lake

lake

Busily scouting out a wetland for fish and molluscs, this pair of Painted Storks efficiently covers a large area with its beak open and sieving and lifting prey.

wildlife · birds

A shy bird with long legs, a slaty-grey back, a white face and breast, and a stubby tail, which is often jerked up, flashing a chestnut vent.

Karnataka·river · lake

Along with many winter migratory birds, some that stay all round the year is the Grey herons(Ardea cinerea) and the Purple moorhens(Porphyrio porphyrio).

Karnataka·river · lake

These elegant looking birds, Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus Crispus) swim and fly over the Madiwala lake, captured in slow motion. Madiwala Lake, also known as BTM lake by locals, is one of the biggest lakes in Bangalore.

Karnataka·river · lake

Fisherman rides a Coracal while fishing in Madiwala lake, surrounded by Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelecanus Crispus) and Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae). Madiwala Lake, also known as BTM lake by locals, is one of the biggest lakes in Bangalore.

birds · lake

Knee-deep, and reflected on the surface of the water, an Indian Pond Heron keenly looks beneath the surface and picks up a fish in a flash of a second and gulps it down whole.

wildlife · birds

'Time to fly children', the mother stork seems to be communicating to the protest calls of the juveniles with almost adult-like bodies except for thir plumage.

Madhya Pradesh·river · lake

Come and stay at Ken River Lodge and take a boating trip down the Ken to observe these Storks aplenty! A relatively small stork species with a grayish to white body and black wings and tail with a hint of gloss.

birds · lake

The Pond Heron is in full breeding plumage and has a blue base to the beak and delicate long feathers on the nape and these catch the breeze! An Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) stretches its neck on the lookout for food.

birds · wildlife

This Pond Heron is in breeding plumage mid-summer, with the lovely extended plume or feather on its nape.

birds · lake

A Pond Heron frequents the wildfilmsindia wetlands in Delhi. A small heron that is common in most aquatic habitats across the Indian subcontinent.

birds · lake

Birds in the middle of the city in Delhi. Not just occasionally but they seem to thrive. An Indian Pond Heron is filmed leisurely strolling the wet patch of grass near India Gate.

birds · lake

The sweltering North Indian summer heat and this Pond Heron drops by the swimming pool at a farmhouse in Delhi feeling like its Ibiza. Beak wide open the bird is feeling the heat and using its natural cooler.

lake · wildlife

A large flock of Great Cormorant is perched on a leafless tree near the water at HAiderpur Wetland in Uttar Pradesh. Loud calls of birds in the backdrop.

birds · lake

This Pond Heron is certainly behaving like a Bittern but is very much a Heron! See the concentration on its face and eyes, as it sits stock still in the pond so as not to give away its presence or location to the fish below! A lone Yellow B…

lake

A white-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is enjoying the pond at our Wilderness Orchard all by itself. Wading in the water covered in aquatic plants, the hen picks on aquatic insects and if lucky, then fishes as well.

birds · lake

This Pond Heron meditates in stillness until a fish approaches close at hand and then dives in for the kill! See the action in slow motion, at our Wilderness Orchard wetlands in Delhi....

lake · wildlife

A Little Cormorant with shiny plumage gives its feathers a sunbath among tall reeds and water at Haiderpur Wetland in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh·birds · lake

A snow-white Great Egret (Ardea alba) is filmed preening its feathers and basking in the golden light at sunset in Haiderpur Wetland.

birds · lake

It looks like a Bittern at times but this is an Indian Pond Heron or Ardeola grayii filmed at our Wilderness Orchard stealthily approaching its prey. Take a look at the precision of hunting once it spots its prey underwater.

birds · lake

A Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) cranes its neck mid-stride among aquatic plants at Haiderpur Wetland in Uttar Pradesh.

birds · lake

A hungry Pond Heron looks rather deceptively like a Bittern (Botaurinae), two Damselflies in love and one of them didn't survive the quick reflex of the bird. The Bittern's beak reaches out for the mating insects and snaps one of them.

birds · lake

Fairly common in the fishing pond at our Wilderness Orchard, this little heron is caught fishing in close up. This looks to be a juvenile individual which will be sporting new plumage after reaching adulthood.