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00038741
REEDS in lake at sunrise
Michigan, USA

00038740
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE
Lanius ludovicianus
perched on small branch

00038739
FOXTAIL GRASS
Alaska, USA. July

00038738
FOXTAIL GRASS
Alaska, USA. July

00038737
WAPITI (called ELK in USA)
Cervus canadensis
males fighting
Yellowstone Natl Pk,Wyoming,USA

00038736
HAY-SCENTED FERN on forest floor
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Shenendoah NP, Virginia, USA

00038735
YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN swimming
Megadyptes antipodes
New Zealand.

00038734
BIGLEAF MAPLE June
Acer macrophyllum
& Sword Ferns. Elwah Valley, Olympic
National Park, Washington, USA.

00038733
STAGHORN FERN in rainforest
Platycerium sp.
Lamington National Park,
Queensland, Australia.

00038732
QUAKING ASPENS in autumn
Populus tremuloides
Sawback Mountain in the background
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

00038731
CLOUDED LEOPARD resting
Neofelis nebulosa
(captive) Native to Malaysia

00038730
ICE FLOES near edge of pack ice
northern end of Hinlopen Strait,
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

00038729
IVORY GULL in flight
Pagophila eburnea

00038728
CINNAMON FERN in autumn colours
Osmunda cinnamomea
Maine, USA. October

00038727
ANTARTICA Cuverville Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula

00038726
ARCHES The Windows area with Turret Arch
in center and the La Sal Mountains.
Arches National Park,
Utah, USA

00038725
CLOUDS OVER WHEAT FIELD
Washington USA

00038724
COLARDO RIVER showing Horseshoe Bend
near Page, Arizona USA

00038723
DEVIL'S TOWER Devils Tower National Monument,
Wyoming USA

00038722
HORAFROST ON PONDEROSA PINES
Colorado, USA

00038721
FARM AND WHEAT FIELDS
with canola, Palouse farming region,
near Moscow, Idaho USA

00038720
CANOLA FIELD near Moscow, Idaho USA

00038719
CANOLA FIELD with tracks
near Moscow, Idaho USA

00038718
FIELDS AND OLD MACHINERY SHED
near Pullman, Washington USA

00038717
BARN AND SHEEP in field near Pullman,
Washington USA

00038716
FARM & CONOLA FIELD near Moscow,
Idaho USA

00038715
WHEAT FIELD midsummer, near Colfax,
Washington USA

00038714
WHEAT FIELD midsummer, near Colfax,
Washington USA

00038713
FIELDS showing colour variation
near Colfax, Washington USA

00038712
FIELDS near Steptoe, Washington USA

00038711
FIELDS near Steptoe, Washington USA

00038710
BARN near Colfax, Washington USA

00038709
POLAR BEAR on arctic pack ice
Spitsbergen

00038708
COWBOYS galloping horses through stream
Oregon

00038707
COWBOY lassoing horse at sunset
Oregon USA

00038706
HORSE RUNNING
Oregon USA

00038705
COWBOY at sunset
Oregon USA

00038704
COWBOYS and horses at sunset
Oregon USA

00038703
QUAKING ASPENS in spring
Utah, USA

00038702
WHITSANDS gypsum dunes
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico USA

00038701
HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEY grazed
by Yaks, Wolong Reserve, Szechwan,
central China

00038700
COMMON SEAL or HARBOUR SEAL
Phoca vitulina
head detail, in water, amongst packice

00038699
ASIAN ELEPHANT
Elephas maximus
male, eating short grass
Kabini River, Karnataka, southern India

00038698
ASIAN ELEPHANT
Elephas maximus
large male eating bamboo
Kabini River, Karnataka, Southern India

00038697
ASIAN ELEPHANT bull charging
Elephas maximus
Nagarahole National Park, Karnataka,
India. Endangered species.

00038696
BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
Darling River, nr Wilcunnia,
New South Wales, Australia.

00038695
HAWKS in flight on annual migration
Mainly Broad-winged Hawks
Buteo platypterus & Swainson's Hawks
Buteo swainsoni. Talamanca Range, >>

00038694
TREE browsed by giraffes
Balanites sp.
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

00038693
HIPPOPOTAMUS underwater
Hippopotamus amphibius
San Diego Zoo, California, USA

00038692
FLUTED CLIFFS of Kalalau Valley
on Na Pali Coast, Kokee State Park,
Kauai, Hawaii, USA

00038691
WAIMEA CANYON Kokee State Park,
Island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA

00038690
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
Fregata magnificens
juvenile flying
Honduras.

00038689
ASIAN ELEPHANT family group
Elephas maximus
Periyar Sanctuary, Kerala, India.

00038688
HIGHLAND CRATER & Sunflower Trees
Scalesia pedunculata
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands,
Pacific Ocean (on equator)

00038687
HARPY EAGLE on branch
Harpia harpyja
(in captivity) Amazonia

00038686
FISHING VILLAGE
Traditional architecture
Lofoten islands, Norwegian Arctic

00038685
TUATARA head detail
Sphenodon punctatus
Stephens Island, New Zealand

00038684
MANED SLOTH
Bradypus torquatus
Endangered, Atlantic Forest
Bahia State, South-east Brazil

00038683
WAVES BREAKING ON ROCKS
Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands,
Scotland, UK.

00038682
PEAT EXTRACTION
South Mainland, Fitful Head, Shetland
Islands, Scotland, UK.

00038681
OFFSHORE STACKS
West Mainland, Silwick,
Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK.

00038680
PETTA WATER
and winter grasses at dusk.
Mainland near Voe, Shetland Islands
Scotland, UK.

00038679
SHETLAND PONIES
Mainland, Shetland Islands
Scotland, UK.

00038678
ARRAYAN TREE
Luma apiculata
Arrayanes National Park, near Bariloche
S. Andes, Argentina, South America.

00038677
LAGO VILLARINO with Cerro Penascoso
in the background.
Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina,
South America.

00038676
LAGO VILLARINO
Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina,
South America.

00038675
SWIFT RIVER with autumnal colour
White Mountains National Forest,
New Hampshire, USA.

00038674
SWIFT RIVER with autumnal colour
White Mountains National Forest,
New Hampshire, USA.

00038673
SWIFT RIVER with autumnal colour
White Mountains National Forest,
New Hampshire, USA.

00038672
AUTUMN LEAVES

00038671
TWENTY-TWO CREEK FALLS
Mount Baker National Forest, North
Cascades, Washington, USA.

00038670
WATERFALL IN AUTUMN
White Mountains National Forest,
New Hampshire, USA.

00038669
FOREST IN AUTUMN
White Mountains National Forest,
New Hampshire, USA.

00038668
COCKERMOUTH RIVER REFLECTIONS
Sculptured Rocks Natural Area near
Groton, New Hampshire, USA.

00038667
RESURRECTION PLANT (Clubmoss)
Selaginella lepidophylla
August Nuevo Leon, Mexico

00038666
AFRICAN BULLFROG young in pool
Pyxicephalus edulis
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00038665
BLUEBARRED PARROTFISH
Scarus ghobban
shoal over coral reef
Red Sea off southern Egypt

00038664
KNOTTED WRACK
Ascophyllum nodosum
Lundy Island, sw England.

00038663
THONGWEED or SEA THONG
Himanthalia elongata
Lundy Island, sw England.

00038662
SEA OAK (brown alga)
Halidrys siliquosa
Lundy Island, South West England

00038661
COMMON QUAKING GRASS
Briza media

00038660
TUFTED HAIR-GRASS
Deschampsia cespitosa
inflorescence detail

00038659
TUTSAN with flowers & unripe fruits
Hypericum androsaemum

00038658
MARRAM GRASS
Ammophila arenaria
growing on sand dunes

00038657
BRACKEN in autumn
Pteridium aquilinum
dying back in woodland

00038656
BRACKEN in autumn woodland
Pteridium aquilinum

00038655
LICHEN growing well on tree
Usnea subfloridana
indicating low air pollution

00038654
COMMON POLYPODY FERN
Polypodium vulgare
growing in rock crevice

00038653
LICHEN
Cladonia bellidiflora
Symbiotic alga & fungus

00038652
PARSLEY FERN
Cryptogramma crispa

00038651
GREEN LAVER or SEA LETTUCE
Ulva lactuca

00038650
MARINE LICHEN
Caloplaca marina
on rock at edge of sea

00038649
LICHEN
Cladonia conocraea
on floor of mature woodland

00038648
YORKSHIRE FOG (grass)
Holcus lanatus

00038647
STAG'S-HORN CLUBMOSS
Lycopodium clavatum

00038646
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
looking from nest hole in trunk

00038645
MOSS
Sphagnum cuspidatum

00038644
LICHEN & MOSS
Cladonia portentosa & Sphagnum
caprillifolium

00038643
OAK MOSS LICHEN
Evernia prunastri
encrusting bark Lichen will grow only
in unpolluted atmosphere.

00038642
BRACKEN
Pteridium aquilinum
fronds in autumn colours

00038641
CORN BUNTING
Emberiza calandra
with beakful of nest material

00038640
GOOSANDERS
Mergus merganser
in flight over water

00038639
BLADDER WRACK
Fucus vesiculosus
with ripe receptacles

00038638
LESSER BUTTERFLY ORCHID
Platanthera bifolia

00038637
FIR CLUBMOSS
Lycopodium selago

00038636
WILSON'S FILMY FERN
Hymenophyllum wilsonii

00038635
WALL RUE
Asplenium ruta-muraria
growing on face of wall

00038634
PURPLE MILK-VETCH in flower
Astragalus danicus

00038633
GOLDEN EAGLE young at eyrie
Aquila chrysaetos
Scotland

00038632
LICHEN
Haematomma ventosum

00038631
MEADOW or COMMON FOXTAIL GRASS
Alopecurus pratensis
with flowerheads

00038630
SOUTHERN LAPWING
Vanellus chilensis
Torres del Paine Natl Pk, Chile

00038629
ROOK
Corvus frugilegus
standing on grass

00038628
BLACKBIRD male on rock
Turdus merula

00038627
PRIMROSE in flower
Primula vulgaris

00038626
COMMON COTTON GRASS
Eriophorum angustifolium
with ripe seedheads

00038625
RAVEN on the ground
Corvus corax

00038624
COMMON COTTON GRASS
Eriophorum angustifolium

00038623
KNOTTED WRACK or EGG WRACK
Ascophyllum nodosum
exposed at low tide

00038622
BLADDER WRACK
Fucus vesiculosus
fronds with bladders, detail

00038621
GREEN SEAWEED
Enteromorpha intestinalis
view submerged, photosynthesizing

00038620
LICHEN
Hypogymnia physodes

00038619
IVY-LEAVED TOADFLAX on old wall
Cymbalaria muralis
with Maidenhair Spleenwort Fern

00038618
WHITE BRYONY
Bryonia cretica
in flower

00038617
THE SICKENER group
Russula emetica
on pine leaflitter. Very common &
widespread. Poisonous.

00038616
LICHEN
Cladonia portentosa

00038615
TREE LUNGWORT LICHEN
Lobaria pulmonaria
growing on
Sessile Oak, Quercus petraea.

00038614
ALPINE CLUBMOSS
Lycopodium alpinum

00038613
BRACKEN
Pteridium aquilinum
in birchwood. Autumn.

00038612
HART'S TONGUE FERN
Asplenium scolopendrium

00038611
HART'S TONGUE FERN group
Asplenium scolopendrium

00038610
COMMON MOONWORT (a fern)
Botrychium lunaria

00038609
COMMON MOONWORT (a fern)
Botrychium lunaria

00038608
MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT
Asplenium trichomanes

00038607
BRANCHED BUR-REED
Sparganium erectum
in flower

00038606
GREAT REEDMACE
Typha latifolia

00038605
FIR CLUBMOSS
Lycopodium selago

00038604
DEER GRASS in flower
Trichophorum cespitosum

00038603
THONGWEED or SEA THONG
Himanthalia elongata
mature 'buttons'

00038602
KELP or OARWEED
Laminaria digitata

00038601
KELP or OARWEED at low tide
Laminaria digitata
Lochailort, Scotland.

00038600
WALL BARLEY GRASS
Hordeum murinum
close up detail

00038599
ELDER berries
Sambucus nigra
Berwickshire, Scotland. September.

00038598
HAIR CAP MOSS or MARSH HAIR
Polytrichum commune
mounds with capsules. Wet woodland.
Stirlingshire, Scotland. June.

00038597
DANDELIONS in flower by roadside
Taraxacum sect Vulgaria
Berwickshire, Scotland. May.

00038596
SWEET CHESTNUT ancient tree
Castanea sativa
Inchmahome Island, Lake of Menteith,
Stirlingshire, Scotland. July.

00038595
SWEET CHESTNUT ancient tree
Castanea sativa
with split trunk. Inchmahome Island, Lake of Menteith, Stirlingshire, Scotland. July.

00038594
LAKE TROUT underwater
Salvelinus namaycosh
Canada

00038593
LESSER REEDMACE
Typha angustifolia
dispersing seeds in wind

00038592
FACTORY STERN TRAWLER
under way to fish for Mackerel off Atlantic
coast of Scotland Northern Minch
(between Outer Hebrides & Scotland)

00038591
SPRING CROCUSES in flower
Crocus vernus
among patches of snow

00038590
EEL GRASS
Zostera marina

00038589
REGAL PELARGONIUM 'Lord Bute'
Cultivated hybrid.
Scotland.

00038588
CHANNELLED WRACK
Pelvetia canaliculata

00038587
BLADDER WRACK exposed at low tide
Fucus vesiculosus

00038586
SPRING-SEDGE in flower
Carex caryophyllea

00038585
TREE FERN at 1500m
Cyathea contaminans
Mount Kinabalu National Park,
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

00038584
LAPWING
Vanellus vanellus

00038583
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
fighting over food & BLUE TIT
(Parus caeruleus) in winter snow
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
fighting over food & BLUE TIT
(Parus caeruleus) in winter snow
MANFRED DANEGGER/NHPA
NHPA 01444-892514
©

00038582
GARGANEY DUCK
Anas querquedula
male on water

00038581
EUROPEAN BROWN & MOUNTAIN
HARE boxing, Winter.
Lepus europaeus & L. timidus
(Rare to see the two species fighting.)

00038580
MOUNTAIN HARE or ARCTIC HARE
Lepus timidus
(winter coat) two on hind legs

00038579
BUDGERIGARS two, head detail
Melopsittacus undulatus

00038578
BLACKBIRD male in flight
Turdus merula

00038577
WURTENBERGER HORSE running

00038576
WURTENBERGER HORSES fighting

00038575
WURTENBERGER HORSES fighting

00038574
MOUFLON RAM in snow
Ovis musimon

00038573
RED DEER STAG in snow
Cervus elaphus

00038572
GINGER TABBY CAT climbing tree to
inspect nest box

00038571
BULLFINCH on winter berries
Pyrrhula pyrrhula

00038570
POLECAT in snow
Mustela putorius

00038569
EUROPEAN WOLVES in snow
Canis lupus lupus

00038568
EUROPEAN WOLF in snow
Canis lupus lupus

00038567
EUROPEAN WOLF in snow
Canis lupus lupus

00038566
EUROPEAN WOLF in snow
Canis lupus lupus

00038565
MOUNTAIN HARE in winter coat
Lepus europaeus

00038564
WURTENBERGER HORSES fighting

00038563
RED DEER STAG shaking off water

00038562
JACK RUSSEL TERRIER running

00038561
TWO YEAR OLD BLACK FOREST
HORSES in snow

00038560
RUDDY SHELDUCK in flight
Tadorna ferruginea

00038559
ALPINE IBEX jumping up cliff face
Capra ibex

00038558
RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes

00038557
EUROPEAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
lying in snow
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038556
EUROPEAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
sitting in snow
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038555
EUROPEAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
gnawing bone
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038554
EUROPEAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
emerging from den in snow
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038553
EUROPEAN BROWN BEARS
Ursus arctos arctos
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038552
SCHWARZWALDER or BLACK
FOREST HORSES in snow.

00038551
EUROPEAN BROWN BEARS
Ursus arctos arctos
fighting in snow
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038550
EUROPEAN BROWN BEARS
Ursus arctos arctos
fighting in snow
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038549
EUROPEAN BROWN BEARS in snow
Ursus arctos arctos
fighting in snow
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038548
EUROPEAN BROWN BEARS
Ursus arctos arctos
fighting in snow
Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany.

00038547
GREAT TIT feeding young in nest
Parus major

00038546
SWIFTS juvenile
Apus apus
at the nest

00038545
SWIFT adult & young
Apus apus
at nest in roof of building

00038544
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
young, perched on branch

00038543
SONG THRUSH adult feeding young
Turdus philomelos
at nest in garden confier

00038542
RAVEN
Corvus corax
at nest with young

00038541
RAVENS eating flesh
Corvus corax
from sheep carcass Wales

00038540
AMERICAN COOT
Fulica americana
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida, USA

00038539
BLACK-THROATED DIVER at nest
Gavia arctica
Varanger Peninsula, N Norway

00038538
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
Anas discors
Drake wing stretching
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida, USA

00038537
BURROWING OWLS
Athene cunicularia
Florida, USA

00038536
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
Phalocrocorax auritus
Male breeding colours, eastern race
Everglades Nat Pk, Florida, USA

00038535
GREAT BLUE HERON
Ardea herodias
Swallowing fish
Everglades Nat Pk. Florida

00038534
GREAT EGRET
Casmerodius albus
Males aerial territorial dispute
Venice Rookery, Southern Florida

00038533
GREAT EGRET
Casmerodius albus
Adult Male breeding colours
Everglades Nat Pk, Florida

00038532
GREEN-BACKED HERON
Butorides striatus
Everglades Nat. Pk. Florida

00038531
HOODED CROW
Corvus corone
Adult feeding on rabbit carcase
Shetland, Scotland

00038530
LIMPKIN
Aramus guarauna
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida

00038529
OSPREY in flight
Pandion haliaetus
Sanibel, Florida

00038528
OSPREY in flight
Pandion haliaetus
Sanibel, Florida

00038527
PIED-BILLED GREBE
Podilymbus podiceps
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida

00038526
PURPLE GALLINULE
Porphyrula martinica
Everglades Nat Pk, Florida

00038525
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
Melanerpes carolinus
Excavating nest hole
Everglades Nat Pk, Florida

00038524
RING-BILLED GULLl
Larus delawarensis
Sanibel, Florida

00038523
SANDERLING male
Calidris alba
winter plumage
Sanibel, Florida

00038522
WILLET
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Sanibel, Florida

00038521
ASIAN ELEPHANT & 2-week young
Elephas maximus
(domestic) Kanha National Park, India

00038520
ASIAN ELEPHANT hauling logs
Elephas maximus
Northern India

00038519
PARSONS CHAMELEON eating prey
Chamaeleo parsonii
Madagascar

00038518
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
& young Southern Madagascar
Vulnerable species

00038517
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISES
Geochelone elephantopus
mating Galapagos Islands

00038516
SEACLIFFS with sealions and boobies
South Plaza Islet, Galapagos Islands

00038515
WOOD STORK silhouetted
Mycteria americana
at sunrise. Everglades National Park,
Florida, south eastern USA

00038514
BROWN PELICAN group feeding
Pelecanus occidentalis
communally. Galapagos Islands,
Pacific Ocean (on equator)

00038513
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius
in mud wallow, head & forequarters

00038512
MOUNTAIN GORILLA young
Gorilla beringei beringei
being carried on mother's back
Endangered subspecies.

00038511
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
bounding Australia

00038510
DINGO lying, yawning
Canis familiaris dingo
Australia

00038509
DINGO yawning
Canis familiaris dingo
head detail Australia

00038508
DINGO head detail
Canis familiaris dingo
Australia. Introduced there about
3000 years ago

00038507
PARSON'S CHAMELEON male
Chamaeleo parsonii
(males are usually more brightly
coloured). Madagascar.

00038506
PARSON'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo parsonii
close-up of prehensile tail.
Madagascar.

00038505
MADAGASCAR FRUIT BAT feeding
Pteropus rufus
on fruit, head detail. Endemic species.

00038504
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon & Congo. Orphans reintroduced to the wild.

WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon & Congo. Orphans re

00038503
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Mother and young running across swamp,
covered in mud. Amboseli National Park Kenya.

00038502
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
young crossing swamp, covered in mud.
Amboseli National Park Kenya.

00038501
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Young calf running having just crossed swamp
covered in mud. Amboseli National Park Kenya.

00038500
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Young calf running covered in mud.
Amboseli National Park Kenya.

00038499
DWARF or MOUNTAIN MALE FERN
Dryopteris oreades

00038498
BOG ORCHID in flower
Malaxis paludosa

00038497
YELLOW BIRDSNEST
Monotropa hypopytis
group in flower

00038496
BUTCHER'S BROOM in woodland
Ruscus aculeatus
New Forest, Hampshire, England

00038495
FROGBIT
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
in flower on water

00038494
COMMON DODDER parasitic
Cuscuta epithymum
growing on heather

00038493
DUSKY COCKROACH male
Ectobius lapponicus
New Forest, Hampshire, England

00038492
MINING BEE male
Saropoda bimaculata
Holt Heath, Dorset, SW England

00038491
BLACK SKIMMER or SCISSORBILL
Rynchops niger
on beach
Florida, USA

00038490
CHOUGH on rock
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Bardsey Island, off Lleyn Peninsula,
Gwynedd, north western Wales August

00038489
HAWFINCH on ground
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Yorkshire, northern England.

00038488
LONG-BILLED GRIFFON VULTURE
Gyps indicus
on ground India (Rare species)

00038487
BELTED KINGFISHER on branch, March
Ceryle alcyon
Florida, south eastern USA

00038486
BLACKBIRD
Turdus merula
male holding Leatherjacket prey in
beak. Essex, UK.

00038485
BROWN PELICAN perched on fence
Pelecanus occidentalis
Florida, USA.

00038484
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
male on roof April Greece

00038483
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
male on roof April Greece

00038482
BROWN PELICAN flock fishing
Pelecanus occidentalis
Venezuela, South America

00038481
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus
on branch (in captivity)

00038480
SPOTTED EAGLE with prey
Aquila clanga
Oman. August.

00038479
SARDINIAN WARBLER female on branch
Sylvia melanocephala
Spain. May 1994

00038478
AVOCET
Recurvirostra avosetta

00038477
COLLARED PRATINCOLE
Glareola pratincola

00038476
EUROPEAN BEE-EATER
Merops apiaster

00038475
GREY HERON
Ardea cinerea

00038474
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius

00038473
KESTREL
Falco tinnunculus

00038472
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos minor

00038471
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos minor

00038470
MARSH HARRIER
Circus aeruginosus

00038469
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus

00038468
PIED FLYCATCHER
Ficedula hypoleuca

00038467
PIED FLYCATCHER
Ficedula hypoleuca

00038466
RED GROUSE
Lagopus lagopus scoticus

00038465
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula

00038464
RUFF
Philomachus pugnax

00038463
SCARLET IBIS
Eudocimus ruber

00038462
STOAT
Mustela erminea

00038461
SWIFT with young
Apus apus

00038460
TREECREEPER
Certhia familiaris

00038459
WOOD PIGEON
Columba palumbus

00038458
WOOD WARBLER
Phylloscopus sibilatrix

00038457
RAVEN
Corvus corax
on rocky ledge

00038456
RAVEN calling
Corvus corax

00038455
REINDEER
Rangifer tarandus
Cairngorms, Grampian Highlands, north eastern Scotland
REINDEER
Rangifer tarandus
MICAHEL LEACH/NHPA
NHPA 01444-892514
©NHPA

00038454
GRASS on steppe
Stipa lessingiana
Volga Delta, Russia

00038453
DEMOISELLE CRANE egg
Anthropoides virgo
Steppe nr Volga Delta, Russia

00038452
REEDS & stormclouds
Phragmites sp.
Danube Delta, Romania

00038451
BAMBOO
Bambuga sp.
Chuc-Phuong National Park, Vietnam

00038450
BAMBOO
Bambuga sp.
Chuc-Phuong Natl Park, Vietnam

00038449
TREE FERNS among Mountain Ash
Dicksonia sp. & Eucalyptus regnans
Tarra-Beluga National Park,
South Australia.

00038448
EASTERN GREY KANGAROOS
Macropus giganteus
two in tall grass. Eastern Australia.

00038447
EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLET in flight
Aerodramus fusciphaga
Singapore

00038446
SPOTTED or SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA
Lonchura punctuata
Singapore

00038445
GREY RUMPED TREESWIFT
Hemiprocne longipennis
or CRESTED TREESWIFT
Singapore

00038444
MONGOLIAN PLOVER
Charadrius mongolus
wings extended Singapore

00038443
SPOTTED DOVE
Streptopelia chinensis
Singapore.

00038442
WHISKERED TREESWIFT
Hemiprocne comata
on twig
Malaysia

00038441
WHITE-HEADED MUNIA
Lonchura maja
Singapore

00038440
JAVA SPARROW feeding
Padda oryzivora
Vulnerable

00038439
WHITE-BELLIED SWIFTLETS at nest
Collocalia esculenta
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia

00038438
MAI PO NATURE RESERVE
with herons in the water
New Territories, Hong Kong

00038437
JABIRU STORK
Jabiru mycteria
on marshy ground

00038436
ANACONDA head detail
Eunectes murinus
Brazil, South America

00038435
SPEAR THISTLE
Cirsium vulgare
with seeds dispersing in wind

00038434
MULE TRAIN Tibet
Equus caballus X E.asinus

00038433
MEADOW GRASS
Poa annua
inflorescence detail

00038432
MALE FERN
Dryopteris filix-mas
young fronds unrolling

00038431
RIPPLES IN STREAM
View above, with bed of stream easily
seen in very clear water

00038430
GREAT REEDMACE or BULRUSH
Typha latifolia
clump dispersing seeds by wind

00038429
BLACK BRYONY
Tamus communis
with bunches of ripe fruits

00038428
YELLOW BIRDSNEST in flower
Monotropa hypopytis

00038427
WHITE-NAPED CRANE
Grus vipio
native to Japan

00038426
KELP BEDS in intertidal zone C
ape of Good Hope Nature Reserve,
South Africa

00038425
RESTIOS or CAPE FYNBOS REED
South West Cape, South Africa

00038424
AVOCET
Recurvirostra avosetta
Transvaal, South Africa.

00038423
TAWNY EAGLE perched on branch
Aquila rapax
Kalahari, southern Africa

00038422
PARSON'S CHAMELEON head detail
Chamaeleo parsonii
Perinet Reserve, eastern Madagascar

00038421
YELLOW-STREAKED TENREC
Hemicentetes semispinosus
Perinet Reserve, Madagascar

00038420
MADAGASCAR FRUIT BAT head detail
Pteropus rufus
Native to Madagascar

00038419
CAPE GROUND SQUIRREL pair
Xerus inauris
in courtship display. Kalahari Gemsbok
National Park, South Africa.

00038418
OSTRICH male with group of young
Struthio camelus
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00038417
KIRK'S or DAMARALAND DIK-DIK
Madoqua kirkii
face detail
Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00038416
OSTRICH male with seven young
Struthio camelus
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00038415
DROMEDARY CAMEL
Camelus dromedarius
two adult & one young
Southern Kalahari, southern Africa

00038414
TREE-FERN Drakensberg Mntns,
Giant's Castle Nature Reserve,
KwaZulu-Natal, RSA

00038413
SEAGRASS submerged view
Enhalus acoroides
Vanuatu, South Pacific Ocean

00038412
HUMPBACK WHALE underwater
Megaptera novaeangliae
diving. Tonga, South Pacific.

00038411
HUMPBACK WHALES
Megaptera novaeangliae
ventral view, submerged
Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00038410
HUMPBACK WHALE two underwater
Megatptera novaeangliae
Tonga

00038409
CABBAGE CORAL
Turbinaria reniformis
Gau, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean.

00038408
CYANOBACTERIA
Trichodesmium erythraeum
forming bloom at sea surface
Beqa, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00038407
CABBAGE CORAL
Turbinaria reniformis
Gau, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean.

00038406
YEMEN THRUSH
Turdus menachensis
Raydah, Saudi Arabia.

00038405
YEMEN THRUSH
Turdus menachensis
Raydah, Saudi Arabia.

00038404
TRISTRAM'S GRACKLE on branch
Onychognathus tristramii
Raydah, Saudi Arabia.

00038403
YEMEN WARBLER or YEMEN TIT
WARBLER
Sylvia buryi
Raydah, Saudi Arabia.

00038402
ARABIAN WAXBILL
Estrilda rufibarba
Raydah, Saudi Arabia.

00038401
YELLOW-VENTED or
WHITE-SPECTACLED BULBUL
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Raydah, Saudi Arabia.

00038400
BLACKCAP feeding
Sylvia atricapilla
Dana reserve, Jordan.

00038399
SOOTY GULL in flight
Larus hemprichii
Al Wahj, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia.

00038398
TRUMPETER FINCHES group
Bucanetes githagineus
Malaki dam, Saudi Arabia.

00038397
TURTLE DOVE
Streptopelia turtur
Dana reserve, Jordan.

00038396
YELLOW-VENTED or
WHITE-SPECTACLED BULBUL
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
young & adult, Dana reserve, Jordan.

00038395
OLIVACEOUS WARBLER
Hippolais pallida
Dana reserve, Jordan.

00038394
BLUE ROCK-THRUSH by water
Monticola solitarius
Dana reserve, Jordan.

00038393
SINAI ROSEFINCH
Carpodacus synoicus
Dana reserve, Jordan.

00038392
CRAB PLOVER
Dromas ardeola
Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia.

00038391
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
Mahazat-as Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038390
LAPPET-FACED VULTURE
Torgos tracheliotus
Mahazat-as Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038389
CRESTED LAWK
Galerida cristata
Saudi Arabia.

00038388
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
young moulting into adult plumage
Mahazat-as Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038387
LESSER CRESTED TERN at nest
Sterna bengalensis
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038386
LESSER CRESTED TERN group in flight
Sterna bengalensis
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038385
LESSER CRESTED TERN
Sterna bengalensis
nesting colony
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038384
LESSER CRESTED TERN
Sterna bengalensis
adult shading chick
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038383
LESSER CRESTED TERN
Sterna bengalensis
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038382
LESSER CRESTED TERN
Sterna bengalensis
adult shading chick
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038381
BRIDLED TERN
Sterna anaethetus
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038380
BRIDLED TERN
Sterna anaethetus
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038379
BRIDLED TERN
Sterna anaethetus
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038378
WHITE-CHEEKED TERN
Sterna repressa
Karan Island, Persian Gulf.

00038377
WHITE-CHEEKED TERN on nest
Sterna repressa
Karan Island, Persian Gulf.

00038376
WHITE-CHEEKED TERN
Sterna repressa
Karan Island, Persian Gulf.

00038375
WHITE-CHEEKED TERN
Sterna repressa
Karan Island, Persian Gulf.

00038374
IDMI or ARABIAN MOUNTAIN GAZELLE
Gazella gazella
Hawtat-Bani Tamin, Saudi Arabia

00038373
REEM or ARABIAN SAND GAZELLE
Gazella subgutturosa
adult with young
Sharja, United Arab Emirates.

00038372
REEM or ARABIAN SAND GAZELLE
Gazella subgutturosa
Saudi Arabia.

00038371
REEM or ARABIAN SAND GAZELLE
Gazella subgutturosa
Saudi Arabia.

00038370
REEM or ARABIAN SAND GAZELLE
Gazella subgutturosa
Saudi Arabia.

00038369
REEM or ARABIAN SAND GAZELLE
Gazella subgutturosa
Saudi Arabia.

00038368
REEM or ARABIAN SAND GAZELLE
Gazella subgutturosa
Saudi Arabia.

00038367
REEM or ARABIAN SAND GAZELLE
Gazella subgutturosa
Saudi Arabia.

00038366
NUBIAN IBEX
Capra ibex nubicus
Taif, Saudi Arabia.

00038365
NUBIAN IBEX
Capra ibex nubicus
Sharja breeding centre,
United Arab Emirates.

00038364
NUBIAN IBEX
Capra ibex nubicus
Sharja breeding centre,
United Arab Emirates.

00038363
NUBIAN IBEX
Capra ibex nubicus
Sharja breeding centre,
United Arab Emirates.

00038362
GREEN TURTLE female nesting
Chelonia mydas
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038361
GREEN TURTLE female nesting
Chelonia mydas
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038360
GREEN TURTLE female nesting
Chelonia mydas
Karan, Persian Gulf.

00038359
ARABIAN ORYX calf feeding
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038358
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038357
ARABIAN ORYX at dusk
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038356
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038355
ARABIAN ORYX male
Oryx leucoryx
showing flehmen behaviour
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038354
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038353
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038352
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038351
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038350
ARABIAN ORYX adult and calf
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038349
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038348
ARABIAN ORYX adult and calf
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038347
ARABIAN ORYX calf feeding
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038346
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038345
ARABIAN ORYX in desert landscape
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038344
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
male apart from breeding herd
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038343
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038342
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038341
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038340
ARABIAN ORYX adult and calf
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038339
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038338
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038337
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038336
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038335
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia.

00038334
SQUACCO HERON
Ardeola ralloides
Malaki dam, Saudi Arabia.

00038333
GLOSSY IBIS
Plegadis falcinellus
Malaki dam, Saudi Arabia.

00038332
PURPLE SUNBIRD
Nectarinia asiatica
Raydah, Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia

00038331
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
young male with plastic bag
Saudi Arabia.

00038330
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
young male with plastic bag
Saudi Arabia.

00038329
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
young male with plastic bag
Saudi Arabia.

00038328
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038327
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON group
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038326
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038325
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON group
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038324
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON young
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038323
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038322
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038321
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
holding stick
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038320
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038319
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038318
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
female & young picking through rubbish
Saudi Arabia.

00038317
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038316
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038315
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038314
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038313
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
searching through rubbish
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038312
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038311
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
grooming another
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038310
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON young
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038309
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038308
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038307
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038306
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
female with young
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038305
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038304
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038303
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON group
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038302
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON group
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038301
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia.

00038300
SUNSET OVER RED SEA
Al Wahj, Saudi Arabia.

00038299
SUNSET
Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia.

00038298
SUNSET
Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia.

00038297
MAQNA COASTLINE
Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia.

00038296
MAQNA COASTLINE
Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia.

00038295
IVORY GULLS on ice in the Arctic
Pagophila eburnea

00038294
GREAT TIT
Parus major
fully fledged young

00038293
RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT
Luscinia svecica svecica
male. Spring visitor to UK

00038292
COMMON REEDS
Winter Akershus County, Norway

00038291
WRACK (SEAWEED) & LIMPETS
exposed at low tide

00038290
GREEN ALGA
Volvox aureus
Senescent mother colony releasing
daughter colonies.

00038289
GREEN ALGA
Volvox aureus
Senescent mother colony
releasing daughter colonies

00038288
SLIDING DIATOM
Bacillaria paradoxa
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.

00038287
MARINE DIATOMS
Pleurosigma balticum
Baltic Sea

00038286
PYRENEAN SAXIFRAGE
Saxifraga longifolia
Pyrenees

00038285
ROYAL FERN
Osmunda regalis
South-West France

00038284
MARINE IGUANA swimming
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Fernandina Is.,Galapagos Isles

00038283
CROW'S NEST FERN
Asplenium nidus
Coastal Queensland & N.S.Wales
Epiphytic species of temperate >>

00038282
BASKET FERN
Drynaria rigidula
Cape Tribulation National Park,
North Queensland, Australia.

00038281
ALGAL BLOOM nr Gt. Barrier Reef
Oscillatoria erythraea
marine, blooms on 120 day cycle
colour varies from fawn to red turning >>

00038280
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
Agelaius phoeniceus
Ogden, Utah, USA

00038279
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
Accipiter striatus
with waxwing prey
Utah, USA

00038278
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
Actitis macularia
Brigham City, Utah

00038277
WHITE-FACED HERON
Ardea novaehollandiae
New Zealand

00038276
SWAINSON'S HAWK immature
Buteo swainsoni
perched on post Montana, USA

00038275
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
breeding colony with young. Bowdoin
National Wildlife Res, Montana, NW USA

00038274
EUCALYPTUS tree felled
Eucalyptus fastigata
Timber tree in plantation.
Taranaki, New Zealand.

00038273
WHITEBAIT
Fry of five species of galaxid fish.
A much sought after delicacy in
New Zealand.

00038272
WESSEX SADDLEBACK BOAR
Free range, rare pig breed.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038271
ORGANIC PUMPKIN GROWING
in tunnel house.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038270
LEEK CROP
North Island, New Zealand.

00038269
SILVERBEET CROP
North Island, New Zealand.

00038268
TARO CORMS
Talamahu market, Nuku'alofa,
Tongatapu, Tonga

00038267
MANIOKE or CASSAVA roots
Talamahu market, Nuku'alofa, Tonga.

00038266
GREEN TURTLE (live) at market
Vuna Wharf, Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu,
Tonga.

00038265
KUMALA or SWEET POTATO and TARO
crop. Taro has large leaves, sweet
potato has small pointed leaves.
Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga.

00038264
TARO CROP
Tongatapu, Tonga.

00038263
JAPANESE TARO CROP
commercial crop
Tongatapu, Tonga.

00038262
VANILLA PODS
Vanilla planifolia
Used to make vanilla spice. Name
scratched on pod to identify if pods >>

00038261
ALOE VERA commercial plantation.
'Eua Island, Tonga.

00038260
ALOE VERA commercial plantation.
'Eua Island, Tonga.

00038259
BANANA TREE RE-SPROUTING
after land burnt off (slash and burn
agriculture).
Tongatapu, Tonga.

00038258
CORN AND KUMALA (SWEET POTATO)
crops.
'Eua Island, Tonga.

00038257
KUMALA or SWEET POTATO crop
Lifuka Island, Ha'apai Island group,
Tonga.

00038256
SLASH AND BURN AGRICULTURE
Burning off grass prior to planting
pineapples.
Tongatapu, Tonga.

00038255
PANDANUS PALMS
Pandanus tectorius
Extensively used for handicrafts such
as weaving. Tongatapu, Tonga.

00038254
CYCLONE DAMAGE
See also RNO000096 for regeneration.
Pangaimotu Island, Tonga.

00038253
REGENERATION of cyclone damage
See also RNO000095 for cyclone
damage.
Pangaimotu Island, Tonga.

00038252
CYCLONE DAMAGE
Pangaimotu Island, Tonga.

00038251
TOLOA RAINFOREST RESERVE
Tongatapu's last remaining rainforest.
Tongatapu, Tonga.

00038250
WILD SPANIARD & SAND DAPHNE
Aciphylla squarrose & Pimelia prostrata
Growing as conservation project on traffic
islands. Petone foreshore, Wellington >>

00038249
RUBBISH DUMP
thrown away white ware
New Zealand.

00038248
DONKEY AND FOAL
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038247
SOUTHERN RATA FOREST
Metrosideros umbellata
Auckland Islands, New Zealand,
Sub-Antarctic.

00038246
THE PINNACLES, an example of
'badlands erosion'.
Cape Palliser, Wairarapa, North Island,
New Zealand.

00038245
MONTBRETIA
Crocosmia xerocosmiiflora
growing along roadside. Escaped
introduced garden plant, now a weed. >>

00038244
MONTBRETIA
Crocosmia xerocosmiiflora
growing along roadside. Escaped
introduced garden plant, now a weed. >>

00038243
PILE OF KOI CARP
Cyprinus carpio
a serious pest fish in New Zealand.
Huntly, Waikato, North Island, NZ.

00038242
PILE OF KOI CARP
Cyprinus carpio
a serious pest fish in New Zealand.
Huntly, Waikato, North Island, NZ.

00038241
WILD SPANIARD
Aciphylla squarrose
A sub-alpine plant. Here growing on
coast, but exposed to cold southerlies>>

00038240
GUNNERA COLONY
Gunnera dentata
Rare sand binding coastal plant.
Pressured by grazing and human >>

00038239
SAND DAPHNE
Pimelea prostrata var. urvilleana
Rare sand binding coastal plant.
Pressured by grazing and human >>

00038238
RATA growing on host forest tree
Metrosideros sp.
Will eventually strangle host.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038237
FOREST CABBAGE TREE in rainforest
Cordyline banksii
Egmont National Park, Taranaki,
New Zealand.

00038236
BULL KELP
Durvillea antarctica
Cape Palliser, Wairarapa,
North Island, New Zealand.

00038235
PRISMATIC SPIDER'S WEB in rainforest
Egmont National Park, Taranaki,
New Zealand.

00038234
PACIFIC OYSTERS (introduced)
Crassostrea gigas
on wharf piles at low tide.
Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ.

00038233
PACIFIC OYSTERS (introduced)
Crassostrea gigas
on wharf piles at low tide.
Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ.

00038232
CANADIAN PONDWEED
Elodea canadensis
choking out shallows in lake.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038231
GUM EMPEROR MOTH CATERPILLAR
Antheraea eucalypti
Introduced into New Zealand from
Australia. Taranaki, New Zealand.

00038230
GUM EMPEROR MOTH
Antheraea eucalypti
Introduced into New Zealand from
Australia. Taranaki, New Zealand.

00038229
BRUSHTAIL POSSUM
Trichosurus vulpecula
Introduced from Australia. Now New
Zealand's worst pest species. >>

00038228
NEW ZEALAND ORCHID
Earina mucronata
Perching orchid, flowers early spring.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038227
PTEROSTYLIS HUMILIS colony.
Dawson Falls, Mt Egmont, Taranaki,
North Island, New Zealand.

00038226
HEN AND CHICKEN FERN in rainforest
Asplenium bulbiferum
with young ferns on leaf. Egmont
National Park, Taranaki, New Zealand.

00038225
AUCKLAND ISLAND SNIPE
Coenocorypha aucklandia aucklandia
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00038224
DIAMOND DOVE
Geopelia cuneata
Captive animal.
Native to Australia.

00038223
BOOBOOK OWL or MOREPORK
Ninox novaeseelandia novaseelandia
roosting during day, on log in cave.
Catlins coast, Southland, S. Island, NZ.

00038222
TUATARA
Sphenodon punctatus
Wild animal, reintroduced to Somes/
Matiu Island, Wellington, N. Island, NZ.

00038221
GOLD-STRIPE GECKO (captive)
Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus
Often found in flax (Phormium tenax).
In localised colonies, uncommon.

00038220
COMMON GECKO
Hoplodactylus maculatus
Ground dwelling nocturnal species.
Cape Palliser, Wairarapa, New Zealand.

00038219
BROWN TREE FROG or WHISTLING
FROG
Litoria ewingi
Native to Australia, introduced to NZ. >>

00038218
NURSERY WEB SPIDERLINGS
Dolomedes minor
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand

00038217
NURSERY WEB SPIDER
Dolomedes minor
Large specimen with six legs.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038216
COMMON WETA
Hemidina thoracica
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038215
CAVE WETA
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Broad Meadows, Wellington,
New Zealand.

00038214
ASIAN PAPER WASP AND NEST
Polistes chinensis
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00038213
YELLOW EYED PENGUIN
Megadyptes antipodes
ashore in the evening.
Otago, Southland, South Island, NZ.

00038212
YELLOW EYED PENGUIN
Megadyptes antipodes
ashore in the evening.
Otago, Southland, South Island, NZ.

00038211
AUCKLAND ISLAND SHAG COLONY
Leucocarbo colensoi
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00038210
AUSTRALASIAN GANNET
Sula bassana serrator
breeding colony.
Muriwai, North Island, New Zealand.

00038209
KEA preening
Nestor notabilis
Southern Alps, South Island,
New Zealand.

00038208
WHITE FACED HERON
Ardea novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
North Island, New Zealand.

00038207
NEW ZEALAND SEA LION young
Phocarctos hookeri
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00038206
YELLOW EYED PENGUIN young
Megadyptes antipodes
Nearly completed first moult.
Otago, Southland, South Island, NZ.

00038205
NEW ZEALAND SEA LION family group
Phocarctos hookeri
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00038204
NEW ZEALAND SEA LION family group
Phocarctos hookeri
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00038203
NEW ZEALAND SEA LION bull
Phocarctos hookeri
Catlins Area, South Island,
New Zealand.

00038202
OSTRICH FERN Spring
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Black River, Michigan.

00038201
HAIR CAP MOSS
Luce County, Michigan, USA

00038200
SENSITIVE FERN
Onoclea sensibilis
Michigan, USA. Summer

00038199
SWAINSON'S HAWK juvenile on post
Buteo swainsoni
Texas, USA

00038198
GOLDENROD in flower
Solidago sp.
Michigan, northern USA

00038197
MAIDENHAIR FERN mass
Adiantum pedatum
Spring Hiawatha National Forest,
Michigan, north eastern USA

00038196
BRITISH SOLDIER LICHEN
Cladonia cristatella
Alger County, Michigan, USA

00038195
BRITISH SOLDIER LICHEN
Cladonia cristatella
amongst GOBLET LICHEN Cladonia
chlorophaea. Alger County, Michigan,>>

00038194
REINDEER LICHEN
Cladonia unciallis
Alger County, MIchigan, USA

00038193
SHAGGY INK CAP or LAWYERS WIG
Coprinus comatus
group on leaflitter Autumn Hiawatha
National Forest, Michigan, northern USA

00038192
LADY FERN fronds, detail
Athyrium filix-femina
Spring Chippewa County,
Michigan, northern USA

00038191
DECIDUOUS FOREST FLOOR
with Ostrich ferns
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Hiawatha national forest, Michigan

00038190
LICHENS
Antarctic Peninsula

Colours; yellow

00038189
SPRING GENTIAN in flower
Gentiana verna
The Burren, Co.Clare, SW Eire

00038188
ADDER'S TONGUE FERN March
Ophioglossum vulgatum
Killard Point National Nature Reserve,
County Down, south eastern Ulster

00038187
RUSTYBACK FERN May
Ceterach officinarum
The Burren, Clare, SW Eire

00038186
PIXIE-CUP LICHEN August
Cladonia coccifera
County Armagh, Ulster. Bright red caps
are apothecia which produce spores.

00038185
FIELD WOODRUSH April
Luzula campestris
inflorescence detail Brackagh Bog NNR,
Armagh, south eastern Ulster

00038184
FIELD GENTIAN in flower
Gentianella campestris
Reservoir Grand Maison, near Col du
Glandon, Vanoise Massif, France.

00038183
LICHEN amongst moss February
Peltigera lactucifolia
Florence Court (National Trust) County
Fermanagh, south western Ulster

00038182
SOUTHERN HAWKER larva
Aeshna cyanea
Eversley, Hampshire, England.

00038181
BROAD-BODIED CHASER
Libellula depressa
female emerging from nymphal skin
Yateley, Hampshire, England.

00038180
SPANGLE GALLS on oak leaf
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
caused by gall wasp
Clare Glen, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland

00038179
CORN BUNTING
Emberiza calandra
perched on ripening barley ear

00038178
SCARLET TANAGER male
Piranga olivacea

00038177
CRESTED BUCKLER FERN
Dryopteris cristata
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00038176
AVOCET pair mating
Recurvirostra avosetta

00038175
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
immature Spain

00038174
IVORY GULL juvenile
Pagophila eburnea
on shingle beach
Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00038173
GOLDEN ORIOLE
Oriolus oriolus
at nest

00038172
SHOVELER DUCK male on water
Anas clypeata

00038171
COOPER'S HAWK perched
Accipiter cooprii
New Mexico, USA.

00038170
GOOSANDERS
Mergus merganser
taking off from water

00038169
YELLOW BIRDSNEST early stage
Monotropa hypopytis
Derbyshire, England.

00038168
SERRATED WRACK
Fucus serratus
Mull of Galloway, Scotland.

00038167
KELP
Laminaria digitata
Mull of Galloway, Scotland

00038166
MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT
Asplenium trichomanes
in lime-rich mortar. Galloway Forest, Scotland.

00038165
GREAT TIT
Parus major
Lancashire, England.

00038164
SMOOTH NEWT male in water
Triturus vulgaris
Lancs UK

00038163
COMMON TOAD mating in shallow water
Bufo bufo
Lancs UK

00038162
STICKLEBACK three spined
Gasterosteus aculeatus
in canadian pond weed
Lancs UK

00038161
NATTERJACK TOAD male
Bufo calamita
vocalising in breeding pool
Ainsdale dunes UK

00038160
WATER VOLE LATRINE
Water Vole is Arvicola terrestris
Derbyshire, UK

00038159
STICKLEBACK three spined taking prey
Gasterosteus aculeatus
in canadian pond weed
Lancs UK

00038158
GREAT CRESTED NEWT
Triturus cristatus
male underwater on leaf fall,
Lancs UK

00038157
GREAT CRESTED NEWT
Triturus cristatus
male underwater on leaf fall,
Lancs UK

00038156
GREAT CRESTED NEWT
Triturus cristatus
male underwater on leaf fall,
Lancs UK

00038155
WHITETAIL DEER fawn
Odocoileus virginianus
Corkscrew Swamp, Florida

00038154
BANDTAIL PUFFERFISH young fish
Sphoeroides spengleri
held by little boy after being caught in net
Fort Myers beach, Florida

00038153
MUTE SWAN pair on lake in mist,
Cygnus olor
Lancs, UK

00038152
KNOT mass flock in flight,
Calidris canutus
winter plumage, Lancs, UK

00038151
KINGFISHER adult
Alcedo atthis
sat on rock in small stream,
Lancs UK

00038150
LITTLE GREBE breeding plumage
Popiceps ruficollis
summer, Peak District, UK

00002464
JUNGLE CAT
Felis chaus

00002449
RED GROUSE female
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
amongst heather

00002444
WOODPIGEON
Columba palumbus
drinking from pool

00002410
AUSTRALIAN SEA LION
Neophoca cinerea
on sandy shore
Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

00002397
SATIN BOWERBIRD male
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
applying spittle to bower
Fraser National Park, Victoria, Australia

00002372
ELTERWATER
Lake District National Park,
Cumbria, north western England

00002361
DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Female swimming, Australia

00002355
FRILLED LIZARD threat display
Chlamydosaurus kingii
Northern Australia

00002346
MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO
Dendrolagus matschiei
Native to highlands of eastern New Guinea. also called Huon Tree Kangaroo.

00002331
SPOTTED-TAILED QUOLL
Dasyurus maculatus
Also called Tiger Cat. South eastern Australia & Tasmania.

00002309
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
at water's edge
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

00002308
BOBCAT or RED LYNX
Felis rufus
Montana, USA