hills

hills · ceremony

Amazing view of Snowy Himalayas with movement of clouds above it and 73% of Himalayas are in India. Below Himalayas, there are freshwater lakes and green valleys.

industry · hills

Workers at HiFeed, the Himalayan Institute for environment and ecology department, first wash the cloth in a machine and then put them in the dryer. These clothes are then laid down straight in an ironing machine.

wildlife · birds

Have you ever seen so many birds at one time or in one frame? That too, in slow motion! Blue Rock Pigeons or Columba livia fly past the camera lens while the entire frame is filled with Demoiselle Cranes, in one of the birding hot-spots of…

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Flock of grey and black demoiselle cranes feeding and flying over Khichan Village in Rajasthan, India.

Landour, Uttarakhand·forest · hills

The European Goldfinch is not an easy sighting in India, so this March end sighting in 2013, in Landour, was a real treat. Also, see a lovely green creeper covering a khakshi tree, catching the light of the evening pre-winterline sun.

Uttarakhand·hills · school

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a widespread winter visitor but is also a resident in the mountains of pakistan, Himalayas and Western Ghats and Srilanka. Long, rather broad tail; wing-tips more rounded than on most falcons.

Uttarakhand·hills · school

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a widespread winter visitor but is also a resident in the mountains of pakistan, Himalayas and Western Ghats and Srilanka. Long, rather broad tail; wing-tips more rounded than on most falcons.

birds · hills

The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

The Blue-capped Rock Thrush in Landour, Uttarakhand, India! The Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhynchus) is a species of chat.

birds · hills

The Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. If they are mixed with humans from a young age, they will become friendly to humans.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

hills · forest

The chestnut-bellied nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent. It is seen in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet.

birds · hills

Fantastic audio of the mewli of Garhwal - the Himalayan Barbet! The Great or Himalayan Barbet (Megalaima virens) is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution.

hills · wildlife

What a lovely call really! This is such a familiar sound to summer-time trekkers in Himalayan valleys. The European (or Eurasian, for the politically correct birder!) Cuckoo frequents the entire Himalayan range.

hills · birds

The Wilderness Films team came across this often-heard but not-so-often-seen owl at our conservation estate in Uttarakhand.

wildlife · birds

Rufous Bellied Niltava Eggs In Their Nest In The Himalaya | India See the delicate eggs in their nest - we took cover in a distant hide to film these so that the birds didn't get scared of our presence...

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

The snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae found widely distributed across the high-altitude Himalayan regions of India, Pakistan, Nepal and China. It is the only species within its genus.

hills

Luscinia pectoralis is the more complicated Latin name of this White-tailed Rubythroat which we filmed along the Jallandhri Garh torrent in the upper Harsil valley of Uttarakhand in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A pair of Himalayan Barbets call out to each other, in superbly resonating unison, on a spring-time Oak tree with fresh leaves, in Landour in Uttarakhand. The great barbet (Megalaima virens) is an Asian barbet.

birds · hills

The Verditer Flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

hills · wildlife

Black-capped or Rufous Sibia is a common and melodious Himalayan bird. The rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

wildlife · birds

Black-capped or Rufous Sibia is a common and melodious Himalayan bird. The rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

hills · snow

The rare Ibisbill breeds on the shingle beds of the Yumthang Chu in small numbers, in north Sikkim, India. One can see a pair of Snow Pigeons on a rock escarpment in this beautiful alpine valley, skirted with rows of Buddhist prayer flags.