Hills — Clipahoy

Brown Dipper visits our Himalayan stream and preys on riverine insects: Rare sighting, in Landour

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

See Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) couple on forest tree around Landour, notice their ruby red eyes The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae.

Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) hunt insects on a bare branch in a Himalayan forest, in Landour

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) couple on a forest tree in Landour: See their ruby red eyes See Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) couple on forest tree around Landour, notice their ruby red eyes The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is…

With each spring day, a new colour of German Bearded Iris blooms at Jabbarkhet, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

With each spring day, a new colour of German Bearded Iris blooms at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Back-lit Iris flower petals show their delicate structure, with veins, as Himalayan sunset glows behind Bearded iris grow aplenty during spring at…

Cemetery Iris is a bearded rhizomatic variety of pure white Iris, seen flowering in the Himalaya, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Back-lit Iris flower petals show their delicate structure, with veins, as Himalayan sunset glows behind Bearded iris grow aplenty during spring at wildfilmsindia gardens at Jabbarkhet in Landour.

Arum Lily of huge size flower in spring along Bindal head waters conservation reserve, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Giantest Arum or Calla Lilies ever ever saw grow at wildfilmsindia estate in the western Himalaya The giantest Arum Lily blooms flower at our wildfilmsindia Motidhar valley in Mussoorie, western Himalaya.

Monsoon clouds and mist swirl up through deodar forests in the middle western Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

forest · monsoon

Monsoon clouds swirl up from the plains, and cause heavy rain over the Himalaya, as seen from wildfilmsindia's conservation mountains in Uttarakhand.

Monsoon clouds swirl up from the plains, cause heavy rain over Himalaya, seen from, in Uttarakhand

monsoon · hills

Monsoon clouds swirl up from the plains, and cause heavy rain over the Himalaya, as seen from wildfilmsindia's conservation mountains in Uttarakhand.

White Homespun Daffodils are fragrant spring flowers at our Himalayan Jabbarkhet gardens, Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

White Homespun Daffodils are fragrant spring flowers at our Himalayan gardens at Jabbarkhet around Landour Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Green-backed Tits call in bright spring sunshine.

Daffodils all fragrant - fresh in crisp spring-time late winter air, with Laughing Thrushes calling, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Daffodils all fragrant and fresh in the crisp spring-time late winter air, with Laughing Thrushes calling in our Motidhar forests around the head waters of the Bindal - Rispana stream.

Leopard Cat seen in camera trap at Jabbarkhet arboretum, on a Himalayan night

Uttarakhand·wildlife · hills

Leopard Cat seen in wildfilmsindia camera trap at Jabbarkhet arboretum, on a Himalayan night. How exciting to see a small cat that so resembles the big one... Good to have our habitat return to a wilder state.

Daffodils wave and nod in the spring breeze and sunny days at Jabbarkhet Himalaya, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Hill Partridge call in bright spring sunshine.

Melange of spring flowers in the Himalaya: Daffodil, Bearded iris, Morning glory at, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Melange of spring flowers in the Himalaya: Daffodil narcisuss or nargis, German rhizomatic Bearded iris and Morning glory at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical arboretum in the western Himalaya.

Spring is clearly here in our high Himalayan gardens when the Daffodils emerge from dormancy, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Hill Partridge call in bright spring sunshine.

Unusual shade of peach and white Daffodils among Dutchmasters at Jabbarkhet, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Among the various varieties of daffodil from Kashmir comes a peach and white shade of large daffodil among the Dutchmaster giant daffodils.

The first Daffodil of the season is always special, even as the bulk of flowers follow shortly after, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Hill Partridge call in bright spring sunshine.

Indian Army Helicopter comes in to land around Leh in Ladakh, green Army Gypsy drives up the hill

Ladakh·highway · hills

Two monks on a lonely stretch of road, stark in their red robes against the black tar of the road surface. Indian Army Helicopter comes in to land around Leh in Ladakh, green Army Gypsy drives up the hill

Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Hill Partridge call in bright sun, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Hill Partridge call in bright spring sunshine.

Daffodil harvest time at Jabbarkhet: Spring-time in the Himalaya

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Daffodil harvest time at Jabbarkhet: Spring-time in the wildfilmsindia Himalaya. Sunil and Naresh from the wildfilmsindia team get ready to harvest and pack a large collection of different daffodil types to send down to the Wilderness Films…

Snow Leopard mother & cubs curl up and sleep in a cave as it snows heavily outside, in the Himalaya, in Spiti

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Snow Leopard mother and cubs curl up and sleeps in a cave as it snows heavily outside, in the Himalaya. Bharal or Blue Sheep and Himalayan Ibex continue to graze in the snow storm...

Peora Common Hill Partridge seen at sanctuary at Jabbarkhet around Landour

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

With hints of blue, rust, brown and grey, this is one pretty bird! Scrabbling around in the oak understorey of dried leaves in this small covery of Peora partridge.

Golden Eagle and Himalayan Griffon Vulture at Jabbarkhet: Raptornand scavenger sit together

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

A Golden Eagle and Himalayan Griffon Vulture share branch space on a Cedar deodar tree top at wildfilmsindia forests in Jabbarkhet: Raptornand scavenger sit together, while the rest of the giddh troop sit on an Oak tree nearby.

Himalayan Sheep dog mastiff puppy litter play and drink milk, at roadside shepherd hut in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · livestock

Himalayan Sheep dog mastiff puppies play and drink milk from their mother, at a roadside shepherd hut in Mussoorie, in the mountains of Uttarakhand.

No snow on the mountains! The Himalaya are bare this winter, with scant winter-time snowfall...

snow · hills

No snow on the mountains! The Himalaya are bare this winter, with scant winter-time snowfall...