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00010515
CAMPO FLICKERS in tree
Colaptes campestris
Serra da Canastra N.P.
Minas Gerais, Brazil

00010512
YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN calling
Megadyptes antipodes
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand.

00010510
YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN
Megadyptes antipodes
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand.

00010504
SNARES CRESTED PENGUIN
Eudyptes robustus
Endemic to Snares Island,
South Island, New Zealand

00010496
GALAPAGOS MOCKINGBIRD
Nesomimus parvulus
Tower Island, Galapagos Isles.

00010478
COMMON or GREATER RHEA
Rhea americana
with young, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00010474
LINEATED WOODPECKER
Dryocopus lineata
Iguazu National Park, Parana, South Western Brazil

00010446
PAINTED SANDGROUSE
Pterocles indicus
Ranthambore NP, India

00010440
KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonica
colony, South Georgia, Sub-antarctic

00010438
EMPEROR PENGUIN colony
Aptenodytes forsteri
Antarctica

00010365
WHITE-FACED SCOPS OWL
Otus leucotis
concealed amongst foliage
Kalahari Gemsbok N.P., South Africa

00010361
KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Islands, South Atlantic.

00010294
SILVER GULL
Larus novaehollandiae
on rock New Zealand

00010291
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA

00010248
BANDED SEA KRAIT on branch
Laticauda sp.
Ligitan, Malaysia

00010238
LONGFIN BANNERFISH shoal
Heniochus acuminatus
Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea

00010228
TABLE CORAL Acropora sp.
with Anthias shoal Pseudanthis sp.
Sipadan Island, Malaysia

00010209
ROSEATE TERN on rock
Sterna dougallii
Rockabill, County Dublin, eastern Eire

00010207
WATTLED JACANA
Jacana jacana
in shallow water
Llanos, Venezuela

00010153
BLACK-NECKED STORK or JABIRU
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
female Rajasthan, India

00010115
BLACKBIRD
Turdus merula
singing from bare ash branch

00010103
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
day-old young, bred in captivity

00010073
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male, Harare Lion Park, Zimbabwe.

00010062
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male & female on windy day

00010055
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
group attacking African Buffalo Syncerus caffer

00010051
BLUE WILDEBEEST or WHITE-BEARDED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
newborn being cleaned by mother

00010023
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
silhouetted at dusk

00010002
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
males

00009960
YELLOWBILLED STORK
Mycteria ibis
standing in mara river in spate

00009942
IMPALA group at dawn
Aepyceros melampus
East Africa

00009938
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
sitting on rock, with two young (8-10 weeks old)

00013070
BEADLET ANEMONE
Actinia equina
group, submerged

00013064
BURNISHED BRASS MOTH
Diachrysia chrysitis
on underside of leaf

00013044
GRAYLING BUTTERFLY
Hipparchia semele

00013039
SPIDER'S WEB
on grass stem & covered with dew

00013009
RAZOR SHELLS
Ensis siliqua
on beach. UK

00013001
WHITEBELLY DAMSELFISH
Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster
Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, Egypt

00012982
TEXAS "LONGHORN" CATTLE
Big Bend, Texas

00012965
LEATHERBACK TURTLE digging nest
Dermochelys coriacea
Las Baulas National Park,
Costa Rica,Central America

00012957
CHINCHILLA female & baby,
Chinchilla laniger
2 weeks old. Native to southern Andes,
Chile. Controlled conditions.

00012946
PUMA or COUGAR
Felis concolor
with two five-month-old young, Rocky Mountains.

00012941
RETICULATED GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00012939
RETICULATED GIRAFFES
Giraffa camelopardalis
with zebras drinking at waterhole, Laikipia District, Kenya.

00012930
KOALA
Phascolarctos cinereus
Australia

00012915
MONARCH BUTTERFLY pupa
Danaus plexippus
near opening. Picture sequence A, no.6

00012877
GIANT CLAM siphon
Tridacna gigas
Indonesia

00012866
OCTOPUS eye
Octopus briareus
Caribbean Sea, coast of Mexico

00012861
ANT HILLS on old, unimproved pasture
on National Nature Reserve, Bredon Hill
Worcestershire, UK

00012845
TEXEL x ROMNEY LAMB in April
Wrotham, Kent, south eastern England

00012838
COBALT BLUE TARANTULA
Haplopelma lividum
Native to Thailand.

00012834
BLUE-CROWNED MOTMOT
Momotus momota

00012779
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male in flehmen (scenting) standing over cub, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012773
LEOPARDS
Panthera pardus
cub pouncing on mother from tree in play, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012757
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
scratching, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012755
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
suckling cubs Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012748
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
male, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012743
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
yawning, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012740
AFRICAN WILD DOG
Lycaon pictus
gripping Wildebeest by nose
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00012688
GRAIN WEEVIL
Sitophilus granarius
infestation of grain

00012686
TIGER BEETLE
Cicindela sp.

00012634
EMPEROR MOTH antennae
Saturna pavonia
male detect female up to 0.5 miles

00012632
LARGE RED DAMSELFLY nymph
Pyrrhosoma nymphula

00012629
KIMMERIDGE LEDGES & calm sea
Kimmeridge Bay Marine Nature Reserve,
Dorset, UK

00012624
DOMESTIC FOWL
Cockerel, head detail
Dorset, UK

00012616
CLEAR WING BUTTERFLY
Citherias menander
feeding from dropped fruit Piper sp.
Costa Rica, Central America

00012574
BLACK ANTS
Lasius niger
tending aphids on plant stem

00012567
COMMON FROG tadpole
Rana temporaria
four-legged stage, surrounded by waterfleas (Daphnia sp.)

00012528
COTSWOLD HYBRID PIG
female sitting on straw
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK.

00012515
BANTAM CHICKEN one day old,
with Ostrich egg for size comparison

00012507
GREAT TITon
Parus major
Hertfordshire, UK

00012490
ROMAN SNAIL or EDIBLE SNAIL
Helix pomatia

00012452
GREAT HORNED OWL
Bubo virginianus

00012447
SALLY LIGHTFOOT CRAB
Grapsus grapsus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00012435
SHRIMP FARMING
Penaeus stylirostris
New Caledonia

00012386
YELLOW SCORPION
Buthus occitanus
Southern Europe to Northern Africa

00012384
WHIP SCORPION
Mastigoproctus sp.

00012362
EGG-EATING SNAKE eating egg
Dasypeltis inornata
South eastern Africa

00012350
HOOPOE on branch June
Upupa epops
holding prey (beetle larva) in beak

00012327
SOAY SHEEP ram
Hirta, Saint Kilda, Western Isles,
off North West Scotland. Rare breed

00012302
LEOPARD leaping
Panthera pardus
Bulls Party, Ameib, Namibia

00012297
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012292
AFRICAN LEOPARD in desert
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012289
SAND DUNES
Sossusvlei, Namibia

00012222
SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER BUTTERFLIES
Hesperia comma

00012201
SIBERIAN TIGER
Panthera tigris altaica

00012185
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
eating trout, USA

00012174
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012144
ANEMONE CRAB
Lissocarcinus laevis
& branching anemone Actinodendron sp.
Alos Island, Indonesia

00012143
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
six fishing at waterfall. Brooks River,
Katmai NP, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

00012138
SHEEP on downland
ewe with older lambs
South Downs, Sussex, England

00012122
ADDER
Vipera berus

00012119
BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY
Ischnura elegans
pair on reed stem, mating

00012071
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
pupa. Lifecycle sequence No. 11/14.

00012056
DOMESTIC CAT
holding Woodmouse prey

00012031
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT
five kittens

00012015
AFGHAN HOUND
wearing scarf to keep ears clean

00012009
FILA BRASILEIRO DOG
Brazilian Fila

00012005
BELGIAN SHEPHERD DOG or GROENENDAL

00012004
BELGIAN SHEEPDOG or LAEKEN

00011996
AMERICAN SHORTHAIR CAT

00011983
LESSER DOUBLE-COLLARED SUNBIRD
Nectarinia chalybea
on inflorescence Kirstenbosch Botanic
Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa

00011982
HERRING GULL two among vegetation
Larus argentatus
calling South Walney Reserve,
Cumbria, north western England

00011971
COMMON BUZZARD on termite mound
Buteo buteo
Itala Game Reserve, South Africa

00011964
ECLECTUS PARROT
Eclectus roratus
male (female is red), Rainforest Habitat
Sanctuary, Queensland, Australia

00011956
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN resting
Pelecanus conspicillatus
with head tucked under wing
Kangaroo Island, Australia

00011945
DAISIES blooming in spring, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa

00011907
FERAL HORSES
Herd living wild in Namib Desert, Namibia.
Descendants of herd originally abandoned by
Germans during 1st World War

00011900
BARRED OWL Glaucidium capense
looking behind, with head rotated
through 180 degrees South Africa

00011892
WORM LIZARD
Monopeltis capensis

00011882
CHIMPANZEE using stick
Pan troglodytes
to fish for termites,
Budongo Project, Uganda

00011848
BULLFINCH Winter
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
on bare twig
Norway

00011812
DOMESTIC CAT
Ginger cat in tree

00011755
SWALLOW
Hirundo rustica
in flight, passing through gap in barn door

00011714
BLUE TIT on blossom
Parus caeruleus

00011675
MELODIOUS WARBLER
Hippolais polyglotta
on bare branch, Spain

00011635
NUTHATCH
Sitta europaea
on trunk of tree

00011633
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon gorganus
European race, Jura Mountains, eastern France

00011625
GENTOO PENGUINS
Pygoscelis papua
two preening in falling snow, Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula.

00011606
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
perched on branch
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, USA

00011599
GREAT BLUE HERON
Ardea herodias
with fish prey in beak ,Everglades, Florida, USA.

00011594
AMERICAN AVOCET group
Recurvirostra americana
in shallows Yellowstone National
Park, Wyoming, USA

00011585
HOODED ORIOLE
Icterus cucullatus
Arizona, USA

00011445
CHESTNUT TEAL
Anas castanea
male on water
Currumbin, Queensland, Australia

00011423
ORANGE-FIN ANEMONEFISH
Amphiprion chrysopterus
amongst anemone tentacles
Entacmaea quadricolor

00011415
ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS
Psittacula krameri
three juveniles in nest hole

00011410
INDIAN ROLLERS performing courtship display
Coracias benghalensis
on branch. Corbett National Park,
Uttar Pradesh, northern India

00011352
MAURITIUS KESTREL
Falco punctatus
egg hatching, Government Aviaries, Black River, Mauritius. sequence no. 3 of 8.

00011335
TOROTOROKA SCOPS OWL roosting
Otus madagascariensis
Ampijoroa, Madagascar

00011317
RED-BILLED OXPECKER feeding on impala.
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00011299
CROWNED PLOVER
Vanellus coronatus
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00011296
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
sentry, Kalahari Gemsbok NP,
South Africa

00011290
BATELEUR EAGLE
erathopius ecaudatus
Kalahari

00011282
JACKASS PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
two in mutual preening, South West Cape, South Africa.

00011275
GIANT EAGLE OWL
Bubo lacteus
on branch at dusk
Kalahari

00011263
BLACK SUNBIRD male
Nectarinia amethystina
on Red Hot Poker inflorescence
Natal, South Africa

00011253
ROTTWEILER

00011251
GIANT EAGLE OWL
Bubo lacteus
Cape Province, South Africa

00011245
MARSH SANDPIPER
Tringa stagnatus
Transvaal, Republic of South Africa

00011237
GIANT KINGFISHER
Ceryle maxima
male, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00011216
SACRED IBIS young
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Cape Province, South Africa

00011200
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011198
BLUE-CROWNED PIGEON
Goura cristata
Native to New Guinea

00011197
CAPE VULTURE
Gyps coprotheres
coming in to land
Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

00011196
CAPE VULTURE
Gyps coprotheres
Natal, South Africa

00011191
BLACK or VERREAUX'S EAGLE
Aquila verreauxii
on rocky crag South Africa

00011180
MOZAMBIQUE NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus fossi
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011174
COMMON SNIPE
Gallinago gallinago

00011142
RUFOUS-NECKED HORNBILL
Aceros nipalensis
at nest, Huai Kha Khaeng, Thailand.

00011128
BELLBIRD on inflorescence
Anthornis melanura
Nelson , New Zealand

00011122
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
Eastern Australia.

00011105
RED & GREEN MACAW
Ara chloroptera
eating clay and mineral lick, Rio Heath Rainforest, Peru

00011094
BLUE & YELLOW MACAW
Ara ararauna
at nest, Tambopata Reserve, Peru

00011092
GREAT BLACK-HEADED GULL & young
Larus ichtyaetus
Djemchusny Island, Caspian Sea
(Endemic)

00011082
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
with tourists, Rwanda.

00011074
BARN OWL at daytime roost
Tyto alba

00011073
TAWNY OWL
Strix aluco
perched amongst blossom in Spring

00011047
MARSH WARBLER
Acrocephalus palustris
Singing
Poland

00011035
MEADOW PIPIT
Anthus pratensis
Wales

00011030
EXMOOR PONY herd, October
Exmoor National Park, Somerset,
south western England

00011014
VILLAGE WEAVER
Ploceus cucullatus
or SPOTTEDBACKED WEAVER
male building nest. South Africa

00010999
PIED CURRAWONG
Strepera graculina
Australia

00010982
NUTHATCH on branch
Sitta europea
Midlands of England

00010978
ROBIN in snow
Erithacus rubecula
UK

00010970
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
Phalacrocorax auritus
drying wings, Florida, USA

00010963
COMMON SANDPIPER
Tringa hypoleucos

00010950
RED-FRONTED BROWN LEMUR
Eulemur fulvus rufus
with baby, leaping, Madagascar

00010948
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi
leaping, Madagascar. Endangered.

00010935
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus wings spread
preening after bathing
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00010926
LEOPARD orphaned young
Panthera pardus
being bottle fed by woman
Hamas Wildlife Foundation, Namibia

00010917
RED-BILLED OXPECKER looking for parasites
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
on ear of rhinoceros.
Sub-Saharan Africa.

00010909
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN
Pelecanus conspicillatus
alighting on water
Widespread in Australia

00010905
RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO
Calyptorhynchus magnificus
on thin branch Australia

00010901
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo

00010882
MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
Gorilla beringei beringei
young resting on silverback

00010821
DALMATIAN PELICAN
Pelecanus crispus

00010813
WREATHED HORNBILL
Rhyticeros undulatus
male (female has blue pouch, male has yellow pouch)

00010770
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
in flight

00010753
WHITE STORKS
Ciconia ciconia
with five young

00010751
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor

00010741
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
nostrils on hairy trunk

00010723
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
silverback male

00010712
COSCOROBA SWAN pair
Coscoroba coscoroba

00010697
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Rissa tridactyla
colony on cliff face

00010672
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
in snow, UK

00010643
GREY HERON young
Ardea cinerea
in nest with three eggs

00010640
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus

00010617
RED DEER Autumn
Cervus elaphus
stag in low sunshine

00010604
SCALE-THROATED EARTHCREEPER
Upucerthia dumetaria
Torres del Paine NP, Chile

00010572
GREY WAGTAIL
Motacilla cinerea
on rock in stream

00010555
ST. KILDA WREN
Troglodytes troglodytes hirtensis

00010523
KING PENGUINS
Aptenodytes patagonica
swimming, Macquarie Island, sub-Antarctic Australia

00010519
KITTIWAKES & MURRES
Rissa tridactyla & Uria sp.
crowding rock ledges on Arly Kamen
Island, Commander Islands, Bering Sea

00010508
PALE-MANDIBLED ARACARI
Pteroglossus erythropygius
at 1000 m, western Andes
Pichincha, Ecuador. Endemic

00010507
LESSER GROUND-CUCKOO
Morococcyx erythropygius
Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

00010503
FIORDLAND CRESTED PENGUIN
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
South Island, New Zealand

00010499
ROYAL PENGUIN
Eudyptes schlegeli
group Macquarie Island, sub-antarctic Australia

00010483
WOOLLY SPIDER MONKEY
Brachyteles arachnoides
Caratinga Reserve, Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil. Critically Endangered.

00010461
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
group silhouetted at sunrise, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00010455
PERUVIAN PELICAN
Pelanus thagos
group of three
Paracas Peninsula, Peru

00010447
TURQUOISE-BROWED MOTMOT
Eumomota superciliosa
Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica

00010431
EMPEROR PENGUIN
Aptenodytes forsteri
feeding young, Antarctica

00010420
BLUE & YELLOW MACAW
Ara ararauna
Amazonas, Peru

00010407
NORTHERN HAWK OWL on branch
Surnia ulula
with Deer Mouse prey
North America

00010399
LAUGHING KOOKABURRA
Dacelo novaeguineae
with sparrow prey, Australia.

00010371
HOOPOE
Upupa epops
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

00010347
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus palliatus
on sandy shore
Florida, USA

00010333
RED-TAILED HAWK
Buteo jamaicensis
Tennessee, USA

00010324
KING PENGUINS two leaving surf
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

00010309
WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE
Aquila audax
Australia

00010276
MASAI OSTRICH
Struthio camelus massaicus
Male, Kenya

00010272
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
calling

00010257
AMERICAN BLACK VULTURE
Coragypus atratus
in flight

00010252
LEAF SCORPIONFISH or LEAF FISH
Taenianotus triacanthus
Sangalakki, Indonesia

00010231
LEATHER CORAL
Sarcophyton sp.
Banda Sea, Indonesia

00010221
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN on beach
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Western Australia

00010214
PINK-BACKED PELICAN on water
Pelecanus rufescens
Lake Naivasha, Kenya

00010198
DOUBLE-STRIPED THICK-KNEE
Burhinus bistriatus
Llanos, Venezuela

00010180
WHITE WAGTAIL male
Motacilla alba alba
on post
Poland

00010176
ROSE-RINGED or Ring-necked
PARAKEET
Psittacula krameri
male at nest hole

00010172
SAVI'S WARBLER
Locustella luscinioides
feeding young in nest

00010162
GREEN SANDPIPER
Tringa ochropus
Rajasthan, India

00010131
WHITE-EPAULETTED BLACK COLOBUS MONKEY
Colobus angolensis
Angola, western Africa.

00010114
DARTFORD WARBLER
Sylvia undata
Male on Scots pine

00010110
WOOD WARBLER at nest
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Ashdown Forest, Sussex

00010036
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus
pack

00009985
GENTOO PENGUIN
Pygoscelis papua
with chick begging for food, Antarctic Peninsula

00009983
GENTOO PENGUIN
Pygoscelis papua
feeding chicks, Antarctic Peninsula

00009976
TAWNY EAGLE
Aquila rapax
with prey, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya.

00009948
COMMON or HANUMAN LANGUR
Presbytis entellus
group on roof of building, India.

00012994
GREEN TURTLE swimming
Chelonia mydas
viewed from below, Wolf Island,
Galapagos Islands Endangered species

00012990
CUTTLEFISH
Sepia sp.
courtship over artificial reef made of bottles, Ari Atoll, Maldives Islands

00012987
GIANT MILLIPEDE browsing
Kalahari, South Africa

00012986
GIANT MILLIPEDE 20 cm long
on sand dune, Kalahari, South Africa

00012969
BUSH DOG or VINEGAR FOX
Speothos venaticus
Amazon Basin, eastern Brazil

00012958
ATLANTIC SALMON group
Salmo salar

00012949
SAFARI ANT
column crossing road, Seronera area, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

00012945
GRIZZLY BEAR cub in the Spring
Ursus arctos horribilis
Rocky Mountains, North America

00012893
REEF SQUID
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Common in tropical waters

00012862
FOOTPATH closed by foot & Mouth
Lake District National Park, Cumbria

00012842
COLLARED PECCARY or JAVELINA
Tayassu tajacu
(also called Baquiro or Javali) piglet with mother, Central America

00012819
GRASSHOPPER
Central America

00012802
DOBSONFLY head
Costa Rica

00012788
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
playing with tortoise

00012700
GIANT QUEENSLAND GRASSHOPPER
feeding on leaf, Australia.

00012678
COPEPOD CRUSTACEAN
One of consumers of phytoplanktonic
species. Note spermatophore.
Great barrier Reef, Queensland

00012664
BANDED AGRION DAMSELFLIES
Calopteryx splendens
silhouetted against evening sky

00012650
DUNG or SCARAB BEETLE
Enema sp.

00012631
MEADOW FLORA
with Cornflowers & Poppies, Devon, UK

00012612
GOLDEN ORB-WEB SPIDER
Nephila sp.
drying after moulting Trinidad, West Indies

00012586
GERMAN WASP
Paravespula germanica
queen, UK

00012584
ROMAN or EDIBLE SNAIL
Helix pomatia
Northern France

00012565
WATER FLEA
Daphnia sp.
& Bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris, showing bladders used to trap prey

00012564
CHICKEN HATCHING SEQUENCE
Gallus domesticus
6th of sequence

00012543
PIGLETS, 16 weeks old,
one chewing the tail of another.
Ashgood Farm, Berkshire, UK.

00012503
SHEEP flock on hillside with mist
in valley below, Gade Valley,
Hertfordshire, southern England

00012476
BLUE & YELLOW MACAW
Ara ararauna
on kitchen table

00012406
WESTERN BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
Latrodectus hesperus
female eating male after mating, USA

00012394
VIOLET GROUND BEETLE
Carabus violaceus
Europe

00012380
GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER
Terraphosa leblondeii
eating mouse, French Guiana
World's largest spider

00012367
PINE PROCESSIONARY MOTH
Thaumetopoea pityocampa
silk nest for larvae

00012331
WREN singing on gorse
Troglodytes troglodytes
Suffolk, UK

00012321
JAGUAR
Panthera onca
Belize, Central America.

00012312
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
eating Springbok kill in tree, Namibia

00012263
CHILLINGHAM WILD CATTLE herd
Chillingham Estate, Northumberland, UK

00012249
VAPOURER MOTH larva
Orgyia antiqua
on Oak foliage

00012224
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Inachis io
on stinging nettle

00012195
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
with fish, USA

00012192
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
Cub, USA

00012183
CAPE FUR SEAL pup
Arctocephalus pusillus
Cape Cross, Namibia

00012173
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012146
ALPINE CATTLE domestic
Bos primigenius taurus
on high pasture. August
Graubunden, Switzerland

00012105
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012094
LEAF MIMIC KATYDID
Typophyllum sp.

00012078
HORSE & CART
Cart filled with manure
and driver standing by

00012059
SOMALI CAT

00012046
TURKISH ANGORA CAT
ginger kitten

00011952
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Martin Mere Reserve (Wildfowk & Wetlands Trust) Lancashire, UK

00011932
BLACK VULTURE
Aegypius monachus
two eating carrion Spain

00011891
SUPERB STARLING
Spreo superbus
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa.

00011889
DEAD OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
killed by leopard

00011888
SPIX'S MACAW
Cyanopsitta spixii
this female was the last wild bird in existence, now extinct in the wild, Brazil.

00011887
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos
on Aksakal handler's gauntlet Talas, Kyrgyzstan, central Asia

00011875
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
silhouetted on branch of dead tree
Norway

00011868
DIPPER
Cinclus cinclus
by waterfall

00011846
DIPPER
Cinclus cinclus
at water's edge
Norway

00011826
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
Tringa melanoleuca

00011818
DOMESTIC CAT
Kitten standing on fence

00011815
HAFLINGER PONY
Adult trotting in meadow
with foal cantering by side

00011806
TABBY CAT

00011782
ADDER
Vipera berus
female

00011775
BLUE TIT in flight
Parus caeruleus
with caterpillar prey in beak

00011767
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
in flight in Oak woodland

00011751
EUROPEAN TREE FROG
Hyla arborea
leaping from leaf (multiflash)

00011722
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo

00011656
WOODCOCK
Scolopax rusticola
day-old chick, camouflaged.

00011645
WOODCOCK
Scolopax rusticola
foraging in snow

00011639
STONE CURLEW
Burhinus oedicnemus
pair with young

00011560
AMERICAN ROBIN
Turdus migratorius
on branch, holding berry in beak
Ogden, Utah, USA

00011558
CEDAR WAXWING
Bombycilla cedrorum
on frosted tree
Ogden, Utah, USA

00011543
WOODLAND KINGFISHER
Halcyon senegalensis
eating berry, South Africa.

00011532
SWIFT
Apus apus
young on roof

00011355
MAURITIUS KESTREL
Falco punctatus
chick hatching, Government Aviaries, Black River, Mauritius. sequence no. 5 of 8.

00011328
POLLEN'S VANGA male feeding chicks.
Xenopirostris polleni
Ranomafana National Park,
southeastern Madagascar.

00011309
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus
with group of young, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00011283
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
young, Kalahari

00011281
CHABERT'S VANGA
Leptopteros chabert
Berenty National Reserve, Madagascar
Endemic to Madagascar

00011242
BALD IBIS on branch
Geronticus calvus
Natal, South Africa

00011238
INTERMEDIATE EGRET
Egretta intermedia
Also called Yellowbilled Egret
Transvaal, South Africa

00011231
LESSER HONEYGUIDE
Indicator minor
eating honeycomb Natal, South Africa

00011226
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus
Karoo, Orange Free State, South Africa

00011212
AFRICAN SKIMMER
Rynchops flavirostris
Okavango, Botswana

00011170
RADJAH SHELDUCK
Tadorna radjah
(ringed) on grass

00011136
EASTERN REEF HERON
Egretta sacra
walking in shallows
Singapore

00011109
BEEF CATTLE group of cows and calves

00011099
SCARLET MACAW on branch
Ara macao
Tambopata Reserve, Peru

00011096
SCARLET MACAW WING FEATHERS
Ara macao
Tambopata Reserve, Peru.

00011095
BLUE & YELLOW MACAW at nest
Ara ararauna
Tambopata Reserve, Peru

00011071
YELLOW-HEADED CARACARA
Milvago chimachima
Venezuela

00011069
RED-BREASTED BLACKBIRD
Leistes militaris
on grass Venezuela

00011053
LITTLE GREBE or DABCHICK
Tachybaptus ruficollis
male on water, Midlands UK

00011034
BRAHMINY MYNAH on grass
Sturnus pagodarum
India

00011009
RING OUZEL
Turdus torquatus
male with worm prey, Norway.

00011007
KINGFISHER on post
Alcedo atthis
August

00010951
BLACK & WHITE RUFFED LEMUR
Varecia variegata variegata
basking in morning sunshine, Madagascar.

00010938
MARABOU STORK
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
catching dove at waterhole,
Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00010931
LEOPARD leaping from truck
Panthera pardus
Namibia
Picture sequence: No.2 of 3

00010907
OSPREY
Pandion haliaetus

00010867
JACKASS PENGUIN large group
Spheniscus demersus
on sandy shore with houses behind,
Boulders Beach, Cape Peninsula >>

00010860
AFRICAN HAWK EAGLE
Hieraaetus spilogaster
immature, Africa.

00010845
RED & YELLOW-BILLED OXPECKERS (Buphagus erythrorhynchus ) and (Buphagus africanus) on Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) Chobe National Park, Botswana

00010834
HYACINTH MACAW
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

00010832
PAINTED STORK
Mycteria leucocephala

00010807
BLACK REDSTART
Phoenicurus ochruros
male, on rock

00010805
REDSTART
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
female with insect

00010802
REDSTART male
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
at nest in drystone wall Wales

00010791
BLACK-WINGED STILT
Himantopus himantopus
female at nest
Typical bird of Camargue

00010782
ARAB HORSE
two foals

00010750
CAT sitting on Donkey's back
Friends living on the same farm. The donkey is alone in the pasture and the cat often keeps it company in this way.

00010749
KESTREL
Falco tinnunculus
female

00010735
BLACK LABRADOR DOG

00010726
FIREFLIES flashing
Pteroptyx sp.
Singapore

00010719
MINATURE SHETLAND PONY
foal in buttercup field

00010687
TUFTED DUCK
Aythya fuligula
female on water

00010637
STARLINGS on roof
Sturnus vulgaris

00010634
MUTE SWANS
Cygnus olor
on frozen river

00010629
SHORT-EARED OWL
Asio flammeus
with small wound above beak

00010615
COMMON or CRESTED CARACARA
Polyborus plancus
at carcass, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

00010576
FIELDFARE
Turdus pilaris

00010566
HIGHLAND COW
cooling itself in hot weather by standing in water

00010539
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN
Spheniscus magellanicus
near grazing sheep. Saunders Island, Falkland Islands.

00010527
CHANNEL-BILLED TOUCAN
Ramphastos vitellinus
head detail. Caratinga Reserve,
Minas Gerais, Brazil

00010513
YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN
Megadyptes antipodes
pair, one calling, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand.

00010498
ROYAL PENGUIN
Eudyptes schlegeli
Macquarie Island, Australia.

00010484
WOOLLY SPIDER MONKEY
Brachyteles arachnoides
Caratinga Reserve, Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil. Critically Endangered.

00010465
WHITE TERN or FAIRY TERN on rock
Gygis alba monte
Midway Atoll, Hawaii, USA

00010462
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus
in flight, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00010418
AMERICAN CROW
Corvus brachyrhynchos
with earthworm prey in beak, British Columbia, Canada

00010404
GYRFALCON
Falco rusticolus
North America

00010385
WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER
Halcyon smyrnensis
Ranthambhore National Park,
Rajasthan, north western India.

00010372
RED-BILLED QUELEA
Quelea quelea
flock in flight, Kalahari Gemsbok
National Park, South Africa

00010356
BALD EAGLE fishing
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA

00010350
GREAT BLUE HERON
Ardea herodias
in flight with nesting material Florida, USA.

00010349
TRICOLOURED HERON in water
Egretta tricolor
Florida, USA

00010334
COWBIRD young being fed
Molothrus sp.
by foster Yellow Warbler
Dencroica petechia, Michigan, USA

00010307
AUSTRALIAN KING PARROT
Alisterus scapularis
female, Lamington National Park
Queensland, Australia

00010302
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
male, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00010267
MONK PARAKEET
Myiopsitta monachus
Mato Grosso, Brazil

00010253
CLEANER SHRIMP
Periclimenes sp.
Commensal on Crinoid starfish, changes colour
to match Crinoid. Banda Sea, Indonesia.

00010234
SQUARESPOT ANTHIAS male
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Sipadan, Malaysia.

00010210
WOOD SANDPIPER
Tringa glareola
Lake Naivasha, Kenya, eastern Africa

00010188
SCARLET IBIS
Eudocimus ruber
juvenile and group
Llanos, Venezuela

00010150
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos minor
male

00010149
HOOPOE
Upupa epops
at nest, Brittany, France.

00010143
TABBY CAT standing on grass
Tonbridge, Kent, UK

00010122
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus
with creche of twenty-five young, West Coast Reserve, Cape
Province, South Africa

00010113
CALANDRA LARK
Melanocorypha calandra
on bush, singing

00010088
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00010017
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
two males patroling territory

00010010
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
two young following adult, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00009988
BLUE WILDEBEEST or WHITE-BEARDED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
two greeting, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.

00009966
WATTLED PLOVER
Vanellus senegallus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00009961
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
two fighting

00009957
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
group foraging on termite mound, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

00009943
AFRICAN LION two males, one roaring
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00009917
WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW
Hirundo smithii
on dead branch India

00009915
MARSH HARRIER
Circus aeruginosus
eating egg in nest of Great crested grebe, France.

00009887
KINGFISHER diving for fish
Alcedo atthis
Sequence of pictures: No.1 of 2

00009824
BAND-TAILED MANAKIN
Pipra fasciicauda
male on branch
Imperatriz, Maranhao, Brazil

00009813
WHITE-BROWED WOODPECKER
Piculus aurulentus
Castro, Parana, south western Brazil

00009803
AMERICAN CURL CAT

00009802
COMTOIS HORSE foal,
standing in field

00009796
HORSE rearing on beach
Equus caballus

00009789
CHARTREUX CAT

00009778
SPIDER'S WEB COVERED WITH DEW
Orb web on Gorse Dorset, UK

00009764
CHILDREN WATCHING BIRDS
using binoculars, field-guide
& notebook

00009747
CAMARGUE WILD HORSE
Equus caballus
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone,
southern France

00009740
EUROPEAN RED FOX April
Vulpes vulpes
two young sleeping
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00009724
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
caught in mist net for ringing, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

00009708
RUFOUS HORNERO
Furnarius rufus
at nest entrance
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00009705
COMMON POTOO
Nyctibius griseus
adult & young, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, West Indies

00009702
RUDDY TURNSTONE
Arenaria interpres
foraging, Tobago, Caribbean

00009690
SCARLET IBISES
Eudocimus ruber
at roost in Caroni Swamp
Trinidad, Caribbean

00009686
DARWIN'S RHEA
Pterocnemia pennata

00009662
DOMESTIC CAT
on nest-box

00009653
CHAMOIS on grassy hilltop
Rupicapra rupicapra
October Switzerland

00009635
MALLARD male on water
Anas platyrhynchos
in mist, flapping wings
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00009634
EDIBLE FROG
Rana esculenta
in lake
Switzerland

00009605
CATS
two males quarrelling

00009581
WHITE IBIS
Eudocimus albus
group feeding in surf
Florida, USA

00009578
HOODED VULTURE
Necrosyrtes monachus

00009577
BOXER DOG
sitting in heather

00009554
BURROWING OWL on hydrant
Athene cunicularia
Fort Myers, Florida, USA
(Also known as Speotyto cunicularia)

00009539
BARN OWL
Tyto alba
two young among hay

00009526
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
silhouetted, singing at dawn

00009520
CAPE BARREN GOOSE
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
on nest, Kangaroo Island, Australia. Endangered.

00009493
DUSKY LORY
Pseudeos fuscata
pair in mutual preening, Native Salawati
& Yapen Islands, New Guinea

00009490
HILL MYNAH perched
Gracula religiosa

00009414
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
drinking, Sturt National Park, New South Wales, Australia.

00009413
MASKED OWL
Tyto novaehollandiae
male, head detail
Australia & New Guinea

00009410
GROUND PARROT
Pegoporus wallicus
feeding on flower
South east coastal Australia & Tasmania

00009386
THOROUGHBREAD HORSE
mare running
Near Lexington, Kentucky, USA. May.

00009369
COOPER'S HAWK
Accipiter cooperii
Colorado, USA

00009354
MARSH HARRIER
Circus aeruginosus
amongst Dandelions, Poland

00009351
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
Poland

00009346
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Larus ridibundus
on nest with young Poland

00009327
CALIFORNIA CONDOR
Gymnogyps californianus
San Diego Wild Animal Park,
California, USA.

00009290
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE in flight
Haliaeetus vocifer
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00012911
MONARCH BUTTERFLY pupation
Danaus plexippus
completed Picture sequence A, no.3

00012895
BEADED NUDIBRANCH
Phyllidia varicosa
Solomon Islands, South Pacific

00012894
PEARL OYSTERS
Pinctada magaritifera
strung on lines for cultivation. Tuamoto Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific.

00012892
FLAMBOYANT CUTTLEFISH egg
Metasepia pfefferi
Sulawesi, Indonesia. Rare. Egg about to
hatch. Incubation period 25-30 days.

00012883
NUDIBRANCH or SEA SLUG
Gymnodoris sp. (undescribed)
Komodo Island, Indonesia

00012880
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
newly hatched group of young
moving towards sea. Indonesia

00012878
GIANT CLAM siphon
Tridacna gigas
Indonesia

00012870
NAUTILUS
Nautilus sp.
Vanuatu, South Pacific

00012867
QUEEN CONCH eyes
Strombus gigas
Belize, Central America

00012864
GOLDENTAIL MORAY EEL
Siderea miliaris
Mexican Caribbean

00012863
SWALEDALE SHEEP ewe and lambs
in evening sunshine.
Appersett,near Hawes, Yorkshire Dales National Park,
England.

00012836
CHILEAN ROSE TARANTULA
Phrixotrichus cala or Grammostola cala
Found in shrub lands
and drier regions of Chile

00012835
ANTILLEAN PINKTOE TARANTULA
Avicularia versicolor
Martinique & neighbouring West Indian islands

00012810
ARROW-SHAPED MICRATHENA
SPIDER
Micrathena sagittata
Florida, USA

00012801
MANGROVE CRAB on mangrove
Aratus pisonii
Florida, USA

00012790
COCKEREL crowing,
close-up

00012789
MASAI GIRAFFE or KENYAN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
newborn baby, being cleaned by mother, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012784
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
scenting with flehmen response

00012778
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
stretching while cub plays, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012770
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
suckling young, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012758
LEOPARD resting
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012746
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
two fighting, Masai Mara, Kenya

00012745
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
sleeping in fork of tree, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012744
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
herd running

00012708
MIGRATORY LOCUST
Locusta migratoria
Sequence of pictures showing
development No.7 of 7 Adult

00012702
MIGRATORY LOCUST
Locusta migratoria
Sequence of pictures showing
development No.1 of 7 Instar

00012654
WOLF SPIDER
Lycosa sp.
on water, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

00012649
BARN OWL at nest in building
Tyto alba
Taim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

00012639
COMMON HERMIT CRAB
Eupagurus bernhardus
with encrusting hydroids

00012630
THE BLACK CUILLIN
and Loch Scavaig from Elgol.
Isle of Skye, Highland Region, Scotland.

00012628
RURAL LANDSCAPE
Farm, fields & hedgerows
Dorset, south western England

00012623
HEAD LOUSE amongst human hair
Pediculus humanus
Vector of typhus

00012617
SHEEP grazing on pasture
with mixed woodland behind. Scotland

00012539
COMMON WASP queen,
Vespula vulgaris
Hertfordshire, UK

00012532
DOMESTIC CHICKEN
large group of day-old chicks
Berkshire, UK

00012514
NEWLY HATCHED CHICK
with egg shell, at 1900 hours
Sequence of pictures: No.4 of 4

00012508
CALVES resting in meadow
amongst Buttercups. May
Hertfordshire, UK

00012501
GOAT
Two, three-day-old kids, Hertfordshire, UK

00012492
BUFF ORPINGTON CHICKEN
Cockerel perched on wooden rail

00012487
ENGLISH ELM Summer
Ulmus procera

00012483
CATTLE grazing in meadow
Queensland, north eastern Australia

00012478
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
Carinthia, Austria

00012455
PINE PROCESSIONARY MOTH
Thaumetopoea pityocampa
on pine litter
Central Pyrenees, southern France

00012430
GREEN CAT SNAKE flicking tongue
Boiga cyanea
newly emerged from egg
Native to South East Asia

00012370
SPONGE CRAB with sponge on top
Dromia sp.
English Channel

00012358
AFRICAN HONEYBEE honeycomb
Apis mellifera adansonii
Swaziland

00012341
BRONZE TURKEY free-range flock
Surrey, south eastern England

00012303
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012296
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012284
LEOPARD on rocks
Panthera pardus
Namibia

00012262
LION male
Panthera leo
crossing cleft in rocks

00012225
SILVER-STUDDED BLUE BUTTERFLY
Plebejus argus
male

00012206
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
UK

00012170
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012167
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012164
ROE DEER
Capreolus capreolus
Buck running in rut, UK

00012140
ANEMONEFISH
Amphiprion sp.
amongst tentacles of anemone, Kimbe Bay,
Kimbe Island, Papua New Guinea, New Britain

00012133
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
young. Montana, USA

00012100
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
cub outside den, UK

00012093
THREE-HORNED RHINOCEROS
BEETLE
Chalcosoma moellenkampi
Borneo

00012086
ABERDEEN ANGUS CATTLE
Breed registered in 1835 & introduced to
New Zealand in 1863 Banks Peninsula,
Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

00012037
ENGLISH BULL TERRIER

00012035
AFFENPINSCHER or MONKEY TERRIER

00012030
BORDEAUX MASTIFF DOG
Dogue de Bordeaux
puppy

00012017
VENDEEN BRIQUET GRIFFON DOG

00011991
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT
on windowsill

00011974
DONKEY SANCTUARY for donkeys
working at Blackpool Sands,
Lancashire, England

00011965
TAWNY FROGMOUTH on rock
Podargus strigoides
Featherdale Sanctuary
New South Wales, Australia

00011919
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo

00011918
BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE
Pterocles orientalis
Spain

00011912
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
being herded along road road by group of six farm workers, South Africa.

00011910
TERMITE MOUND
Cubitermes sp.
Shape thought to be adapted to very high rainfall. Highland
woodland of Guinea, Western Africa

00011908
SURICATES or MEERKATS
Suricata suricatta
Nossob River, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

00011902
AMERICAN BOLLWORM
Heliothis armigera
Larva of owlett moth
Showing damage to cotton boll

00011896
SACRED IBIS
Threskiornis aethiopicus
group of six in flight

00011886
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
bipedal display, Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia

00011878
LESSER JACANA
Microparra capensis
on water-lily foliage
(Rare species)

00011865
FISHING BOAT IN MIST
West coast of Sweden

00011853
WHOOPER SWANS on water
Cygnus cygnus

00011849
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
Mergus serrator
females with young
Norway

00011843
TUNDRA SWAN or WHISTLING SWAN
Cygnus columbianus columbianus
defending nest, Yukon Delta NWR, Alaska, USA

00011833
FRIGHTENED CAT
with fur raised along spine

00011788
AFRICAN GREY PARROT
Psittacus erithacus
in flight

00011776
HALF-COLLARED KINGFISHER
Alcedo semitorquata
on branch over water

00011732
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
on garden bird-feeder.

00011683
MONTAGU'S HARRIER male
Circus pygargus
with vole prey, Spain

00011667
HOOPOE
Upupa epops
Castilla y Leon, Spain.

00011663
GREAT GREY SHRIKE
Lanius excubitor
Bharatpur, India

00011657
DESERT WHEATEAR
Oenanthe deserti

00011642
STONE CURLEW
Burhinus oedicnemus
ringed young, Breckland, Sufflok, East Anglia in sugar beet field with typical pine hedge behind.

00011622
RUFFED GROUSE
Bonasa umbellus
Michigan, USA

00011617
PINTADO PETREL or CAPE PIGEON
Daption capensis
resting on snow, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

00011605
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

00011595
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
everting throat pouch in "yawn"
Bowdoin NWR, Montana, USA

00011588
SNOW LEOPARD Panthera uncia
juvenile on lichen-covered rock face
Rare and endangered species of
Tibet & north western China

00011584
GILA WOODPECKER
Melanerpes uropygialis
Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

00011552
NOISY PITTA
Pitta versicolor
at nest (Rainforest species)
Eastern Australian

00011540
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
displaying aggressively against Oryxes & Kudus, Namibia.

00011534
WHITE-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT
Luscinia svecica cyanecula
on dead branch

00011531
CETTI'S WARBLER
Cettia cetti
Feeding young in nest

00011525
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER
Picoides tridactylus
On tree trunk

00011518
POMARINE SKUA feeding
Stercorarius pomarinus
on wolf's skull.

00011507
ARCTIC TERN
Sterna paradisaea
silhouetted against setting sun

00011506
ARCTIC SKUA in flight
Stercorarius parasiticus

00011497
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
Surnia ulula
perched on treetop
Autumn Norway

00011490
BLACKBIRD male singing
Turdus merula
Winter

00011444
MAGNETIC TERMITE MOUND
Amitermes meridionalis
Litchfield, Northern Australia. Mound is magnetically oriented with long axis North/South

00011414
BLACK-NECKED CRANE wading
Grus nigricollis
Ladakh, India
Threatened species

00011348
ECHO PARAKEET eggs
Psittacula echo
captive breeding, Government Aviaries
Mauritius. Critically Endangered.

00011343
ROUND ISLAND PETREL female on nest
Pterodroma arminjoniana
Dark phase.
Round Island, Mauritius

00011329
MADAGASCAR MALACHITE KINGFISHER
Alcedo vintsioides
Mantadia NP, Madagascar.

00011306
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
breeding herd at water, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

00011302
PURPLE ROLLER
Coracias naevia
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

00011288
SOUTHERN YELLOWBILLED HORNBILL
Tockus leucomelas
holding Bibron's Gecko prey. Kalahari, southern Africa.

00011266
SACRED IBIS preening
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Transvaal, South Africa

00011236
PURPLECRESTED LOURIE TURACO
Tauraco porphyreolophus
KwaZulu-Natal.

00011199
HADEDA IBIS on post
Bostrychia hagedash
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011190
WATER DIKKOPS
Burhinus vermiculatus
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011184
LAMMERGEIER or BEARDED VULTURE
Gypaetus barbatus
in flight, Drakensberg, South Africa

00011175
EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus europaeus
South Africa

00011131
BLACK-CAPPED KINGFISHER
Halcyon pileata
Singapore

00011129
TUI on inflorescence
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
New Zealand endemic species

00011063
SNAIL KITE
Rostrhamus sociabilis
male, Venezuela

00011049
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN
Childonias leucopterus
perched on post, Poland

00011033
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE male
Quiscalus major
Florida, USA

00011029
DARTMOOR PONY
amongst dead Bracken, Dartmoor,
Devonshire, south west England

00011027
ROYAL TERN
Sterna maxima
hovering over water
Florida, south eastern USA

00011000
WILLET
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

00010989
SAND MARTIN
Riparia riparia
Wales

00010942
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
male on hind legs, displaying aggression. Endangered.

00010921
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus

00010920
LEOPARD in fork of tree
Panthera pardus
with Baboon kill. Africa

00010915
RED-BILLED QUELEAS
Quelea quelea
flock in flight at waterhole, Africa.

00010913
MAGNETIC TERMITE MOUNDS
Amitermes meridionalis
Aligned with long axis north to south, Australia

00010904
RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO
Calyptorhynchus magnificus
with outstretched wings

00010900
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana

00010896
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis

00010889
EASTERN GREY KANGAROOS
Macropus giganteus
large group, Australia.

00010883
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
group in mutual grooming
Endangered African subspecies

00010838
EDIBLE SWIFT NESTS
Collocalia sp.
Gomantong Caves, Borneo

00010809
STARLING feeding young in nest
Sturnus vulgaris
in roof space of house

00010787
RABBIT leaping
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00010776
TENGMALM'S or BOREAL OWL
Aegolius funereus
on branch

00010766
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
two boxing in wet pasture

00010721
MINATURE SHETLAND PONIES
mother and foal in buttercup field

00010713
HAWAIIAN GOOSE or NENE
Branta sandvicensis
Pair with young. Endangered species
saved by captive breeding.

00010705
AUBRAC CATTLE
cow & calf, Lozere, Languedoc Region, France.

00010685
MALLARD DUCK
Anas platyrhynchos
male in flight

00010660
WOODPIGEON
Columba palumbus
on grass

00010636
BARN OWL perched on log
Tyto alba

00010614
ANDEAN CONDOR in flight
Vultur gryphus
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

00010596
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos

00010594
GOLDEN EAGLES
Aquila chrysaetos
young in nest

00010546
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
on feeder

00010545
STARLING
Sturnus vulgaris
amongst berries

00010536
GENTOO PENGUINS
Pygoscelis papua
swimming.

00010524
KING PENGUINS
Aptenodytes patagonicus
group swimming, Macquarie Island, sub-Antarctic Australia.

00010489
GENTOO PENGUINS
Pygoscelis papua
Falkland Islands

00010487
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN
Spheniscus magellanicus
pair at nest, Falkland Islands.

00010469
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN
Spheniscus magellanicus
group on beach, Falkland Islands.

00010468
STRIATED or FORSTER'S CARACARA
Phalcoboenus australis
in flight, Falkland Islands.

00010450
SUN CONURE
Aratinga sostitialis
Brazil, South America

00010435
EMPEROR PENGUIN colony
Aptenodytes forsteri
Antarctica

00010396
TAWNY FROGMOUTH
Podargus strigoides
head detail showing bristles
Australia

00010353
BALD EAGLE fishing
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA

00010328
KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonicus
colony, Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia, South Atlantic

00010320
GENTOO PENGUIN
Pygoscelis papua
Cuverville, Antarctic Peninsula

00010306
AUSTRALIAN KING PARROT
Alisterus scapularis
male, Lamington National Park
Queensland, Australia

00010292
COMMON POORWILL
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
camouflaged, Arizona, USA

00010286
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
Mimus polyglottos
Florida, USA

00010278
OSPREY
Pandion haliaetus
with fish prey, Florida, USA

00010264
SNAIL KITE juvenile with snail prey
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Prey is exclusively Pomacea Snails
of marshy habitat of Kite in Brazil

00010262
BEARDED or BLACK SAKI
Chiropotes satanus
female with young, Brazil, South America.

00010213
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE
Haliaeetus vocifer
catching fish, Lake Baringo, Kenya.

00010212
GOLIATH HERON
Ardea goliath
in flight, Lake Baringo, Kenya.

00010169
COMMON WHITETHROAT
Sylvia communis
Male

00010165
SANDERLING
Calidris alba
flock on shore, Brittany, France

00010161
INTERMEDIATE EGRET
Egretta intermedia
Also called Yellowbilled Egret
Rajasthan, India

00010160
STORM PETREL young in nest
Hydrobates pelagicus
Brittany, north western France

00010156
LONG-TAILED NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus macrurus
camouflaged on leaflitter Rajasthan, India

00010152
SANDWICH TERN
Sterna sandvicensis
Brittany, north western France

00010137
TABBY & WHITE CAT
looking through window

00010129
DIANA MONKEY
Cercopithecus diana
Central Africa

00010128
ABALONE, detail of lining,
Haliotis fulgens
showing iridescence.
Southern California, USA.

00010097
TUFTED DUCK
Aythya fuligula
group displaying on water

00010095
ORIENTAL EAGLE OWL
Bubo sumatrana
face detail

00010092
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
wings spread

00010053
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female resting on bonnet of tourist vehicle, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

00010044
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
resting with young

00010041
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male watched by African wild dog

00010004
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00009967
RUPPELL'S GRIFFON VULTURE
Gyps rueppelli
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.

00009950
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female & young in water, Masai Mara
National Reserve, Kenya

00009949
LEOPARD cubs playing
Panthera pardus
Kenya

00009920
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
newly hatched

00009867
MONTAGU'S HARRIER
Circus pygargus
nearly fledged group of young in nest, France

00009856
BRAHMINI KITE
Haliastur indus
on thick branch India

00009820
MORPHO BUTTERFLY
Morpho sp.
close-up of eyespot.
Atlantic Forest, Parana, Brazil

00016250
DOMESTIC RAT
Rattus domesticus
in laboratory

00016242
INDIAN GREY MONGOOSE
Herpestes edwardsi
fighting Indian Cobra (Naja naja), Tamil-Nadu, India

00016197
RAINDROPS on grass
Hertfordshire, UK

00016177
SCHLEIMIGER SCHUPPLING FUNGUS
Pholiota adiposa
Beech woodland

00016145
SCARLET HOOD or WAXCAP
Hygrocybe coccinea
Dorset, England Edible

00016126
GLOW-WORM larva
Lampyris noctiluca
Uplyme, Devon, UK

00016119
SLOTH BEAR
Melursus ursinus
India

00016084
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male, head detail. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00016051
LIONFISH or TURKEYFISH
Pterois volitans
Papua New Guinea

00016044
PASTURE ROSE
Rosa carolina
North Carolina, USA

00016027
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia
in snow

00016011
ADELIE PENGUIN
Pygoscelis adeliae
Antarctica

00015946
IVY
Hedera helix

00015918
PIKE
Esox lucius
with fish prey

00015917
BLACKBIRD male pulling up worm
Turdus merula

00015863
WOODLOUSE
Porcellio scaber

00015860
SPRINGBOK pronking or stotting
Antidorcas marsupialis
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00015853
PITCHER PLANT
Nepenthes villosa
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

00015848
EROSION
as a result of deforestation. Aerial view. Central Highlands, Madagascar.

00015828
CROWBERRY with ripe fruit
Empetrum nigrum
Common tundra plant .Greenland

00015792
WOOD ANT
Formica rufa
two communicating

00015778
GOLDEN EMPEROR MOTH
Loepa sikkima

00015774
MAYFLY
on grass leaf

00015770
WHITETAIL DEER
Odocoileus virginianus
North America. Endangered

00015766
MARE'S TAILS orCIRRUS UNCINUS CLOUDS
with poppies in bloom, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

00015712
BASSET HOUND
eating from bowl

00015692
DOMESTIC RABBIT

00015675
BELGIAN SHEEPDOG or LAEKEN (LAEKENOIS) puppy

00015667
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
in snow, Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve, SIlverdale, Lancashire.

00015655
GIRAFFE head detail
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00015605
ARMY ANTS in column
Eciton sp.
Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

00015602
HARP SEAL in air hole
Phoca groenlandica
head detail. Eastern Canada

00015601
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
in zoo Cinnamon phase
North America

00015579
DACHSHUND CROSS pup
sitting by urine puddle on carpet

00015568
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
diving into pond

00015542
SOLDIER BEETLE
Rhagonycha fulva
two mating on plantain

00015534
SMALL PEARL-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Boloria selene
on Bugle

00015532
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
or ALSATIAN
close detail of eye

00015524
SCARLET WINDOWED MOTH

00015498
WOOD ANTS Formica rufa
"milking" aphids i.e. stimulating
them to release honeydew

00015487
LARDER BEETLE
Dermestes lardarius

00015484
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLIES
Gonepteryx rhamni
female left, male right

00015463
SIAMESE FIGHTING FISH male
Betta splendens
Originated in south east Asia
No longer found wild

00015441
HONEYBEE workers
Apis mellifera
feeding from storage comb

00015413
LESSER WATER BOATMAN
Corixa punctata

00015398
BLUE-RAYED LIMPETS
Patina pellucida
feeding on Kelp, Eyemouth, Scotland.

00015387
GREAT TIT
Parus major
eating seeds on seedhead of Sunflower

00015372
SPRING GENTIAN Gentiana verna
(Very rare species) in flower
April Clare, western Eire

00015370
SWAMP ROSE
Rosa palustris
opening bud, (wild specimen)
Chippewa County, Michigan, USA

00015354
JACKDAWS and CROWS in winter
Corvus monedula
and Corvus corone cornix

00015350
SHRIMP
Periclimenes soror
on PINCUSHION STAR (Culcita novaeguineae), Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00015318
PROBOSCIS MONKEY male
Nasalis larvatus
calling, Menanggol River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015281
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius
MALES FIGHTING, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015277
KLIPSPRINGER
Oreotragus oreotragus
Karoo National Park, South Africa

00015266
SPRINGBOKS young
Antidorcas marsupialis
running down dune after sighting a cheetah, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00015196
MANGROVE shoot
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015152
RED IRISH LORD
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.

00015131
FAIRY BASSLETS or ROYAL GRAMMAS
Gramma loreto
fighting. Bahamas, Caribbean.

00015113
VICTORIA CROWNED PIGEON
Goura victoria
Papua New Guinea.

00015102
SPOTTED MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax moringa
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015090
MANATEE submerged
Trichechus manatus latirostris
Homossassa Springs State Wildlife Park, Florida, USA.

00015074
SAND MARTIN at nest
Riparia riparia

00015064
REDWING on hawthorn berries
Turdus iliacus
Midlands, UK

00015039
SHOEBILL STORK
Balaeniceps rex

00015012
DWARF CROCODILE
Osteolaemus tetraspis
Endangered.

00015011
DWARF CROCODILE
Osteolaemus tetraspis
Endangered.

00015002
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
Male in bipedal position displaying aggression.
Captive. Endangered.

00014983
DUNG BEETLES ON DUNGBALL
Family: Scarabaeidae

00014978
GELADA BABOONS
Papio gelada
Preparing to descend to cliff sleeping site in late afternoon, Simien Mountains NP, Ethiopia

00014969
AARDWOLF
Proteles cristatus

00014943
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014939
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014936
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014910
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014887
RAINFOREST LOGGING
subsistence farmer cutting down rainforest trees to make wooden planks for building, Gabon

00014859
FISHERMAN
using cast net on the coast at sunset, Gabon

00014852
FOREST BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer nanus
with calf, Gabon

00014844
AYE-AYE
Daubentonia madagascariensis
extracting insect larva prey from hole in tree with elongated finger, Madagascar

00014823
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
Australia.

00014822
MULGARA (carnivorous marsupial)
Dasycercus cristicauda
Vulnerable species, Australia

00014801
OSTRICH male
Struthio camelus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014787
HAZEL DORMOUSE
Muscardinus avellanarius

00014759
LITTLE OWL in flight
Athene noctua

00014726
WHOOPER SWANS
Cygnus cygnus
three on water

00014715
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
in heather

00014688
CROSS-LEAVED HEATH
Erica tetralix

00014687
BILBERRY or BLAEBERRY
Vaccinium myrtillus
flowers

00014685
BOG ASPHODEL
Narthecium ossifragum

00014672
GREAT BLACK SLUG
Arion ater
black form

00014671
WINTER ACONITES
Eranthis hyemalis
clump in flower

00014661
GORSE or FURZE bush in flower
Ulex europaeus

00014636
RIVER WATER-CROWFOOT
Ranunculus fluitans
in river

00014632
HONEYSUCKLE
Lonicera periclymenum

00014607
MISTLE THRUSH
Turdus viscivorus

00014591
BLOODY CRANESBILL
Geranium sanguineum

00014590
DANDELION in flower
Taraxacum officinale

00014583
GALAPAGOS SEALION underwater
Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00014560
GIANT OTTER
Pteronura brasiliensis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014544
MANED SLOTH
Bradypus torquatus
Atlantic Forest, Bahia State, s-e Brazil, South America. Endangered.

00014540
AFRICAN LION female yawning
Panthera leo
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

00014494
CHINCHILLA grooming
Chinchilla laniger

00014483
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
snarling
Rocky Mountains, North America.

00014477
GREY-HEADED FLYING FOX
Pteropus poliocephalus
feeding on Eucalyptus flowers, Eastern Australia

00014456
GIANT PANDA eating bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Wolong Reserve, Szechwan Province, China.

00014454
HORSES BEARING PANNIERS
group of five, Szechwan Province,
Wolong Reserve, central China

00014432
STARLING flock in flight
Sturnus vulgaris
at dusk over West Pier, Brighton, Sussex, UK

00014430
BEARDED SEAL on ice floe
Erignathus barbatus
Spitzbergen, Arctic Norway.

00014383
STOPLIGHT PARROTFISH eye
Sparisoma viride
Bahamas, North Atlantic

00014361
SECRETARY BIRD
Sagittarius serpentarius
Africa

00014360
ORNATE DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN
Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota
(Species of brackish waters of
western Florida, south eastern USA)

00014331
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus
on foxglove flower

00014278
THREE TOURIST VEHICLES
with tourists in them
& Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus
standing on bonnet of one vehicle

00014265
LEOPARD catching hare prey
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya, East Africa
Hunting sequence, no. 2/3

00014247
CROWNED PLOVER
Vanellus coronatus
stretching wings

00014244
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
group of four silhouetted at sunset, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014235
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
at waterhole

00014176
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
sitting on tourist vehicle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014171
AFRICAN LION pair silhouetted
Panthera leo
at sunset. Masai Mara, Kenya.

00014167
AMERICAN COCKROACH
Periplaneta americana

00014156
SNOWY OWL head detail
Nyctea scandiaca
Taimyr, Arctic Russia

00014155
MUDSKIPPER on branch
Periophthalmus sp.
Mauritania, west Africa

00014152
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
Camargue , Southern France

00014135
BRAZILIAN PINE felled
Araucaria angustifolia
Sao Joaquim, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

00014122
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG
lying by swimming pool, panting

00014111
DANDELION seedhead
Taraxacum officinale

00014106
GREAT DIVING BEETLE
Dytiscus marginalis

00014091
HEDGE BINDWEED
Calystegia sepium
Dorset, UK

00014088
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
male on dead tree, Marshwood Vale, Dorset, UK

00014060
TOBACCO PLANT evening scented
Nicotiana sylvestris grows to 1.5m tall
native to Argentina, Woodham Park,
Christchurch, New Zealand

00014055
ATLANTIC SALMON
Salmo salar
gill, close detail

00013997
COMMON WASP queen
Vespula vulgaris
Hertfordshire, UK

00013996
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
eight weeks old, on bale of straw

00013956
YORKSHIRE TERRIER
Christmas tree with teddy bear

00013945
FLOCK OF SHEEP
Pitstone Hill, Chilterns,
Buckinghamshire, UK

00013920
SWALEDALE SHEEP
flock of ewes in winter, North Yorkshire, UK

00013882
SPANIEL having its teeth cleaned

00013858
SHOEBILL or Whale-Headed STORK
Balaeniceps rex
Central Africa

00013836
WOLF SPIDER
Lycosa sp.
Northern Africa

00013821
MASAI JOKING WITH A TOURIST
Lake Natron area, Tanzania

00013810
SWALLOW-TAILED GULL in flight
Creagrus furcatus
Tower (Genovesa) Island, Galapagos.

00013783
WHITETHROAT
Sylvia communis
female, Suffolk, UK

00013769
MANX SHEARWATER
Puffinus puffinus
near to burrow at night, Skokholm Island, Dyfed, Wales

00013757
FALLOW DEER male
Dama dama
Knole Park, Kent, UK

00013748
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
suckling cubs, UK

00013742
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS two leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Caribbean.

00013741
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS two leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Caribbean.

00013739
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
on ice, UK

00013729
JAGUAR climbing tree
Panthera onca
Belize Zoo

00013710
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
two young playing in mountain stream, Carpathian Mountains, Romania

00013687
ADONIS BLUE BUTTERFLY
Lysandra bellargus
male on foliage, wings open

00013678
HERMIT CRAB eating shrimp
Eupagurus bernhardus with anemones Calliactis parasitica
Example of mutualism

00013652
KOALA
Phascolarctos cinereus
Phillip Island, Victoria

00013632
PAINTED TOPSHELL
Calliostoma zizyphinum
in arms of Featherstar Antedon bifida
Loch Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland

00013618
OCTOPUS
Octopus granulatus
South Africa

00013600
DRIVER ANT
Dorylus helvolus
worker attacking larva of a cetoniid beetle.
A pugnacious ant nearby.

00013583
STALK-EYED FLY
Diopsis sp.
South Africa

00013580
TOURISTS IN DUGOUT CANOE
on water at sunset
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00013579
MUD CRAB in threat display
Scylla serrata
amongst mangrove roots, Transkei coast , South Africa.

00013548
AZURE or BLUE DAMSELFLIES
Coenagrion puella
mating

00013546
REINDEER
Rangifer tarandus
herd in snow

00013536
LAMB
walking up grassy slope

00013523
SAANEN GOAT
(Originated from Saane Valley, western Switzerland)

00013518
DONKEY
walking in meadow

00013515
HOVERFLY in flight
Eristalis sp.

00013503
WOOD MOUSE
Apodemus sylvaticus
leaping across water

00013474
COMMON FROG tadpoles
Rana temporaria
newly hatched

00013469
GREAT CRESTED or WARTY NEWT
Triturus cristatus
underwater

00013454
STOAT
Mustela erminea

00013451
STAG BEETLE male
Lucanus cervus

00013446
GOLF BALL STRIKE sequence 1.

00013444
CARDER BUMBLEBEE in flight
Bombus sp.
approaching Foxglove

00013429
HOLLY BLUE BUTTERFLY
Celastrina argiolus
Bohill Nature Reserve, County Down, Ulster

00013400
BROWN HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna grandis
female laying eggs. Brackagh Bog, Portadown, County Armagh, Ulster

00013357
GHOST SHRIMP male
Callianassa australiensis
in sand burrow Australia

00013314
GREAT BARRACUDA
Sphyraena barracuda
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00013312
GREAT BARRACUDA
Sphyraena barracuda
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00013304
GREEN TURTLE swimming over reef
Chelonia mydas
Vanuatu, South Pacific

00013302
STARFISH
Fromia sp.
Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00013288
ELEPHANT'S-FOOT PLANT in flower
Pachypodium rosulatum gracillius
Isalo National Park, Madagascar

00013259
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
youngsters playing, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00013252
CHACMA BABOON eating Waterlily
Papio ursinus
Highly commended picture, BBC Wildlife
Photographer of Year Competition 1997

00013251
PYGMY FALCON
Polihierax semitorquatus
at nest of Sociable Weaver Kalhari, Africa

00013244
ORANGE LADYBIRD larva
Halyzia 16-guttata

00013237
BOOK LOUSE
Caecillius flavidus

00013232
CENTIPEDE
Lithobius variegatus
Occurs under bark & stones

00013196
PANSY
Viola sp.
close-up of flower

00013186
SCARCE HEATH BUTTERFLY
Coenonympha hero
Danube Delta, Romania
Endangered

00013177
COMMON PEAFOWL male
Pavo cristatus
April. Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour,
Dorset, UK

00013151
CHEETAH family
Acinonyx jubatus
Female with 3 6-week-old cubs.

00013144
GIRAFFES
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia.
also see MHA03704 (front view)

00013111
IRON BLUE MAYFLY
Baetis muticus
female spinner imago

00013097
STOAT
Mustela erminea
summer phase

00013052
FERAL GOAT kid
Capra hircus

00013016
LARGE RED DAMSELFLY
Pyrrosoma nymphula
newly-emerged from nymph

00012979
SPOTTED DOLPHINS group of three
Stenella frontalis
underwater Grand Bahamas Bank,
Bahamas, Caribbean Sea

00012954
VIETNAMESE POT-BELLIED PIGLET

00012942
SYDNEY FUNNEL WEB SPIDER male
Atrax robustus
World's most venomous spider, Eastern New South Wales, Australia

00012932
HERBERT LAKE
and surrounding peaks in the Canadian
Rocky Mountains. Alberta, Canada

00015106
GREAT STAR CORAL - diseased
Montastrea cavernosa
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015099
GIANT ANEMONE close-up of mantle
Heteractis magnifica
and tentacles. Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.

00015084
BLAZING BONFIRE
at edge of woodland

00015081
LINNET male on gorse
Carduelis cannabina
Worcestershire, UK

00015077
MAGPIE on fence
Pica pica
Midlands, UK

00015019
CAPE GANNET
Morus capensis
Coming in to land, Breeding colony, Bird Island, South Africa

00015008
JACKASS OR AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
Bird covered in oil from oil spill off the coast of South Africa
Robben Island, South Africa.

00014986
CAPE BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
bulls fighting

00014975
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
group

00014929
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014915
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Keeper/handler Ghilsain Mvila feeds milk to orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered species.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014891
ROAD
through the rainforest, Gabon

00014889
RAINFOREST LOGGING
bulldozer clearing trees and vegetation to build a road into logging concession areas, Gabon.

00014886
RAINFOREST TIMBER
at logging camp in the forest, Gabon.

00014869
BUSHMEAT
antelope killed by subsistance hunters displayed in the village, Gabon

00014829
ALSATIAN or GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
8-week-old puppy

00014799
PROBOSCIS MONKEY
Nasalis narvatus
Bronx Zoo, New York, USA

00014773
EUROPEAN RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus
running

00014771
EUROPEAN RABBITS
Oryctolagus cuniculus
pair

00014749
CUCKOO FLOWER or LADY'S SMOCK
Cardamine pratensis

00014725
MUTE SWAN & WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus olor & Cygnus cygnus
on water

00014703
HOUSE SPIDER
Tegenaria domestica
indoors, on magazine.

00014702
SCOTCH ARGUS BUTTERFLY
Erebia aethiops

00014680
OXEYE DAISY
Leucanthemum vulgare

00014597
BLACK-FACED SHEEP
female suckling young

00014593
WILD DAFFODILS
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
flower detail

00014571
COYOTE BUTTE and walkers
sandstone formations, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs, Wilderness, Utah, USA.

00014569
COYOTE BUTTE
sandstone formations, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs, Wilderness, Utah, USA.

00014563
ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN group
Stenella frontalis
underwater, Grand Bahamas Banks, Caribbean.

00014559
WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER
Puffinus pacificus
in nest burrow. Midway Atoll,
n-w Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean.

00014539
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
chick on nest
New Island, Falkland Islands

00014534
GENTOO PENGUINS
Pygoscelis papaua
group swimming. New Island, Falkland Islands.

00014487
PUMA or COUGAR
Felis concolor
Near Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.

00014473
SOMALI CAMEL head detail
Camelus dromedarius
Laikipia District, Kenya

00014472
TAWNY EAGLE
Aquila rapax
overlooking savanna
Laikipia District, Kenya

00014463
SPECTACLED CAIMANS
Caiman crocodilus yacare
at twilight. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America.

00014461
GIANT OTTER eating fish prey
Pteronura brasiliensis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00014450
GIANT PANDA in cage at breeding centre
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
with natural habitat in background.
Wolong Reserve, Central China.

00014447
GIANT PANDA two young
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
in breeding centre, Wolong Reserve, China

00014438
BENGAL TIGRESS on road
Panthera tigris tigris
Ranthambhore National Park, India

00014428
BALD EAGLE in flight
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA.

00014426
BALD EAGLE in flight
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA.

00014418
BIG-ROOTED SPRING BEAUTY clumps
Claytonia megarhiza
at 13,500'. Mount Evans, Colorado, USA

00014386
BLACKSADDLED PUFFERFISH
Canthigaster valentini
Papua New Guinea

00014358
MATAMATA TURTLE
Chelys fimbriatus
South & Central America

00014352
GREATER ARID LAND KATYDID
Neobarrettia spinosa
on red cactus, Texas, USA

00014332
MUNTJAC fawn
Muntiacus reevesi
wandering through garden.

00014321
WHITE PELICAN two in flight
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Lake Nakuru, Kenya

00014316
MASAI PEOPLE
group at meeting
Eastern Africa

00014312
MASAI PEOPLE
group, some shaving the heads of others

00014302
MASAI HERDER
with goats
Kenya.

00014221
SOUTHERN BLACK-BACKED or KELP GULL
Larus dominicanus
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

00014209
REFLECTION OF MOUNTAIN on water
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

00014195
OSTRICH female running
Struthio camelus
Zimbabwe

00014190
BANDED MONGOOSE
Mungos mungo
group resting on mound
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014188
ESTURINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
reaching for bait, Mary River, Queensland, Australia

00014132
GIANT ANTEATER
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
female carrying young on back. Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

00014114
EUROPEAN GREY WOLVES
Canis lupus
pack in snow

00014044
DANDELION dispersing seeds
Taraxacum officinale
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00014017
JACOB SHEEP ewe with twin lambs
Hertfordshire, UK

00014005
BORDER COLLIE
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00013943
YORKSHIRE TERRIER
under newspaper

00013919
LONG-TAILED TIT
Aegithalos caudatus
young in nest made of lichen & spiders' webs

00013876
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

00013865
PUPPIES
in car

00013850
PARSON'S CHAMELEON eye
Chamaeleo parsonii
Madagascar

00013841
SEAHORSE
Hippocampus guttulatus
Atlantic Ocean

00013833
AFRICAN LION pride at waterhole
Panthera leo
Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana

00013811
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
Sula nebouxii excisa
in flight. North Seymour Island, Galapagos.

00013794
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00013789
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
young resting with mother, Otter Trust, Norfolk, UK

00013721
POLAR BEAR female with cubs
Ursus maritimus
outside den in snow. Canadian Arctic.

00013688
BARN OWL
Tyto alba
at dusk

00013684
FOXGLOVE group in flower
Digitalis purpurea
on hillside. Gaula River Valley,
Sogn Og Fjordane District, Norway

00013676
SIBERIAN TIGER
Panthera tigris altaica
in snow

00013663
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
North Pennine Otter Trust,
County Durham, UK

00013661
AFRICAN ELEPHANT bathing
Loxodonta africana
Greater Addo National Park, South Africa

00013648
CRAYFISH Astacus cambarus
Native to North America,
introduced to Europe and Japan

00013592
PERINGUEY'S VIPER
Bitis peringueyi
sidewinding over hot sand, Namibia

00013582
COMMON STRIPED HAWKMOTH larva
Hippotion eson

00013574
HOUSEFLIES
Musca sp.

00013563
BROWN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Belenois aurota
head, showing coiled proboscis and compound eyes

00013482
COMMON TOADS in amplexus
Bufo bufo
& strings of eggs (spawn)

00013456
RED-EYED TREE FROG on glass
Agalychnis sp.
showing suction pads on feet.

00013447
GOLF BALL STRIKE
Sequence of pictures no.2

00013433
LARGE COPPER BUTTERFLY
Lycaena dispar batavus
on Scabious

00013427
LUNAR HORNET CLEARWING
Sesia bombeciformis
two on bark Brackagh Bog National Nature
Reserve, Portadown, Armagh, S Ulster

00013419
SMALL PEARL-BORDERED or SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Boloria selene or Clossiana selene
Lochaber, Inverness, Scotland.

00013416
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY
Gonepteryx rhamni
The Burren, County Clare, SW Eire

00013396
HAIRY DRAGONFLY Sequence 2/7
Brachytron pratense
adult emerging from nymph. Montiaghs Bog, Lough Neagh, Antrim, Ulster

00013379
FROGHOPPER ecretion (spittle)
on leaf produced by larva of Philaenus sp.
as protection, Chippewa County,
Michigan, USA

00013372
IO MOTH SATURNID SILKMOTH
displaying eyespots as method of
deterring predators
Osceola National Forest, Florida, USA

00013370
GOLDEN GARDEN SPIDER on web
Argiope aurantia
Michigan, USA

00013363
MOOSE male
Alces alces
wading through shallow water

00013338
LION TAMER WITH LION

00013334
SNORKELLER OVER CORAL REEF
Woman off shore of Apataki Island, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean

00013323
CORAL REEF
view submerged
Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00013317
CORAL REEF & ISLAND
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00013308
STOCKY ANTHIAS
Pseudanthias hypelosoma
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00013282
BURCHELL'S OR PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
mother and foal, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00013281
BURCHELL'S ZEBRAS
Equus burchelli
herd panicked at waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00013242
SPRINGTAIL
Orchesella villosa

00013206
COMMON GREEN GRASSHOPPER
Omocestes viridulus
female resting on flower

00013193
SNOWDROP
Galanthus nivalis
clump in flower in snow

00013189
PERFORATE SAINT JOHN'S WORT
Hypericum perforatum
inflorescence
Meissen, Germany

00013121
WALKING LEAF INSECT
Phyllium pulchrifolium
South eastern Asia

00013105
HIPPOBOSCID FLY or LOUSE-FLY
Crataerina hirundinis
on flight feather

00013099
CHAFFINCH
Fringilla coelebs
male singing

00013062
PUSS MOTH
Cerura vinula

00013061
ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH larva
Deilephila elpenor
on twig, showing eyespot

00013050
SCORPION
Urophonins payensis
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

00013049
THRIFT or SEA PINK in flower
Armeria maritima
on lichen-covered rocks

00013034
COMMON MUSSELS, farmed
Mytilus edulis
Loch Kishorn, Scotland

00013018
HIGHLAND CALF

00013004
BOTTLE-TAILED CUTTLEFISH
Euprymna sp.
Kimbe Bay, Walindi, Western New Britain
Papua New Guinea.

00013002
ZAIZER'S BIGEYE or GOGGLE EYE
Priacanthus hamrur
Jackson Reef, Red Sea, Egypt

00013000
HAIRY HERMIT CRAB
Aniculus elegans
Albany, Santiago Island,
Galapagos Islands

00012993
GREEN TURTLE head detail
Chelonia mydas
Maui, Hawaii, USA

00012984
GUYANA CAIMAN LIZARD
Dracaena guianensis
Amazonia, South America

00012975
GIANT ICEBERG
broken from Larsen ice shelf
Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00012963
DUCKBILL DINOSAUR
Lambeosaurus sp.
Cretaceous. Alberta, Canada

00012952
STRAWBERRY POISON FROG
Dendrobates pumilio
in orchid in captivity

00012947
COYOTE Canis latrans
sniffing under door of house
North America. One of few native animals
able to thrive near farms & towns

00012926
HELICONIUS BUTTERFLY
Heliconius melpomene
on foliage, wings open
Native to Central & South America

00012888
YALDWYN'S TRIPLEFIN
Karalepis stewarti
New Zealand

00012849
LLEYN male lamb,
Ovis aries
Selling, Kent, England.

00012805
PERUVIAN GOLIATH
STRIPE-LEGGED TARANTULA
Lasiodorides striatus
eating lizard

00012796
BANTAM CHICKEN pair, male on left
Ornamental variety Gold Dutch

00012795
GOLDFISH
Carassius auratus

00012759
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
in tree, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012756
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
cubs playing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012753
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
group

00012742
MASAI CATTLE
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya, Africa.

00012739
AFRICAN ELEPHANT bull scenting
Loxodonta africana
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00012730
AFRICAN LION cub with male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara Natl Reserve, Kenya

00012695
COMMON EARWIG
Forficula auricularia

00012690
LESSER STAG BEETLE
Dorcus parallelipipedus
or Lamellicorn Beetle, UK

00012685
YELLOW MEALWORMS
Tenebrio mollitor

00012683
HONEYBEE STING & POISON SAC
Apis mellifera

00012672
MIGRATORY LOCUST HOPPERS
Locusta migratoria capito
eating vegetation, Madagascar May 1997

00012666
MIGRATORY LOCUST plague May 1997
Locusta migratoria capito
Madagascan sub-species. Swarm of 1
billion Sambalaha, Betroka, Madagascar

00012636
GARDEN TIGER MOTH
Arctia caja
showing warning colouration

00012608
RED MOON SILKMOTH
wing detail
Venezuela, South America

00012589
CHITONS in the splash zone
Chiton sp.
West Indies

Coat-of-mail-shells

00012562
CYCLOPS
Cyclops sp.
with well-developed egg sacs

00012559
DOMESTIC PIGEON in flight
Columba livia domestica
with wings outstretched
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00012557
PINK-FOOTED TARANTULA
Avicularia sp.
on forest floor, Bolivar State, Venezuela.

00012556
RED SLUGS mating
Arion rufus

00012553
DOMESTIC GOAT with bell, grazing
Capra aegagrus hircus
Schwyz, Switzerland. June.

00012542
SOUTHERN HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna cyanea
female, Hertfordshire, UK

00012525
LIMOUSIN bull
Breed raised for beef, Aylesbury, UK

00012502
CALF resting amongst Buttercups
in meadow Wilstone, Hertfordshire, UK

00012484
HEATH FRITILLARY
Melitaea athalia
covered in dew, Carinthia, Austria

00012479
HEATH FRITILLARY
Melitaea athalia
on scabious flower, Carinthia, Austria

00012451
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
Montana, USA

00012450
KING PENGUIN two asleep
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00012440
DINOSAUR EGG fossils
Oviraptor sp.
Upper Cretaceous period
Yunnan, south western China

00012431
MILLIPEDE uncurling
Iulus sp.
Guyana, South America

00012410
STAG BEETLES males fighting
Lucanus cervus

00012405
WESTERN BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
Latrodectus hesperus
pair mating. Western USA
Note spiral intromittent organ of male

00012401
SPIDER
Phoneutria keyserlingii
Bite can be fatal to humans, South eastern Brazil.

00012378
GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER
Terraphosa leblondi
Guyana. World's largest species of spider.

00012373
WOLF SPIDER with young on back
Lycosa sp.
North Africa

00012357
COCKEREL
Mhlume Village, Swaziland.

00012344
SQUID
Loligo sp.
eating fish (Siganus sp.), Australia

00012333
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, Norfolk, UK

00012322
JAGUAR snarling
Panthera onca
Belize, Central America.

00012298
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012248
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Inachis io
on blackberries

00012239
DINGY SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Erynnis tages
wings open

00012212
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
cubs playing outside earth, UK

00012177
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012161
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus
on branch, UK

00012158
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Caribbean.

00012111
GIANT AFRICAN LANDSNAIL browsing
Achatina maculata

00012102
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
UK

00012095
LEAF MIMIC KATYDID
Typophyllum sp.
on plant stem