Hills — Clipahoy

Hailstones hit the middle Himalaya - Rupin Dang explains the phenomenon and assesses the damage

hills · flowers

A huge hailstorm took us by surprise at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the western Himalaya. Our plant nursery was destroyed by the large hail stones.

Spring-time in 's Himalayan mountains: join us for these wildlife botanical visuals

flowers · hills

It is spring-time in the protected areas of wildfilmsindia in the western Himalaya where we protect wild species of birds and animals, plants and trees, and their habitats, and also have a lovely botanical garden.

Pink sunset over Jaonli peak as seen from sanctuary in the Himalaya, in Jabbarkhet

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What fabulous evening winterline hues on Jaonli peak as seen from Iris Cottage at Jabbarkhet Estate, within the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

Haunted House in the Himalaya

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Our camera team camps next to the Haunted House of the Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia estate. The building lost half its roof in a summer storm.

Fairy Tree at Land's End: sanctuary at Jabbarkhet features this lovely Deodar tree

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This lovely old Himalayan Cedar or Deodar tree isn't that tall but it certainly is graceful and full of character! it sits at the edge of the Haunted House hill and the land falls away to the valley from that point onwards, so we call it La…

Winter seed planting at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, for summer time Himalayan trans-plantation

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The gardeners team together for one of many winter seed planting exercises at the end of the autumn season. Pots are prepared with cocopeat and loamy khaad or leaf manure.

Jaonli Peak in the Himalaya comes alive in evening light from Jabberkhet sanctuary, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

What fabulous evening winterline hues on Jaonli peak as seen from Iris Cottage at Jabbarkhet Estate, within the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

Leopard with rossette spots picks on kill by night, magpies come calling by day, at, in Landour

Uttarakhand·forest · wildlife

An elusive Himalayan Indian Panther or Leopard with rossette spots picks on its bovine kill at night, while Red-billed Magpies come calling by day for a free feast, at our wildfilmsindia protected forests in Landour-Mussoorie in Uttarakhand…

Leopard comes visiting forests, at its kill by night, as magpies come calling by day, in Landour

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Proof that wildfilmsindia's on-ground conservation initiatives are creating better managed Himalayan forests, with a good predator-prey balance, and adequate down-stream smaller predators and scavengers, all in undisturbed un-visited forest…

Tree Dahlias or Dahlia imperialis bloom in pink with blue sky backdrop, in Himalaya, in Jabbarkhet

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Autumnal feel of pink Tree Dahlia imperialis or wild Dahlias filmed at our wildfilmsindia forest in Jabbarkhet, Landour-Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. These enchanting blooms look like summer but it has been filmed in winter.

Lush growth of annual and perennial flowering plants, in Jabbarkhet

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This is our Himalayan and cold weather plant nursery in the plains of north India, at the Wilderness Orchard.

Winter planting of blue and yellow Bearded Iris from Kashmir Himalaya, in Wilderness Orchard beds, in Landour

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Early winter time planting, in time for spring flowering, of bori sack fulls of yellow and blue bearded Iris rhizomes brought from Srinagar, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Landour - Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

Humus cleaning and potting of flower pots in time lapse

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Workers at our Wilderness Orchard gearing to pot the new Himalayan mountain and cold weather plant saplings for winter blooms and onward trans-location to our Himalayan botanical gardens.

Goral spotted in sunset silhouette at forest in Uttarakhand, with Jaonli snow peak

snow · hills

Spot the Goral herd on the hilltop as seen from our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand.

Winter pre-sunrise at Himalaya: Intensely painted clouds float in multiple colours, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·hills · farmland

Pre-sunrise gives birth to the finest colours in our universe! The glowing clouds skim past as the orange orb ascends the morning sky at 5 am on a winter's morning from the wildfilmsindia Orchard botanical grounds and forested estate at Jab…

Jabbarkhet view of Jaonli peak and oak-deodar forests around Mussoorie: peora Hill partridge calling

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

With a Common Hill Partridge of Peora calling, and Red-billed Blue Magpies squawking, the view from our Jabbarkhet hill of the Oak and Rhododendron forests around is a peaceful one, with Jaonli peak to the north, as seen through the Col of…

Daffodil blooms harvested in the Himalaya during spring at botanical garden Estate, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Fields of daffodils and narcissus in our spring time mountains at Jabbarkhet... and thousands of cut-flower stems! Such bliss high up and overlooking the peaks of the Himalayas in spring.

Evening turns to night, accompanied by brilliant colours, at Himalayan sanctuary, in Jabbarkhet

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Winterline in March 2021 as seen from the wildfilmsindia mountains around Jabbarkhet and Landour in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. What a lovely way to end the day!

Kalij Pheasant gambol on our forested ridge at 's Jabbarkhet reserve, in camera trap

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In the pre mating season of late winter, groups of Kalij Pheasant gambol and play around the forested Oak ridge at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

Mountain light from Jabbarkhet Estate in later winter, as day breaks, clouds float in

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As the day breaks, the folds of ranges stretching away into the eastern horizon, across the Himalaya, look towards Surkhanda Devi and Dhanolti, Kanatal and Chamba, while clouds float in. ..

Hippophae tibetica barries being harvested and planted at Himalayan botanical gardens, in Jabbarkhet

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Rupin Dang harvests and plants Hippophae tibetica barries at the wildfilmsindia Himalayan botanical gardens at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

Workshop in Himalayan Botany: winter time planting in Delhi for spring growing in the Himalaya

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Planting seeds and corms in the early winter season in Delhi in order to have a double spring.

Barking Deer and Goral or wild mountain goat inspect cameras and teach us of habitat, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Barkers and Goral with Tibetan prayer flags behind - only at wildfilmsindia! Barking Deer or Muntjac / kakar and Goral or wild Mountain Goat gambol around our Oak forests at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary at Jabbarkhet in Mussoorie, Uttarakha…