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forest · birds

Long-tailed Broadbill is a rarely-seen bird in Garhwal, as it is more of an eastern Himalayan species. It wags its tail while sitting on a pine tree at our wildfilmsindia conservation lands in Uttarakhand.

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·hills

birds · wildlife

With many predators on the prowl, including a Yellow-throated Marten or tutrali, our distant protection of this nest yielded a successful clutch of fledged chicks! Notw how th parent flaps its wings, chick-style, in order to elicit a certai…

birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher quivers its tail as it delivers it's lovely trilling call! Deep blue bird catches monsoon light It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blu…

hills · flowers

Dendrobium denneanum, a subtropical Himalayan orchid growing at the wildfilmsindia gardens in New Delhi. The native range of this species is Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China.

Uttarakhand·snow · aerial

A snow avalanche cascades down along Chaukhamba glacier, as seen aerially in the Garhwal Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

Chaukhamba and lateral Kedarnath glacier stunning aerial view of Garhwal Himalaya, with emerald green glacial lakes.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

With the sunshine playing its magic on the hillside behind, this peony slowly opens on our hillsides around Mussoorie. Coral colourd Peony opening in slow motion at Jabbarkhet botanical collections in the Himalaya

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Saplings of Cherry, apple, peach, walnut, apricot and nectarine trees being planted at wildfilmsindia Himalayan orchards, as sent from Battistini Vivai in Italy. The smaller plants in the box are Blueberry and Blackberry saplings.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Seasons and moods at our wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in the western Himalaya. As the clouds rise up the valley - and this has been a moist spring and summer - the Irises open with the warming days.

birds · hills

Nicely camouflaged, the Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker matches the mossy trunks it climbs up in search of insects at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the western Himalaya.

river · hills

Fuzz ball of cotton! A Spotted Forktail fluffs out its feathers and preens on a post of our trout pond at the wildfilmsindia stream in Uttarakhand, showing lots of white inner feathers.

birds · hills

The quintessential bird nest picture! A Himalayan or Blue Whistling Thrush feeds its chicks in the nest which has been strangely built in the crook of a branch and not in the usual crevice of a wall or hole in an embankment! A Peora or Com…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Most beautiful Himalayan flower? Born of seed contributed by the Meconopsis Group of the UK, and grown by wildfilmsindia in our Himalaya...

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Help us identify the butterfly species this caterpillar must belong to... Himalayan butterfly caterpillar chomps on Fennel leaves, all orange, black and yellow spotted.

monsoon · hills

Termite insects in their hive of activity as they get frantic with work as monsoon progresses across India. See a termite hill or deemak pahari get built in time lapse mode...

Maharashtra·hills

Juhi Chawla enjoying her large tub of popcorn at a movie theatre in Mumbai: "I stay in Malabar Hill.

monsoon · hills

Brilliant Himalayan cloud movements: Late monsoon afternoon time lapse of clouds at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet mountains in Uttarakhand. And then we head into sunset! Late afternoon time lapse of clouds at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet

dance · hills

Jabro is a traditional dance form prevailing in the Chang Thang and Rong areas of Ladakh region. This dance form is performed by the nomadic people of Tibetan origin, living in the high hills of this region.

hills · forest

After a bath in our Rispana stream, a Rufous Sibia carouses with preening White-throated Laughing Thrushes in a thicket or shrubbery, as cicadas call out loud, at Motidhar forest Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-…

hills · wildlife

Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-capped Sibia or Three Cheers! 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,…

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A Broadbill flicks its blue-edged tail up and down, rapidly and vertically! Long-tailed Broadbill sits on our walnut trees during nesting season, male carries twigs in his beak Long-tailed Broadbill sits on our walnut trees during nesting s…

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Bhagyashree with husband Himalaya Shivdasani: "A new period starts. After a Silver Jubilee of 25 years, every couple gets a point of rejuvenation like it is an opportunity to get married again.