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00009665
MALLARD immature male
Anas platyrhynchos
standing on one leg. Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

00009654
GREAT BLUE HERON
Ardea herodias
In white phase, on rock.
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

00009609
LONG-TAILED SKUA
Stercorarius longicaudus
pair flting over Arctic tundra, Finland.

00009608
PYGMY OWL
Glaucidium passerinum
in nest hole Finland

00009599
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER

00009579
ALASKAN MALAMUTE

00009543
LIMOUSIN COW
standing on straw in shed

00009514
YELLOW-FRONTED PARAKEET
Cyanoramphus auriceps

00009506
SILVER GULL
Larus novaehollandiae
two in shallows, eating fish
Shark Bay Marine Park, Australia

00009504
CRESTED PIGEON
Ocyphos iophotis
Western Australia

00009501
PIED HERON standing in shallows.
Ardea picata
Yellow Water Lagoon, Kakadu N.P., Arnhemland, Northern Territory, Australia

00009485
RAINBOW LORIKEET on Grass-tree
Trichoglossus haematodus
blossom Fraser Island National Park,
Queensland, Australia

00009479
MAJOR MITCHELL'S COCKATOO
Cacatua leadbeteri
with crest raised

00009422
COMMON BRONZEWING on branch
Phaps chalcoptera
Ysskomurra Sanctuary, South Australia

00009411
HIMALAYAN GRIFFON VULTURE
Gyps himalayensis
immature, Himalayas

00009408
BLACK-BREASTED BUZZARD eating
Hamirostra melanosternon
Emu egg after breaking it with stone
Desert Park, Northern Territory, Australia

00009398
NEW ZEALAND SCAUP
Aythya novaeseelandiae
male on water

00009370
GYRFALCON
Falco rusticolus
head detail
Eastern Arctic

00009335
WHITE-THROATED PIGEON
Columba vitiensis
Philippines, South East Asia

00009331
PONY RIDDEN BY GIRL
trotting in meadow
(Model release available)

00009308
POITOU or POITEVIN HORSE female
Used as cross with Poitou Donkey
to produce Poitou Mule

00009280
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
breeding herd, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.

00009274
CAMARGUE WILD HORSES
Equus caballus
running in water, herded by ranger. Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, France.

00009256
SITATUNGA in pool
Tragelaphus spekei
Odzala Forest, Congo
(formerly called Marshbuck)

00009210
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male in flehmen, sniffing female coming into oestrus.

00009201
HIPPOPOTAMUS in water
Hippopotamus amphibius
threat display, Grumeti River, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

00009182
STEPPE EAGLE
Aquila rapax nipalensis
being mobbed by House Crows Corvus splendens, Bharatpur, India

00009147
RED & GREEN MACAW
Ara chloroptera
flock in flight Manu, Peru, South America

00009136
LAUGHING GULL
Larus atricilla
New Jersey, USA

00009108
REINDEER SLEIGH is used for travel
on reindeer drives across the tundra.
Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

00009098
YAKUT MAN uses horse & sleigh
to collect river ice to melt for water.
Near Verkhoyansk,
Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.

00009085
VERKHOYANSK town, winter street scene.
Coldest town in the northern hemisphere.
Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.

00009082
BOILING WATER thrown into cold air
at minus 51 degrees Celsius explodes
into vapour & ice. Siberia, Russia.

00009078
REINDEER HERDER riding one of herd
on snow-covered winter pasture
near Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, eastern Russia

00009072
REINDEER HERDER'S TENT & rainbow
Todzhu, Republic of Tuva. Siberia, Russia.

00009062
NORTH POLE SIGN at the top of the world. Arctic Ocean.

00009007
MERLIN female
Falco columbarius
perched amongst gorse

00008991
YELLOW WAGTAIL male calling, May
Motacilla flava
Essex, south eastern England

00008978
HUMBOLDT'S PENGUIN
Spheniscus humboldti
swimming

00008959
BLUE TIT on Holly
Parus caeruleus
with bunches of ripe berries
November. Essex, UK

00008935
CRESTED LARK
Galerida cristata
Island of Lesbos, Greece.

00008930
LAPWING
Vanellus vanellus
Elmley Marshes, Kent, England

00008913
GREY PHALAROPE female on water
Phalaropus fulicarius
Canada. Summer

00008904
LITTLE OWL on log
Athene noctua
Kent, UK

00008903
DUPONT'S LARK
Chersophilus duponti
Zaragoda, northern Spain

00008890
JAGUAR male at water
Panthera onca
Belize Zoo, Central America

00008873
LAMB holding twig in mouth, Meon Valley, Hampshire, UK

00008859
BARE-FACED CURASSOW
Crax fasciolata
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00008856
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
face detail

00011571
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
female at sunrise, South Australia

00011564
ROSEATE SPOONBILL drinking
Ajaia ajaja
Florida, USA

00011530
GRIFFON VULTURES
Gyps fulvus
on carcass, Spain.

00011514
SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL
Macronectes giganteus
in flight over Cormorants
Beagle Channel, Argentina

00011512
WOODCOCK NEST WITH EGGS
Scolopax rusticola
Norway

00011491
CURLEW
Numenius arquata
in midnight sun in June, Lofoten, Norway.

00011438
BLUE LINCKIA
Linckia laevigata
line on sandy sea bed, with reflections, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00011435
AMBONIAN SHRIMP
Thor amboniensis
three on Tube Anemone Cerianthus sp.
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

00011417
RUFOUS-FRONTED PARAKEET
Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons
EL Ruiz, Colombia
Endangered, Colombian endemic

00011354
MAURITIUS KESTREL
Falco punctatus
egg hatching, Government Aviaries, Black River, Mauritius. sequence no. 5 of 8.

00011350
MAURITIUS KESTREL
Falco punctatus
egg hatching, Government Aviaries, Black River, Mauritius. sequence no. 1 of 8.

00011339
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR in tree
Propithecus verreauxi
Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar

00011330
SUB-DESERT MESITE on branch
Monias benschi
Ifaty Forest, south western Madagascar
Endemic to Madagascar

00011289
BLACKBREASTED SNAKE EAGLE
Circaetus gallicus pectoralis
Kalahari, Africa

00011268
SPECTACLED WEAVER
Ploceus ocularis
on red-hot poker
Natal

00011267
SACRED IBIS
Threskiornis aethiopicus
catching frog
Natal, South Africa

00011255
CAPE SUGARBIRD
Promerops cafer
on pincushion protea, Cape Province, South Africa.

00011248
ORANGE-THROATED LONGCLAW
Macronyx capensis
Transvaal, South Africa

00011243
AVOCET
Recurvirostra avosetta
Transvaal, Republic of South Africa

00011234
WHITEHEADED VULTURE
Trigonoceps occipitalis
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011233
LITTLE SPARROWHAWK
Accipiter minullus
bathing, KwaZulu-Natal.

00011221
HARTLAUB'S GULL
Larus hartlaubii
in shallows South Africa

00011213
PEL'S FISHING OWL
Scotopelia peli
on branch, with Tilapia prey
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00011187
JACKAL BUZZARD
Buteo rufofuscus
South Africa

00011138
BROWN HONEYEATER
Lichmera indistincta
Bali, Indonesia

00011132
BLUE-CROWNED HANGING PARROT
Loriculus galgulus
on inflorescence, feeding
Taman Negara, Malaysia

00011115
WHITE PELICAN adult on nest
Pelecanus onocrotalus
with young & adult in flight
Danube Delta, Romania

00011112
LIMOUSIN
cow with calf suckling

00011106
MEALY PARROT
Amazona farinosa
Rio Heath Rainforest, Peru

00011076
LITTLE OWL
Athena noctua
killed by motorway traffic

00011058
RUDDY DUCK
Oxyura jamaicensis
male on water
Gloucestershire, UK

00011050
COMMON WHITETHROAT
Sylvia communis
on branch, Poland

00011012
MOSQUE SWALLOW
Hirundo smithii
collecting mud to build nest, Zimbabwe

00010991
FIGBIRD
Sphecotheres viridis
Australia

00010984
MANX SHEARWATER by nest
Puffinus puffinus
Bardsey Island, off Lleyn Peninsula, Wales

00010983
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
London, England

00010977
KINGFISHER on branch August
Alcedo atthis
West Midlands, England

00010952
BLACK AND WHITE RUFFED LEMUR
Varecia variegata variegata
leaping, Madagascar

00010943
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
female (nb Females have continuous oestrous swelling)

00010902
MALLEEFOWL
Leipoa ocellata
working on mound, Australia.

00010894
LAUGHING KOOKABURRA
Dacelo novaeguineae
Australia

00010887
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
on beach, East coast of Australia

00010881
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
female

00010879
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
feeding (stem-peeling)

00010850
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE
Haliaeetus vocifer
in flight

00010836
WREATHED HORNBILL
Rhyticeros undulatus
female (female has blue pouch, male has yellow pouch)

00010763
LITTLE OWL on old stump
Athene noctua

00010727
FIREFLIES flashing
Pteroptyx sp.
Singapore

00010717
CHOCOLATE PERSIAN CAT
in grass

00010701
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus

00010695
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Rissa tridactyla
preening on cliff face

00010686
MALLARD DUCK female
Anas platyrhynchos
about to land on water

00010683
MALLARD DUCK
Anas platyrhynchos
male, standing on one leg

00010682
MALLARD DUCK
Anas platyrhynchos
male standing on ice

00010664
BLACKBIRD male
Turdus merula
on ivy-clad post

00010663
SWALLOWS Hirundo rustica & HOUSE MARTINS Delichon urbica perched on electricity cables

00010644
REDWING
Turdus iliacus
on holly

00010625
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
female

00010608
BLACK-NECKED SWAN two on lake
Cygnus melanocorypus
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

00010602
LESSER RHEA
Pterochemia pennata
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

00010584
HEN HARRIER or MARSH HAWK
Circus cyaneus
at nest

00010580
BORDER TERRIER

00010564
COMMON SNIPE
Gallinago gallinago
in meadow

00010558
DUNLIN
Calidris alpina

00010550
PURPLE SANDPIPER
Calidris maritima

00010548
MUTE SWANS
Cygnus olor
in flight

00010544
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
feeding young in nest

00010537
WHITE TERN or FAIRY TERN on branch
Gygis alba monte
Midway Atoll, north western Hawaii, USA

00010530
IHERING'S FATHEAD ANOLE
Enyalius iheringii
Atlantic rainforest, Una Reserve, Bahia, Brazil

00010511
YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN
Megadyptes antipodes
with two young, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand.

00010505
KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonica
colony moulting, Macquarie Island, Australian sub-Antarctic

00010482
RED-BREASTED TOUCAN perched
Ramphastos dicolorus
Itatiaia National Park, Brazil

00010425
EMPEROR PENGUINS
Aptenodytes forsteri
with young, Antarctica

00010419
AMERICAN CROW
Corvus brachyrhynchos
with earthworm prey in beak, British Columbia, Canada

00010391
SPOONBILL juvenile on branch
Platalea leucorodia
Karnataka, India

00010377
RED-HEADED WEAVER BIRD
Anaplectes rubriceps
at nest. Laikipia District, Kenya

00010335
VILLAGE WEAVER BIRD
Ploceus cucullatus
with grass to weave nest
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010323
KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonicus
feeding young, South Georgia, South Atlantic

00010322
SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL on shingle
Macronectes giganteus
South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean

00010318
CHINSTRAP PENGUIN
Pygocelis antarctica
South Georgia, sub-Antarctic

00010301
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos

00010280
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
Ajaia ajaja
wading Florida, USA

00010274
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
Molothrus ater
Michigan, USA

00010261
SCARLET IBIS
Eudocimus ruber
young in nest with egg

00010237
SLENDER GROUPER
Anyperodon leucogrammicus
Sipadan Island, Malaysia

00010203
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Tringa solitaria
Llanos, Venezuela.

00010197
HOATZIN
Opisthocomus hoazin
Llanos, Venezuela

00010183
ARCTIC TERN with young
Sterna paradisaea
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

00010171
WREN
Troglodytes troglodytes
female at nest

00010158
INDIAN POND HERON on branch
Ardeola grayii
Rajasthan, India

00010148
TABBY CAT
washing, Kent, UK

00010138
TABBY CAT female asleep on grass
Tonbridge, Kent, UK

00010123
HOOD MOCKINGBIRD
Nesomimus macdonaldi
Hood Island, Galapagos Islands

00010121
BLACKCAP
Sylvia atricapilla
male on branch singing

00010100
GREY PEACOCK PHEASANT
Polyplectron bicalcaratum
male in partial display

00010083
ASIAN ELEPHANT
Elephas maximus
two young, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, north eastern India

00010067
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
group of females, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010065
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female suckling two young, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010019
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male & female

00010014
BLUE WILDEBEEST or WHITE-BEARDED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
huge herd crossing river on migration

00009971
YELLOWBILLED STORK
Mycteria ibis
in river with fish prey in beak, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.

00009945
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male at waterhole. Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

00009939
GRANT'S GAZELLE
Gazella granti
male, Samburu National Park, Kenya.

00009919
BROWN FISH OWL
Ketupa zeylonensis
roosting during day India

00009913
WHISKERED TERN
Chlidonias hybrida
holding food for young in nest Brenne, north central France

00009885
STARLING huge flock in flight
Sturnus vulgaris
silhouetted against sunset

00009873
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Phalaropus lobatus
with four young, Taimyr, Siberia Arctic Russia

00009871
LITTLE STINT
Calidris minuta
with young, Taimyr Reserve,Siberia, eastern Russia

00009865
SHORT-EARED OWL
Asio flammeus

00009862
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
three young

00009794
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus
immature on ground, in threat display

00009766
BAND-TAILED GUAN on branch
Penelope argyrostis
Venezuela, South America

00009753
CARRION CROW in flight
Corvus corone corone
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
March

00009752
FERAL PIGEON
Columba livia
in flight carrying nesting material
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00009751
FERAL PIGEON
Columba livia
in flight
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00009735
TUFTED DUCK male on water
Aythya fuligula
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00009720
CHAMOIS group with young
Rupicapra rupicapra
July Switzerland

00009712
ALPINE ACCENTOR juvenile
Prunella collaris
Valais, Switzerland

00009703
BLACK-HEADED GULL December
Larus ridibundus
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00009699
BOOTED EAGLE head detail
Hieraaetus pennatus
Cantabria, Spain

00009650
DOMESTIC CAT resting on garden wall
Switzerland

00009641
SPECTACLED CAIMAN head detail
Caiman crocodilus
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00009640
BADGER with young
Meles meles
Switzerland

00009638
ALPINE IBEX male
Capra ibex ibex
Switzerland

00009636
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
Netta rufina
male on water
Switzerland

00009617
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Histrionicus histrionicus
male, at water's edge

00009601
GINGER KITTEN

00009594
CHACHMA BABOON grooming young
Papio ursinus
Botswana. August.

00009592
TABBY CAT watching mouse

00009574
GINGER KITTEN in garden
July

00009559
SKYLARK
Alauda arvensis
dead on farmland, Buckinghamshire, UK

00009552
TORTOISESHELL & WHITE CAT
Kitten with teddy bear

00009532
PALM NUT VULTURE bathing
Gypohierax angolensis

00009529
BLACK KITE
Milvus migrans
head detail

00009509
GALAH
Cacatua roseicapilla
Yanchep NP, Western Australia

00009505
SILVER GULL
Larus novaehollandiae
in shallows. Shark Bay Marine Park
Western Australia

00009499
TERMITE MOUNDS
Northern Territory, Australia

00009420
COMMON NODDY and young in nest
Anous stolidus
Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

00009415
BLACK-BREASTED BUZZARD
Hamirostra melanosternon
carrying stone to break Emu egg
Desert Park, Northern Territory, Australia

00009405
GERMAN SHORT-HAIRED POINTER
sitting with owner at shoot

00009402
DEVON & SOMERSET STAGHOUNDS
group sitting, August 2000

00009383
THOROUGHBRED HORSES
mare and foal
near Lexington Kentucky,
eastern USA.

00009378
RUDDY-HEADED GOOSE
Chloephaga rubidiceps
Falkland Islands

00009374
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN
Spheniscus magellanicus
Falkland Islands

00009341
LONG-HAIRED CAT
sitting on chair

00009340
BARN OWL talon
Tyto alba
close detail

00009325
GIRL FEEDING KITTEN
from bottle
Model Release available

00009312
HARPY EAGLE
Harpia harpyja
South America

00009306
MADAGASCAR NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus madagascariensis
threat display on nest containing eggs
Madagascar

00009269
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
pair, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

00009229
MANDRILL female
Papio sphinx
Conkouati, Congo

00009220
SILVERY-CHEEKED HORNBILL
Bycanistes brevis
male eating figs, Ngorongoro Highlands, Tanzania.

00009203
AFRICAN MARSH OWL on grass
Asio capensis
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00009202
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
in flight, low over water Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00009190
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRAS
Equus burchelli
stallions fighting

00009151
GOLDENEYE male displaying
Bucephala clangula
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00009145
FULMAR in flight
Fulmarus glacialis
Handa Island, nw Scotland

00009139
RUFF
Philomachus pugnax
male on lek in oblique posture, Finland

00009135
BARNACLE GOOSE in flight
Branta leucopsis
Sussex, England

00009050
GREENLAND ICECAP (aerial view)
Crevasses high on cap show movement towards sea.
NW Greenland

00009029
ENDICOTT OIL PRODUCTION ISLAND
Worker heavily clothed against cold.
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA

00008980
WREN singing
Troglodytes troglodytes
perched on gorse,
Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00008973
TUFTED DUCK
Aythya fuligula
female and eight young on water
Lee Valley, Essex, south eastern England

00008946
REDSHANK calling
Tringa totanus
on breeding territory during May.
Kent, south eastern England

00008941
SHORT-EARED OWL in flight
Asio flammeus
hunting along ditch in winter.
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia

00008936
BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR
Oenanthe hispanica
Lesbos, Greece

00008928
THEKLA LARK singing
Galerida theklae
Minorca, Balearic Isles, Spain

00008922
KEA
Nestor notabilis
Fox Glacier, Westland, South Island
New Zealand

00008908
CURLEW
Numenius arquata
Holland

00008907
DARTFORD WARBLER
Sylvia undata
Male on gorse bush, Dorset, England

00008884
GREY and RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix and Alectoris rufa
Hampshire, southern England

00008830
SOUTHERN BOOBOOK OWL
Ninox novaeseelandiae
face detail. New Zealand

00008829
BARN OWL
Tyto alba
on post , holding Wood mouse prey

00008823
PEREGRINE FALCON on rock
Falco peregrinus
Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England

00008808
FRESHWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus johnstoni
submerged
N.E. Australia & Papua New Guinea

00008781
GREY REEF SHARK
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

00008760
ZEBRA SHARK
Stegostoma fasciatum
Coastal waters of Australasia

00008757
DIBBLER on sand
Parantechinus apicalis
Carnivorous marsupial. Endangered of western & southwestern Australia

00008732
AUSTRALIAN BRUSH TURKEY young
Alectura lathami
emerging from nest mound Found in
coastal forests of easten Australia

00008726
SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA
Tachyglossus aculeatus
Australia & Tasmania
Egg-laying mammal

00008701
WILD HORSES grazing in the Alps
Scala Valley, Lombardy, Italy.
Mt Palone del Torsalozzo behind.

00008698
HORSE-DRAWN SLEDGE in winter
Roseg Valley ,Bernina Massif, Switzerland

00008689
BLACK SWAN two on water
Cygnus atratus
St James's Park, London, England

00008653
SWAMP WALLABY with joey in pouch
Wallabia bicolor
Gorge Wildlife Park, Australia.

00008647
KOALA mother & baby
Phascolarctos cinereus
Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia.

00008645
WARTHOG
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
male at waterhole, Mkuze, South Africa

00008620
SPOTTAIL GRUNT
Haemulon maculicauda
large shoal Gulf of Papagayo, Pacific coast, Costa Rica

00008614
CORAL REEF at 30m depth
Leather Coral & Soft Coral, Sarcophyton sp. & Dendronephthya sp. Red Sea off southern Egypt. Depth sequence: No. 5/7.

00008541
CAPE ROCK LIZARD male
Platysaurus guttatus
Augrabies Falls Natl Park, South Africa

00008532
MOZAMBIQUE SPITTING COBRA
Naja mossambica
spitting venom which can cause blindness if not washed from eye.

00008505
CAPE HYRAX or DASSIE group
Procavia capensis
Tsitsikamma, Cape Province, South Africa

00008500
CHIMPANZEE foot
Pan troglodytes
Northern Zambia.

00008466
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD male in flight
Selasphorus rufus
Picture sequence no.3 of 3
Montana, USA

00008456
HIPPOPOTAMUSES basking
Hippopotamus amphibius
female & young foreground. Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00008454
SPECTACLED EIDER DUCK
Somateria fischeri
pair on water .Yukon Delta National
Wildlife Reserve, Alaska, USA

00008417
AMERICAN MINK
Mustela vison

00008326
SOUTHERN SEA OTTER
Enhydra lutris
California, USA

00008296
RESPLENDENT QUETZAL
Pharomachrus mocinno
male

00011418
WHITE-BEARDED MANAKIN male displaying
Manacus manacus
on branch, Rio Claro, central Colombia,
South America

00011359
ASIAN ELEPHANT
Elephas maximus
(domestic) Corbett National Park, Uttar Pradesh, northern India

00011337
COLLARED NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus enarratus
camouflaged on forest floor
Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

00011336
MADAGASCAR RED OWL roosting
Tyto soumagnei
Masoala National Park, Madagascar

00011323
FINFOOT
Podica senegalensis
female eating frog, Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, South Africa

00011311
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
Babysitter on lookout while young forages, Kalahari
Gemsbok NP, South Africa.

00011224
YELLOW WEAVER
Ploceus subaureus
Natal, South Africa

00011215
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE
Haliaeetus vocifer
at water, with Catfish prey
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00011181
PALM COCKATOO
Probosciger aterrimus
crest raised

00011148
CHINESE POND HERON
Ardeola bacchus
walking in shallows
Hong Kong

00011067
FALKLAND UPLAND GOOSE
Chloephaga picta leucoptera
female on frosted grass

00011022
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus
foraging, Norway.

00011017
REDSTART
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
female with insect, Wales

00011010
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG
recently clipped

00011008
RING OUZEL
Turdus torquatus
female with worm prey, Norway

00011002
TEMMINCKS STINT
Calidris temminikii
displaying in flight, Norway

00010992
MAGPIE-LARK on grass
Grallina cyanoleuca
Australia

00010933
AFRICAN ELEPHANT trunk
Loxodonta africana
Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00010912
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
suckling large young

00010878
MOUNTAIN GORILLA female
Gorilla beringei beringei
eating stinging nettle.

00010847
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
young hatching from egg

00010833
PAINTED STORK
Mycteria leucocephala

00010815
HOLY COW in traffic, New Delhi, India.

00010724
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
on finger, Central America

00010707
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
young in holding cage in rehabilitation centre, Tanjung Puting NP, Borneo, Indonesia

00010680
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor

00010671
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
Scotland

00010670
WHEATEAR
Oenanthe oenanthe

00010638
COMMON BUZZARD
Buteo buteo
eating meat of deer carcass

00010618
WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE
Haliaeetus albicilla
in flight, Western Highlands of Scotland.

00010611
GREAT HORNED OWL
Bubo virginianus
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

00010598
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos
feeding young in nest

00010595
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos

00010569
SPARROWHAWK
Accipiter nisus
bathing

00010559
TURNSTONE
Arenaria interpres

00010554
SHETLAND STARLING
Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus
St Kilda, Scotland

00010534
ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysocome
moulting, Sealion Island, Falkland Islands.

00010475
GREAT DUSKY SWIFTS
Cypseloides senex
roosting behind Iguazu Falls, Argentina

00010460
GREAT POTOO
Nyctibius grandis
roosting Hato Pinero, Llanos, Venezuela

00010453
SPOTTED OWL on branch
Strix occidentalis
Oregon, USA
Endangered species

00010429
EMPEROR PENGUIN
Aptenodytes forsteri
with young, Antarctica

00010423
HOATZIN
Opisthocomus hoazin
on nest, Llanos, Venezuela

00010414
BALD EAGLE on iceberg
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Le Conte Glacier, Alaska, USA

00010413
RUFFED GROUSE
Bonasa umbellus
male drumming, Rocky Mountains, North America

00010400
AMERICAN KESTREL
Falco sparverius

00010394
BLACK-HEADED IBIS in water
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary
Karnataka, India

00010382
SPOTTED OWLET
Athene brama
two roosting on branch
Ranthambhore N.P., Rajasthan, India

00010357
RAINDROPS ON GRASS seedhead

00010340
CAPE or PINTADO PETREL in flight
Daption capensis
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00010338
ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysocome
Falkland Islands

00010329
MACARONI PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysolophus
pair in mutual preeing, Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island, Antarctica

00010325
KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonicus
group of eight entering sea
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic

00010313
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD male
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
on Cattails Colorado, USA

00010304
CRIMSON ROSELLA on tree
Platycercus elegans
amongst blossom, Lamington N.P.
Queensland, Australia

00010277
BROWN PELICAN two on islet
Pelecanus occidentalis
Florida, USA

00010268
HORSE
grazing in snow-covered field

00010250
TRUMPETFISH by Sea Fan
Aulostomus chinensis
Sipadan Island, Malaysia

00010241
PINK ANEMONEFISH on anemone
Amphiprion perideraion
Solomon Islands, South Pacific Ocean

00010235
LIONFISH or TURKEYFISH
Pterois volitans
Sipadan Island, Malaysia

00010229
GREAT BARRACUDA
Sphyraena barracuda
Bahamas, North Atlantic Ocean

00010223
LIONFISH or TURKEYFISH
Pterois volitans
dorsal view of two,
Sipadan Island, Malaysia

00010222
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN gaping
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Western Australia

00010173
REED WARBLER
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Pair at nest with young

00010163
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Larus ridibundus
pair mating Poland

00010157
BLACK-NECKED or EARED GREBES
Podiceps nigricollis
pair mating. Poland.

00010136
GREEN WOODPECKER
Picus viridis
at nest hole, feeding young

00010133
SHETLAND PONY female with young,
a few hours old
Dartmoor, Devon, England

00010130
GOLDEN LION TAMARIN
Leontopithecus rosalia
Eastern Brazil, South America

00010072
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female with two young, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010070
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
elderly male, losing mane, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010066
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male and female, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010049
BLUE WILDEBEEST or WHITE-BEARDED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
group running during migration, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010043
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE
HUNTING DOGS Lycaon pictus
three mobbing Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta

00010038
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
looking for prey amongst Wildebeest

00010022
AFRICAN LION male & female
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010015
BLUE WILDEBEEST or WHITE-BEARDED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
dead in Mara River after attempting to cross, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00009997
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male

00009981
ADELIE PENGUIN group on ice
Pygoscelis adeliae
Antarctic Peninsula

00009962
ICE SCULPTED BY WEATHER
at water's edge
Antarctic Peninsula

00009954
ANUBIS BABOON or OLIVE BABOON
Papio anubis
group with young on back of one
Samburu National Park, Kenya

00009940
SADDLEBILLED STORK
Ephippiorhyncus senegalensis
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00009924
BLOWFLY larvae
Calliphora vomitoria

00009905
WHISKERED TERN feeding young
Chlidonias hybrida
while in flight. Brenne, France

00009897
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
courting in snow, Finland

00009890
OSPREY
Pandion haliaetus
Feeding young in nest

00009889
OSPREY
Pandion haliaetus
with nesting material, Finland.

00009888
KINGFISHER
Alcedo atthis
in flight, carring fish prey
Sequence of pictures No.2 of 2

00009861
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
female drinking

00009841
BURROWING OWL immature
Athene cunicularia
threat display
San Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

00009822
SAFFRON-COWLED BLACKBIRD
Xanthopsan flavius
male singing
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

00009816
RUFOUS HORNERO
Furnarius rufus
on unfinished nest
Taim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

00009782
SHORT-EARED OWL NEST
Asio flammeus
with clutch of eight eggs
Scotland

00009779
BEE ORCHID Ophrys apifera
& BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL
Lotus corniculatus in flower
Powerstock Common, Dorset, UK

00009758
GREATER FLAMINGO in flight
Phoenicopterus ruber roseus
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
April

00009729
COMMON FROG spawn
Rana temporaria
Spring

00009696
MALLARD DUCK female
Anas platyrhynchos

00009693
MUTE SWAN on lake February
Cygnus olor
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00009670
MONGOLIAN WOLF
Canis lupus chanco

00009611
RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT
Luscinia svecica svecica
male at nest with young
Finland

00009603
GREY TABBY KITTEN
with pink roses

00009602
GREY TABBY KITTEN

00009535
BARN OWL
Tyto alba
on headstone of grave
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00009519
CAPE BARREN GOOSE
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Endangered.

00009515
PINK or MAJOR MITCHELL'S COCKATOO
Cacatua leadbeateri
Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia.

00009513
PURPLE SWAMPHEN or Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio porphyrio
Yanchep National Park, Australia.

00009508
PURPLE-CROWNED LORIKEET
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
feeding. Australia

00009487
FEATHERS OF PARROT

00009454
GREAT TIT
Parus major
in snow

00009443
BLACK-NAPED TERN in flight
Sterna sumatrana
Lord Howe Island, South Pacific

00009442
SUPERB FAIRY WREN
Malurus cyaneus
Species of forests & swamps
Australia & Tasmania

00009407
BUDGERIGAR pair in courtship feeding
Melopsittacus undulatus
Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia

00009377
KELP GOOSE female
Chloephaga hybrida
Falkland Island, South Atlantic

00009363
HARRIS' HAWK
Parabuteo unicinctus
Endangered species USA

00009360
THOROUGHBRED HORSES
Mare and foal
Kentucky, USA

00009350
MARSH HARRIER
Circus aeruginosus
Poland

00009326
CALIFORNIA CONDOR walking
Gymnogyps californianus
San Diego Wild Animal Park, California, USA

00009321
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
male in courtship display, Africa.

00009318
PHILIPPINE EAGLE
Pithecophaga jeffreyi
Philippines

00009215
VERVET MONKEY holding young
Cercopithecus aethiops
Manyara National Park, Tanzania

00009192
AFRICAN LION female & young
Panthera leo

00009191
GOLDEN or COMMON JACKAL
Canis aureus
grooming young

00009144
ARCTIC SKUA in flight
Stercorarius parasiticus
over Handa Island, off Sutherland
Scotland

00009140
RUFF
Philomachus pugnax
male displaying on lek forward posture, Finland

00009129
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD huge flock
Agelaius phoeniceus
in flight over farmland during the winter
Delaware, north eastern USA

00009102
YAKUT HORSE harnessed & tied up
at a herders' camp.
Korban, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.

00009077
E'VEN HERDERS at winter pasture with reindeer,
near Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia

00009032
WALRUS two males
Odobenus rosmarus
Round Island, Alaska, USA

00009028
LEMON MERINGUE ICEBERG
Greenland

00009025
OIL PIPELINE ZERO MILE MARKER
Alaska Oil Pipeline
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA

00009018
COMMON PARADISE-KINGFISHER
Tanysiptera galatea
Papua New Guinea

00009000
SCOTTISH WILDCAT snarling
Felis sylvestris
face detail, in captivity

00008979
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo

00008977
ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysocome
calling, showing barbs for holding prey in bill.

00008924
GRIFFON VULTURE head detail
Gyps fulvus
Hawk Conservancy, Andover, Hampshire, England

00008921
REED WARBLER
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
on reed stem
Kent, south eastern England

00008898
ARAB HORSE
with swarm of flies

00008896
ARAB HORSE
mare standing in meadow

00008891
JAGUAR male at water
Panthera onca
Belize Zoo, Central America

00008852
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
on branch with ripe berries

00008843
DOMESTIC CAT

00008821
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon

00008817
WOOD WARBLER
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
at nest amongst bracken on woodland floor

00008782
SPOTTED DOLPHIN adult & young
Stenella sp.

00008771
ORANGE-FOOTED SCRUB-FOWL
Megapodius reinwardti
Australia, New Guinea & Solomon Islands

00008738
PERENTIE MONITOR LIZARD
Varanus giganteus
looking down a rabbit hole
Largest Australian lizard

00008719
NEW ZEALAND TOMTIT
Petroica macrocephala
male at nest with young
Chatham Island, New Zealand

00008711
NEW ZEALAND FALCON at nest
Falco novaeseelandiae
Rare species which breeds on Auckland Islands
New Zealand

00008710
QUEENSLAND LUNGFISH
Neoceratodus forsterI
Burnett & Mary River systems,
Queensland, north eastern Australia

00008636
OCELLATED LIZARD
Lacerta lepida
Spain

00008633
BLACK BLOTCHED PORCUPINEFISH
Diodon liturosus
amongst Sea Fans, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

00008597
BLUE & GOLD SNAPPER shoal
Lutjanus viridis
Sea of Cortez, Mexico

00008588
CUCKOO WRASSE female
Labrus mixtus
Donegal Bay, County Donegal, Ireland

00008577
GLASSEYE SNAPPER
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Long Island, Bahamas, Atlantic

00008572
REDBAND PARROTFISH
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
Roatan, Honduras, Caribbean

00008559
GIANT PANDA playing
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
eight-month-old, Sichuan (Szechwan) Province, China .

00008558
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
eight-month-old. Sichuan (Szechwan)
Province, China

00008553
NILE CROCODILE gaping
Crocodylus niloticus
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00008546
CATEQUERO BULLFROG
Tomopterna cryptotis
hunting termites. Namib Desert

00008536
GABOON VIPER
Bitis gabonica
Dune Forest,St Lucia, Natal, South Africa

00008535
AFRICAN PUFF ADDER
Bitis arietans
threat posture. Kalahari, southern Africa

00008533
BROWN HOUSE SNAKE
Lamprophis fuliginosus
eating Multimammate Mouse prey, South Africa

00008522
ROUND ISLAND BOA
Casarea dussumieri
World's rarest snake,
found only on Round Island, Mauritius

00008504
CAPE HYRAX or DASSIE
Procavia capensis
Tsitsikamma, Cape Province, South Africa

00008429
BLACKTAIL or MULE DEER
Odocoileus hemionus
two in woodland
North America

00008425
WHITETAIL DEER male on snow
Odocoileus virginianus
North America.

00008408
WHITETAIL DEER
Odocoileus virginianus
North America

00008402
MOUNTAIN GOAT on snowy ledge
Oreamnos americanus
North America

00008398
NORTHERN CARDINAL female
Cardinalis cardinalis
North America

00008383
NORTH AMERICAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes fulva
running, carrying ground squirrel prey

00008325
CALIFORNIA SEALIONS on rocks
Zalophus californianus californianus
California, USA

00008315
WALRUS TUSKS to be used for ivory
displayed on shore
Alaska, USA

00008305
JADE FLYING FROG
Rhacophorus sp.
Gliding between trees
Image carries 50% surcharge

00008301
LESSER BUSH BABY
Galago senegalensis
Also called Lesser Galago

00008297
PUFF ADDER
Bitis arietans
eating rodent prey

00008260
GREEN LACEWING in flight
Chrysopa sp.
Image carries 50% surcharge

00008253
RAINFOREST & HILLS
Dominica, Windward Islands
Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

00008247
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri coruscans
in flight, sipping nectar

00008232
VEILED or YEMENI CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo calyptratus

00008231
VEILED or YEMENI CHAMELEON Ê
Chamaeleo calyptratus
catching insect with tongue

00008224
TAWNY or CARDER BUMBLEBEE
Bombus pascuorum
In flight above Bluebell

00008206
MARSH TIT
Parus palustris
in flight from nest hole in tree trunk

00008175
RED-EYED TREEFROG
Agalychnis callidryas
on bromiliad

00008159
HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera
in flight

00008140
COMMON AGRION DAMSELFLY
Agrion virgo
male in courtship flight, hovering above female.

00008138
EMERALD DAMSELFLY
Lestes sponsa
in flight

00008126
COMMON WHITE-TAILED BUMBLEBEE
Bombus lucorum
in flight

00008111
LUMPSUCKER
Cyclopterus lumpus
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, North Sea, Scotland

00008092
BALLAN WRASSE
Labrus bergylta

00008079
GREEN FROG
Rana clamitans
on water-lily.Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan, USA

00008072
SHORT-HORNED LIZARD
Phrynosoma douglassi
Arizona, USA

00008033
COPPERY BRUSHTAIL POSSUM
Trichosurus vulpecula johnstoni
Queensland, Australia.

00008031
EASTERN QUOLL black phase
Dasyurus viverrinus
Australia

00008019
LEPTOMEDUSAN JELLYFISH
Aequorea sp.
Great Barrier Reef,Queensland, Australia

00007996
FISH SHOAL
Clupeidae
(herring family), Fiji, South Pacific.

00007986
LONGFIN SPADEFISHES
Platax teira
Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00007985
BLACKFIN BARRACUDA shoal
Sphyraena qenie
Fiji, South Pacific

00007977
BROWN-MARBLED GROUPER
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00007861
OUSTELET'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo oustaleti
World's largest chameleon, Isalo National Park, Madagascar.

00011081
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus
in flight

00011078
SWIFT clinging to wall
Apus apus

00011064
BLACK VULTURE on post
Coragyps atratus
wings spread. Venezuela

00011026
PIED-BILLED GREBE
Podilymbus podiceps
male on water, Florida, USA

00011024
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
Nycticorax violaceus
on branch of conifer
Florida, USA

00011018
COMMON REDSTART pair
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Wales

00010998
AUSTRALIAN BRUSH TURKEY
Alectura lathami
on nest Australia

00010975
COMMON BUZZARD
Buteo buteo
in flight Wales

00010971
PAINTED STORK
Mycteria leucocephala
India

00010968
CALIFORNIA GULL on rock
Larus californicus
Canada

00010919
LEOPARD resting
Panthera pardus
licking nose, face detail

00010880
MOUNTAIN GORILLA female browsing.
Gorilla beringei beringei
Endangered species of
Congo, Rwanda & Uganda

00010859
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE
Haliaeetus vocifer
fishing

00010851
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
resting. Critically endangered.

00010849
CAPE SUGARBIRD on Protea
Promerops cafer
Main pollinator of Proteas.
Endemic to fynbos region, South Africa.

00010811
COLLARED SCOPS OWL
Otus bakkamoena
two in hollow tree

00010778
STARLING in flight,
Sturnus vulgaris
carrying leather-jacket & other prey in beak

00010748
RED KITE and CARRION CROW
Milvus milvus & Corvus corone
in flight

00010736
BLACK LABRADOR DOG

00010703
FRESIAN CATTLE
with ear tags, Culhat Village, Limagne, Auvergne Region, France.

00010700
PURPLE SANDPIPER
Calidris maritima

00010692
GREAT SKUA
Stercorarius skua
displaying on cliff top

00010684
MALLARD DUCK
Anas platyrhynchos
male on grass

00010661
WOODPIGEON
Columba palumbus

00010654
COMMON GULL
Larus canus
in flight

00010619
WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE
Haliaeetus albicilla
carrying fish prey, Western Highlands of Scotland.

00010583
KNOT
Calidris canutus
flock silhouetted at dusk

00010579
HIGHLAND COW
Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

00010560
STARLING group
Sturnus vulgaris
perched on branch

00010526
ADELIE PENGUIN fledgling moulting
Pygoscelis adeliae
Seymour Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00010494
BLUE-CROWNED MOTMOT on branch
Momotus momota
Costa Rica, Central America
Also called King of the Woods

00010492
MANTLED HOWLER MONKEY
Alouatta palliata
male howling, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

00010486
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN
Spheniscus magellanicus
Falkland Islands

00010417
WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO WEAVER
Dinemellia dinemelli
on Thorn Tree. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

00010408
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL
Surnia ulula
perched on pine cones
North America

00010405
GYRFALCON
Falco rusticolus
North America

00010397
WHISTLING KITES
Haliastur sphenurus
Australia

00010392
BLACK KITE female, perched on rock
Milvus migrans
Mangalore Docks, Karnataka, India

00010375
SPEKE'S WEAVER BIRD colony
Ploceus spekei
laikipia District, Kenya

00010351
GREAT EGRET
Casmerodius albus
displaying in breeding plumage, Florida, USA.

00010343
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Prothonotary citrea
Louisiana, USA

00010296
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN
Spheniscus magellanicus
adult preening young at burrow, Falkland Islands.

00010284
BALD EAGLES
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Chilkat River, Alaska, USA

00010260
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
Ajaia ajaja in flight
Brazil, South America

00010220
CANADA GOOSE
Branta canadensis
with goslings

00010218
DARTMOOR PONIES grazing
East Hill, Okehampton, Dartmoor,
Devon, south west England

00010195
ORINOCO GOOSE flock
Neochen jubata
Llanos, Venezuela

00010191
LLANERO cowboy on horseback, swinging lassoo, Hato el Frio ranch, Venezuela, South America.

00010190
SCARLET IBIS
Eudocimus ruber
foraging in shallow water
Llanos, Venezuela

00010179
GREY WAGTAIL female
Motacilla cinerea
at nest with young

00010178
KINGFISHER
Alcedo atthis
male perched on thin branch

00010164
BLACK-HEADED GULL pair
Larus ridibundus
Female on left, Poland.

00010142
DOMESTIC TABBY CAT
investigating dustbin, Tonbridge, Kent, England

00010101
CITRON-CRESTED COCKATOO
Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata
preening. Sumba, Indonesia
Endangered sub-species

00010085
MASAI MEN
two in traditional dress
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
entering water

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AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male running, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus
two quarrelling over meat

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AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
carrying young gazelle prey

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AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male & yawning female

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AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female with two cubs

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KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonicus
group entering sea, Georgia Islands.

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GADWALL
Anas strepera
male on water

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WHOOPER SWAN on ice
Cygnus cygnus
Finland

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WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Finland

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SPOONBILLS in mangrove
Platalea leucorodia
Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania

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MONTAGU'S HARRIER
Circus pygargus
four young in nest amongst Barley crop, France

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SOUTHERN LAPWING
Vanellus chilensis
calling, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

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BLACK-FRONTED PIPING GUAN
Pipile jacutinga
Paraibuna, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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WHITE-BELLIED NOTHURA
Nothura boraquira
on ground South America

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PLAIN BROWN WOODCREEPER
Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Bahia, Brazil

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LONG-TRAINED NIGHTJAR
Macropsalis creaga
South America

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BRAZILIAN TANAGER
Ramphocelus bresilius bresilius
Parana, Brazil

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SETTERS
Irish Setter on left, English Setter in centre, Gordon Setter on right

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WHITE STORK
Ciconia ciconia
in flight

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DOMESTIC CAT
playing with tree branch

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CRESTED OROPENDOLA colony
Psarocolius decumanus
Trinidad, West Indies

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EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
three young at earth

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NORTHERN SHOVELER male on ice
Anas clypeata
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
February

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EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in falling snow

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WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN HUMMINGBIRD
Florisuga mellivora
taking off from branch
Trinidad, West Indies

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LITTLE EGRET foraging
Egretta garzetta
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

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CAT
resting in grass

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MALLARD
Anas platyrhynchos
female & young on water
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

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JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
lying on lawn, with ball.

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SANDERLING
Calidris alba
Florida, south eastern USA

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REDWING
Turdus iliacus
amongst berries

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WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER
sitting in basket

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LITTLE PENGUIN
Eudyptula minor
Kangaroo Island, South Australia

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BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA
Dacelo leachii
Katherine Gorge National Park
Northern Territory, Australia

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BUFF-BANDED RAIL
Gallirallus philippensis
Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef
Queensland, Australia

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SOOTY TERN colony
Sterna fuscata
Lord Howe Island, South Pacific

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HIMALAYAN GRIFFON VULTURE
Gyps himalayensis
Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim & Tibet

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CLUMBER SPANIEL

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MONTAGU'S HARRIER female
Circus pygargus
at nest with young, Poland

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PAINTED SNIPE
Rostratula benghalensis
Savuti, Chobe NP, Botswana

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LILAC-BREASTED ROLLER
Coracias caudata
Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

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HIPPOPOTAMUSES fighting
Hippopotamus amphibius
Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

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SECRETARY BIRD
Sagittarius serpentarius
pair in courtship, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

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CHIMPANZEE male in tree
Pan troglodytes
Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

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LEOPARD TORTOISE
Geochelone pardalis
on savanna, Serengeti National Park,
Tanzania

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LESSER FLAMINGOS in flight
Phoenicopterus minor
Lake Natron, Tanzania

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BLONDE D'AQUITANE cow
Lussan region, Haut Garonne, France

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BASKING SHARK feeding
Cetorhinus maximus
Isle of Man, Irish Sea

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HOBBY
Falco subbuteo
at nest with young.

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MALLARD DUCK male silhouetted
Anas platyrhynchos
at sunset. Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust
Gloucestershire, UK

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YAKUT HORSE struggles to haul
a sleigh of ice up a slope in winter.
Korban, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.

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LENA POTAPOVA breaks up pieces
of river ice for drinking water.
Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.

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VERKHOYANSK town, winter street scene.
Coldest town in the northern hemisphere.
Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.

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ATLANTIC SALMON leaping falls
Salmo salar
Buchanty Spout, River Almond,
Perthshire, central Scotland

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ATLANTIC SALMON leaping falls
Salmo salar
Buchanty Spout, River Almond, Scotland

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SAMI HERDMAN leaves snow scooter
to check his light aircraft during the Spring migration.
Kataukeino,Northern Norway

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SAMI REINDEER HERDER uses a length of hessian
to round up reindeer he wants to corral.
Kautokeino, Northern Norway.

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REINDEER HERDER ON SKIS
with herd following on spring migration
Kautokeino, Norway

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EXTENDED FAMILY OF INUIT at outpost camp.
Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

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BLUE & YELLOW MACAW
Ara ararauna
eye detail

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LAPWING reflected in shallow water
Vanellus vanellus
Kent, UK

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DARTMOOR PONY face detail
Dartmoor, Devonshire,
south western England.

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WREN
Troglodytes troglodytes
singing and displaying to rival on gorse, Suffolk, UK.

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DOTTEREL male
Eudromias morinellus
Cairngorms, Grampian Region, Scotland.

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KINGFISHER May
Alcedo atthis
with fish prey for young
Sussex, England

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SHORE LARK on rocky heathland
Eremophila alpestris
Victoria Island, Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada

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ARCTIC WOLF
Canis lupus mackenzii
on snow-covered tundra

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LAMBS one bleating, Meon Valley, Hampshire, UK

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JAPANESE MACAQUE
Macaca fuscata
neck-deep in thermal pool, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

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STELLER'S SEA EAGLE on iceberg
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Nemuro Straits, Hokkaido, Japan

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BLACK SKIMMER feeding in flight
Rynchops niger
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

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BENGAL TIGER cub swimming
Panthera tigris tigris

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WHITE PELICAN
Pelecanus onocrotalus
standing in water. Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango, Botswana, southern Africa

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ARCTIC TERN in flight
Sterna paradisea
Farne Islands, England

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EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus europaeus
in threat display on nest

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COMB-CRESTED JACANA or LOTUS BIRD
Irediparra gallinacea
Australia

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BROWN PELICAN
Pelecanus occidentalis
head detail

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RAINBOW LORIKEET
Trichoglossus haematodus
Australia

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BLIND SNAKE
Rhamphotyphlops sp.
Found in sandy deserts
Central Australia

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EASTERN SPINEBILL
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
on nest with young Australia

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BROWN KIWI
Aptenyx australis

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SWAMP WALLABY newborn young
Wallabia bicolour
umbilical cord attached: Australia

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MANGROVE JACK or RIVER SNAPPER
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Estuarine & coastal Australia

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BANDED RAINBOWFISH male
Melanotaenia trifasciata
Australia

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EMPEROR PENGUIN
Aptenodytes forsteri
creche on sea-ice, Antarctica.

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FEATHERTAIL GLIDER
Acrobates pygmaeus
Australian forests & woodland
Tail flattened to aid steering & braking

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EXMOOR PONY grazing
Exmoor National Park,
Somerset/Devon, south west England

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SPOTTED HYENA & two young
Crocuta crocuta
Kruger National Park, South Africa

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JOHNSTON'S HYRAX
Procavia johnstoniover
peering over rock. Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa.

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YELLOW GOATFISH shoal
Mulloidichthys martinicus
Sodwana Bay, Natal, South Africa

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BRAIN CORAL
Colpophyllia natans
Long Island, Bahamas, Atlantic

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GIANT PANDA eight months old
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Sichuan (Szechwan) Province central China.

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GIANT PANDA cub climbing tree
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Sichuan (Szechwan) province, China.

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GABOON VIPER
Bitis gabonica
Dune forest, Natal, South Africa.

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PERINGUEY'S VIPER sidewinding
Bitis peringueyi
Namib Desert, Namibia

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PINE GROSBEAK male
Pinicola enucleator
with snow on head
North America

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RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD male in flight
Selasphorus rufus
Picture sequence no.2 of 3
Montana, USA

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WHITE-FOOTED or DEER MOUSE
Peromyscus maniculatus
caught in trap. Montana, USA.

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CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
Stellula calliope
female at feeder
Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

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WHITETAIL DEER buck
Odocoileus virginianus

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BOBCAT or RED LYNX
Felis rufus
two young playing
North America

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CANADA GOOSE
Branta canadensis
flock in flight silhouetted at twilight
Horicon NWR, Wisconsin, USA

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SANDHILL CRANES on migration
Grus canadensis
Spring Platte River, Nebraska, USA