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00008294
WILD GARLIC or RAMSONS
Allium ursinum
mass flowering in woodland

00008268
ASCALAPHID FLY
Ascalaphus libelluloides
(Predator related to Ant Lions)

00008264
BLUE-CROWNED MOTMOT
Momotus momota
Tobago, West Indies

00008248
FISHING BOATS at Scotts Head Dominica, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

00008135
DESERT LOCUST
Schistocerca gregaria
in flight

00008131
EMPEROR MOTH
Saturnia pavonia
in flight

00008099
BUTTERFISH
Pholis gunnellus

00008095
SAITHE shoal
Pollachius virens

00008094
COMMON or EDIBLE SEA URCHINS
Echinus esculentus
among kelp

00008082
SUNSTAR
Crossaster papposus
(formerly Solaster papposus)

00008070
DESERT TORTOISE
Gopherus agassizii
Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, USA

00008069
NORTH AMERICAN GARTER SNAKE
Thamnophis sirtalis
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

00008051
FRANKLIN'S GULL
Larus pipixcan
on nest with two eggs
Kaysville, Utah, mid-western USA

00008013
CORAL SANDS & SHALLOW SEA
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00007999
CORAL REEF SCENE with fish
Namena, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00007982
GREEN-FINNED or BULLETHEAD PARROTFISH male
Scarus sordidus
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific Ocean

00007896
BLACK-WINGED STILT walking
Himantopus himantopus
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00007886
MADAGASCAR GROUND BOA
Acrantophis madagascariensis or
Boa madagascariensis. Lokobe Reserve, Madagascar.

00007875
MADAGASCAR DAY GECKO
Phelsuma madagascariensis
Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar

00007859
GOLDEN MANTELLA FROG
Mantella aurantiaca
Torotorofotsy Marsh, Madagascar

00007853
BRIGHT-EYED FROG
Boophis luteus septentrionalis
Marojejy National Park, Madagascar

00007851
PANTHER CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo pardalis
Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar.

00007844
PERINGUEY'S ADDER or SIDEWINDER
Bitis peringueyi
sidewinding across sand Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia

00007828
CHIMPANZEE in tree
Pan troglodytes
Northern Zambia

00007814
CHIMPANZEE mature male
Pan troglodytes
yawning, Northern Zambia.

00007813
TILAPIA FISH FARM
Andasibe, Madagascar

00007802
NILE CROCODILE female & nest
Crocodylus niloticus
Lake Saint Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa

00007797
DWARF MONGOOSE
Helogale parvula
on termite mound, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00007753
AMOEBA
Amoeba proteus
living Magn x40, 1/3000th sec.
Nomarski interference contrast

00007732
AGILE WALLABY alert
Macropus agilis
Queensland, NE Australia.

00007728
AFRICAN ELEPHANT silhouetted
Loxodonta africana
Okavango Delta, Botswana.

00007721
AARDWOLF close to cover
Proteles cristatus
Namibia, south western Africa.
Predator on termites

00007710
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
eating large fish prey

00007684
KOALA in eucalyptus tree
Phascolarctos cinereus
AUSTRALIA

00007662
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
eating fish prey
Africa

00007633
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00007625
SLOW LORIS
Nycticebus coucang

00007623
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
young being weighed, Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah, Malaysia.

00007615
PAINTED MANTELLA FROG
Mantella madagascariensis
in the rain
Madagascar

00007614
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
with Wildebeest bone

00014115
YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER

00014110
BIRD'S-NEST ORCHID
Neottia nidus-avis
amongst beech leaf litter

00014092
WOOD ANEMONES
Anemone nemorosa
Powerstock Common, Dorset, UK

00014079
EAST CLIFF and Beach
West Bay, Dorset, UK

00014062
DANDELIONS IN MEADOW
Taraxacum officinale
Dorset, UK

00014043
BALLOON SAFARI
passing near to resting pride of
African Lion Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00013994
BOXER
suckling litter, five weeks old

00013991
BOXER DOG
Three, five weeks old

00013990
BOXER DOG
Litter of five, five weeks old

00013979
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER & SPRINGER SPANIEL
in dog cage inside car

00013976
TRI-COLOURED GUINEA PIG
male

00013974
OLD BERKSHIRE PIG
Two piglets on straw

00013967
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
lying on grass, with chew

00013955
MISTLE THRUSH amongst berries
Turdus viscivorus
Hertfordshire, UK

00013949
SMOOTH-COAT CHIHUAHUA

00013948
WHIPPET
group of three

00013946
CAIRN TERRIER

00013899
CONCOLOR or WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON
Hylobates concolor
female, Wildlife Park, France.

00013896
MANDRILL female & young
Papio sphinx
Wildlife Park, France.

00013844
SEAHORSE
Hippocampus guttulatus
Atlantic Ocean

00013829
HOOPOE
Upupa epops
feeding chick at nest, France

00013812
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
Sula nebouxii excisa
skypointing display, North Seymour Island, Galapagos.

00013788
EUROPEAN POLECAT
Mustela putorius
female

00013787
EUROPEAN POLECAT
Mustela putorius
male

00013705
STELLER'S SEA EAGLE
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Nemuro Straits, Hokkaido, Japan

00013655
KOALA sleeping
Phascolarctos cinereus
Gorge Wildife Park, South Australia

00013654
SMOOTH-HEAD DIGGING SCORPION
Opisthopthalmus sp.
in defence posture. Kalahari Gemsbok
National Park, South Africa

00013642
FROGSPAWN
Rana temporaria
Nuclei developing in the eggs.
Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

00013633
LESSER SANDSHARK
Rhinobatos annulatus
camouflaged on sea bed. Sodwana Bay, Natal,
Republic of South Africa

00013626
SPINY LOBSTER
Panulirus argus
Caribbean Sea

00013625
ROBBER-FLY

00013598
ROSE APHIDS
Macrosiphium rosae
on stem of rose

00013595
GEOMETRID LOOPER CATERPILLAR
Geometris sp.
showing looping form of locomotion

00013588
YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO
Aedes sp. taking blood from on human
Note drop of clear liquid being exuded.
East coast of South Africa

00013570
TENEBRIONID BEETLE
Onymacris unguicularis
covered with dew drops
Namib Desert, Namiba

00013534
LAMBS GAMBOLLING
Three lambs on hillock

00013529
GOAT
eating carrot 'nose' from snowman

00013522
SAANEN GOAT young
(Originated from Saane Valley
in western Switzerland)

00013507
LEOPARD SLUG
Limax sp.
on toadstool

00013500
COMMON FROG eye
Rana temporaria

00013485
DEATH WATCH BEETLE
Xestobium rufovillosum
on old timber

00013435
FEN RAFT SPIDER
Dolomedes plantarius
Also called Great Raft Spider. Redgrave & Lopham Fen, Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00013432
DARK GREEN FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
Argynnis aglaja or Mesoacidalia aglaja
Murlough Nature Reserve, Dundrum, County Down, Ulster

00013430
GLANVILLE FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
Mellitaea cinxia

00013420
SMALL PEARL-BORDERED or SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Boloria selene or Clossiana selene
Lochaber, Inverness, Scotland.

00013401
MIGRANT HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna grandis
male, Monks Wood Experimental Station, Huntingdon, UK

00013371
MOSQUITO feeding on human
note blood in abdomen
Michigan, USA

00013347
WALRUS three on iceberg
Odobenus rosmarus
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

00013333
GIANT REEF CLAM
Tridacna maxima
Tonga, South Pacific

00013307
SHORTFIN LIONFISH
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

00013293
MOTH larva
unidentified species
Masoala Peninsula, north-east Madagascar

00013264
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
running, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00013255
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
threat display, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

00013250
CASPIAN TERN
Sterna caspia
on mud. Natal, South Africa

00013239
RUBY-TAIL WASP
Chrysis ignita

00013233
WHISTLING THORN twig
Acacia drepanolobium
with ant galls, Kenya.

00013227
HOVERFLY on Cornflower
Rhingia campestris
proboscis extended to stamen

00013223
RED ANT
Myrmica ruginoides

00013175
COCKEREL on wall
Midlands of England

00013150
AFRICAN LION cub resting
Panthera leo
Age: 1 month.

00013134
BLUE & YELLOW MACAW
Ara ararauna

00013131
HIPPOPOTAMUSES with young
Hippopotamus amphibius
at water's edge, Mara River, Masai Mara
National Reserve, Kenya eastern Africa

00013129
CHIMPANZEE young
Pan troglodytes
Chimfuhshi Sanctuary, northern Zambia

00013127
GIRAFFE male
Giraffa camelopardalis

00013045
HIGHLAND CALF
Scottish Borders, Southern Scotland

00013037
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris

00013030
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
singing

00013029
BLACK-FACED SHEEP
flock gathered for shearing

00013020
BLACK FACED SHEEP
with suckling young

00013019
BARNACLE GOOSE group in flight
Branta leucopsis
Isle of Islay, Argyll & Bute, south western Scotland

00013013
FERAL GOAT
Capra hircus
Island of Rhum, Hebrides, Scotland.

00013007
OCTOPUS showing colour change
Octopus sp.
Red Sea, Egypt. Sequence, see also LBP000253, LBP000271 and LBP000252.

00013005
CORNETFISH or FLUTE MOUTH shoal.
Fistularia commersonii
Red Sea off Egypt

00013003
PACIFIC SEAHORSE head detail
Hippocampus ingens
Tagus Cove, Isabella Island,
Galapagos Islands

00012989
CUTTLEFISH
Sepia sp.
Kimbe Bay, Walindi, New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

00012961
LEAF-MIMIC PRAYING MANTIS
Tortuguero National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00012956
CHINCHILLA baby, 2 weeks old
Chinchilla laniger
Native to southern Andes, Chile.
Controlled conditions.

00012955
VIETNAMESE POT-BELLIED PIGLET
close up of face, in meadow

00012935
THOMSON'S GAZELLE group in long grass
Gazella thomsoni
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012919
GREEN DARNER DRAGONFLY
Anax junius
Chippewa County, Michigan, USA

00012902
TRYPANOSOMIASIS BUG
Triatoma infestans
Vector of Chaga's Disease caused by blood parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazil

00012887
LUZON ANTHIAS male displaying
Pseudanthias luzonensis
Komodo Island, Indonesia

00012885
PYGMY CUTTLEFISH two on reef
Sepia sp.
Banda Sea, Indonesia

00012876
NUDIBRANCH spinning egg case
Chromodoris coi
Indonesia

00012875
CUTTLEFISH in defensive posture
Sepia officinalis
Indonesia

00012871
CUTTLEFISH pair
Sepia officinalis
showing extremely different colours
Indonesia.

00012868
CONE SHELL
Conus sp.
Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean

00012830
JUMPING SPIDER mature female
Phidippus apacheanus
Rare species. Lives in dry areas of Florida, USA

00012774
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
amongst rocks, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012767
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
cub, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012735
AFRICAN LIONS female & male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya.

00012734
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
lioness ambushing Wildebeest at Mara River, Kenya

00012716
PEACOCK FEATHER LOUSE
Goniodes sp.

00012713
HIPPOBOSCID FLY or LOUSE-FLY
Nycteribia hopei
wingless male, from bat, UK

00012703
MIGRATORY LOCUST
Locusta migratoria
Sequence of pictures showing
development No.2 of 7 Instar

00012682
ENGLISH OAK or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
unripe acorn in cup

00012663
BANDED AGRION DAMSELFLY
Calopteryx splendens
eating insect prey

00012602
KATYDID
startle display, Trinidad

00012583
RAT FLEA larva in carpet
Xenopsylla cheopis

00012568
WANDERING SNAIL
Lymnaea peregra

00012547
CICADA on tree trunk
Cicada plebeja
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00012545
MAYFLY larva
Graubunden, Switzerland

00012533
DUCKLINGS two, day-old young
sitting on head of Guinea Pig

00012494
SPIDER'S WEB
between dead fronds of Bracken & laden with dew

00012434
FRESHWATER CRAYFISH
Astacus astacus
Europe

00012427
COLORADO BEETLES on potato
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Native to North America
Accidentally introduced into Europe

00012423
AUROCH or URUS
Bos primigenius
Extinct in 16th century
Reconstructed through selective breeding

00012400
BIRDWING BUTTERFLY
Ornithoptera tithonos
wing showing scales

00012369
ORB-WEB SPIDER
Nephila sp.
with Sunbird caught in web

00012356
HIPPOPOTAMUS at night
Hippopotamus amphibius
leaving water to graze on land.
Selinda Concession, Botswana.

00012343
BLACK-FACED SHEEP large flock
Cairngorms, Scotland

00012324
PUFFIN taking off in wind
Fratercula arctica
Skomer, UK

00012319
GANNET
Sula bassana
stretching wings

00012307
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012306
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012277
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
Butser Hill, Hampshire, England

00012268
PIGS
large group of free range young at
Plantation Pigs Ltd,
Surrey, south eastern England

00012260
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
Endangered

00012253
CLEOPATRA BUTTERFLY
Gonepteryx cleopatra
on plants stem, wings closed
Native to southern Europe

00012237
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY
Lysandra coridon
on thistle foliage, wings open

00012234
WHITE ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Limenitis camilla or Ladoga camilla
wings open

00012223
SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY
Argynnis paphia
male

00012218
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia
running

00012215
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
cubs outside earth, UK

00012193
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
USA

00012189
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
Cub, USA

00012180
AFRICAN LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012135
BANDED AGRION DAMSELFLY nymph
Calopteryx splendens
April River Bann, County Down, Ulster

00012074
BRITTANY SPANIEL

00012068
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
larva pupating. Lifecycle sequence No. 6/14

00012063
DEVON REX CAT

00012058
KOMONDOR DOG

00012019
CHOW-CHOW DOG
adult with puppy

00012007
BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS

00011958
COMB-CRESTED JACANAS
Irediparra gallinacea
in lagoon Lily Lagoon, Kununurra,
Kimberley Region, Australia

00011937
NAMAQUA SANDGROUSE
Pterocles namaqua
parent giving young water to drink from breast feathers soaked at waterhole, Kalahari, South Africa

00011929
SPANISH SPARROW
Passer hispanolensis
pair on branch (female on left)
Spain

00011881
YELLOWBILLED KITE
Milvus migrans parasitus
in flight, Lake Tanganyika, Zambia.

00011873
CAPERCAILLIE
Tetrao urogallus
in flight
Norway

00011869
BLACK GROUSE group
Tetrao tetrix
on snow-laden conifer tops
Gudbrandsdalen, Norway

00011850
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
feeding, Norway

00011836
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
perched in larch. Waterton-Glacier
National Park, North America

00011827
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
South Dakota, USA

00011784
ADDER
Vipera berus
near human foot

00011734
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
Locustella naevia

00011706
BLUE TIT in flight
Parus caeruleus
having just left nest box

00011702
BLUE TIT in flight
Parus caeruleus
approaching bird feeder

00011680
CHAFFINCH male
Fringilla coelebs
eating sunflower seeds
from bird feeder UK

00011677
WRYNECK
Jynx torquilla
drinking, Spain

00011631
MACARONI PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysolophus
colony, Cooper Bay, South Georgia Islands, south Atlantic.

00011623
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Dendroica tigrina
on branch of Alder, Chippewa County
Michigan, USA Spring

00011619
WESTERN GULL in shallows
Larus occidentalis
silhouetted at sunset in Autumn
Grays Harbour, Washington, USA

00011616
MACARONI PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysolophus
Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island,
Antarctica

00011612
DOMESTIC CAT
Tabby female asleep on quilt

00011607
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
on conifer tip in falling snow
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

00011589
SOUTH POLAR SKUA
Catharacta maccormicki
female resting with two chicks
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

00011583
CACTUS WREN on branch,
Campylorhyncus brunneicapillus
Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

00011561
BULLOCK'S ORIOLE at nest
Icterus galbula bullockii
Ogden, Utah, USA

00011533
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
skein in flight, in V-formation

00011528
SIBERIAN JAY
Perisoreus infaustus
& young, on conifer Norway

00011519
PYGMY OWL on branch
Glaucidium passerinum
holding bird prey with talons

00011433
SEA FANS
Subergorgia mollis
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

00011429
GREY REEF SHARK
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
two over Beveridge Reef, South Pacific

00011356
MAURITIUS KESTREL
Falco punctatus
chick hatching, Government Aviaries, Black River, Mauritius. sequence no. 6 of 8.

00011332
AMBER MOUNTAIN ROCK THRUSH
Monticola erythronotus
Mount d'Ambre NP, Madagascar.

00011327
HELMET VANGA sitting on nest
Euryceros prevostii
Marojejy National Park,
North-east Madagascar

00011300
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
group sunning at burrow, Kalahari
Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00011291
CAPE SPARROW three males & a female
Passer melanurus
at waterhole, Kalahari, southern Africa

00011262
BLACK STORK
Ciconia nigra
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011258
ABDIM'S or WHITEBELLIED STORK
Ciconia abdimii
Kalahari

00011256
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female grooming one of four young, Kalahari, southern Africa

00011220
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Calidris ferruginea
Cape Province, South Africa

00011178
AFRICAN JACANA
Actophilornis africanus
with eggs in floating nest
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011147
YELLOW-EARED HONEYEATER on branch
Lichmera flavicans
Timor, Indonesia
Endemic to Indonesia

00011114
WHITE PELICAN at water's edge
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Danube Delta, Romania

00011111
SIBERIAN HUSKY

00011110
CHAROLAIS CATTLE
Bull with ring through nose & cow

00011062
SCARLET IBIS
Eudocimus ruber
walking in water
Venezuela

00011052
GREAT SPARROW
Passer motitensis
South Africa

00011045
INDIAN ROLLER
Coracias benghalensis
India

00011037
ROCK PIPIT
Anthus spinoletta
with insect prey, Scotland

00011021
GREAT CRESTED GREBE
Podiceps cristatus
Midlands, UK

00010997
AUSTRALIAN BRUSH TURKEY
Alectura lathami
on nest Australia

00010979
GOLDEN PLOVER
Pluvialis apricaria

00010965
PILEATED WOODPECKER
Dryocopus pileatus
Florida, USA

00010961
BLACK WHEATEAR
Oenanthe leucura
Spain

00010953
BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR
Varecia variegata variegata
Madagascar

00010949
RED-FRONTED BROWN LEMUR
Eulemur fulvus rufus
with baby, leaping, Madagascar

00010939
BLACK CAT'S EYES

00010916
YELLOW-BILLED OXPECKER
Buphagus africanus
on giraffe leg. Example of mutualism.

00010908
MAGPIE GOOSE large flock
Anseranas semipalmata
Kakadu National Park, Arnhemland, Northern Territory, Australia.

00010899
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
reaching to browse on tree

00010873
PURPLE-TAILED IMPERIAL PIGEON
Ducula rufigaster
New Guinea

00010871
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
young hatching from egg

00010864
EGYPTIAN GOOSE
Alopochen aegyptiacus
four young on water, Africa

00010862
EURASIAN SCOPS OWL
Otus scops

00010856
SHOEBILL or WHALE-HEADED STORK
Balaeniceps rex
Central Africa

00010837
MALAY FISH OWL
Ketupa ketupa
on branch
South eastern Asia

00013989
BOXER DOG
Three, five weeks old

00013959
GUINEA PIG in flower pot
amongst Polyanthus in flower

00013933
HAMSTER
in nest

00013930
BOXER DOG gnawing bone

00013925
WEST AFRICAN DWARF CROCODILE
Osteolaemus tetrapsis
Endangered

00013909
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
Western Australia.

00013885
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL
retrieving a pheasant

00013873
GREY HERON
Ardea cinerea
on frosted ground, Poland

00013868
CHILDREN WITH PET TARANTULA
in terrarium

00013859
MALAYAN SUN BEAR
Helarctos malayanus
in captivity

00013842
SEAHORSE
Hippocampus guttulatus
Atlantic Ocean

00013834
TOURISTS WATCHING AFRICAN LION
resting by their Land Rover, Okavango Delta, Botswana

00013768
GREAT TIT
Parus major
on oak branch, Essex, UK

00013767
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
Essex, UK

00013726
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female & young outside den, Canada

00013718
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female with three young, outside den, Canada

00013707
JAPANESE MACAQUE
Macaca fuscata
baby in snow
Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

00013683
SUNFLOWER FIELD
Provence, France

00013675
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
elytra lifted for takeoff

00013660
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
baby and older young, Greater Addo National Park, South Africa

00013623
DESERT ANT
Camponotus detritus
carrying detritus, probably lizard faeces. Namib Desert, Namibia

00013590
MATABELE ANT
Megaponera foetens
carrying termites taken during raid on nest, South Africa.

00013564
SLENDER ANTS
Sima sp.
tending larvae in nest in hollowed-out thorn, South Africa.

00013551
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Vanessa atalanta

00013541
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Rainforest of Costa Rica

00013508
BROWN RAT
Rattus norvegicus
amidst supplies in larder

00013505
PAINTED MANTELLA FROG
Mantella madagascariensis
Native to Madagascar

00013484
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
eye

00013481
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY
Gonepteryx rhamni
on Bluebell

00013470
COMMON FROG SPAWN
Rana temporaria

00013441
SHORE CRAB
Carcinus maenas
with Beadlet Anemones (Actinia equina) in rock pool, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland.

00013409
WHITE ERMINE MOTH May
Spilosoma lubricipeda
County Down, south eastern Ulster

00013399
COMMON HAWKER DRAGONFLY male
Aeshna juncea
head & compound eye detail

00013389
BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN Y MOTH
Autographa pulchrina on bark June
Oxford Island Nature Reserve, Lough
Neagh, near Lurgan, Armagh, S Ulster

00013382
KERRY SLUG
Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, Kerry, Ireland

00013369
DARNER DRAGONFLY
close-up, dew-covered.
Michigan, USA. Summer

00013361
GRIZZLY or AMERICAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis Ê
female and cubs. Alaska, USA

00013348
WATER FLEA
Daphnia sp.
with eggs in brood pouch

00013326
SEA FAN
Subergorgia mollis
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

00013315
COCHINEAL INSECT larvae
Dactylopius coccus
on cactus Opuntia sp.
Lanzarote, Canary Islands

00013303
DUSKY ANEMONEFISH
Amphiprion melanopus
amongst tentacles of anemone Entacmaea quadricolor
Tonga, South Pacific

00013274
SWAINSON'S FRANCOLIN calling
Francolinus swainsonii
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00013263
BATALEUR EAGLE
Terathropius ecaudatus
Kgalagadai Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Endangered species

00013230
APPLE LEAF MINER GALLERIES
Galleries of micromoth in apple leaf
Species of moth is Lyonetia clerckella

00013203
RAFT SPIDER
Dolomedes fimbriatus
showing eyes

00013182
WESTERN RED-FOOTED FALCON
Falco vespertinus
male, Poland

00013172
SAND WASP
Ammophila sabulosa
(a species of digger wasp) female dragging caterpillar to nest.

00013145
GIRAFFES
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia.
also see MHA03703 (rear view).

00013108
SMALL SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Thymelicus sylvestris
on stem, covered with dew

00013104
EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus europaeus
in flight above nest

00013054
STINGING NETTLE
Urtica dioica
inflorescence detail

00012968
SULPHUR BUTTERFLIES
on mineral lick, Iguazu Falls National Park, Parana, Brazil

00012934
FIDDLER CRAB
Uca tangeri
with highly developed right claw, Florida, USA

00012921
ORB SPIDER WEB
filaments covered with dew, Michigan, USA

00012920
ANT MIMIC JUMPING SPIDER
Peckhamia pictata
Michigan

00012909
MONARCH BUTTERFLY larva
Danaus plexippus
pupating Picture sequence A, no.2

00012898
RAINFOREST SPIDER
Ephobopus murinus
female near its hole, French Guiana.

00012897
HERMIT CRAB
Dardanus sp.
housed in Mitre shell Vexillum sp.
Solomon Islands, South Pacific

00012896
WESTERN CLOWN ANEMONEFISH
Amphiprion ocellaris
on host anemone Sipadan, Malaysia

00012843
ORNATE HORNED FROG
Ceratophrys ornata
Argentina, South America

00012833
BEIREIS' TREEFROG
Hyla leucophyllata
on Bromeliad, Peru, South America

00012822
NORTHERN NEOTROPICAL RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus durissus culminatus
Southern Mexico, Central America

00012821
RHINOCEROS BEETLE
Strategus anteus
USA

00012797
WHITE GARDEN FANTAIL PIGEON

00012793
BELGIAN BLUE x SIMMENTAL
Hybrid beef cattle in winter stockyard

00012781
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012738
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
in fork of tree with gazelle prey, watched from below by Spotted Hyena, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012687
ATLAS RHINOCEROS BEETLE
Chalcosoma atlas

00012681
EUPHAUSID KRILL Bermuda,
Meganyctiphanes crustaceans forming
diet of baleen whales Gills, red light organ
statocysts (for balance) visible.N. Atlantic

00012670
MIGRATORY LOCUST HOPPERS
Locusta migratoria capito
eating vegetation, Madagascar May 1997

00012665
COBRA being milked for venom
Naja naja
on IRULA Co-operative,
Tamil Nadu, India

00012661
FIDDLER CRABS
Uca tangeri
Mauritania, western Africa.

00012635
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
newly emerged, drying wings

00012620
GOLDEN ORB-WEB SPIDERS mating
Nephila sp.
Trinidad, West Indies

00012607
SILKMOTH
pattern of wing scales
Venezuela, South America

00012606
LEAF-CUTTER ANTS
Atta cephalotes
with phorid fly having just parisitised ant by laying egg on it, Costa Rica.

00012598
FOREST FLOOR LAND CRAB
Costa Rica, Central America

00012595
SPIDER WASP
Pompilidae
taking spider prey to burrow, Costa Rica, Central America.

00012582
DOMESTIC GOAT
Capra sp.
Gloucestershire, UK

00012578
GARDEN SPIDER or CROSS SPIDER
Araneus diadematus
Oxfordshire, UK

00012569
WATER FLEAS
Daphnia sp.

00012531
FREE RANGE CHICKENS
Norfolk, UK.

00012520
ZEBRA FINCHES
Poephila guttata

00012495
BRONZE TURKEY
Two in field

00012493
SWALEDALE SHEEP flock of ewes
on snowy ground
North Yorkshire, England

00012416
GRASSHOPPER
Phymateus saxeus
Madagascar

00012387
GIANT SCORPION
Pandinus imperator
Africa

00012385
BLACK SCORPION eating gecko
Buthotus franzwerneri
South western Sahara

00012360
LEAF MIMIC KATYDID instar
Mimetica sp.
Costa Rica, Central America

00012345
CUTTLEFISH
Sepia sp.
Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

00012334
BLUE & YELLOW MACAW
Ara ararauna

00012323
PUFFIN stretching wings
Fratercula arctica
Skomer, UK

00012311
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
in tree, Namibia

00012308
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012299
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012282
JAGUAR
Panthera onca
swimming across river

00012274
EUROPEAN GREY WOLF, Sweden
Canis lupus
ears back in submissive posture

00012214
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
with cubs outside earth, UK

00012210
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
with cubs outside earth, UK

00012207
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
cub outside earth, UK

00012199
SIBERIAN TIGER
Panthera tigris altaica

00012184
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
eating trout, USA

00012179
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012178
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012165
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012151
EMPEROR PENGUIN group
Apenodytes fosteri
returning to their chicks at the Atka Bay
Emperor Colony. Weddell Sea. Anarctica

00012148
AFRICAN DUNG BEETLE
Scarabaeus sp. burying dung ball
which contains its eggs
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012125
ANGORA GOAT
two on grassy hilltop

00012121
AESHNA DRAGONFLY
Aeshna sp.
larva eating stickleback

00012117
LEOPARD SLUG
Limax sp.
on toadstool, anterior view

00012103
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
UK

00012082
TRAIT DU NORD HORSES
mutual grooming. France.

00012079
TRAIT DU NORD HORSE
stallion chasing pigs. France.

00012075
ENGLISH POINTER

00012052
CANADIAN HAIRLESS
or SPHYNX CAT

00012044
AFGHAN HOUNDS

00012043
BORDEAUX MASTIFF DOG
Dogue de Bordeaux

00012016
AFGHAN HOUND

00011990
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT
with kitten

00011978
SECRETARY BIRD
Sagittarius serpentarius
with bird prey, Addo Elephant
Natl Park, South Africa.

00011968
GREEN-BACKED HERON
Butorides striatus
on rock by stream
Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa

00011922
SHORT-TOED EAGLE
Circaetus gallicus
Spain

00011916
BLOW-FLY or BLUEBOTTLE
Chrysomyia marginalis
feeding on Daisy flower, Highveld of Transvaal, South Africa

00011874
CAPERCAILLIE male, calling
Tetrao urogallus
Norway

00011862
BLACK GROUSE female
Tetrao tetrix
perched on conifer

00011861
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
silhouetted at twilight

00011829
YELLOW WARBLER
Dendroica petechia
male on twig
North America

00011825
BARN SWALLOW
Hirundo rustica
perched on branch

00011821
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
Parus atricapillus

00011798
THICK-HEADED FLY
Physocephala nigra
in flight

00011787
BARN OWL plumage, close detail
Tyto alba

00011780
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri coruscans
in flight, sipping nectar from flower

00011774
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo

00011771
SWALLOW
Hirundo rustica
in flight to nest, with food for young.

00011764
PALM NUT VULTURE
Gypohierax angolensis
The Gambia, western Africa.

00011748
FORK-TAILED or LATOUCHE SUNBIRD
Aethopyga cristinae
in flight, China

00011747
COMMON WHITETHROAT
Sylvia communis
Male at nest with young

00011746
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba

00011738
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
feeding young in nest in garden shed

00011708
BLACKBIRD in garden in Winter
Turdus merula
eating Cotoneaster berries

00011703
WING FEATHERS OF TAWNY OWL
Tawny Owl is Strix aluco

00011682
MONTAGU'S HARRIER
Circus pygargus
male with vole prey, Spain

00011676
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
Swallowing rosehip

00011668
CRESTED LARK
Galerida cristata
at water. Meseta Plateau, Castilla y Leon, Spain.

00011666
ROCK SPARROW
Petronia petronia
on tree stump. Castilla y Leon, Spain.

00011636
EUROPEAN JACK SNIPE
Lymnocryptes minimus
camouflaged

00011634
GROUP OF BIRD WATCHERS
watching Lesser Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica, October 1984, Saint Agnes, Isles of Scilly, UK

00011604
AMERICAN ROBIN on grass
Turdus migratorius
Michigan, USA

00011581
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Phalaropus tricolor
male, Montana, USA

00011570
BURROWING OWL on ground
Athene cunicularia
(Also known as Speotyto cunicularia)

00011567
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
Mimus polyglottos
Florida, USA

00011559
BLUE-WINGED PITTA
Pitta moluccensis
on rock

00011557
HEN HARRIER or MARSH HAWK
Circus cyaneus
female in flight, USA

00011548
WHITE-CHEEKED or BAHAMA PINTAIL
Anas bahamensis
on water
Bahamas, North Atlantic Ocean

00011537
CAPE EAGLE OWL
Bubo capensis
Southern Africa

00011504
BARNACLE GOOSE four grazing
Branta leucopsis
with Reindeer
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

00011489
BLACKBIRD on rock
Turdus merula
Winter

00011436
SUNSET & WAVES Gau, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00011428
PEACOCK GROUPER
Cephalopholis argus
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific

00011349
MAURITIUS KESTREL young
Falco punctatus
watching dragonflies. Moka Mountains, Mauritius.

00011342
NORTHERN SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur septentrionalis
Analamera Reserve, Madagascar

00011325
GIANT COUA
Coua gigas
foraging on forest floor
Berenty Reserve, S Madagascar

00011322
AFRICAN FINFOOT female
Podica senegalensis
on water, reflected
Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, S.Africa

00011319
EGYPTIAN GOOSE at waterhole
Alopochen aegyptiacus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011318
HAMERKOP at nest
Scopus umbretta
Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00011313
THREE-BANDED PLOVER
Charadrius tricollaris
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011305
OSTRICH male with young
Struthio camelus
Karoo National Park, South Africa.

00011293
CAPE GLOSSY STARLING on log
Lamprotornis nitens
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011269
GIANT EAGLE OWL
Bubo lacteus
at its nest on top of Hamerkop nest
Kruger National Park, RSA

00011230
LESSER HONEYGUIDE
Indicator minor
eating honeycomb Natal, South Africa

00011214
AFRICAN FISH EAGLES feeding
Haliaeetus vocifer
Okavango, Botswana. Dominant bird
feeds first in pecking-order

00011211
LAMMERGEIER or BEARDED VULTURE
Gypaetus barbatus
in flight, Drakensberg, South Africa

00011189
CAPE VULTURES
Gyps coprotheres
Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

00011177
AFRICAN JACANA
Actophilornis africanus
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011171
COW & TWO CALVES
Chiltern Hills, near Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK

00011169
KITTENS IN HAYLOFT

00011134
CRIMSON SUNBIRD male
Aethopyga siparaja
Singapore

00011056
RED-BACKED SHRIKE
Lanius collurio
Poland

00011051
WOOD SANDPIPER
Tringa glareola
Poland

00011040
WHITE IBIS in water
Eudocimus albus
Florida, USA

00011036
MOORHENS
Gallinula chloropus
Florida, USA

00011028
ROYAL TERN on sand
Sterna maxima
Florida, south eastern USA

00010969
DESERT LARK
Amomanes deserti
Israel

00010944
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
female with young riding on back. Endangered.

00010927
CARACAL sitting
Felis caracal
Namibia

00010923
ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD DOG
with goats, Namibia.

00010922
ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD DOG
used to protect livestock from predators

00010895
BLACK RHINO
Diceros bicornis
Endangered

00010869
TERMITE MOUNDS at sunrise
Litchfield Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

00010866
JACKASS PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
South Africa. Endangered.

00010865
JACKASS PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
South Africa. Endangered.

00010848
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS Loxodonta africana & GIRAFFE Giraffa camelopardlisa
in waterhole Botswana

00010822
INCA TERN
Larosterna inca
head detail
Native to South America

00010774
TAWNY OWL
Strix aluco
in hole in tree trunk

00010771
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
in flight

00010760
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
one eye closed

00010757
BARN OWL face detail
Tyto alba
looking from brickwork archway

00010747
GREY HERON
Ardea cinerea
standing on lying snow. Winter

00013984
OXEYE DAISY
Leucanthemum vulgare
clump in flower

00013972
JACK RUSSELL
puppy in wheelbarrow with apples

00013944
ENGLISH OAK amidst corn stubble
Quercus robur
August

00013936
BEECH in woodland
Fagus sylvatica
Ashridge, Hertfordshire, UK

00013934
FALLOW DEER group
Dama dama
silhouetted at dusk Bedfordshire, UK

00013922
BLUEBELL
Hyacinthoides non-scriptus
flowers in rain

00013907
COMMON POPPY or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
Austria

00013889
BARBARY MACAQUE
Macaca sylvanus
with young, Gibraltar

00013878
PURPLE SHOWY DAISIES
Erigeron speciosus
Rocky Mountains, USA.

00013877
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands Endangered.

00013867
DOG & OWNER
with a viper
Model release available

00013862
BEDOUIN
with Dromedary Camels
Erg Chigaga, Sahara Desert, Morocco

00013860
HORNET
Vespa crabro

00013854
CALIFORNIA CONDOR
Gymnogyps californianus
San Diego Wild Animal Park, USA

00013851
BANANA TREE flower
Musa sp.
Madagascar

00013835
NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER
Castor canadensis
gnawing branch. North America

00013790
RABBIT young emerging from burrow
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Skokholm Island, off Dyfed, Wales

00013766
PUFFIN stretching wings
Fratercula arctica
on clifftop with Thrift. Handa Island,
Sutherland, nw Scotland. June.

00013749
SKYLARK
Alauda arvensis
Llantysilio Mount, Wales.

00013730
JAGUAR
Panthera onca
Belize Zoo

00013711
GIANT OTTER
Pteronura brasiliensis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00013709
BRITISH SADDLEBACK PIG
sow browsing in meadow, Kent, UK

00013704
REEVE'S MUNTJAC
Muntiacus reevesi
Hampshire, England

00013677
COMMON PRAWN
Palaemon serratus

00013674
ROSE APHIDS on rose
Macrosiphum rosae

00013641
FROGSPAWN
Rana temporaria
Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

00013603
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
eight-month-old, by water, Sichuan (Szechwan) Province, China

00013594
POTTER or MASON WASP
Eumenes sp.
pushing caterpillar prey into nest

00013567
BLISTER BEETLE
eating petals of flower

00013525
LAMB
on grassy hillock, bleating

00013506
BROWN HOUSE MOTH on cloth
Hoffmannophila pseudospretella
Household pest

00013491
BULLFROG leaping
Rana catasbeiana
(Multiflash image)

00013473
SMOOTH NEWT underwater
Triturus vulgaris

00013464
HOUSE MOUSE in plant pot
Mus musculus

00013450
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo

00013439
NORTHERN PRAWN
Pandalus montagui

00013397
HAIRY DRAGONFLY Sequence 6/7
Brachytron pratense
female, newly emerged from nymph
Derryleckagh Wood, Newry, Ulster

00013360
BANDED WATER SNAKE
Nerodia fasciata
Ogden, Utah, USA

00013359
JERUSALEM CRICKET
Stenopelmatus fuscus
Arches National Park, Utah, USA

00013353
CHICKEN embryo, 6-day-old
Gallus domesticus
with well-developed wing buds

00013336
AUROCH or URUS bull
Form bred in about 1940
from now extinct domestic ancestor

00013329
CROWN OF THORNS STARFISH
Acanthaster planci
on coral reef. Tonga, South Pacific

00013328
LEATHER CORAL
Sarcophyton sp.
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

00013284
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
mutual grooming, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00013268
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
group sunbathing, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00013265
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
two playing. Kruger National Park, South Africa

00013262
WATER DIKKOP bathing
Burhinus vermiculatus
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00013240
FRUIT FLY
Drosophila sp.
infested with mites

00013225
LARGE SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Ochlodes venatus
feeding from flower with proboscis

00013221
CRAB SPIDER
Misumena vatia
with insect prey

00013220
YELLOW ANTS with pupae
Lasius flavus

00013210
PIGS in rearing shed
Living under typical intensive conditions
favoured by EEC

00013209
CATTLE REARING
intensive farming

00013207
LARGE MARSH GRASSHOPPER male
Stethophyma grossum or Mecostethus grossus

00013149
TIGER drinking at waterhole
Panthera tigris

00013140
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
males drinking at waterhole

00013139
WHITE RHINOCEROS young calf
Ceratotherium simum
sitting by mother. Africa.

00013114
OVERGRAZING BY CATTLE
Ranthambore National Park buffer zone, India

00013106
RINGLET BUTTERFLY
Aphantopus hyperantus
wing closed and dew-covered

00013074
VIOLET GROUND BEETLE
Carabus violaceus
on Sphagnum moss

00013058
MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLY
Maniola jurtina

00013053
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes

00013028
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Vanessa atalanta
wings open, on Scabious

00013024
GARDEN TIGER MOTH on foliage
Arctia caja

00013022
BLACK-FACED SHEEP
young

00012974
LEAF PARTIALLY EATEN BY INSECTS
La Planada Nature Reserve,
Narino Department, Colombia

00012923
AUTUMN TUNDRA & SEDGE MEADOW
with willow & dwarf birch
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

00012913
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
emerging from pupa
No. 8 of Picture sequence A

00012884
OCTOPUS on reef
Octopus cyanea
Komodo, Indonesia

00012865
HAIRY HERMIT CRAB
Aniculus maximus
Solomon Islands, South Pacific.

00012851
POLWARTH SHEEP three rams
Wateringbury, Kent,
south eastern England

00012839
INDIAN ORNAMENTAL TARANTULA
Poecilotheria regalis
Arboreal sp. of southern India

00012823
KING BABOON TARANTULA
Citharischius crawshayi
Very aggressive species native to savanna in eastern Africa

00012816
LANTERN BUG
Fulgora laternaria
Rainforest species of Costa Rica

00012791
HERDWICK SHEEP stud ram
Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria,
north western England

00012772
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
female with cubs, concealed in cover, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012754
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
with antelope prey, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012750
MASAI GIRAFFE or KENYAN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
group of four, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012741
ORB WEB LADEN WITH DEW
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00012715
WOOD PIGEON FEATHER LOUSE
Columbicola sp.
viewed under microscope

00012699
BUSH CRICKET on foliage,
Meconema sp.
anterior view

00012697
GREENBOTTLE on meat
Orthellia cornicina
UK

00012669
AIRCRAFT SPRAYING Migratory LOCUST SWARM Locusta migratoria capito
Madagascar, May 1997

00012668
MIGRATORY LOCUST plague in May 1997
Locusta migratoria capito
group eating vegetation, Madagascar

00012657
BUSH DOG
Speothos venaticus
Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

00012644
GREAT WATER BOATMAN
Notonecta glauca
breathing at surface of water

00012605
LEAF-CUTTER ANT
Atta cephalotes
cutting Banisteriopsis coapi leaf, Costa Rica.

00012600
BROMELIAD CRICKET
When disturbed, plunges into water
reservoir of plant Abdomen is covered
with hydrofugous hairs which trap air

00012587
FRUIT FLY
Drosophila melonogaster
Chromosomes from the
salivary glands of the larva

00012555
GREAT GREEN BUSH CRICKET
Tettigonia viridissima
female, Switzerland

00012513
DUCKLING group of five
one day old
Hertfordshire, UK

00012512
PIG sow & young in straw
Thame, Oxfordshire,
South Midlands of England.

00012510
JERSEY CATTLE
eating hay from trough, Hertfordshire, UK

00012441
GIANT DESERT CENTIPEDE
Scolopendra heros
attacking Tarantula (Aphonopelma sp.)

00012433
FRESHWATER CRAYFISH
Astacus astacus
on river bed, Europe.

00012432
GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER
Terraphosa leblondi
Moulting, Guyana. World's largest species of spider.

00012428
SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER SKULL
Pleistocene Epoch of Quartenary Period

00012417
WEEVIL
Eupholus bennetti
Papua New Guinea

00012399
KOURI CATTLE
Niger
Endangered

00012376
COMMON PRAWN
Palaemon serratus

00012372
GHOST CRAB
Ocypode Sp.
Guyana, South America

00012349
CAMARGUE BULL
Camargue, France

00012338
GOLDEN TOAD now thought to be extinct
Bufo periglenes
(photo taken March 1986)
Monteverde, Costa Rica

00012304
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012288
SAND DUNES
Sossusvlei, Namibia

00012280
PIGLET free range, running
Plantation Pigs Ltd,
Surrey, south eastern England

00012256
LARGE TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Nymphalis polychloros
on leaf, wings open

00012252
MUSLIN MOTH
Diaphora mendica
male on leaflitter

00012251
MUSLIN MOTH
Diaphora mendica
female on bark

00012229
MARSH FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
Euphydras aurinia

00012169
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012157
BLACK & WHITE RUFFED LEMUR
Varecia variagata variagata
Madagascar

00012149
CARIBOU swimming across the Kobuk River
Rangifer tarandus
at sunset during their autumn migration
Northern Alaska, USA

00012132
YELLOW-NECKED MOUSE
Apodemus flavicollis
on flower pot in garden shed

00012113
ACORN BARNACLE
Balanus balanoides
group exposed at low tide, Norway

00012104
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
cubs outside earth, UK

00012087
LEAF MIMIC KATYDID on leaflitter
Typophyllum sp.

00012084
SMOOTH-HAIRED FOX TERRIER

00012034
CAIRN TERRIER

00012014
AFGHAN HOUND

00011993
CAT
drinking from bowl

00011988
CHARTREUX CAT
being offered food in bowl

00011950
DOUBLEBANDED COURSER
Rhinoptilus africanus
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00011942
RED-BILLED QUELEA
Quelea quelea
flock in flight, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00011924
WHITE STORK
Ciconia ciconia
on treetop nests, Cabaneros NP, Castilla-Mancha, Spain.

00011911
TERMITE LARVAE
Macrotermes michaelseni
with fungal food, South Africa.

00011894
GROUND HORNBILL
Bucorvus leadbeateri
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011840
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
Ajaia ajaja
with two young , USA

00011805
TABBY CAT
playing with mouse

00011802
TABBY CAT & sheep

00011792
MALLARD DUCK
Anas platyrhynchos
female on nest

00011789
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
in flight to nest, carrying shrew prey

00011783
ADDER female
Vipera berus

00011770
GREEN-WINGED MACAW
Ara chloroptera
face

00011744
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
eye

00011733
GREY SQUIRREL
Sciurus carolinensis
on branch

00011731
LANNER FALCON
Falco biarmicus
male

00011717
BLACKCAP
Sylvia atricapilla
female feeding young in nest

00011712
JAY feeding on acorns
Garrulus glandarius

00011707
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
on flower with raindrops

00011699
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri coruscans
in flight, sipping nectar from flower Erythrina sp.

00011679
OSPREY
Pandion haliaetus
ringed young before release Release programme at Rutland Water, UK

00011674
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
three young by water, Spain

00011651
SUNBITTERN at water's edge
Eurypyga helias
Costa Rica

00011598
GREAT HORNED OWL
Bubo virginianus
on nest North America

00011578
SECRETARY BIRD
Sagittarius serpentarius
Kenya.

00011573
TRUMPETER SWAN
Cygnus buccinator
with young

00011554
MUSK LORIKEET
Glossopsitta concinna
eastern & south eastern Australia & Tasmania

00011550
SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER near to nesting burrow
Puffinus tenuirostris
Migratory species of coastal Australia & Tasmania

00011527
WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE
Haliaeetus albicilla
in flight, Norway.

00011520
PYGMY OWL
Glaucidium passerinum
on branch

00011502
WHITE WAGTAIL on roof ridge
Motacilla alba alba
with beak full of insect prey

00011493
LAPWING
Vanellus vanellus

00011443
ICELAND PONY
Equus caballus

00011347
ECHO PARAKEET 47days old
Psittacula echo
captive breeding, Government Aviaries
Black River, Mauritius. Endangered

00011346
ECHO PARAKEET
Psittacula echo
male in tree. Endangered
Macabe Forest, Mauritius

00011316
SCARLET-CHESTED SUNBIRD
Nectarinia senegalensis
male, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011286
SURICATE or MEERKAT
Suricata suricatta
with young, Kalahari

00011285
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
sentry, Kalahari Gemsbok NP,
South Africa

00011284
SURICATE or MEERKAT
Suricata suricatta
two young Kalahari

00011235
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus
at carcass, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

00011192
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
male running, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00011176
RED BISHOP BIRD male
Euplectes orix
building nest
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011135
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Calidris ferruginea
flock in flight, Singapore

00011119
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
joey in pouch. Eastern Australia

00011086
CORY'S SHEARWATERS surface feeding
Calonectris diomedea
& Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
near to Azores, North Atlantic.

00011070
RING-NECKED DUCK (in captivity)
Aythya collaris
male on water

00011025
LIMPKIN
Aramus guarauna
Florida, USA. Endangered.

00011023
WILSONS PLOVER
Charadrius wilsonia
Florida, USA

00011019
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
at snail anvil, Scilly Isles, UK

00010958
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
leaping, Madagascar.

00010911
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
group of four, Australia.

00010872
GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON
Ducula aenea
southeast Asia

00010854
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
silverback male. Critically endangered

00010844
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
foraging in campsite rubbish, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

00010830
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR "dancing"
Propithecus verreauxi
across open area carrying young, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00010817
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
female asleep in nest with young, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

00010810
JUNGLE or GREY NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus indicus
camouflaged on leaflitter

00010783
PUREBRED ARAB mare & foal running
in field, accompanied by small dog

00010768
WREN
Troglodytes troglodytes

00010765
BARN OWL
Tyto alba
in flight over cartwheel

00010759
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
in flight

00010758
BARN OWL perched on cartwheel
Tyto alba

00010755
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor
landing

00010740
PIG-TAILED MACAQUE
Macaca nemestrina nemestrina
young, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

00010711
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
baby on mother, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo

00010688
GOLDENEYE
Bucephala clangula
pair on water

00010678
OSPREY
Pandion haliaetus
two on nest

00010635
MUTE SWA