wildlife

wildlife · birds

The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

wildlife · birds

The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

wildlife · birds

The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

wildlife · birds

The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

wildlife · birds

Water birds in the wetlands of Uttar Pradesh

wildlife · birds

The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

wildlife · birds

een here in a wetland in India's Uttar Pradesh district, their habitat is heavily threatened by a planned new airport and increased agricultural ambitions in the region...

wildlife · birds

The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Blue-tailed Bee-eater group in Corbett, near the Ramganga The Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia.

wildlife · birds

Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) at Dhikala chaur The Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Trio of Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) in Corbett National Park The Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

The chital or cheetal also known as chital deer, spotted deer or axis deer is a deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and in small numbers in Pakistan.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

Barking Deer cautiously walks across a dry stream-bed in Uttarakhand, on the look out for predators and food. Help us identify this wildlife of yore, from the old archive of a British forest service officer.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. A World Heritage Site, the park hosts two-thirds of the world's Great One-horned Rhinoceroses.

forest · wildlife

A British lady feeding her spaniels (note: their tails have not been cut off!) and a cat that sits on her lap, possible in India otherwise in the UK, back in the 1940's.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Male Purple Sunbird (Nectarania asiatica) in full breeding plumage and prominently displaying to the female that is nearby, in the terai foothills around Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

The Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis) is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon which is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Female Purple Sunbird (Nectarania asiatica) in the terai foothills of Corbett National Park, India. Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India. The park—named for the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · livestock

Wild Buffalos are an endangered species and a favorite prey for tigers. They are thought to only survive in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and Thailand. The wild buffaloes are found in Assam and Chhattisgarh.

wildlife · forest

Wildlife populations were enormous back then in time - a large Sambhar stag with herds of Chital or Spotted Deer and Hog deer in north / north-east Indian grasslands.

wildlife

Are we glad this is history? Before the tiger becomes history, maybe it's best such elaborate tiger hunts were put paid to, as well! Bored Britishers took to tiger hunting to get enthused about being in India, and their shikar expeditions t…

forest · wildlife

Krishna Janmashtami also known as Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanti or sometimes merely as Janmashtami, is an annual commemoration of the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vish…