wildlife

birds · wildlife

An opportunistic Black Drongo or Kotwal bird attacks honeybees at their hive, without fear of getting bitten, turns the presence of the stinging insects into an opportunity!

birds · farmland

It's a birds' world! Male and female Peafowl group squat atop a Mahindra Bolero at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, enjoying their reflection in the car's windshield and somehow enjoying the warm bonnet metal top! Anand Mahindra - are you l…

birds · wildlife

A vision in violet against a blue sky, with orange blooms: Sunbird sitting on dhak tree at Wilderness Orchard Purple Sunbird partakes of nectar from a Palash or Flame of the Forest Dhak tree in Delhi's late spring season.

birds · wildlife

Purple Sunbird partakes of nectar from a Palash or Flame of the Forest Dhak tree in Delhi's late spring season.

wildlife · coastline

What a lovely sight when your beach is taken over by wonderful creatures! Rushikuliya river beach is full of rare Olive Ridley Turtles in Odisha Kicking sand in all directions, multiple Olive Ridley Turtles have a massively successful nesti…

wildlife · birds

This is not an ordinary bird, this is a white Bacau. This is a very sad situation where there is a bird show where birds are supposed to be in the wild, they are supposed to be flying and those birds are captured.

flowers · wildlife

Tiger moths and honey bees on Cineraria flowers at the Wilderness Orchard botaical collection in New Delhi

birds · wildlife

Summer time and the bright Purple Sunbirds have started to nest in Delhi gardens! Look out for their garbage adorned pendulous nests...

wildlife · birds

This bird burrows into a sand bank to lay eggs: Asian Green Bee-eater nesting in a Delhi garden Little Green Bee eater or Merops orientalis digs away with all its might, its tiny legs kicking sand into the air, to make nest hole

birds · wildlife

Summer time and the bright Purple Sunbirds have started to nest in Delhi gardens! Look out for their garbage adorned pendulous nests...

birds · wildlife

Having just fledged from their nests in the early monsoon season, these White-throated Laughing Thrush chicks frantically open and close their feathers to attract Mum's attention, to be fed: Laughing Thrushes.

wildlife · birds

Mongoose eating eggs stolen from a bird's nest: Neola is not just a predator but sits at head of food chain Mongoose steals and eats bird eggs on the ground in a nesting scrape in India: Nature in the raw, and red in tooth and claw!

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

This Juvenile Blue-capped Rock Thrush was sighted while preening its wings and feathers at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forest: Rare bird sighting for the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

wildlife · birds

Last day for this Grey Wagtail in Delhi before it flies to the Himalaya for its breeding season. Sadly, the water it is frequenting is a dirty filthy Delhi drain. This was once a lovely clean Aravalli stream!

wildlife · birds

Black headed Oriole in an Odisha village: One of India's prettiest birds with the loveliest fluty whistle calls A preening Black headed Oriole, Mango bird or peelak chidiya in an Odisha village: A flash of mango yellow topped with a black h…

wildlife · village

A preening Black headed Oriole, Mango bird or peelak chidiya in an Odisha village: A flash of mango yellow topped with a black head on a tree top.

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.

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…

wildlife · birds

Glossy Black Ibis at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi: This water bird is fast recovering lost round in Delhi! With its adaptive nature, the Ibis is breeding and spreading its territory across the taller trees and leafy copses of Delhi city.

birds · wildlife

The iridescent male Purple Sunbird in his breeding finery feeds the olive green female in order to bribe her to breed in spring time, in a Delhi garden

birds · wildlife

"What's this new creature on the block?", thinks the male Indian Peafowl! It decides that this foe must be vanquished and attacks the windshield and wipers with its beak and claws...

birds · farmland

Parakeet couple prepare for their breeding season, get cosy and intimate at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi A Rose-ringed Parakeet couple nests in a hollow tree trunk cavity at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi: Tota family in breeding mode.

wildlife · birds

Shikra bird of prey sits on a Peepul tree and bobbles its head left to right, looking for small bird prey. Note the vertical barrings on its chest.