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00019677
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in flight
Selasphorus rufus
Montana, USA

00019672
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
attacking trainer Rod Nelson
under controlled conditions

00019643
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
drinking

00019636
FOUR-HORNED CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo quadricornis
Native to eastern Africa. Sequence of
Pictures- colour change No.1A (of 2)

00019614
MAIDENHAIR TREE
Ginkgo biloba
Native to central China.Habitat; temperate,
montane Widely cultivated though rare

00019604
BRIMSTONE showing proboscis
Gonepteryx rhamni
feeding at thistle flower

00019589
HOLLY FARMHOUSE garden in winter
West Sussex, southern England

00019550
MEDITERRANEAN WORM LIZARD
Blanus cinereus
head detail. Spain

00019548
GUILLEMOT egg on cliff ledge
Uria aalge
UK

00019544
BLACK-WINGED STILT nest
Himantopus himantopus
with four eggs

00019526
EIDER DUCK nest with two eggs
Somateria mollissima
in down

00019496
LONGHORN BEETLE on leaf
Rhagium bifasciatum
Montiaghs Moss NNNR,
Antrim, NE Ulster

00019463
PURPLE EMPEROR BUTTERFLY
Apatura iris
on oak leaf, wings open July
Southern France

00019461
SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY on flower
Argynnis paphia
Rostrevor Oakwood National Nature
Reserve, Down, South East Ulster

00019394
ASIAN ELEPHANT wild
Elephas maximus
Corbett National Park, India.

00019385
MIMICRY: AFRICAN MONARCH (left)
& DIADEM BUTTERFLY (right)
Danaus chrysippus & Hypolimnas
missippus. African Monarch is poisonous

00019384
RED or CAPE HARTEBEEST
Alcelaphus caama
head detail Mountain Zebra
National Park, South Africa

00019337
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW group
Trichechus manatus latirostris
at power plant. Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019333
FLYING GURNARD showing wings
Dactylopterus volitans
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019307
LEATHER STAR
Dermasterias imbricata
Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean

00019260
SCALY-TAILED MANTIS SHRIMP
Lysiosquilla scabricauda
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019255
WARNING SIGN - MARINE STINGERS
Australia. South Pacific Ocean.

00019251
CLOWN ANEMONEFISH in host anemone
Amphiprion percula
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, South Pacific Ocean.

00019243
WHALE SHARK
Rhincodon typus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019223
EIDER DUCK
Somateria mollissima
male on water June Iceland

00019212
AFRICAN LION about to catch kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019200
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
silverback male

00019124
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019123
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019115
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019112
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild

00019083
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL drinking
Canis mesomelas
reflected in waterhole. Africa

00019041
FALLOW DEER male
Dama dama
calling during rutting season

00019012
GIANT PANDA eating bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca

00018956
HAWTHORN
Crataegus monogyna
laden with ripe berries

00018912
ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK
Rupicola peruviana
male at lek in cloudforest Andes
(at 1500m) SE Peru, South America

00018896
WEDGE-CAPPED or WEEPER CAPUCHIN
Cebus olivaceus
Canaima National Pk, Venezuela

00018884
AMERICAN CROCODILE
Crocodylus acutus
head detail, gaping

00018866
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL in flight
Larus glaucescens
with herring prey
Coastal British Columbia, Canada

00018837
DOMESTIC FARM DUCKLING
among flowers
British Columbia, Canada. Spring.

00018821
INDIAN RIVER TERN with begging chick
Sterna aurantia
(Rare species)
Karnataka, southern India

00018809
GROUND SQUIRREL or SOUSLIK
Spermophilus sp.
Burlin Region, Kazakhstan.

00018770
SILVER BIRCHES
Betula pendula
on site of former colliery. New Fancy,
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK

00018763
GREY CAT in recovery pen
Canning Town, East End,
London, England

00018750
RED MAGPIE
Columba livia
Domestic breed of pigeon

00018744
SHETLAND BUMBLEBEE on Bluebell
Bombus muscorum agricolae
Unst, Shetland Isles, off northern Scotland

00018729
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUES
Macaca nigra
No.1 female registering dominance over
No.2 female by copulating gesture >>

00018717
REEVES'S MUNTJAC
Muntiacus reevesi
pair mating

00018711
DEMOISELLE CRANE
Anthropoides virgo
broken wing display used to
distract predator from nest site

00018689
ASIAN ELEPHANTS & young
Elephas maximus
Kabini, Karnataka, SW India
Endangered species

00018688
KING COBRA
Naja hanna
(World's longest venomous snake)
India

00018662
BEECH TREE avenue
Fagus sylvatica
Near Blandford, Dorset, England

00018657
OAK single leaf
Quercus sp.
just turning to autumn colour

00018644
NORWAY SPRUCE October
Picea abies
Saint Gallen, Switzerland

00018621
SUNFLOWER close-up of bloom
Helianthus annuus
in morning light.
Hertfordshire, England. October.

00018602
DOMESTIC CAT
litter of young with various fur colours

00018572
ATLANTIC CEDAR branch with cones
Cedrus atlanticus

00018549
TREE VIPER scales, detail
Atheris nitschei
Burundi, central Africa

00018537
AFRICAN SLENDER-SNOUTED
CROCODILE Crocodylus cataphractus
resting on branch over Mambili River
Odzala National Pk, Republic of Congo

00018523
AFRICAN LIONS hunting buffalo
Panthera leo
Okavango Delta, Botswana.

00018516
COFFEE unripe beans on branch
Coffea canephora
Tanzania, eastern Africa

00018500
STARLINGS England
Sturnus vulgaris
squabbling in bird bath

00018468
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Nenet reindeer herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.

00018461
TUNDRA in summer, aerial view
Near Nadym, Yamal, western Siberia, Russia.

00018447
AUTUMN COLOUR in forest
Near Khailino, Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia.

00018413
POLAR BEAR caught in lead during hunt,
Ursus maritimus
watched by husky. Northwestern Greenland.

00018409
INUIT HUNTERS travelling by dog sleds at sunset during polar bear hunt. Cape York, northwestern Greenland.

00018391
HUMPBACK WHALE (live)
Megaptera novaeangliae
with head covered in fishing net. Newfoundland, Canada.

00018376
CENTRAL PLAZA, Hong Kong's tallest building, with rainbow. Wanchai District, Hong Kong.

00018324
ARCTIC FOX on sea ice, with wind drift
Alopex lagopus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018310
POLAR BEARS playing on snowy tundra
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Winter.

00018302
INUK MAN pulling aside snow brick door of igloo at dusk. Nunavut, Canada.

00018258
ADELIE PENGUINS jumping
Pygoscelis adeliae
between ice floes at Dumont Durville. Adelie Coast, east Antarctica.

00018213
OIL REFINERY FLARE & full moon
Endicott Oil Production Island. Prudhoe Bay, North Slope, Alaska, USA.

00018182
ARCTIC FOXES white form
Alopex lagopus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. NB: The tracks of foxes cross polar bear track.

00018169
INUK HUNTER CLAD IN CARIBOU FUR
& polar bear fur trousers, jumping lead in sea ice. Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

00018129
BEWICK'S SWAN pair on water
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
January Welney Wildfowl Trust,
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00018100
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young male stalking prey
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00018086
HAWK OWL
Surnia ulula
swooping on Mouse prey
Finland

00018084
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
swooping on Mouse prey
Finland

00018080
GOSHAWK juvenile
Accipiter gentilis
mantling duck prey
Finland

00018076
GOSHAWK juvenile
Accipiter gentilis
plucking pheasant prey
Finland

00018028
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
walking across red desert dune
Namibia, south western Africa

00018018
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus
Can achieve speeds up to 120 km/h

00018015
TIGER walking
Panthera tigris
on soft sand

00017991
LONG-EARED DESERT HEDGEHOG
Hemiechinus auritus
Egypt

00017981
MONTANE TREE FROG
Litoria modica
with endoparasitic leeches living under
frog's skin. Papua New Guinea >>

00017980
SAVANNAH WATER-HOLDING FROG
Cyclorana brevipes
male calling Australia

00017975
AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE on old log
Cyanopica cyana
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain

00017949
HELICONIA in flower in rainforest
Heliconia tortuosa
Braulio Carillo National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America.

00017922
MORPHO BUTTERFLY just emerged
Morpho peleides
from pupa. Costa Rica.

00017920
GLASTONBURY THORN
Crataegus monogyna
"Praecox" with Glastonbury Tor, Somerset

00017919
HEDGEHOG
Erinaceus europaeus
male approaching female
Hampshire, southern England

00017896
SPOTTED DOLPHIN adult & young
Stenella sp.
underwater (nb. young have no spots)

00017870
FLATBACK TURTLE
Chelonia depressa
female digging egg chamber, Northern Australia

00017853
SNOW LEOPARDS
Panthera uncia
two young in snow.
Endangered species.

00017840
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN two young,
Pongo pygmaeus
Tanjung Puting National Park,
Kalimantan, Borneo

00017839
MACAQUE mother & baby
Macaca fuscata
Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

00017833
PUFFIN pair greeting
Fratercula arctica
Skomer, Wales

00017813
MOORHEN
Gallinula chloropus
two males fighting over territory
Arundel, UK

00017796
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
on holly, Essex, UK

00017784
LAWES' PAROTIA male
Parotia lawseii
Mount Missim, Papua New Guinea

00017773
WREN singing
Troglodytes troglodytes
Suffolk, UK

00017763
WHITE or FAIRY TERN coming in to land
Gygis alba
in high winds. Bird Island,
Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

00017761
IIWI singing
Vestiaria coccinea
Big Island, Hawaii.
Endemic to Hawaii.

00017708
MIDWIFE TOAD eggs
Alytes obstetricans
Southern Europe

00017682
RIO MADEIRA FROG
Dendrobates quinquevittatus
on bromeliad. Poisonous.

00017655
WOOD SORREL
Oxalis acetosella
Carinthia, Austria

00017623
SIKA DEER male
Cervus nippon

00017585
MIDDLE EAST WILD ASS
Equus hemionus hemippus
Extinct in 1928.
Bookplate, published in 1894.

00017552
GAVIAL or GHARIAL
Gavialis gangeticus
Endangered species

00017545
DESERT LOCUST
Schistocerca gregaria
eating vegetation, Mauritania

00017539
FRINGED WATER-LILY in flower
Nymphoides peltata

00017523
BENGAL TIGER female
Panthera tigris tigris
seventeen months old, scratching tree, India

00017520
ANATOLIAN LEOPARD resting on rock
Panthera pardus tulliana
in grassland in evening sun. India.

00017491
LEOPARD scratching neck
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017450
AFRICAN LION suffocating Warthog prey
Panthera leo
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00017438
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017424
WILDEBEEST group
Connochaetes taurinus
running at sunset. Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.

00017411
ANGELA SCOTT with camera
with large zoom lens.
Namibia.

00017409
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
being chased by group of Baboons
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017392
DONKEY & foal

00017391
CRESTED DUCK
domestic breed

00017385
EDIBLE CRAB
Cancer pagurus

00017375
WILDEBEEST herd on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
crossing Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017358
AFRICAN LIONESSES & cubs
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya

00017333
AFRICAN LIONS three nomadic males,
Panthera leo
on short-grass plains. Serengeti Nat'l
Park, Kenya, East Africa.

00017320
PANTHER CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo pardalis
head detail Madagascar

00017279
SURINAM TOADS mating
Pipa pipa
French Guyana

00017269
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
pack running. Masai Mara Reserve,
Kenya. Endangered species

00017219
PUMA or COUGAR face detail
Felis concolor
Rocky Mountains, North America.

00017210
GOLDEN POISON FROG
Phyllobates terribilis
the most toxic poison arrow frog, native to western Colombia

00017181
PLATYPUS or DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
swimming. Tasmania.

00017172
TUATARA Brothers Island Race
Sphenodon punctatus guntheri
Only surviving species of group
Rhynchocephalia, since Mesozoic era

00017171
JACKASS PENGUIN swimming
Spheniscus demersus
South West Cape, South Africa
Endangered Species

00017166
SILVER BIRCH in Autumn
Betula pendula
view upwards to canopy

00017128
MUTE SWAN family on water
Cygnus olor
Scotland

00017115
HYDRA
Pelmatohydra oligactis
asexual reproduction by budding

00017109
COMMON DOG VIOLET
Viola riviniana
in flower

00017053
CHAMOIS
Rupicapra rupicapra
young in tall grass

00017030
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
anterior view

00017028
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
group feeding Walvis Bay,
Namibia, south western Africa

00017000
JACKASS PENGUIN returning
Spheniscus demersus
from feeding out at sea.
South African. Endangered species.

00016996
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS touching dead
Loxodonta africana
elephant. Elephant died of natural causes
Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

00016975
LEOPARD GECKO or PANTHER GECKO
Eublepharis macularius
head detail
Adults spotted, young striped

00016958
DIPPER juvenile
Cinclus cinclus
on moss-covered rock
Derbyshire, UK June

00016954
COMMON SCRUB-HEN
Megapodius freycinet
Halmahera, Indonesia

00016936
SWALLOWTAIL wings open
Papilio machaon
Hickling Broad Res.,Norfolk,UK

00016893
CROWNED LEMUR male on Tsingy
Eulemur coronatus
Ankarana Special Reserve,
northern Madagascar.

00016890
WHITE-FRONTED BROWN LEMUR
Eulemur fulvus albifrons
male. Parc Ivoloina, eastern Madagascar

00016859
AFRICAN LIONESS & cubs
Panthera leo
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00016778
EMERALD DAMSELFLY
Lestes sponsa
on heather

00016761
REFLECTIONS in pool
fed by stream Autumn
Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation
Area, Ohio, northern USA

00016735
HOVERFLY
Syrphus balteatus

00016663
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
newly emerged from pupa

00016661
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY larva
Pieris brassicae
about to pupate on fence post
Picture Sequence A No.1.of 4

00016643
WASP BEETLE
Clytus arietis
on plant stem

00016630
SNAKES-HEAD FRITILLARY group
Fritillaria meleagris
in flower in meadow
Sussex, UK

00016598
BRITISH BLUE CAT
close of face

00016577
ROBBER-FLY
Fam. Asilidae

00016562
SCARLET WINDOWED MOTH
Cricula andrei

00016502
FENCEPOST SPIDER jumping
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK

00016489
MOUNTAIN GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
at water's edge. Flathead National Forest, Montana, USA

00016485
NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER or
CANADIAN RIVER OTTER eating trout
Lontra canadensis
(formerly Lutra canadensis)

00016484
BLACK MAMBA South Africa
Dendroaspis polylepis
Largest African venomous snake

00016428
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
foal covered in mud, Etosha National Park, Namibia

00016413
CAPE WEAVER BIRD at nest
Ploceus capensis
Wilderness National Park, South Africa

00016412
MALACHITE SUNBIRD feeding
Nectarinia famosa
Addo Elephant National Park,
South Africa.

00016371
THE EDEN PROJECT
The Humid Tropics Biome
Near St Austell, Cornwall, England

00016365
ADELIE PENGUIN

with dirty feathers returning past Weddell seal, Paulet Island, Antarctica. Sequence 2 of 2

00016354
FRUIT FLY feeding
Drosophila sp.

00016352
FRUIT FLY on fruit
Drosophila sp.

00016322
BLACKBIRD
Turdus merula
female feeding on windfall apples, Wiltshire, UK

00016310
ICEBERG in sea ice
Svalbard, Norway

00016307
RED GROUSE
Lagopus lagopus
in heather, Yorkshire, UK

00019966
STELLER'S SEA EAGLE on iceberg
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Nemuro Straits, Hokkaido, Japan

00019963
GIANT OTTER family on river bank
Pteronura brasiliensis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso,
southern Brazil, South America

00019952
BLACK PANTHER
Panthera pardus
running

00019922
TAWNY FROGMOUTH Australia
Podargus strigoides
on nest with young Inhabits dry &
temperate forest & woodland

00019917
SLENDER-SPINED PUFFERFISH
or GLOBEFISH inflated
Diodon nicthemerus
Waters of southern Australia

00019883
RIVER RED GUM group in valley
Eucalptus camaldulensis
Noalarna Creek, Flinders Ranges
National Park, South Australia

00019878
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
Atacama Desert, North Chile
The driest region on Earth

00019839
FIELD IN FLOWER with poppies
Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano
e Costa Vicentina, Alentejo, Portugal

00019775
SPURGE (shrub) in bloom
Euphorbia dendroides
with Asphodelus sp. nearby
Orosei Coast, Island of Sardinia, Italy

00019757
NARA endemic to Namibia
Acanthosicyos horrida
Sandwich Harbour Reserve,
Atlantic coast, Namibia, SW Africa

00019657
GLOW-WORM female glowing
Lampyris noctiluca
Sussex, UK

00019651
ROSE GARDEN at Borde HIll, Sussex
England

00019635
CANADIAN PONDWEED in flower
Elodea canadensis
with Blanket Weed on surface
At the Water's Edge bookplate

00019588
BUMBLEBEE Queen
Bombus sp.
collecting pollen & nectar
from Leguminous flower

00019587
BROWN RAT leaping from dustbin
Rattus norvegicus
Garden bookplate

00019546
COMMON REDSTART in autumn
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Spain

00019545
CITRINE WAGTAIL female
Motacilla citreola
on twig India

00019504
POLAR BEAR female yawning
Ursus maritimus
with two young
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00019445
KEELED SKIMMER DRAGONFLY male
Orthetrum coerulescens
August Leitrim Lodge, Mountains
of Mourne, Down, south eastern Ulster

00019434
GEOGRAPHICAL SOUTH POLE
with notice to that effect &
United States flag

00019416
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
on frosted Rowan branch, with berries

00019397
BENGAL TIGER male, named Charger
Panthera tigris tigris
resting in water Bandhavgarh National
Park, Madhya Pradesh, central India

00019395
SAMBAR DEER stag & cattle egret
Cervus unicolor
in lake margin. Ranthambhore N.P., India

00019392
RING-TAILED LEMUR suckling young
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar

00019360
ONION EPIDERMIS of bulb scale
shown under Jamin-Lebedef polarizing
interference x60 Onion is Allium sp.

00019355
RED-THROATED BARBET male
Megalaima mystacophanos
Singapore Zoo

00019352
SPRUCES aerial view
Picea abies
branches laden with snow. Sachsische
National Park, Schweiz, Germany

00019335
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus latirostris
at power plant. Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019303
HECTOR'S DOLPHIN group
Cephalorhynchus hectori
with swimmers. Akaroa, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.
(Endemic to New Zealand.)

00019299
BLUE MAO MAO shoal
Scorpis violaceus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019290
ROUGH FILECLAM
Lima scabra
Bahamas, Caribbean. Atlantic Ocean.

00019281
POLKADOT BATFISH
Ogcocephalus radiatus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019274
CORAL REEF SCENE
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, South Pacific Ocean.

00019272
SMOOTH-TAILED TREVALLY shoal
Selaroides leptolepis
(defensive behaviour). Papua New Guinea, South Pacific

00019253
PINK ANEMONEFISH in host anemone
Amphiprion perideraion
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, South Pacific Ocean.

00019225
WEASEL & rodent prey
Mustela nivalis
(Captive animal.) May.

00019169
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
head detail

00019166
LAR or WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
head detail

00019151
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019137
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019130
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019076
TOURISTS watching African lion (male)
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00019068
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
running during play

00019057
BENGAL TIGER head detail
Panthera tigris
Safari Park, Bangkok, Thailand

00019038
WEASEL
Mustela nivalis
head detail, licking nose

00019029
CALIFORNIA CONDOR
Gymnogyps californianus

00019006
HIMALAYAN BLUE POPPY
Meconopsis betonicifolia
Druimavuic Garden, Appin,
Argyllshire, Scotland

00019002
BROWN TROUT young
Salmo trutta
emerging from egg sac
Sequence of pictures: No.3

00018995
SCOTS PINE group lit by evening sun
Pinus sylvestris
Beinn Eighe Natl Nature Reserve,
Wester Ross, Highlands, NW Scotland

00018991
SCOTS PINE windblown, on tree line
Pinus sylvestris
Beinn Eighe NNR, Scotland.

00018971
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
pair close to cover

00018965
SYCAMORE Spring
Acer pseudoplatanus
twig with new foliage

00018951
JAY
Garrulus glandarius
perched on branch

00018945
BEECH
Fagus sylvatica
fallen leaves Autumn

00018943
HORSE CHESTNUT
Aesculus hippocastanum
nuts (conkers) in fruit

00018933
SCOTS PINE
Pinus sylvestris
with growth stunted at altitude
Cairngorms, Highlands of Scotland

00018928
GREY SEAL young, resting on rock
Halichoerus grypus
Farne Islands, Northumbria,
North Sea Coast of NE England

00018865
CHAMBERED NAUTILUS eye
Nautilus pompilius
South Pacific

00018848
MONARCH BUTTERFLY emergence
Danaus plexippus
from pupa on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 8/12. N America

00018844
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
on garden Chrysanthemum. N America

00018840
MONARCH BUTTERFLY caterpillar
Danaus plexippus
pupating on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 3/12. N America

00018838
MONARCH BUTTERFLY caterpillar,
Danaus plexippus
4th instar, on Milkweed. North America

00018801
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus

00018764
GUEREZA or ABYSSINIAN BLACK &
WHITE COLOBUS MONKEY male
Colobus guereza
in fork of tree

00018743
REEVE'S MUNTJAC in falling snow
Muntiacus reevesi
Norfolk, England December

00018741
BROWN/WHITE ENGLISH POUTER
PIGEON domestic breed
Columba livia

00018738
REEVE'S MUNTJAC fawn, 24 hours old
Muntiacus reevesi

00018726
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUE
Macaca nigra
female grooming senior female

00018724
MOLUCCAN COCKATOOS 2 chicks
Cacatua moluccensis
about 6 weeks old. Size disparity is due to
hatching two days apart, which is normal

00018706
GUEREZA or ABYSSINIAN BLACK &
WHITE COLOBUS MONKEY
Colobus guereza
on branch Chambura Gorge, Uganda

00018635
BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY
Ischnura elegans
male on dried mud June
Aargau, Switzerland

00018619
WHITEBEAM July
Sorbus aria
Ivinghoe Hills, Buckinghamshire,
southern England

00018588
RED-CAPPED PLOVER
Charadrius ruficapillus
at nest with young and egg
Australia

00018586
PLATYPUS or DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Female swimming underwater
Australia

00018560
PYGMY WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Suncus etruscus
World's smallest land mammal Native
to S Europe, SW Asia & N Africa

00018528
AFRICAN CIVET at night
Civettictis civetta
Note eyeshine Nocturnal sp.
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00018521
SUNI near to cover
Neotragus moschatus
Mount Kenya Safari Club Sanctuary,
Kenya, eastern Africa

00018506
ARCTIC TERN in flight
Sterna paradisaea
showing aggression Farne Islands,
North Sea off Northumbria, NE England

00018498
RUFF two resident males
Philomachus pugnax
display to satellite Finland

00018467
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Nenet reindeer herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.

00018455
MOOSE calf (domesticated) & Lupin
Alces alces
Sumarokova moose farm, Kostroma, Russia.

00018438
LITTLE AUK or DOVEKIE
Alle alle (formerly Plautus alle)
at breeding colony. Near Savissivik, Northwestern Greenland.

00018417
GROUNDED ICEBERG, grooves are caused by air bubbles eroding the ice. Northwestern Greenland.

00018416
LITTLE AUK or DOVEKIE large flock
Alle alle (formerly Plautus alle)
Northwestern Greenland. They arrive in May, in millions, & are caught & eaten, raw or cooked, by the Inuit.

00018414
ARCTIC FOX in winter coat, on snow
Alopex lagopus
Northwestern Greenland

00018395
VILLAGE reflected in Lake Lonavatnet
North of Voss, Central Norway.

00018393
FERRY leaving Gudvangen
Naeryfjord, Aurland, Central Norway.

00018364
Cree woman, Elizabeth Brien, preparing a beaver for a family feast. Northern Quebec, Canada.

00018362
HARP SEAL upright in water
Phoca groenlandica
to look around. Canadian Maritimes

00018360
MUSK OXEN grazing on tundra
Ovibos moschatus
Ellesmere National Park, Canada. Autumn.

00018339
POLAR BEAR male
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018316
BELUGA or WHITE WHALES
Delphinapterus leucas
in peaty water at mouth of Seal River. Hudson Bay, Canada. Aerial view.

00018312
POLAR BEAR on sea ice in wind
Ursus maritimus
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018301
Small CARVED IVORY HARPOON HEAD
Approx. 2000 years old. Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada.

00018299
Tiny IVORY CARVING of seal
Approx. 2000 years old. Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada.

00018245
TOURISTS with young crabeater seal
Lobodon carcinophagus
Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018207
WALRUS group hauled out
Odobenus rosmarus
Round Island, Alaska, USA.

00018203
Thomasie Nutarariaq, an Inuk from Igloolik, sitting in an igloo.
Nunavut, Canada.

00018194
NAMASKARD THERMAL AREA
Bubbling mud in spatter cone. Tourists wander freely. Lake Myvatn area, Iceland.

00018160
MUSK OXEN group, frosted, in wind
Ovibos moschatus
Victoria Island, Nortwest Territories, Canada.

00018154
SIKA DEER male, head detail
Cervus nippon
Kent, England. October.

00018147
WATER VOLE at water's edge
Arvicola terrestris
on log, amongst Alder foliage
April Essex, south eastern England

00018127
CRESTED TIT prospecting
Parus cristatus
nest hole Scotland May

00018117
FALLOW DEER male, chewing
Dama dama
October Petworth Park,
West Sussex, southern England

00018081
GOSHAWK juvenile and adult
Accipiter gentilis
fighting over prey
Finland

00018051
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland

00018016
PUMA or MOUNTAIN LION cubs
Felis concolor
playing. Monument Valley, Arizona, USA

00017998
BENGAL TIGER running
Panthera tigris tigris
Endangered species

00017976
STELVIO NATIONAL PARK
Ultimo Valley with grazing goats near
the 'Fontana Bianca' shepherds' hut
Alto Adige, Italy. Mt Fletschberg behind

00017964
FLOWER MEADOW in Dehesa
Chrysanthemum sp. & Anthemis sp.
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain

00017950
CLOUDFOREST
Chirripo National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00017893
WHITE MOUSE babies
group of two-hour-old
young. 2nd of sequence of pictures

00017882
MAGNIFICENT or BOLAS SPIDER
Dicrostichus magnificus
Dangles silk thread with sticky drop
to catch prey, Australia

00017857
BLACK PANTHER
Panthera pardus

00017851
CHIMPANZEE Pan troglodytes
young, sitting on tree stump
Zambia, southern Africa

00017843
CHIMPANZEE baby resting in tree
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia

00017836
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR "dancing"
Propithecus verreauxi
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00017812
SHELDUCK
Tadorna tadorna
flock flying to roost
Arundel WWT, UK

00017802
COAL TIT perched
Parus ater
Wiltshire, UK

00017799
COMMON RAGWORT huge mass in flower on
uncultivated land
Senecio jacobaea
Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk,UK. August.

00017716
IMPALAS & AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Aepyceros melampus petersii
& Loxodonta africana
drinking at waterhole Etosha Natl Pk >>

00017703
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
holding tail of companion
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00017697
BURNING RAINFOREST
during 'slash and burn' clearance for use by subsistence
farmers, Madagascar

00017684
ELEPHANT BIRD & nest with eggs
Aepyornis sp. Reconstruction in zoo.
Very large extinct flightless bird native to Madagascar

00017680
GUIANAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK male
Rupicola rupicola
Guyana

00017656
SCORPION FLY male on grass
Panorpa communis
Carinthia, Austria.

00017644
EUROPEAN BISON
Bison bonasus
frost-covered in winter

00017642
MOUFLON SHEEP
Ovis musimon
male resting

00017615
COMMON CRANES in flight
Grus grus
at end of migration. Finnish Lappland

00017613
WILD PARSNIP
Pastinaca sativa
Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, UK

00017610
INSECT FEEDING-MARKS IN LEAF
shown by back-lighting
Bolivia, South America

00017576
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus
underwater Florida, USA

00017564
WOOD SORREL
Oxalis acetosella
Dorset, UK

00017556
COMMON or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
mass flowering amongst Barley

00017549
RED KITE on nest
Milvus milvus

00017466
LEOPARD stalking prey
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017465
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
on rock, with two young
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017427
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya.

00017397
MONKEY ORCHID
Orchis simia
flowering on hillside

00017396
PRIMROSES in flower,
Primula vulgaris
growing in roadside ditch & bank.
Ingham, Norfolk, England.

00017370
AFRICAN ELEPHANT group
Loxodonta africana
at water, watching grey heron.
Luangwa River, Zambia.

00017368
GAME WARDEN
approaching poacher's snare,
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017365
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female with cubs, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017354
AFRICAN LION pride feeding
Panthera leo
Males sometimes allow cubs to feed
on carcass by keeping the females >>

00017336
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
carrying 10 week old cub. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017322
LARGE WANDERING SPIDER
Cupiennus sp.
head detail
Rainforest species of Costa Rica

00017316
MARBLED RAIN FROGS
Scaphiophryne marmorata
Eastern Madagascar

00017312
CAT Genitalia of male kitten
Tonbridge, Kent, SE England

00017298
CULLASAJA FALLS
Cullasaja River, North Carolina, USA

00017288
SEA ROCKET clump in flower
Cakile maritima
on sandy shore. Lady's Island Lake,
Wexford, south eastern Eire. June

00017274
WINE CUP MALLOW
Callirhoe digitata
Texas, USA

00017257
SAMBAR DEER stag
Cervus unicolor
Ranthambhore National Park, NW India

00017225
SIKA DEER group
Cervus nippon
East Sussex, UK

00017216
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN male
Pongo pygmaeus

00017215
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN male
Pongo pygmaeus

00017209
BLOTCHED TIGER SALAMANDER
Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum
on log North western North America

00017178
WHITE TERN or FAIRY TERN
Gygis alba
pair in mutual preening
Midway Atoll, north western Hawaii, USA

00017174
GRANITO DE ORO ISLAND
Isla Coiba National Park,
Panama. Pacific Ocean

00017160
GROUND AGAMA LIZARD
Agama aculeata
laying eggs. January.Kalahari Gemsbok
National Park, South Africa

00017129
WHITE DEAD-NETTLE
Lamium album
group in flower

00017118
LUGWORM
Arenicola sp.
in shallow water

00017114
MAYFLY larva
Ecdyonurus sp.
underwater, dorsal view

00017101
SLENDER SAINT JOHN'S WORT
Hypericum pulchrum
inflorescence detail

00017098
PURPLE SAXIFRAGE
Saxifraga oppositifolia
clump in flower

00017066
SUSSEX - aerial view showing mix of
arable & pastoral farming.
Haywards Heath area.
Southern England.

00017057
RED ANTS
Myrmica ruginoides

00017054
GINGER & WHITE KITTENS
play-fighting

00017043
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
male approaching female

00017040
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
anterior view

00017032
WEASEL
Mustela nivalis
eating redcurrants

00017024
WHISKERED BAT in flight
Myotis mystacinus
looking for prey among Heather

00017020
WHITE DOMESTIC DOVES

00017015
BLACK KITE in flight
Milvus migrans

00016984
MOUNTAIN GORILLA family
Gorilla beringei beringei
Critically endangered

00016970
AFRICAN ELEPHANT with young
Loxodonta africana
Chobe National Park, Botswana

00016968
COMMON SHREW
Sorex araneus
eating earthworm

00016961
PEREGRINE FALCON female
Falco peregrinus
on nest with young Wales June

00016931
RED ANTS
Myrmica rubra
with pupae in nest

00016922
EUROPEAN LYNX eye detail
Felis lynx

00016909
RED-BILLED OXPECKER on Impala
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa

00016906
SURICATE or MEERKAT
Suricata suricatta
two young, playfighting. Kalahari
Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00016889
RED RUFFED LEMUR calling
Varecia variegata rubra
Masoala Peninsula, north Madagascar

00016877
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
group on branch, resting & calling
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00016860
QUIVER TREES and stormy sky
Aloe dichotoma
Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmamshoop, Namibia.

00016857
VULTURINE GUINEAFOWL
Acryllium vulturinum

00016853
BAT-EARED FOX with cubs
Otocyon megalotis
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00016838
BANDED SEA SNAKE swimming
Laticauda sp.
Underwater
Niue, South Pacific.

00016837
COCONUT PALM fronds
Cocos nucifera
Fiji, South Pacific

00016836
BARK OF TREE
Nelson, South Island,
New Zealand

00016748
STOAT in summer coat
Mustela erminea
running with young in mouth

00016738
BLOW-FLY
Fam. Calliphoridae
newly emerged from pupa

00016734
HOVERFLY LARVA
Syrphus sp.
feeding on greenfly.

00016729
STARLING in flight to nest
Sturnus vulgaris
with leather-jacket prey

00016720
MICROMOTH in flight
Nemotois degeerella

00016708
LEAF-CUTTER ANT or PARASOL ANT
Atta sp.
carrying flower to nest

00016696
ROBIN on door of garden shed
Erithacus rubecula

00016686
PRAYING MANTIS with prey

00016684
GREAT CRESTED GREBE
Podiceps cristatus
carrying young on back

00019725
NEWFOUNDLAND DOG
with water spraying from coat
as it shakes itself on grass

00019686
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
(Endangered subspecies, endemic to
Zanzibar) Jozani Forest, Zanzibar

00019682
WARTHOG male running
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Lake Tanganyika, Zambia

00019680
ASPEN woodland
Populus tremula
Scandinavia. Spring.

00019671
WAPITI (called ELK in USA)
Cervus canadensis
buck in snowy woodland

00019655
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
taking off from grass stem

00019646
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
taking off

00019628
SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
Microtus agrestis
looking from hole
Also called Meadow Vole

00019622
BIRCH leaves in spring
Betula sp.

00019574
LING
Molva molva
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019568
COMMON SUN STAR
Crossaster papposus
Saint Abb's Head, Berwickshire, Scotland

00019536
HERRING GULL with mussel
Larus argentatus

00019533
RED KITE in dead tree
Milvus milvus

00019491
CICADA camouflaged
Cicadi orni
on tree trunk Yugoslavia

00019489
GREY DRAKE MAYFLY male
Ephemera danica
Fermanagh, south western Ulster

00019487
EMERALD DAMSELFLY male
Leste sponsa
on Bog Asphodel August

00019475
LARGE TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Nymphalis polychloros
newly emerged from pupa
Dordogne, central France

00019474
COMMA BUTTERFLY larva
Polygonia comma-album
Hampshire, southern England

00019457
CINNABAR MOTH on clover
Tyria jacobaeae
Murlough National Nature Reserve,
Dundrum, Co. Down, N.Ireland.

(formerly Callimorpha jacobaeae)

00019455
SCALLOPED HOOK-TIP MOTH
Falcaria lacertinaria
camouflaged on birch leaf

00019423
NUBIAN MAN & date grove
by River Nile, Abri, Sudan.

00019391
RING-TAILED LEMUR in tree
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar

00019388
BURCHELL'S SANDGROUSE
Pterocles burchelli
soaking breast feathers,
to carry water to young in nest >>

00019350
WHITE WILLOW in spring
Salix alba
Danube Delta, Romania.

00019280
SQUIRRELFISH
Holocentrus adscensionis
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019270
DONKEY
Bonaire, Caribbean.

00019269
GOLDENTAIL MORAY EEL among coral
Gymnothorax miliaris
Bonaire, Caribbean Sea.

00019265
CARIBBEAN SPINY LOBSTER
Panulirus argus
& scuba divers. Turks & Caicos, Caribbean Sea.

00019264
CORAL REEF SCENE
Biscayne Bay National Park, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019224
CAPYBARA & young in water
Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
Venezuela, South America. January

00019213
AFRICAN LION bringing down kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019211
AFRICAN LION about to catch kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019189
GOLDFISH in bowl,
Carassius auratus
watched by child

00019188
GARDEN SNAIL
Helix aspersa or Cantareus aspersus
Introduced into South Africa, where it is
now a pest, especially in vineyards.

00019180
MANDRILL female & young
Mandrillus sphinx
Rainforest species

00019165
SQUIRREL MONKEY
Saimiri sciureus
Notrthern & central South America

00019158
JACKASS PENGUINS adult & chick
Spheniscus demersus
in mutual preening.
Dassen Island, South Africa

00019156
CAPE VULTURE coming in to land
Gyps coprotheres
Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

00019152
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA baby
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
with keeper. Project Protection des
Gorilles, Gabon & Congo.

00019133
OSTRICH head detail
Struthio camelus
Africa

00019119
OSTRICH male burying head in sand
Struthio camelus
Staged picture

00019104
GREATER KUDU two females drinking
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019088
CHEETAH running Africa
Acinonyx jubatus
Can achieve 120Km per hour

00019081
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER
CROCODILE Crocodylus porosus
reared up out of water to take
proffered food. Adelaide River, Australia

00019074
JOHNSTONE'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo johnstoni
scales, close detail

00019054
COMMON DARTER DRAGONFLY
Sympetrum striolatum
covered with dew in morning

00019050
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
head detail

00019046
ROE DEER male
Capreolus capreolus
licking new shoot of conifer

00019036
HEDGEHOG on mound
Erinaceus europeaus

00019020
OKAPI front view
Okapia johnstoni

00018907
SPIDER PLANT with plantlets
Chlorophytum comosum
Reproduces asexually through plantlets.

00018906
ASIAN ELEPHANT family drinking
Elephas maximus
Periyar Reserve, southern India
Endangered species

00018904
ASIAN ELEPHANTS family group
Elephas maximus
Periyar Sanc., Kerala, Southern India

00018901
VINE SNAKE eating toad
Leptophis sp.
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

00018883
RESEARCHER IN FOREST CANOPY Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, Central America

00018876
JAGUAR resting
Panthera onca

00018832
AMERICAN PLAINS BISON group grazing
Bison bison bison
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

00018828
GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN
Lentopithecus chrysomelas
Rainforest of Brazil

00018811
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL pup sitting
Canis mesomelas
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00018773
ROWLING END, BARROW & KINN
with rainbow. Valley of Newland's Beck
centre, Cat Bells & Derwent Water on
right. Bassenthwaite Lake in distance

00018760
GREATER HORNED BABOON SPIDER
Ceratogyras brachycephalus
in attack posture. Native to Mozambique

00018748
LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT
Chrysolophus amherstiae
cock on grass (captive bird)

00018730
PIGEON on branch in sunshine UK
Columba livia
getting warm after cold autumn night

00018715
LAYSAN TEAL two on water
Anas laysanensis

00018699
CONKER & CASE
Aesculus hippocastanum
Fruit of Horse Chestnut .

00018687
COPPERSMITH BARBET
Megalaima haemacephala
feeding young India
also Crimson-breasted Barbet

00018676
ITALIAN CYPRESSES
Cupressus sempervirens
Corfu, Greece. April

00018672
EUROPEAN LARCH sapling
Larix decidua
in conifer plantation. Quantock Hills,
Somerset, England

00018649
LAWSON'S CYPRESS female cones
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Dorset, south western England

00018637
DRAGONFLY female freshly emerged
Onychogomphus forcipatus
wings exuviae. Switzerland. July

00018623
EUROPEAN LYNX family
Felis lynx

00018590
PARROT FEATHERS
small, yellow

00018576
GOLDEN LION TAMARIN in zoo
Leontopithecus rosalia
France. Endangered species of
coastal forests of Brazil.

00018553
SAIGA on rocky outcrop
Saiga tatarica
Central Asia

00018547
DIANA MONKEY
Cercopithecus diana
face detail

00018542
GREATER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Crocidura russula
eating insect Western Europe

00018434
ROCK FORMATION & reflection
Inglefield Bay, northwestern Greenland.

00018427
INUIT HUNTER outside his igloo at dusk. Northwestern Greenland.

00018408
INUIT HUNTER travelling by dog sled over frozen sea ice.
Northwestern Greenland.

00018394
LAKE & reeds in autumn
Vagarusti, Vagamo, Central Norway.

00018354
POLAR BEAR running over sea ice
Ursus maritimus
in blowing snow at sunset. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018335
POLAR BEAR checking grease ice
Ursus maritimus
near coastline, watching his reflection. Hudson Bay, Canada.

00018329
POLAR BEARS two males play-fighting
Ursus maritimus
in driving snow. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018323
ARCTIC FOX close to resting Polar Bear
Alopex lagopus & Ursus maritimus
and bear lashes out. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018318
POLAR BEAR suckling cubs
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018317
POLAR BEARS two males play-fighting
Ursus maritimus
while waiting for sea to freeze. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Winter.

00018305
INUIT HUNTER, 14-year-old Caesar Arnatsiaq, with caribou he has just shot. Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

00018289
ICEBERG with layers of blue & white ice,
eroded by the sea, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018269
ADELIE PENGUIN group resting
Pygoscelis adeliae
at floe edge on windy day. Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018267
PANCAKE ICE & Adelie Penguins
Pygoscelis adeliae
Antarctica.

00018241
BOOTH ISLAND, glaciated end,
with line of growlers in front. Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula.

00018216
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLF male
Canis lupus
at prey in snow, snarling (defending his food), head detail. Montana, USA.

00018195
YALI TRIBESMEN kill a pig with bow & arrow before a feast. Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

00018185
ARCTIC FOXES looking for food
Alopex lagopus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. White and blue form (the latter more unusual).

00018176
EMPEROR PENGUIN group of young
Aptenodytes forsteri
waiting for adults to bring food. Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. >>

00018163
POLAR BEAR shaking water off coat
Ursus maritimus
Spitsbergen (Svalbard), Arctic Norway.

00018123
CAPERCAILLIE male displaying
Tetrao urogallus
April Scotland

00018110
COMMON SNIPE
Gallinago gallinago
on rock Canada

00018107
CHAFFINCH male on bramble
Fringilla coelebs
Essex, UK

00018090
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
in flight
Finland

00018079
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
on duck prey
Finland

00018074
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland

00018073
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland

00018072
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland

00018056
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland

00017973
CORK OAKS in Dehesa
Quercus suber
Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain

00017900
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE female
Caretta caretta
coming ashore to lay eggs

00017890
KOALA in pouch
Phascolarctos cinereus
about six months old,
Australia

00017885
COMMON MYNAH or INDIAN MYNAH
Acridotheres tristis
(Introduced to Australia)

00017883
GERMAN WASP
Paravespula germanica
tending larvae in cells.

00017875
HONEYPOT ANT
Melophorus bagoti
with abdomen, hugely distended by stored honeydew fed to it by workers eaten by local Aboriginal people as a delicacy, Australia.

00017829
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
male showing aggression
Chobe National Park, Botswana

00017818
BLACKBIRD female
Turdus merula
Wiltshire, UK

00017807
RED-CRESTED POCHARD washing
Netta rufina
Arundel WWT, UK

00017792
RED SQUIRREL burying nut
Sciurus vulgaris
Freshfield Squirrel Reserve October

00017777
ROBIN on Hazel, singing
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, south eastern England, April

00017765
INDIAN PYTHON
Python molurus
after eating Barking Deer, Sri Lanka

00017764
TRUFFLES
Elaphomyces granulatus

00017743
BOTTLEBRUSH
Callistemon rigidus
close-up of flower

00017714
REED FROG on waterlily flower
Hyperolius sp.
Okavango, Botswana

00017712
DROMEDARY CAMELS
Camelus dromedarius
herded by Rendille warriors.
Kenya, East Africa.

00017710
TEIID LIZARD
Callopistes maculatus
Chile

00017700
SIDESTRIPED JACKALS
Canis adustus
Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa

00017692
SURINAM TOAD female with young
Pipa pipa
developing beneath dorsal skin

00017632
KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK at dusk
Northern Territory, Australia.

00017630
DUCKLINGS & GUINEA PIG
Two ducklings (two days old)
with Guinea Pig June

00017616
LATE SPIDER ORCHID flower
Ophrys holosericea
formerly Ophrys fuciflora
Southern Germany

00017599
GREATER FLAMINGO in flight
Phoenicopterus ruber roseus
Camargue, France

00017584
FOSSIL: HUTTON'S GINKGO
Ginkgo huttoni
Middle Jurassic. England. Magn. x1/2

00017573
COMMON STARFISH
Asterias rubens
Ayrshire, south west Scotland

00017559
FAIRIES' BONNET or INKCAP group
Coprinus disseminatus
on tree stump. Puddletown Forest, Dorset, UK

00017557
FALLEN MAGNOLIA LEAVES

00017536
GRASS SNAKE
Natrix natrix
pair twined in courtship

00017531
SWEET VIOLET
Viola odorata
flower, close detail UK

00017505
WILDEBEEST herd crossing river
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

00017490
LEOPARD with young, in long grass
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017475
LEOPARD lying, yawning
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017458
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
with cubs. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017453
AFRICAN LIONS killing young giraffe calf,
Panthera leo
with female giraffe looking on. Masai Mara National Reserve,
Kenya

00017402
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
being chased away by African buffalo. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017383
TOURISTS watching AFRICAN LIONS,
Panthera leo
three females. Masai Mara Reserve,
Kenya, East Africa.

00017379
AFRICAN LIONS male snarling at cub
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya.

00017353
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURES
Gyps africanus
group with wings spread to cool off.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017331
GREEN or DOUBLE-CRESTED BASILISK
Basilicus plumifrons
Species of waterways of Central America
(Guatemala to Costa Rica)

00017324
PLANT HOPPER
Western Costa Rica

00017313
DIETARY SUPPLEMENT
being added to cat food,
from opened capsule
Tonbridge, Kent, SE England

00017299
WOOD-BORING BEETLE
Buprestis sp.
Costa Rica

00017261
FOXTAIL GRASS
flowering amongst sedges
Colorado, USA

00017244
NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER
Castor canadensis
feeding at water's edge

00017184
PAINTED HILLS, 30 million years old
John Day Fossil Beds
National Monument, Oregon

00017179
BLACK & WHITE RUFFED LEMUR
Varecia variegata variegata
in tree Mantady Nat'l Park, eastern
Madagascar Endangered species

00017107
COMMON WINTERGREEN
Pyrola minor

00017085
SPEAR THISTLE flowerhead,one open
Cirsium vulgare
inflorescence & two unopened
buds, with raindrops

00017075
VINE WEEVIL
Otiorhynchus sulcatus

00017048
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
dust-bathing

00017042
ROE DEER buck in snowfall
Capreolus capreolus
head detail

00017041
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
running in snow

00017014
CARRION CROW landing
Corvus corone

00017006
EUROPEAN MARMOT with young
Marmota marmota

00017004
WALLACE'S FLYING FROG
Rhacophorus nigropalmatus

00016971
HEATH TIGER BEETLE
Cicindela campestris
on gravel

00016841
CAT head detail,
looking intently upwards

00016811
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
West Point Island, Falkland Islands

00016799
LARGE RED DAMSELFLY with prey
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
on daisy

00016771
LESSER BLADDERWORT flower head
Utricularia intermedia
Curran Bog, County Londonderry,
north western Ulster, UK

00016756
MALLARD female on water, calling
Anas platyrhynchos

00016755
WHITE STORK with snake prey
Ciconia ciconia

00016741
SPITTING SPIDER
Scytodes thoracica
with mosquito prey

00016731
OAK LEAVES rolled up by moth
Tortrix viridana
Larva of GREEN OAK ROLLER

00016730
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
eggs on cabbage leaf

00016707
COMMA BUTTERFLY
Polygonia comma-album
wings open flat

00016670
OWL BUTTERFLY
Caligo eurilochus
South America

00016668
AMERICAN COCKROACH
Periplaneta americana
on wall, lateral view

00016658
DRONEFLY in flight
Eristalis tenax
over Water Mint Water
Mint is Mentha aquatica

00016656
SOLDIER BEETLE
Rhagonycha fulva
pair mating on plantain

00016649
CRAB SPIDER male
Philodromus dispar

00016631
NUTHATCH on wall
Sitta europaea
Sussex, UK

00016621
BLACK GARDEN ANT feeding
Lasius niger
England

00016619
PHOTOGRAPHIC SET UP in studio to photograph Indonesian 'Jesus' Sailfin Lizard

00016613
EARWIG on daffodil
Forficula auricularia

00016576
RHINOCEROS IGUANA
Cyclura cornuta
left flank, detail

00016555
SKELETON BUTTERFLY drinking
Pteronymia sp.
Venezuela, South America

00016553
SCARCE SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Iphiclides podalirius
at rest on rock, wings open

00016495
LARGE RED DAMSELFLIES
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
close up of head

00016494
HAIL STONES on ground

00016477
CHIMPANZEE male
Pan troglodytes
in charge display Zambia

00016452
CAPE GANNETS
Sula capensis
swimming over breakers

00016430
TREE-TRUNK TRAPDOOR SPIDER
Moggridgea abrahami
returning to its burrow
Uses lichen to camouflage trapdoor

00016404
RED KANGAROO family group
Macropus rufus
Flinders RangesNational Park,
South Australia

00016399
HORNETS on nest
Vespa crabro
one feeding larva in cell

00016385
ABBOTT'S BOOBY Sula abbotti
on branch Breeding restricted
to tropical rainforests of Christmas
Island, Indian Ocean

00016366
KING PENGUIN chick
Aptenodytes patagonica
begging for food. St. Andrews Bay,
South Georgia Island, Sub- Antarctica.

00016364
PENGUIN PASSING SEAL
Clean Adelie penguin passing Weddell
seal Paulet Island, Antarctica
Picture sequence: No.1 of 2

00016360
YELLOW-BELLIED SEA SNAKE & young
Pelamis platurus
gave birth after being washed ashore.
Ostional beach, Costa Rica.

Pelagic sea snake

00016309
ICEBERG in sea ice
Svalbard, Norway

00016305
RED GROUSE
Lagopus lagopus
male in heather, Yorkshire, UK

00016301
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
stretching, UK

00016289
TIGER
Panthera tigris
Captive animal

00019435
AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
on snow-covered tree stump
Northern Michigan, north eastern USA

00019428
KLAMATH CHIPMUNK
Eutamias amlenus amlenus
Susanville, California, USA

00019426
RAINBOW TROUT hooked on fly
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Copper River, Alaska, USA

00019425
RAINBOW TROUT
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Patagonia, Argentina, South America

00019404
BLACK-NECKED CRANE
Grus nigricollis
Ladakh, northern India
Endangered species

00019399
INDIAN MUNTJAC or BARKING DEER
Muntiacus muntjac
Bandhavgarh National Park,
Madhya Pradesh, central India

00019398
BAR-HEADED GEESE feeding
Anser indicus
Keoladeo Ghana National Park,
Barathpur, India.

00019383
BLUE CRANE group in grass
Anthropoides paradisea
Kapama, South Africa

00019377
ZEBRA & IMPALA herds
drinking at waterhole
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa

00019367
RAZORBILLS
Alca torda
at nest containing egg

00019340
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019332
ATLANTIC SPADEFISH shoal
Chaetodipterus faber
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean. Shoaling fish found in open water near reefs.

00019324
HAWKSBILL TURTLE & fish shoal
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019320
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE on