hills

hills · snow

Tibetan Snow Partridge on bare and rocky, dry and craggy, edge of snow inhospitable terrain in Ladakh Neat and cute as buttons, a covey of Tibetan Snow Partridge huddle together on an icy snow slope in the Ladakh winter, rugged and tolerant…

hills

Fruit trees brought in for plantation get set to soil at our Motidhar garden-forest interfaces in the western Himalaya. We are interspersing cherry and nectarine saplings with M9 and M111 apple tree plantations.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bulbs brought in for plantation get set to soil at our Jabbarkhet garden-forest interfaces. Amaryllis flower belladonna bulbs in plantation mode at the wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Calla or Arum Lilies grow tall, large and stately at wildfilmsindia stream-side valley in Mussoorie Arums collected and placed in vases look lovely in the Himalayan spring... The Callas are not at their peak as winter has just passed.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

Calla or Arum Lilies grow tall, large and stately at wildfilmsindia stream-side valley in Mussoorie Arums collected and placed in vases look lovely in the Himalayan spring... The Callas are not at their peak as winter has just passed.

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…

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Deodar or Himalayan Cedar Pollen sits yellow and splashed across the face of this Chestnut- bellied Rock Thrush as it calls out from its perch at the wildfilmsindia conservation forests at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

birds · hills

With an orange beak and an energetic chirpy demeanour, this Black Bulbul is a gregarious mountain bird, seen at Motidhar forests in winter, often in large flocks.

hills · forest

This Katphora or Himalayan Rufous-bellied Pied Woodpecker lives up to its name, by excavating a nest-hole within a semi-dying Himalayan Oak tree trunk at the wildfilmsindia conservation forest and Orchard at Motidhar in the western Himalaya…

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

In a clear sign of climate change induced local bird migration from the plains to the middle hills, the Jungle Myna is an unwanted migrant from the plains, as it steals hill birds' nesting holes and thus displaces them and prevents them fro…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Lovely mauve pale lilac flowers adorn this wild Himalayan ground orchid! Calanthe plantaginea ground orchid grows wild and blooms in the month of April in our Motidhar wildfilmsindia protected forests around Mussoorie in the western Himalay…

river · hills

The Spotted Forktail are back at our Motidhar stream to breed in the summer months, in the head waters of the Bindal - Rispana river.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Twilight hour in the western Himalaya: A Mountain Scops Owl calls as the sun sets behind the deodars and the moon crests the distant ridge.

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·flowers · hills

Blossoming glory of a Himalayan Wild Pear Tree or kaitha / mohli in bloom at Jabbarkhet wildfilmsindia botanical collection

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Himalayan Blue Pine cones and pine leaves are different from the regular Chir pine, as seen at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet conservation zone in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

What spring-time cheer these daffodil blooms bring us, in shades of pink, orange and yellow! See one day's harvest at our wildfimsindia Himalayan arboretum.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

This Brilliantly stately - even gaudy - Rhododendron arboreum tree is blooming in a particularly showy fashion this year, at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet in Spring 2024.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

As the late winter Himalayan clouds billow up, our Fritillaria imperialis rubra and maxima Lily (literally - the imperial crown lily!) finally flower at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical arboreturm - bringing back a valuable Himalayan…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Moods of a spring day in the middle Himalaya! Brilliant spring time imagery, with late winter clouds, and Rhododendron arboreum blooming at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet mountains in the western Himalaya, clouds moving in fast moving time l…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

As the late winter Himalayan clouds billow up, our Fritillaria imperialis rubra and maxima Lily (literally - the imperial crown lily!) finally flower at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical arboreturm - bringing back a valuable Himalayan…

Uttarakhand·hills

As a Himalayan sunrise lends light to our flowering Himalayan kaitha pear tree, it also throws light on the exotic but now naturalized Magnolia soulangeana blossoms wihch stand in stark contrast against the backdrop of flamboyant and impres…