in large cheerful noisy flocks! Seen here at our forests and wildlif preserve of wildfilmsindia around Mussoorie.

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A Pheasant male pecks at undergrowth for buds, shoots and bugs: Kaleej margha at wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand. The female is a darker brown and accompanies the male in the peony fields, with walnut trees above, for shade.

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A Pheasant male pecks at undergrowth for buds, shoots and bugs: Kaleej margha at wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand. The female is a darker brown and accompanies the male in the peony fields, with walnut trees above, for shade.

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Atop a Himalayan Cheer Pine tree, life takes place for a Langur monkey pack! Life in the conifer tree tops: Langurs grooming, lounging, de-ticking, de-licing, sleeping, feeding and more all within the upper branches of a pine.

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.

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A wild Ivy type creeper climbs an old Horse Chestnut tree at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet Himalayan forest in Uttarakhand.

hills · forest

Cabinets and veneers being set up, as well as Deodar or Himalayan Cedar wooden floor phattas being randa karod and being laid in a Himalayan house under construction in India.

festival · forest

With Crocs next door, the crowds gather around stall of Woodland shoes at the India International Trade Fair : Make in India joota brand.

Tamil Nadu·forest · hills

Ooty town below Doddabetta Peak in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, thick forests and lateritic red soil. A lovely plan view of Western Ghats forests taken directly from above, and looking down at the jagged top of the trees.

Karnataka·forest

An aerial pullback in slow motion, across and over farm-lands and agricultural tracts outside Bandipur National Park in Karnataka.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

The toot toot-toot toot is the four note call of the Collard Pygmy Owlet, with the warble whistle of the Common Hill Partridge in the background audio, on a bright autumn morning at our wildfilmsindia bird sanctuary in the western Himalaya,…

forest · birds

It's red jaunty crest aflame and bouncing back and forth as the bird pecks at the trunk, this Himalayan Pied Woodpecker or Katphora pecks away at mossy trunk of Oak tre at wildfilmsindia wildlife reserve in Uttarakhand.

birds · forest

A preening Hawk Eagle. See the strong legs with barred feathering plumage, and the long tail feathers and outer tail retrices, as it preens itself of mites and parasites on a wet monsoon day, sitting first on an Oak or Banj and later on on…

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

Male and Female Kaleej / Kalij Pheasant seen in monsoon greenery around Mussoorie, at the end of the breeding season, when chicks have been born and have become independent.