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00017363
AFRICAN WILD DOG
Lycaon pictus
pack chasing wildebeest, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017338
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
'Khali' suckling 8-10 week old cubs. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017334
AFRICAN LIONESSES four in dispute
Panthera leo
over kill (topi calf) stolen from hyena.
Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa.

00017326
SPOTTED HARLEQUIN SNAKE
Homoroselaps lacteus
curled on sand. Africa.

00017305
BLUEBELL mass in flower
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
among Ash & ferns Black Dog Woods,
Somerset, south western England

00017302
STUDLAND BAY
Pathway through heather-covered dunes
Dorset, UK

00017300
SPIKED STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum
Somerset, UK

00017271
ARCTIC GROUND SQUIRREL
Spermophilus parryi
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.

Formerly S. undulatus

00017221
MOOSE or ELK mature male
Alces alces
Rocky Mountains, North America

00017214
AFRICAN ELEPHANT drinking
Loxodonta africana
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00017213
MALLARD duckling
Anas platyrhynchos
British Columbia, Canada. Spring.

00017198
RED-EYED TREE FROG males
Agalychnis sp.
fighting over female
Costa Rica, Central America

00017186
GOLD FROG
Brachycephalus ephippium
in Atlantic rainforest. Itatiaia National Park, Brazil, South America

00017156
GREY WHALE calf underwater,
Eschrichtius robustus
head detail. San Ignatio Lagoon,
Baja California, Mexico. March.

00017140
BITING STONECROP
Sedum acre
Scotland

00017138
COMMON or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
mass in flower

00017137
NARROW-LEAVED HELLEBORINE
Cephalanthera longifolia
inflorescence detail

00017126
ROBIN in snow
Erithacus rubecula

00017100
SELF-HEAL or WOUNDWORT
Prunella vulgaris
three inflorescences, detail

00017093
SEA ASTER
Aster tripolium
flowers, detail

00017082
SCOTS PINE
Pinus sylvestris
female cone on branch

00017076
LOG PILE
in oak woodland with Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Sussex, England. Spring.

00017036
BULLFINCH
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
male eating berries

00016995
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
group of three at water, one with radio
collar. Endangered species

00016983
MOUNTAIN GORILLA mother
Gorilla beringei beringei
cradling young Critically endangered
species of Rwanda, Uganda & Congo

00016980
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
close-up of eye.
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00016973
ANIMAL TRACKS on sand dune
Namib Desert, Namibia.

00016967
CORY'S SHEARWATER
Calonectris diomedea
feeding at ocean surface
close to Azores, North Atlantic Ocean

00016955
RED KITE in flight
Milvus milvus
Wales

00016937
COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
inflorescence, detail

00016932
FRUIT FLY grooming
Drosophila sp.

00016918
VOLVOX colony containing daughter
Volvox aurelia
colonies. Colonial alga which produces daughter colonies asexually

00016900
SMALL-SPOTTED GENET
Genetta genetta
in fork of tree. Augrabies Falls
National Park, South Africa

00016885
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
male, Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, Deccan Plateau, India

00016876
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
investigating potential danger
Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar

00016845
RED-FRONTED BROWN LEMUR
Eulemur fulvus rufus
female. Kirindy Forest, W Madagascar

00016805
TURKEY VULTURES eating snake
Cathartes aura
killed by vehicle on road. Everglades
National Park, Florida, SE USA

00016788
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi
on dead-nettle

00016786
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLIES
Pieris napi
mating

00016785
MARSH FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
Euphydryas aurinia
on flower, wings closed

00016744
ORIENTAL COCKROACH
Blatta orientalis

00016691
GRAYLING BUTTERFLY at rest
Hipparchia semele
on gravel wings closed,
highly camouflaged

00016654
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLIES
Vanessa atalanta
sipping oak sap, wings open

00016604
STUDIO SET UP for photographing jumping MUDSKIPPERS using a digital camera and high speed flash

00016594
ROBIN on wall
Erithacus rubecula

00016575
RHINOCEROS IGUANA
Cyclura cornuta
left eye detail

00016573
HERALD MOTH
Scoliopteryx libatrix
on red curtain

00016530
MUDSKIPPER jumping
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016527
MUDSKIPPER jumping
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016525
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016487
SNOW GOOSE flock in flight
Anser caerulescens
in V-formation. Bosque del Apache
NWR, Socorro, New Mexico, S USA

00016474
NORWAY LEMMING on rock
Lemmus lemmus
surrounded by water Norway

00016469
WHITE WATERLILY
Nymphaea alba
submerged flower & sun's rays

00016447
PERINGUEY'S VIPER
Bitis peringueyi
moving over sand.
Namib Desert, Namibia

00016432
KOLA NUT pods on tree
Cola nitida
Contain caffeine, used as stimulant &
medication. Conkary, Guinea, W Africa

00016422
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, North Pennine Reserve,
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, UK

00016417
AFRICAN ELEPHANT close-up of foot
Loxodonta africana
Addo Elephant Nat'l Park, South Africa.

00016384
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
on rock Cape Palliser, southern tip
of North Island, New Zealand

00016367
STONEFLY adult newly emerged
Dinocras sp.
from nymph with shed cuticle close by
River Calore Gorge, Campania,SW Italy

00016327
SIKA DEER
Cervus nippon
hinds, Manchurian race, Dorset, UK

00016326
SIKA DEER
Cervus nippon
hinds, Manchurian race, Dorset, UK

00016318
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
with cub, Canadian Arctic

00016292
MOUNTAIN ZEBRA foal
Equus zebra
Damaraland, Namibia, SW Africa

00016285
REINDEER
Rangifer tarandus
Captive herd, Cairngorms, Scotland

00016280
FOXHOUND
two young in kennel

00016272
GREAT FRIGATEBIRD
Fregata minor
male in flight with inflated throat pouch, Tower (Genovesa) Island, Galapagos.

00016265
LINCOLN LONGWOOL SHEEP

00016262
HEAD LOUSE on hair
Pediculus humanus capitis

00016241
INDIAN COBRA in village, near children
Naja naja
Tamil-Nadu Region, India.

00016226
GOLDEN GUERNSEY GOAT
Bred for milk production
Originated in Channel Islands

00016224
LESSER BURDOCK
Arctium minus
seeds on dog's fur. Demonstration of
dispersal of seeds by animal.

00016151
FARMER HOLDING LAMB
Whitchurch Canonicorum, Bridport,
Dorset, England. Model release available.

00016104
GARDEN SNAIL
Helix aspersa

00016095
WHITE-THROATED BEE-EATER
Merops albicollis
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00016077
AFRICAN LIONS
Panthera leo
two young males head detail. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00016074
EMPEROR TAMARIN
Saguinus imperator

00016058
COMMON WHELK
Buccinum undatum
with ATLANTIC SLIPPER LIMPETS (Crepidula fornicata)

00016047
PAPER WASP
Polistes sp.
North Carolina

00016028
TREE-PIES ON AXIS STAG
Dendrocitta vagabunda on Axis axis
Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

00016017
GREEN FROG
Rana clamitans melanota
Ontario, Canada

00016012
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female resting by water
Serengeti NatIional Park, Tanzania

00016007
SANDSTONE FORMATIONS
with colourful banding. Coyote Butte, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs, Wilderness, Utah, USA

00015989
EL ANGEL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE
with Frailejones (Espletia hartwegiana), Andes (altitude 2600m), Voladero, Ecuador

00015973
WOOD ANT NEST
Formica rufa

00015960
MEADOW GRASSHOPPER
Chorthippus parallelus

00015954
GUELDER ROSE
Viburnum opulus
berries, Autumn.

00015947
GLASSWORT
Salicornia europaea

00015944
IVY stems
Hedera helix
growing on Scots Pine

00015933
BUFFY-HEADED TUFTED CAPUCHIN MONKEY
Cebus xanthosternos
looking for insects in dead wood. Critically endangered. (sometimes regarded as subspecies of Cebus apella)

00015911
LESSER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus hipposideros
very young with umbilical cord

00015832
LARCH FOREST in snow
Putoran Mountains, Taimyr, Russia

00015808
INDIAN MOON MOTH
Actias selene
India

00015797
GREEN LACEWING
Chrysopa perla
on rose stem

00015768
TOBACCO HARVEST
Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

00015753
SOUTH AFRICAN PYTHON
Python sebae natalensis
Eastern Transvaal, South Africa

00015748
CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio demodocus
larva about to pupate, spinning silk s
upport thread, South Africa

00015742
PET MOUSE eating Walnut

00015722
LONG-HAIRED CHIHUAHUA DOG
suckling litter of young

00015713
WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER

00015706
TIBETAN TERRIER

00015694
BASSET HOUND
eating meal from bowl

00015691
RABBIT in autumn leaves

00015651
IBERIAN, PARDEL or SPANISH LYNX
Felis pardinus (Lynx pardinus)
in undergrowth

00015623
CUTTLEFISH SHELL
(internal calcareous support)
on sandy seashore

00015614
FOXGLOVES
Digitalis purpurea
Norway

00015613
HAREBELL
Campanula rotundifolia
Gaus Valley, Norway

00015587
MONGREL DOG
sitting in kennel

00015551
FLOUR BEETLE
Tribolium castaneum

00015538
HOVERFLY
Catabomba pyrastri
on Knapweed flower

00015509
AMERICAN COCKROACH
Periplaneta americana
on biscuit

00015507
COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY
Polyommatus icarus
on Bird's Foot Trefoil

00015504
EMPEROR MOTH larvae
Saturnia pavonia
yellow & pink forms

00015489
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY
Anthocharis cardamines
male on stitchwort

00015486
HORSEFLY
Tabanus sudeticus
feeding on human, showing compound eyes & mouthparts

00015446
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY
Anthocharis cardamines
on Forget-me-not

00015439
GRASS SNAKE
Natrix natrix

00015416
CADDISFLY larva
in case made from a leaf

00015378
BULLSEYE MOTH on leaflitter
Automeris io

00015377
TREE SLUG
Lehmannia marginata
Gosford Forest Park, Markethill,
Armagh, southern Ulster, Ireland

00015356
BOG BILBERRY fruit
Vaccinium uliginosum
Norway

00015355
COLTSFOOT in flower in snow
Tussilago farfara

00015348
MANTIS SHRIMP
Odontodactylus scyallarus
Indonesia

00015346
DUGONG on sea bed
Dugong dugon
Epi, Vanuatu, South Pacific

00015291
FOSSA female on forest floor
Cryptoprocta ferox
Western Dry Forest, Madagascar.
Predator on lemurs.

00015282
KLIPSPRINGERS
Oreotragus oreotragus
Scent marking with preorbital gland, Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa

00015274
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
resting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00015257
GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis
browsing on acacia, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015252
LEOPARD TORTOISE
Geochelone pardalis
Kalahari, southern Africa

00015232
HONEYBEE worker
Apis mellifera
visiting Composite flower

00015222
ROSE
Rosa sp.

00015188
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHINS
Delphinus delphis
leaping. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015149
PUGET SOUND KING or Red box CRAB
Lopholithodes mandtii
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.

00015143
SEA PEN
Sarcophyllum sp.
Fiordland, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015121
MERLET'S SCORPIONFISH on reef
Rhinopias aphanes
Papua New Guinea. South Pacific.

00015119
GOBY camouflaged on green sponge
Pleurosicya elongata
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.

00015116
COMMON OCTOPUS on sea floor
Octopus vulgaris
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015104
GULF FLOUNDER camouflaged
Paralichthys albigutta
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015103
JEWFISH
Epinephelus itajara
Florida, USA, Atlantic Ocean.

00015101
BLUE-STRIPED GRUNTS fighting
Haemulon sciurus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean

00015053
CETTI'S WARBLER on branch
Cettia cetti
Island of Lesbos, Mediterranean

00015035
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
sticking head in the sand (set up photograph, not genuine ostrich behaviour)

00015032
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus

00015024
HIPPOPOTAMUSES
Hippopotamus amphibius
emerging to feed at night

00015003
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
Female with a continuous oestrous swelling.
Captive. Endangered.

00014989
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Six week old cub

00014984
LITTLE BEE-EATERS roosting
Merops pusillus
Okovango Delta, Botswana

00014981
HONEY BADGER
Mellivora capensis
eating land snail

00014974
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
mother grooming baby

00014951
MOUSTACHED MONKEY
Cercopithecus cephus
Gabon

00014945
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
female. Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014935
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014933
WESTERN LOWLAND GORRILA eating
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014922
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Adult male gorilla in temporary holding enclosure. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014909
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014865
BUSHMEAT
duikers killed by subsistance hunters displayed by the road side for sale to passing motorists, Gabon

00014836
GEMSBOK herd in desert
Oryx gazella
Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia.

00014810
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS & IMPALA
Loxodonta africana
at waterhole, Savuti, Chobe National Park,
Botswana

00014789
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
stretching wings

00014776
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR piglet
Sus scrofa
standing in snow, Germany.

00014768
MANDARIN DUCK male
Aix galericulata

00014757
CURLEW
Numenius arquata
male courting female

00014751
RED-EYED TREEFROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Central America

00014746
COMMON EEL
Anguilla anguilla

00014721
PASQUE FLOWER
Pulsatilla vulgaris

00014717
MERLIN female
Falco columbarius

00014713
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
in heather

00014709
COMMON SANDPIPER
Tringa hypoleucos
calling

00014692
ROWAN or MOUNTAIN ASH
Sorbus aucuparia
seedling growing on birch log

00014675
GIANT HOGWEED in flower
Heracleum mantegazzianum

00014670
WILD GARLIC or RAMSONS
Allium ursinum

00014620
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos

00014558
PUFFIN with sandeels
Fratercula arctica
Isle of May, Firth of Forth, Scotland.

00014513
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
USA

00014504
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY
Cynthia cardui
wings hardened after emergence from pupa North America
Sequence of pictures: No.5 of 5

00014497
CHINCHILLA
Chinchilla laniger

00014496
CHINCHILLA
Chinchilla laniger

00014488
BULLFROG
Rana catesbeiana
beneath leaf of Red Maple
North America

00014486
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia
in snow, Himalayas, Tibet & North West China

00014484
MOOSE or ELK mature male
Alces alces
Rocky Mountains, North America

00014465
SPECTACLED CAIMANS
Caiman crocodilus yacare
at night. Note eyeshine. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America.

00014433
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
hide, close detail. Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00014422
HUMPBACK WHALE breaching
Megaptera novaeangliae
Juneau, Alaska, USA

00014390
KOMODO DRAGON
Varanus komodoensis
large group at feeding station,
Komodo Island, Indonesia

00014357
MATAMATA TURTLE
Chelys fimbriatus
South & Central America

00017605
RAGGED ROBIN blowing in wind
Lychnis flos-cuculi
May, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00017589
RING-TAILED IGUANA
(extinct 1968)
Jamaica, West Indies.
Bookplate published 1896

00017542
GREATER FLAMINGO feeding young
Phoenicopterus ruber
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00017540
LIZARD ORCHID
Himantoglossum hircinum

00017518
TIGER
Panthera tigris
young male at deer carcass, India. Endangered

00017500
LEOPARD resting on mound
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017496
LEOPARD sitting on rock
Panthera pardus
with Hyena nearby. East Africa

00017455
AFRICAN LIONS (young) play-fighting
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017452
AFRICAN LION male with dead warthog
Panthera leo
about to allow cubs to feed with him, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017433
LEOPARDS two sitting
Panthera pardus
(Half-Tail & her daughter Shadow).
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017386
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
ten-week-old young eating eel prey

00017381
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
retreating from aggressive buffalos. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017343
AFRICAN LION cubs drinking
Panthera leo
Lake Lagarja, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

00017306
WILD DAFFODIL group in flower
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
in woodland Teign Valley, Dartmoor,
Devonshire, UK

00017304
WILD GARLIC or RAMSONS
Allium ursinum
amongst coppiced Limes, Cotswolds, UK

00017289
FAIRY TERN pair mating
Gygis alba monte
Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

00017285
CORAL ISLAND surrounded by reef
Banda Sea, Indonesia

00017252
SNOW LEOPARD snarling
Panthera uncia
(Captive animal) Endangered sp.

00017247
SNOWSHOE HARE winter Phase
Lepus americanus
on snow-covered ground

00017233
FALLOW DEER herd running
Dama dama
East Sussex, England.

00017212
MALLARD ducklings
Anas platyrhynchos
British Columbia, Canada. Spring.

00017195
BLACK-HANDED or CENTRAL AMERICAN SPIDER MONKEY
Ateles geoffroyi
Panama, Central America.

00017165
COMMON SUNDEW
Drosera rotundifolia
leaf, close detail

00017158
GREEN TREE PYTHON
Chondropython viridis
guarding hatching eggs

00017154
GREATER STITCHWORT
Stellaria holostea
flowers, lateral view

00017113
LESSER PERIWINKLE
Vinca minor
in flower in woodland

00017111
LESSER SPEARWORT
Ranunculus flammula
large clump in flower

00017104
OPPOSITE-LEAVED GOLDEN
SAXIFRAGE clump in flower
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

00017067
SUSSEX Haywards Heath area,
aerial view.
Southern England.

00017027
PYRAMIDAL ORCHID
Anacamptis pyramidalis
inflorescence detail

00017013
CARRION CROW stealing egg
Corvus corone
from pheasant's nest

00016953
FALSE GAVIAL
Tomistoma schlegeli
Singapore Zoo

00016945
YARROW
Achillea millefolium
Meissen, Germany

00016884
BENGAL TIGER "Charger"
Panthera tigris tigris
wild male, walking.
Bandhavgarth National Park, India

00016878
GREATER BAMBOO LEMUR
Hapalemur simus
Ranomafana National Park,
southeastern Madagascar.

00016873
RING-TAILED LEMUR feeding
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00016870
COLLARED BROWN LEMUR male
Eulemur fulvus collaris
Southeastern Madagascar.
Rainforest species.

00016867
INDRI calling in forest canopy
Indri indri
Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

00016861
BAOBABS at sunset
Adansonia digitata
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00016855
BUSH PIG or RED RIVER HOG and young
Potamochoerus porcus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00016843
BLACK WOODPECKER
Dryocopus martius
feeding young in nest, Ankershus, Norway

00016839
RIPPLES over sand
Mana Island, Fiji,
South Pacific Ocean.

00016831
FORAMINIFERAN
Globigerina sp.
displayed under microscope
Bermuda, North Atlantic Ocean

00016777
BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY
Ischnura elegans
on flower bud

00016764
WHIPPLE'S FISHHOOK CACTUS
Sclerocactus whipplei
flower, close detail. Grand Staircase /
Escalante Natl Monument, Utah, USA

00016751
WAXWING group
Bombycilla garrulus
perched on television aerial

00016726
COMMON EARWIG on Daisy
Forficula auricularia
Secret Life of a Garden bookplate

00016677
MOSQUITO newly emerged from pupa
on water surface

00016615
EARWIG close detail of pinchers
Forficula auricularia

00016610
PALMATE NEWT
Triturus helveticus
hibernating under log

00016589
WITCH HAZEL
Hamamelis mollis

00016583
FULL MOON

00016538
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi
at rest on blade of grass

00016532
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016518
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
young being bottle-fed

00016499
FENCEPOST SPIDER jumping
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK

00016498
LIME HAWKMOTH
Mimas tiliae
Sussex, UK

00016491
DANDELION seedhead close up
Taraxacum officinale

00016481
CHIMPANZEE leaping between trees
Pan troglodytes
Northern Zamiba

00016465
BEEHIVE OF RURAL FARMER >>
Traditional cylindrical style & wedged
position found throughout most of Africa

00016462
WILDEBEEST or BRINDLED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus
two males fighting. Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00016459
EMPEROR MOTH laying eggs
Gonimbrasia belina
on woody stem South Africa

00016449
LOGGERHEAD TURTLES
Caretta caretta
newly hatched head for the sea Natal

00016445
EMPEROR MOTH larvae
Gonimbrasia belina
newly hatched South Africa

00016433
NUORILANG WATERFALL
Baisghui River, Juizhaigou Natl Park, Sichuan Province, China.

00016426
ROSEMARY
Rosmarinus officinalis

00016401
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
larva in act of pupation

00016397
GREEN TREE or WEAVER ANTS
Oecophylla smaragdina
building nest, Northern Australia

00016390
WOLF SPIDER
Lycosa sp.
at trap-door burrow entrance.

00016387
GIANT REEF CLAM
Tridacna maxima
Great Barrier Reef, Australia

00016363
SAND DUNE EDGE December
Sosussvlei, Naukluft Park,
Namibia, south western Africa

00016347
SHIRE HORSES
ploughing in field, England

00016341
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
stag, scottish highlands

00016319
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
with cub, Canadian Arctic

00016300
EUROPEAN RED FOX cubs
Vulpes vulpes
at entrance to earth

00016287
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
female grooming young male, Whipsnade Zoo, UK

00016276
LARGE CACTUS FINCH
Geospiza conirostris
Hood (Espanola) Island, Galapagos.

00016264
AFRICAN BULLFROG male
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00016256
RETICULATED PYTHON
Python reticulatus
southeast Asia

00016244
INDIAN GREY MONGOOSE
Herpestes edwardsi
killing Indian Cobra (Naja naja), Tamil-Nadu, India

00016243
INDIAN GREY MONGOOSE
Herpestes edwardsi
fighting Indian Cobra Naja naja
Tamil-Nadu, India

00016213
CORN CHAMOMILE
Anthemis arvensis
growing over farm machinary, Norfolk, UK

00016208
GREY SEAL young on ice
Halichoerus grypus
Kvarken, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland.

00016191
HOGWEED
Heracleum sphondylium

00016154
THE OLD MAN OF STORR
Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

00016148
SILAGE HARVESTING
Dorchester, Dorset, UK

00016123
GOAT WILLOW or PUSSY WILLOW
Salix caprea
catkins, Devon, UK

00016113
TOURISTS ON SAFARI
watching leopard, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00016070
SHETLAND PONIES
mares & foals near croft ruins, Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland.

00016064
SAVANNAH HINGED TORTOISE
Kinixys belliana

00016056
TWIN FALLS with rainbow
North Carolina, USA

00016014
BROWN-THROATED THREE-TOED SLOTH
Bradypus variegatus
depositing faeces at tree base~Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

00015991
WATERFALLS on ice cap
Nordaustlandet, Spitzbergen,
Arctic Norway.

00015975
GORSE
Ulex europaeus

00015968
SHETLAND PONY
South Uist, Outer Hebrides Scotland

00015937
FALLEN LEAVES of Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
in autumn colours

00015900
PEACOCK
Pavo cristatus
male displaying

00015893
COQUEREL'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi coquereli
Northwestern Madagascar

00015884
SLOW WORM
Anguis fragilis
Midlands, UK

00015859
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
females sitting. Kalahari Gemsbok Natl Park, RSA

00015820
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG
Rana pipiens
Michigan, USA

00015818
BLACK DARTER DRAGONFLY female
Sympetrum danae
Peatlands Country Park,
Co Armagh, Ireland

00015800
SPINY SQUAT LOBSTER
Galathea strigosa
North Sea, Scotland

00015789
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus
on ripe ears of wheat

00015784
SNAKEFLY
Raphidia notata

00015783
LACEWING eggs

00015782
GIANT LACEWING courting
Osmylus fulvicephalus
scent gland at tip of abdomen.

00015775
PERICOPID MOTH or HYPSID MOTH
Chetone angulosa
taking off (multiflash sequence), Venezuela, South America
50% surcharge on normal rates for multiflash image

00015736
WARTHOG
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
adult & young drinking, Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa.

00015707
ABRUZZI SHEEPDOG
Three puppies sitting on grass

00015699
BASSET
three puppies
Brittany Fawn (Fauve de Bretagne)

00015696
BULLDOG
with bone

00015668
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus

00015660
LITTLE RED FLYING-FOX
Pteropus scapulatus
four roosting on branch Katherine
Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia

00015645
PANAMIC GREEN MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax castaneus
Sea of Cortez, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

00015641
NET-THROWING SPIDER
Dinopis stauntoni
Spins web between two front pairs of
legs & waits to drop it onto insect prey

00015636
DUNG BEETLE or SCARAB BEETLE
pair rolling ball of dung to bury with eggs

00015632
DESERT or CAMPONOTONE ANT
Camponotus fulvipilosus
carrying grass seed

00015615
DRIVER ANT SOLDIERS
guarding marching column
Northern Zambia, southern Africa

00015596
MONGREL DOG
being given a bath

00015591
DOG Schnauzer cross
chained & sitting on snow

00015585
MONGREL DOG
resting in small wooden cart

00015574
MONGREL DOG
attacking jogger on path

00015555
TUSSORE SILKMOTH
Antheraea mylitta
antenna of male, close detail

00015540
TABANID HORSEFLY
male showing mouth-parts,
compound eyes & antennae
Male is nectar-feeder

00015537
LEAF BEETLE
Chrysolina sp.

00015500
MORPHO BUTTERFLY in flight
Morpho cypris
Venezuela, South America

00015494
WATER STICK INSECT
Ranatra linearis
Fam. Nepidae

00015491
WATER BOATMAN
Notonecta sp.
breathing at water surface

00015476
SMOOTH SNAKE
Coronella austriaca

00015453
EMPEROR DRAGONFLY
Anax imperator
on sedge stem

00015332
HUMPBACK WHALE
Megaptera novaeangliae
with bowriding rough-toothed dolphin
Steno bredanensis,Tonga, South Pacific

00015235
COMMON WASPS
Vespula vulgaris
eating fallen apple

00015226
PALM TREES
Mission Beach, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

00015140
HECTOR'S DOLPHIN
Cephalorhynchus hectori
Akaroa, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.
(Endemic to New Zealand.)

00015095
DEVIL SCORPIONFISH or FALSE STONEFISH
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
camouflaged, New Guinea, South Pacific. Venomous

00015085
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
Macroclemys temmincki
Using small worm-like lure on tongue as bait

00015069
HARVEST MOUSE on reed
Micromys minutus

00015061
NIGHTINGALE
Luscinia megarhynchos
Greece

00015059
ORKNEY VOLE
Microtus arvalis

00015055
ROBIN singing January
Erithacus rubecula
Hampshire, southern England

00015042
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE hatchlings
Caretta caretta
hatchlings heading out to sea

00015027
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
hunting doves at waterhole, Etosha NP, Namibia

00014968
AARDWOLF
Proteles cristatus

00014944
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014926
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014923
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Keeper/handler Kevin Mpiolea with orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered species.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014892
ROAD
through the rainforest, Gabon

00014880
RAINFOREST TIMBER
awaiting export in Libreville Harbour, Gabon.

00014872
BUSHMEAT
for sale at market, Gabon

00014830
GERMAN SHEPHERD or ALSATIAN
puppy, 8 weeks old.

00014816
DROMEDARY CAMELS
Camelus dromedarius
Feral animals living wild in Australia.

00014782
SWALLOW flock
Hirundo rustica
perched on wires

00014738
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
resting on grass

00014729
SKYLARK
Alauda arvensis

00014718
DOWNY BIRCH seedling
Betula pubescens

00014695
BLUEBELLS
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Scotland. Endymion non-scriptus

00014649
GREY SQUIRREL
Scuirus carolinensis

00014642
GORSE or FURZE in flower
Ulex europaeus
Isle of Mull, Argyll & Bute,
south western Scotland

00014639
EUROPEAN RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00014635
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
eating nut

00014628
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus

00014625
BROOM
Cytisus scoparius

00014616
COMMON MUSSEL BEDS
Mytilus edulis
Loch Sunart, Argyll, Scotland.

00014613
BROOM
Cytisus scoparius

00014609
DOG WASTE BIN
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.

00014605
YELLOW IRIS
Iris pseudacorus
with bumblebee

00014603
COMMON CLEAVERS or GOOSEGRASS
Gallium aparine
showing sticky seedheads

00014592
MEADOW BUTTERCUP
Ranunculus arvensis

00014589
DANDELION
Taraxacum officinale
dispersing seeds in wind

00014523
NET SPIDER or STICK SPIDER
with silk net which it uses to drop onto prey, Eastern Andes (1500m), Ecuador.

00014519
IGUAZU FALLS
World Heritage Site
View from Brazilian side, Iguazu National Park, Parana, Brazil

00014499
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY larva
Cynthia cardui
preparing to pupate, North America
Sequence of pictures: No.2 of 3

00014466
BRAZILIAN TAPIR
Tapirus terrestris
showing eyeshine at night. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014448
GIANT PANDA eating bamboo,
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
face detail. Breeding Centre, Wolong
Reserve, central China.

00014425
BALD EAGLE in tree, cleaning beak
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA.

00014416
COYPU
Myocastor coypus
Louisiana, USA

00014414
ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysocome
hopping from rock Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00014389
PADAR ISLAND
with bagans (native fishing boats)
Komodo National Park, Indonesia

00014353
SARGASSUM CRAB
Portunus sayi
off Florida, south eastern USA

00014309
MASAI GIRLS
two playing
Eastern Africa

00014282
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
with dead zebra which it killed as it tried to cross Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014273
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.

00014255
YELLOW-BILLED OXPECKERS
Buphagus africanus
on head of African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

00014233
VULTURES
large group on ground with wings spread, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014192
BEARDED WOODPECKER in nest hole
Dendropicos namaquus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014185
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus
litter of young, Serengeti Plain, Tanzania.

00014179
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
regurgitating meat for waiting young, Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.

00014168
AMERICAN COCKROACH
Periplaneta americana
right lateral view

00014154
GREATER FLAMINGOS turning eggs
Phoenicopterus ruber
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00014151
HONEYSUCKLE
Lonicera periclymenum

00014142
YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE
Cacicus cela
building nest, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014125
DACHSHUND
Smooth-haired, with young

00014121
BLOODHOUND
sitting, panting

00014117
BLOODHOUND sniffing

00014097
RAGGED ROBIN
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, UK

00014052
GREATER BLADDERWORT
Utricularia vulgaris
WITH waterflea PREY (Daphnia sp.)

00014028
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
looking over fence

00020433
GOLDEN EAGLE close-up of head
Aquila chrysaetos

00020417
COMMON PEAFOWL May
Pavo cristatus
male displaying North Ayrshire,
Strathclyde, south western Scotland

00020416
BARN OWL group of young August
Tyto alba
front one in threat posture
Ayrshire, south western Scotland

00020402
MUD VOLCANO
Trinidad & Tobago

00020399
ARCTIC WILLOW
Salix arctica

00020388
WREATH LECHENAULTIA & NATIVE
FOXGLOVE, Western Australia
Lechenaultia macrantha &
Pityrodia terminalis

00020369
LITTLE CORELLA perched
Cacatua sanguinea pastinator
South Western Australia

00020368
PETUNIA close-up of flower centre
showing anthers and stigma

00020361
RUBY TIGER MOTH
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Essex, England

00020324
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Steam vents after sunrise
Big Island, Hawaii, USA

00020321
GIRAFFE drinking at waterhole
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00020320
SCRUB ENCROACHMENT in desert
Central Namibia Aerial view

00020313
MAHOGANY being prepared for use
Manu Region, Peru

00020302
FUNGI on dead wood
Manu region, Peru

00020289
DESTRUCTION OF WOODLAND
Conversion to farmland
Finland

00020287
TOURISTS at Yakapai Point,
Grand Canyon Arizona, USA

00020286
DEAD PINE TREE DETAIL
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA

00020283
PUFFIN running on sea surface
Fratercula arctica
Farne Islands, Northumbria,
North Sea coast of NE England

00020275
REGENT PARROT flock in tree
Polytelis anthopeplus
Hattah, Victoria, Australia

00020258
REINDEER calf, newborn, running
Rangifer tarandus
alongside its mother on Nadym Tundra. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

00020232
FOREST & river in early autumn
Near Kuusamo and the Russian Frontier, Oulu Region, Finland.

00020228
ELLESMERE ISLAND
Hall Basin with mountains and altostratus clouds reflected. Arctic Canada.

00020202
PLASTIC DRUM DUMP ON BEACH
Chilean Teniente Marsh base
King George Island, Antarctica

00020169
CORNCRAKE May
Crex crex
South Uist, Hebrides, Scotland

00020159
SAND MARTIN pair at nest hole
Riparia riparia
Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, England. May

00020151
PUFFIN in flight
Fratercula arctica
Skokholm Island, Wales. June.

00020138
KESTREL female on gate post
Falco tinnunculus
Elmley Reserve, Isle of Sheppey,
Kent, England January

00020136
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT flock in flight
Limosa limosa
Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire,
England December

00020128
BITTERN in camouflage posture
Botaurus stellaris
Lee Valley, Essex, UK January

00020112
RABBIT upright in meadow,
Oryctolagus cuniculus
in evening light. Essex, England. July

00020108
GREAT SKUA long-call aggression display
Stercorarius skua
Handa Island, Scotland. June

00020092
FOOTPATH THROUGH FARMLAND
Essex, England October

00020047
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calf protected by adult
Loxodonta africana
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

00020028
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
fighting over female (on right)
UK

00020023
WATER VOLE
Arvicola terrestris
UK

00020020
WATER VOLE in canal habitat
Arvicola terrestris
UK

00019975
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
young, crouching in form

00019958
DRUMLINS in glaciated valley
Lake District, Cumbria,
north western England

00019951
BENGAL TIGER face, close detail
Panthera tigris tigris

00019945
CORBETT NATIONAL PARK at dawn,
on a misty morning. India

00019944
DRAGONFLY SANCTUARY
(with notice to that effect)
Lee Valley Park, Essex, SE England

00019933
WOODLAND & BLUEBELLS
Path through Nap Wood,
Sussex, southern England

00019925
LESSER PURPLE EMPEROR
BUTTERFLY
Apatura ilia
on oak foliage, wings open

00019924
WILLOW WARBLER
Phylloscopus trochilus
with beakful of insect prey

00019923
CHERRIES
Prunus avium
Bunches of ripe fruit on branch

00019893
GIBBER PLAINS
Small wind-polished rocks
on red sand base Australia

00019887
VENUS FLYTRAP with trapped fly prey
Dionaea muscipula
Trap sprung by trigger hairs Native to
swamps of North Carolina, USA

00019833
SNAPDRAGON in flower (endemic)
Antirrhinum cirrhigerum
Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano
e Costa Vicentina, Algarve, Portugal

00019828
PALINURO CAPE beach from cave
Cilento National Park, Campania, Italy

00019805
MOUNT ETNA EMITTING FUMES
from south east crater Etna Regional Pk,
Sicily nb Foreground contrast between
snow & old lapilli >>

00019800
ARCTIC BUTTERCUP
Ranunculus sulphureus
Svalbard (Spitsbergen), Norway

00019778
SUNFLOWER flower head
Helianthus annuus
Provence, France

00019770
RUBBISH ON BEACH
Cilento National Park, Campania,
south western Italy

00019753
LIGHTS OF RIO AT NIGHT
Rio de Janeiro Brazil, South America

00019735
GUARIA MORADA' ORCHID flowers
Cattleya skinneri
National Flower of Costa Rica

00019718
AFRICAN LION cubs playing
Panthera leo
Kruger Nat'l Park, South Africa

00019711
CORK OAK Spain
Quercus suber

00019696
WHITE MUSSEL siphons extended
Western Cape, SW coast of S Africa

00019678
LONG-TAILED DUCK
Clangula hyemalis
three in flight

00019666
AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
using nest-box

00019586
RED ADMIRAL on Buddleia, wings open
Vanessa atalanta

00019571
COMMON HEART URCHIN
Echinocardium cordatum
Also called Sea Potato
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019553
RED SETTER
walking in snow

00019534
RED KITE & MAGPIE in dead tree
Milvus milvus & Pica pica

00019495
HAWTHORN clusters of flowers
Crataegus monogyna
Down, south eastern Ulster

00019490
MEADOW GRASSHOPPER
Chorthippus parallelus

00019488
GREY DRAKE MAYFLY female
Ephemera danica
Fermanagh, south western Ulster

00019473
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY on flower April
Inachis io
Brackagh Moss NNR Portadown,
Armagh, Southern Ulster

00019466
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi
on Bluebell Armagh, southern Ulster

00019415
FLAX (part of crop)
Linum usitatissimum
in flower Southern Sweden

00019410
CAT face detail of very young animal,
with eyes closed

00019371
AFRICAN LION two young
Panthera leo
Kalahari, southern Africa

00019359
ROTIFERAN (living)
Brachiorus sp.
Mag. x50 Phylum Rotifera

00019353
DEEP RED ROSE
close detail of whorl of petals

00019341
WHITESPOTTED FILEFISH at coral reef
Cantherhines macrocerus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019339
HAWKSBILL TURTLE at artificial reef
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean. (Artificial reef is submerged barge.)

00019328
HAWKSBILL TURTLE over coral reef
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019326
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019318
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE over coral reef
Carretta carretta
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019316
SPANISH LOBSTER
Arctites antipodum
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019287
KELLER'S WHELK
Kelletia kelletii
California, USA. Pacific Ocean.

00019284
BANDTAIL PUFFER camouflaged
Sphoeroides spengleri
on sea bed. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019259
BICOLOR DAMSELFISH -
Stegastes partitus
unusual coloration. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019245
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus latirostris
Homossassa Springs State Wildlife Park, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019235
FRANKINCENSE TREE amongst rocks
Boswellia sp.
by stony desert. Oman. January.

00019234
FRANKINCENSE TREE
Boswellia sp.
on rocky hillside. Oman. January.

00019228
ADDER female with young
Vipera berus
Midlands, England August

00019220
GREENFINCH on bird feeder
Carduelis chloris
Midlands, England. March

00019206
AFRICAN LION chasing kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019190
GOLDFISH in bowl,
Carassius auratus
watched by child

00019185
YARROW flowers
Achillea millefolium
Cosmetic & medicinal properties. Used
for thousands of years to heal wounds.

00019157
CAPE VULTURE coming in to land
Gyps coprotheres
Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

00019149
OSTRICH at nest
Struthio camelus
with eggs & chicks Africa

00019145
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA baby
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
with fruit. Project Protection des Gorilles,
Gabon & Congo.

00019143
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA & baby
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019125
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019102
MARABOU STORK at waterhole
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
attacking & eating dove. Picture sequence
: No.1 of 3 Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019100
GREATER KUDU male drinking
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019098
BENGAL TIGER close-up
Panthera tigris
showing skin pattern

00019094
CHEETAH crouching in tall grass
Acinonyx jubatus
Namibia. Endangered species

00019079
EASTERN GREY KANGAROOS
Macropus giganteus
two bounding. Australia

00019018
RED-CROWNED or WHITE-COLLARED
MANGABEY
Cercocebus torquatus torquatus

00019009
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUE
Macaca nigra
young Also called Black Macaque

00019004
SALERS cow with bell (dairy breed)
A popular breed in montane regions
of France. Auvers Volcano Park,
Cezallier Plateau, France

00018982
BEECH
Fagus sylvatica
View upwards to canopy,
with foliage in autumn colours

00018939
ARCTIC TERN
Sterna paradisaea
on mooring post

00018927
NORWAY MAPLE leaves
Acer platanoides

00018920
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS
with spruce trees
Chena Lakes State Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

00018918
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS
with spruce trees
Chena Lakes State Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

00018893
RESPLENDENT QUETZAL
Pharomachrus mocinno
on branch in rainforest Talamanca
Mountains, Costa Rica, Central America

00018890
RED-NECKED PADEMELON
Thylogale thetis
Lamington Nat.Park, Australia

00018879
MARGAY CATS
Felis wiedi
Belize, Central America

00018875
ORCA or KILLER WHALE
Orcinus orca
Puget Sound, Washington, USA

00018802
GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus longaeva
ancient specimens. Patriarch Grove,
White Mts, Inyo Forest, California,USA

00018800
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus

00018796
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis
Kenya. Wide-angle view

00018761
COBALT BLUE TARANTULA
Haplopelma lividum
Thailand

00018746
ADDER warming up
Vipera berus
on rusting metal shovel

00018723
PYGMY HOG
Sus salvanius
Zurich Zoo, Switzerland.
Captive animal. Endangered species.

00018709
CHITAL or SPOTTED DEER
Axis axis
two by lake Ranthambhore National
Park, Rajasthan, north western India

00018701
ENGLISH OAK or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
ripe acorn in cup

00018695
WHOOPER SWAN & young at nest
Cygnus cygnus
Finland

00018681
GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN
Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Sao Paulo, southern Brazil

00018666
RED HAZEL LEAF close detail
showing pattern of veins

00018632
NORWAY SPRUCE
Picea abies
branch & cones September
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00018618
GREATER KUDU head detail
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
View emphasizing large size of ears

00018606
LONDON PLANE TREE avenue
Platanus x acerifolia
Green Park, London, UK. April

00018600
FALLOW DEER
Dama dama
walking with young in long grass

00018568
THOROUGHBRED HORSE Mare
running in paddock, near Lexington,
Kentucky, eastern USA

00018561
GREEN VINE SNAKE eating lizard prey
Oxybelis fulgidus
Lizard is Anolis sp.
Guyana, South America

00018509
BEWICK'S SWAN on water
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust,
Gloucestershire, West Midlands, England

00018495
SANDHILL CRANE in flight
Grus canadensis
Bosque del Apache, New Mexico,
south eastern USA

00018486
FISHING BOATS in harbour
Ilulissat, Jakobshavn, western Greenland.

00018459
COPPER FOUNDRY converter aisle with spark shower. Norilsk, western Siberia, Russia.

00018442
ICEBERG surrounded by melting sea ice. Northwestern Greenland. Summer.

00018426
INUIT HUNTER in polar bear trousers, lights stove inside igloo. Northwestern Greenland.

00018412
POLAR BEAR swimming in lead
Ursus maritimus
during polar bear hunt. Northwestern Greenland.

00018383
SOHOPMA VILLAGE in rainforest
Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

00018381
THINGVELLIR, site of Iceland's first parliament, in winter. Church & farm by Oxara River. Iceland.

00018358
TURNSTONE GLACIER snout
flowing from the ice sheet. Ellesmere Island, Canada. A piedmont glacier.

00018351
POLAR BEAR upright for better view
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018326
POLAR BEAR upright for better view
Ursus maritimus
across the sea ice. Canada.

00018313
ARCTIC FOX white form
Alopex lagopus
near resting Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018309
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over boreal forest. Churchill. Manitoba, Canada.

00018293
PURPLE SAXIFRAGE in flower
Saxifraga oppositifolia
through snow. Jens Munk Island, Nunavut, Canada.

00018274
EMPEROR PENGUIN & chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018271
EMPEROR PENGUIN regurgitating
Aptenodytes forsteri
unwanted matter soon after getting out of the water. Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018247
MINKE WHALE surfacing by ice floe
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
By Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

00018234
PYRAMID PEAK seen across Hog's Mouth Rocks. Bay of Isles, South Georgia Islands. Sub-Antarctic.

00018232
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS in flight
Diomedea melanophris
over the breeding colony. West Point Island, Falkland Is., Sub-Antarctica.

00018225
BLUE ICEBERG (rare type), sculpted by the sea, with Gentoo & Chinstrap penguins. Ancient ice, highly compressed, absorbs all but blue light. Antarctica.

00018221
ADELIE PENGUIN struggling
Pygoscelis adeliae
through pieces of glacial ice. Paulet Island, Antarctica.

00018189
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over taiga with flagged trees. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018186
ARCTIC FOX white form,
Alopex lagopus
intermediate coat. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018164
INUIT HUNTER named Ilsaanguaq hunting seals, wearing
polar bear trousers and using white screen. Northwestern Greenland.

00018153
LONG-TAILED TIT amongst catkins
Aegithalos caudatus
March Essex, south eastern England

00018152
LONG-TAILED TIT
Aegithalos caudatus
on Pussy Willow March
Essex, south eastern England

00018140
WATER VOLE at water's edge
Arvicola terrestris
September Essex, south east England

00018121
YELLOWHAMMER singing May
Emberiza citrinella
Kent, south eastern England

00018106
DARTFORD WARBLER male calling
Sylvia undata
Dorsetshire, UK

00018092
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
mantling prey
Finland

00018089
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
in flight
Finland

00018043
BULLFINCH female
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Finland

00018019
RING-TAILED LEMUR group
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar
Endemic to Madagascar

00018012
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE young
Lepus europaeus
concealed in grass by mother
South Downs, Hampshire, UK

00018010
COMMON SHREW
Sorex araneus
eating ants' eggs

00018008
AMERICAN MINK male
Mustela vison
on hind quarters, on lookout

00018004
ROE DEER young, eating crop
Capreolus capreolus
Butser Hill, Hampshire, England

00017996
BEN LOYAL
Sutherland, Highland Region,
north western Scotland

00017994
RAZORBILL with chick
Alca torda
on cliff ledge

00017989
TEA TREE leaves
Melaleuca alternifolia
Oil used in non-chemical pharmaceutical
& skin care products.NSW, Australia.

00017985
CENTIPEDE (un-identified sp.)
curled protectively round young
E Australia. Found in sandy areas of
South Australia, Queensland & Victoria

00017972
CORK OAK recently harvested
Quercus suber
Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain

00017969
PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS in flower
Opuntia ficus-barbarica
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain.

00017967
CORK OAK branch
Quercus suber
partly harvested
Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain

00017956
JUDAS TREE in flower
Cercis siliquastrum
Monterano Reserve, Latium, Italy

00017930
PELAGIC SEA SNAKE & young
Pelamis platurus
gave birth after being washed ashore.
Ostional beach, Costa Rica.

00017911
RED-BACK SPIDER
Latrodectus hasselti
highly venomous, Australia.

00017888
HAIRY-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB
Paguristes squamosus
South Eastern Australia

00017868
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
new-born young removed from pouch, Australia

00017860
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS at waterhole
Loxodonta africana
Khwai River, Moremi, Botswana

00017852
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA sitting
Propithecus verreauxi
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00017846
GREY SEAL two fighting
Halichoerus grypus
at water's edge. Donna Nook,
Lincolnshire, East Anglia, UK

00017826
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Caribbean.

00017816
ROBIN on grass
Erithacus rubecula
Wiltshire, UK

00017781
ROBIN singing
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, England. November.

00017749
SNOW GEESE in flight
Anser caerulescens
(some sandhill cranes in forground) Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico, USA.

00017746
ALSTROEMERIA hybrid
close-up of flower

00017741
BEGONIA
Begonia x tuberhybrida
close-up of flower

00017738
POPPY petals, close detail
Variegated cultivar

00017737
MONKEY PUZZLE or CHILEAN PINE
Araucaria araucana
leaf detail

00017732
LAVENDER field
Lavandula sp.
Provence, France

00017724
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
drinking (high aerial view) Ruaha River, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

00017717
HIPPOPOTAMUS aggression
Hippopotamus amphibius
Selinda Concession, Botswana

00017696
RIO CAUCA CAECILIAN
Typhlonectes natans
burrowing in sand underwater, South America

00017662
TASMANIAN DEVIL
Sarcophilus harrisii
Coastal scrub of Tasmania

00017633
GEOLOGICAL LAYERS
Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park,
Western Australia

00017629
OXFORD RAGWORT
Senecio squalidus
in flower by railway line, Berkhamsted, UK

00020397
REGENERATION after fire
wildflowers in burnt scrubland
after winter rains Paynes Find,
Western Australia

00020349
WHITETIP REEF SHARK feeding
Triaenodon obesus
in shallows. Bartolome Island,
Galapagos. Pacific Ocean

00020309
WESTLETON HEATH
(coastal heathland)
Suffolk, England

00020298
BRACKEN in autumn
Pteridium aquilinum
Ashdown Forest, Sussex, UK

00020296
WICKEN FEN NATIONAL NATURE
RESERVE Fenland meadow

00020294
PITCHER PLANT Insectivorous
Sarracenia sp.
North Carolina, USA

00020272
YELLOW-THROATED SPINETAIL
Certhiaxis cinnamomea
Llanos, Venezuela, South America

00020260
REINDEER herd travelling
Rangifer tarandus
across the Nadym Tundra in evening spring sunshine. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

00020250
IMPURE GAS being burnt off
Yamsavey gas fields, near Nadym, Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia.

00020125
BITTERN walking
Botaurus stellaris
Lee Valley, Essex, UK January

00020111
WATER VOLE young
Arvicola terrestris
release project at 'Wildwood', Kent

00020089
TIGER close-up of coat
Panthera tigris
Paradise Wildlife Park, UK

00020087
BROWN RAT young, at pond
Rattus norvegicus
(leptospirosis connection).
Worcestershire, England. February.

00020064
COOT turning eggs
Fulica atra
Sussex, England

00020055
AFRICAN ELEPHANT young
Loxodonta africana
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00020045
LAMB gamboling
Wiltshire, UK

00020037
RED GROUSE female drinking
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020034
MUTE SWAN male showing aggression
Cygnus olor
Wiltshire, UK

00020016
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020015
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK