forest

forest

These Wild Mushrooms crowd our forest floor in Delhi, as the monsoon rains have hit, but you must NOT eat them! One cannot easily tell the edible from the poisonous ones so it is best to buy them from a reliable source, and not hazard the r…

hills · monsoon

It's a cloud fest in the Himalaya, as the monsoon clouds exit the mountains and begin their sub-continental to exit the sub-continent, as the monsoon system dissipates.

forest · hills

Climate change has truly started to bite. Large swathes of pristine Himalayan forests were destroyed in the spring of 2021, due to inordinate dryness, lack of rain and humidity, and the carelessness of tourists and villages wherein someone…

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Birds' nests with eggs in them, young bird chicks and reptiles all perished in this dreadful forest fire lit by a careless tourist with a cigarette or a greedy and jealous neighbour, as the case may be.

forest · hills

One carelessly tossed bidi by a villager or a cigarette by a wretched ignorant tourist and hundreds, even thousands of acres of prime Himalayan mixed Oak and Rhododendron forest go up in smoke, in the dead of night, and no one cares or acts…

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.

forest

Time lapse of smoke clouds rising from a forest fire.

forest · village

Archival footage of a village and forest fire in 1930's-1940's India, with a forest area going up in flames, and cultivation in the precincts of a village being destroyed along a barbed wire fence.

Uttarakhand·forest · river

A raging forest fire burns in Nainital, during the hot and dry summer months of 2009. Forest fires mainly take place in the lower Himalayan regions of Garhwal and Kumaon during the months of April, May and June, and quickly spread thanks to…

hills · forest

The terribly sad season of summer forest fires is upon us, when bird nests, offspring, eggs and chicks all perish.

forest · hills

A forest fire burns through wild forest in Uttarakhand, India, as forest officers and local residents work together to control it. Water pipes are used to douse flames while smoke spreads through the forested area.

forest · hills

Forest Fire Aftermath in Uttarakhand: Under storey shrubs burned to cinder, birds nests destroyed and oak trees burned from top to bottom.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

The wildfilmsindia team tries to battle a forest fire in the Himalaya during a crackly summer season around Mussoorie.

snow · hills

Views of the Bandarpunch glacier, Hanuman valley, and birch forest from the Chhaiyan Gad camp in the Garhwal Himalaya.

hills · forest

The Chhaiyan Gad camp at the head of the Bandarpunch range valley, Birch or Betula utilis forest, Rhododendron campanulatum shrub forest, and sunset in different colours over Jaonli, across the Bhigarathi valley.

hills · forest

More than two minutes of postcard-worthy landscape visuals all the way from the high mountains of the Himalayas. A virtual tour of the Garhwal Himalaya highlands as seen in late autumn. Harsil valley as seen from Laldhang.

forest · village

A panoramic view of the residential area of Tharali / Dharali Village with colourful roofs and few wooden cabins with wooden roofs.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

Several sets of A-line huts mar the alpine meadows of Ali and Bedni en route the Roopkund and Ronti Saddle trek. The huts have been set up for pilgrims who take part in the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra, for political and local reasons.

forest

A detailed close-up reveals a Green Fan-throated Lizard gripping firmly onto a tree trunk. Its textured scales blend seamlessly with the bark, providing excellent camouflage.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · river

Panna Tiger Reserve is one of India's best kept conservation secrets. Visit for a fantastic wildlife outdoor experience, with a few big cats and smaller mammals thrown in.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · farmland

Jakira camp is a central Indian wilderness resort owned and run by Shyamendra Singh or Vinni Raja as he is also fondly known. See their wild camp at Jhinna near Jhinna Village , Ajaigarh Tehsil , Panna District.

river · forest

A mid-winter misty flight over the Ken river, a heavily under-rated river in central India, and one that drains the forests of the Panna National Park, creating a lot of fresh water flow down-stream, and which is due to be river-interlinked…

Madhya Pradesh·river · forest

Shift into one of the two room cottages within the private forest at Ken River Lodge in Panna, Madhya Pradesh, and experience the ultimate level of privacy and comfort in the wilds.