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00021537
ANDES with snow on summits
& large lake High aerial view
Patagonia, southern Chile,
South America

00021532
DANDELION in flower
Taraxacum officinale

00021509
PLOUGHING & HARROWING
in dry weather Ivinghoe Hills,
Buckinghamshire, England September

00021508
AUTUMN PLOUGHING
Chiltern Hills
Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire,
England September

00021498
TIME FLIES

00021486
SOLOMON'S SEAL in woodland
Polygonatum multiflorum
Buckinghamshire, England May

00021470
BEE ORCHID flowers
Ophrys apifera
Buckinghamshire, England June

00021443
GREY SQUIRREL on bird feeder
Sciurus carolinensis
Hertfordshire, England February

00021438
KING EIDER DUCKS group of drakes
Somateria spectabilis
Late winter

00021424
MOONRISE over oak
Berkhamsted Common,
Hertfordshire, England. November

00021410
BELL HEATHER & BRACKEN
Pteridium aquilinum & Erica cinerea
Puttenham Common, Surrey, UK
Early August

00021397
BROWN RAT colony
Rattus norvegicus
Hertfordshire, England November

00021374
RHODODENDRON
Rhododendron ponticum
invading heathland August
Winterton Dunes, Norfolk, England

00021362
BLUE BOX & GREEN BOX SCHEME
Boxes containing newsprint & plastic
respectively awaiting collection for
recycing by Dacorum Council >>

00021354
COMBINE HARVESTER AT WORK July
on Barley crop, Royston, Hertfordshire,
southern England

00021327
POTATOES grown as cattle feed
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire,
southern England

00021325
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
concealed in form December
Bedfordshire, South Midlands, England

00021312
GIANT SEQUOIA or WELLINGTONIA
Sequoiadendron giganteum

00021266
McKENZIE FALLS
Grampian National Park, Victoria, Australia

00021261
FOREST & LAKE
Forest reflected in reservoir
Hidden Valley National Park,
Western Australia

00021224
GUM TREE (detail)
Eucalyptus sp.
Northern Territory, Australia

00021212
STRAW BALES
Austria

00021185
SPRING PLOUGHING
Clwyd, North Wales
April

00021183
ANCIENT OAK & BEECH POLLARDS
May Great Huntley Bank
(Site of Special Scientific Interest)
Hampshire, southern England

00021169
WHITE-CLAWED CRAYFISH
Austropotamobius pallipes
female

00021165
THAMES BARRIER built as flood control
open to incoming tide
Greenwich, London, England

00021158
KOALA female & young
Phascolarctos cinereus
Eastern Australian eucalyptus forest

00021151
TASMANIAN DEVIL calling
Sarcophilus harrisii
Tasmania

00021145
EASTERN QUOLL (Pale phase)
Dasyurus viverrinus
Tasmania

00021144
EASTERN QUOLL (Dark phase)
Dasyurus viverrinus
Tasmania

00021095
WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE in flight
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Northern Territory, Australia

00021085
STROMATOLITES 3500m years old
Carbonate deposits produced by
Blue-Green Algae (Abundant 3500 million
years ago) Shark Bay, Western Australia

00021082
MUSKY RAT-KANGAROO eating
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Atherton Tablelands, near Cairns,
north eastern Queensland, Australia >>

00021059
BUDGERIGAR
Melopsittacus undulatus
at nest hole in tree trunk
Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia

00021035
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Basin,
Ecuador, South America

00021027
DUNE PRIMROSES on dunes
Oenothera deltoides
Algodones Dunes Wilderness,
southern California, USA March

00021018
COLORADO COLUMBINE flower
Aquilegia coerulea
close detail Rocky Mountains,
Colorado, mid-western USA

00021003
CALIFORNIAN POPPIES
Eschscholzia californica
Arizona, USA .

00020988
MIXED DESERT PLANTS
Ocotillo, Desert Lupine & Brittlebush
Sonoran Desert, Arizona, south west USA

00020973
VINE MAPLE leaves in autumn colours
Acer circinatum
Ancient forest, Pacific coast of North USA

00020955
CALIFORNIA CONDORS on ground,
Gymnogyps californianus
with wings spread Note wing tags
Released in Grand Canyon, USA

00020938
WESTERN DIAMONDBACK
RATTLESNAKE in picnic area
Crotalus atrox
Southern Arizona, USA

00020913
NIGER GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis peralta
Southern Niger Endangered sub-sp.

00020900
GREATER MOUSE DEER
or Greater Malay Chevrotain
Tragulus napu
Malaysia, South East Asia

00020898
BROAD-BANDED RED BAMBOO SNAKE
Elaphe porphyracea laticincta
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

00020895
VEGETABLE FIELDS & greenhouses
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

00020875
CONNEMARA PONY tethered
by stable door

00020863
YELLOW-BANDED POISON FROG
Dendrobates leucomelas
on flower. Native to Venezuela & Guyana

00020843
ROAD SUBSIDED
eroded by flooding of nearby river
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

00020801
PANDANG CINNAMON
Cinnamomum burmanii
bark being stripped for spice
Maninjau, Sumatra, Indonesia

00020784
MAMMOTH MOLAR fossil
Mammuthus trogontherii
Quaternary period >>

00020782
BAUXITE (mixture of aluminium oxides)
Taken at Musee Lecoq, Clermont-
Ferrand, France, which must be
included in the photo credit

00020764
ANTELOPE JACKRABBIT
Lepus alleni
sitting near to cactus Found in southern
Arizona, USA & north western Mexico

00020744
DEAD TREES in lake
behind hydroelectric dam
Yate, New Caledonia, South Pacific

00020743
VINE with grapes in vineyard
Vitis vinifera
Banyuls-sur-Mer,
Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

00020738
FOSSIL BIRD (oldest known bird)
Archaeopteryx
150 million years old

00020730
TROPICAL HARDWOOD
timber from primary forest
(habitat destruction) French Guiana

00020724
RICE
Oryza sativa
ripening seedhead (panicle)

00020708
BOILING MUD Lake Agko, Mt Apo,
Mindanao Island, The Philippines

00020701
GRAPEFRUITS ripe, on tree
Citrus sp.
Phoenix, Arizona, south western USA

00020672
COMMON VAMPIRE BAT
Desmodus rotundus
open mouth, lateral detail

00020656
WEEVIL Fam. Curculiomidae
Eupholus bennetti
Papua New Guinea

00020655
SAGO PALM plantation
Metroxylon sp.
Fergusson's Island, Papua New Guinea

00020637
COMMON CUSCUS hanging on branch
Phalanger orientalis
Papua New Guinea

00020628
BEAVER TAIL CACTUS in flower
Opuntia basilaris
South-west USA

00020625
EUROPEAN RED FOX & WHIPSNAKE
Vulpes vulpes & Hierophis viridis

00020623
BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER
Loxosceles reclusa
on floorboards. Sufficiently venomous
to be fatal to humans on occasion

00020597
CASHEW NUTS
Anacardium occidentale
ripening on plant India

00020569
PITCHER PLANT with wasp prey
Nepenthes sp.
South East Asia

00020564
CUMULONIMBUS SQUALL LINE
Gust front of strong wind at edge
of thunderstorm Wisconsin, USA

00020536
SAND BEACH & palm with sailing dhow
in the background. Benguerra Island,
Mozambique

00020523
AFRICAN ELEPHANT male
Loxodonta africana
spraying muddy water on back
Chobe Natl Pk, Botswana, south Africa

00020514
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS slaughtered
Loxodonta africana
(by throat-cutting) during annual cull
Kruger Nat'l Park, South Africa

00020496
PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
August 1999 France

00020473
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
in saltmarsh, with Cattle Egret
Maya Bai, Odzala Forest, Congo

00020467
MASAI CLEANING OUT SODA PATCHES
Natron Region, Tanzania, eastern Africa

00020459
OGOOUE RIVER aerial view
with savanna & forest (with clearance for agriculture by burning in background). Booue Region, Gabon

00020432
BARN OWL stretching wing
Tyto alba
Scotland

00020430
RABBIT young, almost alseep
Oryctolagus cuniculus
at burrow entrance
Cairngorms, Scotland June

00020410
EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE
Broken road surface Hawaii, USA

00020408
KING OF THE ALPS
Eritrichium nanum
an Alpine Forget-Me-Not Switzerland

00020395
NATIVE FOXGLOVE in burnt scrubland
Pityrodia terminalis
Western Australia

00020391
SEMI-ARID EUCALYPTUS WOODLAND
Eucalyptus sp.
Paynes Find, Western Australia

00020356
BROWNTAIL MOTH
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Essex, England

00020354
MAPLE PROMINENT MOTH
Lophopteryx cucullina
Essex, England

00020350
GREAT FRIGATEBIRD in flight,
Fregata minor
male with inflated throat pouch
Tower (Genovesa) Island, Galapagos

00020337
LAVA TREE
Lava Tree National Park,
Big Island, Hawaii, USA

00020319
QUIVER TREE bark detail
Aloe dichotoma
Kokerboom Forest, Namibia,
south western Africa

00020305
LEAF VENATION Rainforest,
Manu Region, south eastern Peru,
South America

00020285
SAGUARO CACTI on rocky hillside
Carnegiea gigantea
Saguaro National Monument,
Arizona, south western USA

00020264
REINDEER calf resting
Rangifer tarandus
on the snow-covered Nadym Tundra in spring. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

00020251
GAS PROCESSING PLANT, aerial view
Yamsavey gas fields, near Nadym, Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia.

00020245
SOUTHERN SIBERIAN STEPPE
Near Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva. Siberia, Russia.

00020230
ELLESMERE ISLAND coast with melting ice floating in front of an iceberg. Arctic Canada.

00020200
HARP SEAL young
Phoca groenlandica
lying upside down on snow
Saint Lawrence, northern Canada

00020199
JUNGLE NUTMEG fruit
Myristica longipes
Papua New Guinea. Nut & red "mace"
surrounding it are used as flavourings

00020174
GOLDEN PLOVER male in rain
Pluvialis apricaria
South Uist, Hebrides, Scotland May

00020149
ARCTIC TERN in flight
Sterna paradisea
Inner Farne Island, Northumberland, England

00020143
WHOOPER SWAN landing
Cygnus cygnus
Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire, UK. January

00020134
FIELDFARE on Cotoneaster in garden
Turdus pilaris
Essex, England January

00020120
Tide flooding stubble field after planned
breach in sea wall. Salt marsh
re-creation & managed retreat project.
Abbots Hall Farm, Essex Wildlife Trust.

00020116
ABANDONED & BURNT OUT CAR
in country lane
Essex

00020090
CIRRUS CLOUDS October
Also called Horsetail or Marestail
Mid Wales

00020069
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
Muscicapa striata
Minorca, Balearic Isles, Spain. Bird on course of migration in September.

00020036
GOLDEN PLOVER
Pluvialis apricaria
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020032
PONY IN STABLE
UK

00020031
CHINESE GOOSE
gosling
UK

00020027
PHEASANT males fighting over territory
Phasianus colchicus
UK

00020013
RED GROUSE male in heather
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020004
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019995
GOLDEN PLOVER
Pluvialis apricaria
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019984
WHOOPER SWAN pair
Cygnus cygnus
Martin Mere WWT Reserve, Lancashire

00019980
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS two leaping
Tursiops truncatus
at sunset. Caribbean.

00019972
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Honduras, Central America.

00019971
GIANT OTTER in water, alert
Pteronura brasiliensis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00019964
HYACINTH MACAW crushing palm nut
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Pantanal, Brazil

00019960
TIGER BONE PLASTERS
used in Chinese medicine,
confiscated by the Metropolitan Police
Wildlife Unit, London

00019957
DEFORESTATION
in Cumbrian forest
Grizedale, Cumbria, UK

00019943
SWEET CHESTNUT coppiced
Castanea sativa
Nap Wood, Sussex, southern England

00019940
LINED SEAHORSES
Hippocampus erectus
Atlantic Ocean

00019936
STUBBLE FIELD
East Barming, Kent, England

00019904
LIMESTONE FORMATIONS IN CAVE
near Fitzroy Crossing Napier Range,
Tunnel Creek NP, Western Australia

00019891
WHITE MOUSE group of young
seven-day-old, fur just growing
4th of sequence of pictures

00019890
GRASS RE-GROWING AFTER FIRE
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
north eastern Australia

00019831
OLIVE GROVE
Olea europaea var. pisciottana
Cilento National Park, Campania, Italy

00019824
TAMARISK branch with cones
Tamarix gallica
Cilento National Park, Campania, Italy

00019816
BIOMASS FURNACE for heating
greenhouses, National Botanic Garden
of Wales Fed by wood reclaimed or
coppiced on site on a 3-7 year rotation

00019780
BEECH WOODLAND Autumn
with Bosnian Pines on ridge
Mount Serra Crispo, Raganello Valley,
Pollino National Park, Calabria, Italy

00019760
CAMELTHORNS
Acacia erioloba
Sossusvlei, Naukluft Natl Park, Namibia

00019754
MOUNT VESUVIUS aerial view
of crater & town at foot Vesuvius
National Park, Campania, Italy

00019734
COFFE BEANS in basket, newly picked
Coffea sp.
Costa Rica

00019721
GAME GUARDS on patrol
Three mounted on Asian Elephant,
one walking. Kaziranga National
Park, Assam, north eastern India

00019708
HONEYCOMB MORAY EEL head
Gymnothorax favagineus
with cleaner shrimp below
Sodwana Bay, Natal, RSA

00019688
SPRINGHARE South Africa
Pedetes capensis
Large nocturnal, burrowing rodent

00019660
PILE OF DEAD LEAVES
composting in garden
Ideal shelter for hibernating Hedgehogs

00019658
GLOW-WORM female glowing
Lampyris noctiluca
Sussex, UK

00019647
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
taking off

00019619
WILD CARROT flowerhead
Daucus carota

00019555
HOOKNOSE or POGGE
Agomus cataphractus
head detail

00019535
BOOTED EAGLE (pale phase)
Hieraaetus pennatus
in flight. Spain

00019519
LITTLE BUSTARD female
Tetrax tetrax

00019518
LITTLE BUSTARD female
Tetrax tetrax

00019503
UMBRELLA PINES in field,
under stormy sky
Castilla y Leon, Spain

00019454
ANGLE SHADES MOTH on leaflitter
Phlogophora meticulosa
Armagh, southern Ulster October

00019449
BROWN HAWKER DRAGONFLY larva
Aeshna grandis
(collected Montiaghs Bog, Lough Neagh,
Antrim, NE Ulster) with Stickleback prey

00019439
AUTUMN COLOURS & reflections
Colwell Lake, Hiawatha National Forest
Michigan, USA

00019427
QUOKKA a small wallaby
Setonix brachyurus
confined to South West Australia,
Rottnest & Bald Islands.

00019422
AGRICULTURE & Nubian houses
along River Nile. Karma, Sudan.

00019419
COMMON CRANE flock at dusk
Grus grus
on migration

00019378
MARABOU STORK on branch
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
silhouetted at dawn
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00019372
MARABOU STORK
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
KwaZulu-Natal, Rep.South Africa

00019330
SOUTHERN STINGRAY
Dasyatis americana
Venomous scavenger.

00019325
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE & diver
Carretta carretta
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019314
KELP FOREST
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019298
CORAL REEF & Demoiselle shoal
Chromis dispilus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019294
SEA PERCH (venomous)
Helicolenus percoides
Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand.

00019282
HOGFISH or HOG SNAPPER
Lachnolaimus maximus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019279
LEMON DAMSEL
Pomacentrus moluccensis
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia. South Pacific Ocean.

00019275
HINGE-BEAK SHRIMP
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean.

00019273
SMOOTH-TAILED TREVALLY shoal
Selaroides leptolepis
(defensive behaviour). Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.

00019266
BLUE-STRIPED GRUNT shoal
Haemulon sciurus
with Tiger Grouper. Turks & Caicos, Caribbean Sea.

00019250
MANTIS SHRIMP
Odontodactylus scyallarus
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, South Pacific Ocean.

00019231
ADDER curled on path
Vipera berus
with walker approaching
August Midlands of England

00019230
ADDER curled on path
Vipera berus
with walker approaching
August Midlands of England

00019229
ADDER female with young
Vipera berus
Midlands, England August

00019218
SISKIN female on feeder
Carduelis spinus
containing peanuts Scotland, September

00021734
DRAGON ARUM December
Dracunculus vulgaris
inflorescence detail Christchurch Botanic
Gardens, South Island, New Zealand

00021721
SWEETGUM TREE autumn foliage
Liquidambar styraciflua
Christchurch, New Zealand

00021686
FOSSIL HAZEL LEAF (Mag x0.2)
Corylus macquarrii
40-60m years old Scotland

00021681
RUBBISH ON SHORELINE
cast up by ocean, Island of Tiree,
off SW coast of Scotland

00021677
SEA LILIES Echinoderm fossil
Pentacrinus fossilis
(mag. x0.1) Upper Jurassic
Dorset, England

00021676
STRAIGHT-HEADED UNICORN FISH
Naso rectifrons
Fossil of Upper Eocene Italy
Length 8cm Family Acanthuridae

00021657
WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
"Hunting lion in Bechuanaland"
Published 1852

00021643
OPOSSUM on rock
Marmosa fuscata
Venezuela, South America

00021631
SKYSCRAPERS aerial view
northwards from Sears Tower Chicago,
Illinois, USA

00021599
MAKO SHARK TOOTH
Mako Shark is
Isurus oxyrinchus

00021568
COBWEB HOUSELEEK
Sempervivum arachnoideum
with the Matterhorn in the background
Canton Valais, Switzerland July

00021551
WATER HYACINTH August
Eichhornia crassipes
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00021518
COCKER SPANIEL 12 weeks old
puppy in kennel

00021510
HOUSE SPIDER silhouetted
Tegenaria domestica
Hertfordshire, England September

00021503
RED DEER stag roaring, head detail
Cervus elaphus
UK September

00021487
COMMON POLYPODY FERN
Polypodium vulgare

00021471
THOROW-WAX in flower
Bupleurum rotundifolium
Buckinghamshire, UK June
Rare species of arable weed

00021460
YELLOW HORNED POPPY
Glaucium flavum
in flower, July
Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England

00021425
DOG COCKLE SHELLS
Glycymeris glycymeris
& wind-blown sand

00021404
HAWTHORN HEDGEROW in flower
Crataegus monogyna
with wooden fence, by buttercup
meadow Hertfordshire, UK May

00021388
CANADA GOOSE bathing
Branta canadensis

00021339
RIDGEWAY LONG DISTANCE PATH
with stile at crossing of another path
February Ivinghoe Hills, Chilterns,
Buckinghamshire, southern England

00021319
HOUSE SPIDER
Tegenaria domestica
on brick wall at night

00021299
THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK pair
Gasterosteus aculeatus
River Chess, Buckinghamshire

00021272
MAGPIE fledged young
Pica pica
in Hawthorn in full blossom

00021269
TRACTOR-DRAWN HARROW AT WORK
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00021249
SANDSTONE "BEEHIVES" FORMATION
in Bungle Bungle (Purnululu)
National Park, Western Australia

00021211
LENTICULAR CLOUDS
Altocumulus lenticularis over mountain
range Caused by wind-induced wave
patterns, often on lee of mountains

00021210
HORSES and foals
standing nose to tail to help ward off flies
Coto Donana National Park,
Andalucia, southern Spain

00021189
SHEEP being rounded up
Shepherd at work with Border Collie
Snowdonia National Park,
northern Wales. May

00021176
DOMESTIC GOOSE
flock grazing on village green
Parkhill, Gower, West Glamorgan, Wales

00021083
DEEP RED SAND DUNES
Typical of inland deserts of Australia

00021065
FLOWER-COVERED DUNES after rain
in Simpson Desert, Northern Territory,
Australia

00021058
SUMATRAN TIGER head detail
Panthera tigris sumatrae
Endangered species

00021044
SPRING FLOWERS
including Indian Paintbrush & Lupins
Texas, USA

00021040
DAFFODIL CROP Commercial
Skagit River Valley, Washington,
north western USA April

00021030
PORT CLYDE HARBOUR with Lupins
Maine, New England, USA

00021028
WOODLAND in spring
View of treetops. Adirondack Mountains, New York State, eastern USA

00021006
ORGAN PIPE CACTUS
Stereocereus thurberi
Organ Pipe National Monument,
Arizona, south western USA

00020986
COAST or CALIFORNIAN REDWOOD
Sequoia sempervirens
trunk Redwood Natl Pk,California,USA
World's tallest tree species

00020983
GIANT SEQUOIA or WELLINGTONIA
Sequoiadendron giganteum
view upward to forest canopy
Sequoia Natl Pk, California, western USA

00020978
DOUGLAS FIR old-growth forest
Pseudotsuga menziesii
in winter Oregon, USA

00020976
LOGGERS FELLING OLD-GROWTH
TREE in ancient forest
Oregon, north western USA

00020964
WILDFOWLER taking shot duck
from Pointer Dog which has just
retrieved it Poland

00020963
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR
Sus scrofa
Poland

00020927
BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus longaeva
White Mountains, California, USA

00020911
ONAGER or ASIATIC WILD ASS & foal
Equus hemionus onager
Iran Endangered species

00020835
WHITE GYPSUM SANDS
Wind-rippled sand in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, southern USA.

00020832
DESERTAS ISLANDS MUSTARD
Sinapidendron sempervivifolium
Endemic to the Desertas Islands
Madeira Islands, Portugal

00020816
RICE PLANTATION showing terracing
Oryza sativa
Maninjau, Sumatra, Indonesia.

00020812
TEA PLANTATION
on border of Kurung & Kerenci
Regions, Sumatra, Indonesia
Tea is Camellia sinensis

00020795
RAT BREEDING
in laboratory for research

00020791
SKULL OF HOMINID
Proconsul africanus
(replica)

00020778
PECAN NUTS
Caryocar nuciferum
North America

00020765
PYRENEAN DESMAN
Galemys pyrenaicus
at water's edge, with wet fur

00020683
TOKAY GECKO dorsal skin detail
Gekko gekko
South East Asia

00020682
TAKIN or GOLDEN-FLEECED COW young
Budorcas taxicolor tibetana
Montane species living between 2500m
& 4000m Sseu-Tsh'ouan, Himalayas

00020673
COMMON VAMPIRE BAT
Desmodus rotundus
face detail Tropical America

00020659
KLINKII "PINE"
Araucaria hunsteinii
Papua New Guinea
Endangered species

00020658
INDIAN HEMP or MARIJUANA
Cannabis sativa indica
single leaf

00020640
GRASSHOPPER
Phymateus saxeus
Madagascar

00020639
COMMON CUSCUS young at pouch
Phalanger orientalis
Papua New Guinea

00020634
MILLIPEDE curled up
Iulus sp.
South east Cameroon, West Africa

00020618
KOURI CATTLE
Niger
Endangered

00020600
BROWN LESSER MOUSE LEMUR
Microcebus rufus
Madagascar Endemic

00020559
BOILING MUDPOTS
Rotorua Thermal Area, North Island,
New Zealand

00020556
ROPEY PAHOEHOE LAVA
Hawaii, USA

00020540
LEOPARD fur detail
Panthera pardus
Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa

00020503
RENDILLE CARAVAN
Kenya, East Africa

00020412
YELLOW STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM
Gagea lutea
in flower

00020411
DRY ROT FUNGUS in doorway
Serpula lacrymans
Common on old timber and causes Dry Rot. Prevalent all year round.

00020355
POPLAR KITTEN MOTH
Harpyia bifida
Essex, England

00020343
PERINET RESERVE boundary
Madagascar

00020331
TULIP TREE (African)
Spathodea campanulata
introduced to Hawaii, takes over
native forest Big Island, Hawaii

00020300
CACTUS DAHLIA
Pink flower, petals, close detail

00020295
SALTMARSH & MUD at low tide
River Crouch, Essex, south eastern UK

00020226
WALRUS mothers with calves on rock
Odobenus rosmarus
Dundas Harbour, Devon Island. Nunavut, Canada.

00020184
ROBIN singing, perched in garden
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, England March

00020054
COMMON ZEBRA with new born foal
Equus burchelli
Masai Mara N.R., Kenya

00020040
RED GROUSE male with ruffled feathers
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020018
RED GROUSE male silhouetted
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020005
RED GROUSE female drinking
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019993
RED GROUSE male running across road
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019976
TIGER walking on snow
Panthera tigris
Endangered species

00019965
RED-CROWNED CRANE
Grus japonensis
group of five in flight Hokkaido, Japan

00019915
LANDSLIP ON HILLSIDE
caused by heavy spring rain, near Lake
Eildon, north eastern Victoria, Australia

00019907
BOULDER OPAL
White Cliffs, New South Wales, Australia

00019902
WAVE ROCK RESERVE
Wave Rock, undercut, water-eroded
granite cliff c.2700 million years old.
Site of Aboriginal rock art. >>

00019880
STURT'S DESERT PEA in flower
Clianthus formosus
Floral emblem of South Australia
Found in arid areas of most of Australia

00019879
THE OLGAS in evening light
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory
Australia

00019872
GREATER STICK-NEST RAT
Leporillus conditor
Lives only on Franklin Island, off Ceduna,
SW South Australia Extinct on mainland

00019867
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEALS pups
Arctocephalus forsteri

00019849
CYCLONE WINIFRED 1st Feb.1986
Wind 250kph, pressure 955mb
Palm Cove, Cairns, Queensland,
Australia

00019848
BUSH FLY Pest to humans
Musca vetustissima
as they seek water in nose & eye
Widespread across Australia

00019837
ALMOGRAVE BEACH & Rio Mira estuary
Parque Natural du Sudoeste Alentejano
& Costa Vicentina, Alentejo, Portugal

00019830
ALTO GARDA REGIONAL PARK
with Autumn Crocus meadow
Colchicum autumnale
Vestino Valley & Magasa alpine village >

00019818
CYCLAMEN or SOWBREAD in flower
Cyclamen hederifolium
Ferrire Valley National Reserve,
Amalfi Coast, Campania, Italy

00019787
MEDITERRANEAN SCRUB with
Calicotome spinosa, Euphorbia
dendroides, Phyllirea sp. & Olea
europea var. Oleaster (Olive). Sardinia.

00019782
WILL STEGER Arctic & Antarctic explorer
walking amongst Adelie Penguins
Pygocelis adeliae
(No model release)

00019779
TRUMPET or KOCH'S GENTIAN
Gentiana acaulis
in flower Adamelio Regional Park,
Lombardy, northern Italy

00019777
ALMOND TREES in full blossom
Prunus dulcis
Supramonte Mountains, Sardinia
between Orgosolo & Oriena >>

00019723
RING-TAILED LEMUR sitting
Lemur catta
(Captive animal.)
Native to Madagascar

00019684
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
(Endangered subspecies, endemic to
Zanzibar) Jozani Forest, Zanzibar

00019659
GLOW-WORM female glowing
Lampyris noctiluca
Sussex, UK

00019649
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
taking off

00019631
BLUEBELL new shoots
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Spring

00019630
INDIAN or HIMALAYAN BALSAM
Impatiens glandulifera
in flower

00019626
WOOD ANTS communicating
Formica rufa
by touching antennae

00019599
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
leaping into water

00019592
SWALLOW
Hirundo rustica
in flight, feeding young in nest

00019579
BUTTERFISH close to sea urchin
Pholis gunnellus
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019558
VELVET SWIMMING CRAB pair mating
Necora puber
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019547
GUILLEMOT, bridled form, swimming
Uria aalge
UK

00019507
GREATER MOUSE-EARED BAT
Myotis myotis
roosting. Spain

00019481
VARIABLE DAMSELFLY male on horsetail
Coenagrion pulchellum
Brackagh Moss NNR Armagh,
southern Ulster

00019470
SCARCE SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Iphiclides podalirius

Dordogne, central France

00019460
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Vanessa atalanta
on flower

00019443
COMMON HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna juncea
female on heather August
Lackan Bog, Down, SE Ulster

00019431
SANDHILL CRANE
Grus canadensis
at water's edge

00019386
BLACK RHINOCEROS browsing
Diceros bicornis
showing prehensile upper lip. Lapalala
Wilderness, Northern Cape, S Africa

00019365
HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera
on Composite inflorescence

00019357
ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL feeding
Anthracocerus albirostris
Johor, Malaysia.

00019322
LONG-TAILED TAILORBIRD
Orthotomus sutorius
young in nest India

00019312
SCUBA DIVER among fish at coral reef
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019309
MOSAIC MORAY EEL
Enchelycore ramosa
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019297
POOR KNIGHTS ISLANDS MARINE RESERVE
New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.
Kelp habitat & fish shoal.

00019289
GIANT SPINED STARFISH
Pisaster giganteus
California, USA. Pacific Ocean.

00019267
SNORKELLER & Elkhorn Coral
Acropora palmata
on coral reef. Bonaire, Caribbean Sea.

00019242
WHALE SHARK & diver
Rhincodon typus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019214
VINE WEEVIL larvae in flower pot
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
(Pest on fruit & vegetables) Bury Saint
Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00019196
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
mother and young

00019191
CHINCHILLA PERSIAN CAT
investigating goldfish bowl

00019187
GARDEN SNAIL
Helix aspersa or Cantareus aspersus
Introduced into South Africa, where it is
now a pest, especially in vineyards.

00019184
SCARLET BERGAMOT
Monarda didyma
Medicinal; contains aromatic
antiseptic Thymol.

00019144
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA young
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019141
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA eating
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019117
OSTRICH showing aggression
Struthio camelus
by opening mouth, Africa

00019111
RING-TAILED LEMUR feeding
Lemur catta
on fruit. Madagascar
Endangered species

00019097
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
in water, face detail

00019072
MOUNTAIN GORILLA baby resting
Gorilla beringei beringei
on silverback (adult male)
Critically endangered species

00019033
HOUSE MOUSE held in hand
Mus musculus

00019026
EUROPEAN BEAVER swimming
Castor fiber

00019021
OKAPI rear view
Okapia johnstoni

00019010
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUE
or BLACK MACAQUE Macaca nigra
two on branch of tree

00018998
COMMON ROCK-ROSE
Heliathemum nummularium
in flower on hillside

00018989
SCOTS PINE silhouetted at sunset
Pinus sylvestris
Stunted tree growing in bog
Beiin Eighe NNR, Scotland

00018987
RHODODENDRON flowers
Rhododendron ponticum

00018900
LEAF-CUTTER ANTS foraging party
Atta sp.
Corcovado N.P., Costa Rica.

00018897
MOUNT SAINT HELENS
just after the eruption in 1980
Mount Hood in background.
Washington, north western USA

00018880
WHITE-FACED CAPUCHIN
Cebus capucinus
Costa Rica, Central America

00018873
OLIVE-THROATED PARAKEET pair
Arantinga nana
Southern Mexico.

00018864
GREAT BLUE HERON in flight
Ardea herodias
with catfish prey, Ictalurus nebulosus
Burnaby Lake, B.C., Canada

00018859
COMMON or GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Anas crecca
male on water. North America

00018823
QUOKKA
Setonix brachyurus
Western Australia

00018805
GREVY'S ZEBRA & foal
Equus grevyi
Laikipia, Kenya
Endangered species

00018787
COMMON OCTOPUS camouflaged
Octopus vulgaris
on reef Bonaire, Lesser Antilles,
West Indies, Caribbean Sea

00018768
COMMON CRANE wintering adult
Grus grus
St Remy, Champagne region,
France. February

00018747
MUNTJAC fawn suckling
Muntiacus reevesi
while mother stimulates defecation by
licking the fawn's anus.

00018727
HARVEST MOUSE four young
Micromys minutus
8-10 days old, in nest

00018719
SARUS CRANE preening
Grus antigone

00018705
GREVY'S ZEBRA group grazing
Equus grevyi
Samburu National Park, Kenya, E Africa

00018696
GREAT CRESTED GREBE with chick
Podiceps cristatus
Brenne, France

00018684
RED-LEGGED SERIEMA (Rare sp.)
Cariama cristata
Apore, Gorias, Brazil. Oct 1993

00018633
DEMOISELLE DAMSELFLY
Calopteryx xanthostoma(?)
Andalusia, Spain. June

00018615
SOUTHDOWN SHEEP Ewe
standing in field amongst
Chamomile flowers

00018535
SLASH & BURN - forest clearing
near Makokou, Gabon, Central Africa

00018525
AFRICAN LIONS crossing water
Panthera leo
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00018502
SANDHILL CRANE in flight
Grus canadensis
Bosque del Apache NWR,
New Mexico, USA

00018497
AMERICAN BISON face detail
Bison bison
with heavily frosted fur. Early morning in
Yellowstone Nal Pk, Wyoming, NW USA

00018484
GAS DRILLING PLATFORM
during severe winter storm. North Sea, England.

00018481
POLAR BEAR slipping into water
Ursus maritimus
while hunting. Spitsbergen (Svalbard), Arctic Norway.

00018473
TAIGA (BOREAL FOREST) & newly frozen river.
Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia. Autumn. Aerial view.

00018470
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Nenet reindeer herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.

00018415
HUSKY & puppy sleeping
Northwestern Greenland.

00018398
YAPESE ISLANDER climbing for coconuts
Yap, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, South Pacific Ocean.

00018384
REINDEER HERDER USES SNOW SCOOTER
to herd migrating reindeer. Northern Norway.

00018372
ROUGH SHOOT
Huntsman with fox. Hampshire, England.

00018355
POLAR BEAR male on hind legs
Ursus maritimus
for better view. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018352
POLAR BEAR on thin ice,
Ursus maritimus
distributing his weight. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018349
POLAR BEAR at the local dump,
Ursus maritimus
with jar of Miracle Whip. Churchill, Canada.

00018347
POLAR BEAR (drugged) being weighed
Ursus maritimus
by scientists. Churchill, Canada.

00018308
MUSK OXEN on snowy slope
Ovibos moschatus
Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.

00018259
ICE FLOES with iceberg in background
Ross Sea, Antarctica. The ice between the floes freezes during the night.

00018256
ICEBERG by Mertz Glacial Tongue
Antarctica.

00018243
LEOPARD SEAL on ice floe
Hydrurga leptonyx
Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.

00018238
BRABANT ISLAND
Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula.

00018215
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLVES
Canis lupus
running through deep snow & Spruce trees. Montana, USA.

00018201
INUIT HUNTER jumping lead in sea ice. (Huskies will follow.) Qeqertat, north western Greenland. Summer.

00018191
METEORITE BAY, aerial view from high altitude, with icebergs frozen into new sea ice & icecap of north western Greenland visible in background.

00018188
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Cape Churchill. Manitoba, Canada.

00018181
MUSK OXEN in defensive ring
Ovibos moschatus
around young. Scoresbysund,
eastern Greenland.

00018145
GREY SQUIRREL on tree trunk
Scuirus carolinensis
Essex, England. March

00018087
HAWK OWL
Surnia ulula
catching Mouse prey
Finland

00018071
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland

00018057
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland

00018046
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
on pheasant prey
Finland

00018000
TREECREEPER
Certhia familiaris
with insect prey in beak

00017962
PEAR ORCHARD in flower in spring
Pyrus communis cultivar
Oltrepo Pavese,Lombardy, Italy

00021297
BARASINGHA or SWAMP DEER
Cervus duvaucelii
face detail

00021290
STARLING
Sturnus vulgaris
three juvenile in wall crevice

00021287
FACTORY CHIMNEYS
releasing smoke into air,
silhouetted at sunset

00021283
DRYSTONE WALLS
Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, England

00021242
BAOBAB TREES
at Lake Kununurra Kununurra,
Western Australia

00021239
DESERT OAKS
Allocasuarina decaissneana
Uluru National Park, Northern Territory,
Australia

00021214
WALNUTS
harvested and dried

00021193
WELSH MOUNTAIN SHEEP
Black ewe with lamb
in Snowdonia National Park, northern Wales

00021137
COMMON WOMBAT
Vombatus ursinus
Northern Tasmania

00021136
COMMON WOMBAT
Vombatus ursinus
Northern Tasmania

00021111
SPECTACLED HARE-WALLABY
Lagorchestes conspicillatus

00021102
COTO DONANA NATIONAL PARK
Mediterranean woodland with fan palm
Prime habitat for Pardel lynx
Andalucia, southern Spain

00021078
LITTLE PYGMY POSSUM
Cercartetus lepidus
on banksia (Australia)

00021077
RIVER RED GUM bark detail
Eucalyptus camaldulensis

00021056
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
incubating eggs in hedgerow nest

00021052
COLLARED FLYCATCHER male
Ficedula albicollis
at nest hole with prey in beak

00021048
SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS
Mirounga leonina
on shore with King Penguins
Aptenodytes patagonica

00021045
MARIPOSA LILIES
Calochortus gunnisonii
Colorado, USA

00021011
TEXAS PAINTBRUSH flowers
Castilleja indivisa
Texas, USA Spring

00020954
CALIFORNIA CONDOR in flight
Gymnogyps californianus
Individual released in Grand Canyon,
USA

00020952
ZEBRATAIL LIZARD panting
Callisaurus draconoides
SW USA & N Mexico

00020926
CALIFORNIA FAN PALMS in oasis
Washingtonia filifera
Southeastern California, USA

00020917
OKAPI feeding, showing tongue,
Okapia johnstoni
head detail Zaire, eastern Africa

00020904
SNOW PLANT
Sarcodes sanguinea
Sierra Nevada, California, USA
Non-photosynthetic saprophyte

00020880
BELGIAN SHEEPDOG
menacing attitude, head detail

00020871
ASIAN GRASS LIZARD on plant
Takydromus sexlineatus
Indonesia

00020869
BALKAN or ARMOURED GLASS LIZARD
or SCHELTOPUZIK (local name)
Ophisaurus apodus
The Balkans

00020824
CAMEL TRACKS over sand dune
Near Chinguetti, Mauritania

00020821
OASIS engulfed by sand
Near Chinguetti, Mauritania

00020803
GINGER Sumatra
Zingiber officinale
plant displayed to show root

00020798
OIL-POLLUTED BEACH being cleaned
Noirmoutier, western France
December 1999

00020792
SKULL OF HOMINID (replica)
Australopithecus africanus
Found in Kenya

00020788
FOSSIL PLESIOSAUR
Kuechosaurus hvyi
Triassic period China

00020771
WADI valley in desert,
revealing salt layer in soil
Western Sahara, Near Tan-Tan, Morocco

00020763
POISON IVY foliage detail
Rhus radicans

00020757
COOK PINES & SCREW PINE
Araucaria columnaria
& Pandanus sp.
(foreground) on coral shore

00020755
COOK PINES on coral shore
Araucaria columnaria
Ile des Pins, New Caledonia,
South Pacific Ocean

00020748
MOUNTAIN KAURI
Agathis ovata
Endemic to New Caledonia

00020706
BANAUE RICE TERRACES
First use believed to be between 200BC
& 100AD Philippines, South East Asia
Possibly "Eighth wonder of the world"

00020693
NATURAL SALT PANS and salt heaps
Salins de Giraud, Rhone Delta, France

00020667
YLANG-YLANG or MACASSAR OIL TREE
Cananga odorata
in flower Indo-Pacific species

00020661
LIMES
growing on tree

00020602
GOLIATH FROG eating another
Conraua goliath
Southern Cameroon, Africa

00020567
MAMMATIFORM CLOUDS
Royal Gorge, Colorado, western USA

00020563
EMERALD Green form
of beryllium aluminium cyclosilicate
La Muso, Colombia, north western
South America

00020551
AVALANCHE IN SOUTHERN ALPS
Fiordland National Park
South Island, New Zealand

00020513
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS fleeing
Loxodonta africana
from marksman in helicopter, during
annual cull. Kruger N.P., South Africa

00020495
LAVENDER bunches hung up to dry
Lavandula sp.
Provence, France

00020482
SUNFLOWERS
Helianthus annuus
Southern France

00020479
CAMARGUE HORSE
Equus caballus
three trotting in marsh Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France

00020476
CANDLE TREE
Canarium schweinfurthii
tracker collecting wax
Odzala Forest, Congo

00020471
SITATUNGA group browsing on rushes
Tragelaphus spekei
with Cattle Egret nearby
Bubulcus ibis

00020435
PURPLE QUEEN
Pseudanthias pascalus

00020386
WILD WISTERIA
Hardenbergia componiana
Walpole-Normalup National Park,
Western Australia

00020385
WILD WISTERIA
Hardenbergia componiana
Shannon National Park,
Western Australia

00020352
SWALLOW PROMINENT MOTH
Pheosia tremula
Essex, England

00020322
SAND DUNES & DEAD TREES
Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei,
Namib Desert, Namibia, SW Africa

00020314
ROCK PHLOX on sandstone cliff
Phlox subulata
Zion National Park, Utah, USA

00020297
OLD BEDFORD RIVER
Welney, Norfolk, England

00020259
REINDEER calf, newborn, walking
Rangifer tarandus
alongside its mother on Nadym Tundra. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

00020252
NENET MEN hauling in fishing net with catch of Muksun near mouth of River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

00020248
BACTRIAN CAMEL herd, domestic
Camelus bactrianus
at summer pastures on steppe.
Near Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva. Siberia, Russia.

00020229
ARCTIC CANADA with melting ice floating in front of an iceberg. Off the coast of Ellesmere Island.

00020222
INUIT SCULPTOR working on a large whale bone carving in his home. Shismaref, Alaska, USA.

00020215
COAL-FIRED POWER STATION
Anadyr, Chukotka, Siberia,
Asiatic Russia

00020209
COLLECTING EIDER DOWN
from a nest on the island of
Eholmen, Spitzbergen

00020197
NORTHERN CASSOWARY
Casuarius unappendiculatus
or One-Wattled Cassowary Baiyer
River Sanctuary, Papua New Guinea

00020194
REDSHANK on machair
Tringa totanus
South Uist, Outer Hebrides,
Western Isles, Scotland May

00020181
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER male
Dendrocopos major
on oak branch Essex, England

00020178
KINGFISHER female on Alder branch
Alcedo atthis
Yorkshire, England May

00020172
CORNCRAKE calling
Crex crex
South Uist, Hebrides, Scotland May

00020164
GOLDCREST on Gorse
Regulus regulus
Suffolk, UK. April.

00020161
BLACKCAP male singing
Sylvia atricapilla
Suffolk, England. April.

00020150
COMMON BUZZARD taking off from prey
Buteo buteo
Near Tregaron, Wales. October.

00020131
ROBIN on fence post with ivy
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, England January

00020126
BITTERN in camouflage posture
Botaurus stellaris
Lee Valley, Essex, UK January

00020123
BITTERN fishing January
Botaurus stellaris
Lee Valley, Essex, England

00020091
MIXED FOREST looking west
from Ysbyty Ystwyth, Mid-Wales October

00020088
GREAT CRESTED GREBE July
Podiceps cristatus
feeding feather to chick
Lee Valley, Essex, England

00020017
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020001
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019991
RED GROUSE male calling
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019978
BAOBAB TREE
Adansonia madagascarensis
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00019967
HAYSTACK freshly built
Carpathian Mountains,
Transylvania, Romania

00019934
PURPLE EMPEROR BUTTERFLY
Apatura iris
male on oak leaves, wings open

00019927
DORMOUSE on oak
Muscardinus avellanarius
(Fam. Gliridae)

00019909
STARVING CATTLE on grazing land
after nearly three years without rain
Inland Queensland, Australia

00019871
DIVERS (MAN & WOMAN) OVER REEF
Staghorn Coral Acropora in foreground
Australia & Indo-Pacific

00019861
GREY NURSE SHARK
Eugomphodus taurus
Australia (widespread)

00019832
COMMON MASTICH-TREE
Pistacia lentiscus
being wind-pollinated
Cilento National Park, Campania, Italy

00019829
CALA BIANCA (White Cove) with garigue
Cilento National Park, Campania, Italy
Mediterranean Sea

00019807
MOUNT ETNA ERUPTING at dusk
Lava streaming from south east crater
at 3000m Sicily, Italy Temperature of
larva about 1000 degrees C.

00019804
BUILDING destroyed by lava flow
with new house built close by
(bordering old lava flow)
Etna Regional Park, Sicily, Italy

00019798
LANDSLIDE
from Mount Sarno Campania,
south western Italy

00019796
LILY BEETLE
Lilioceris lilii
on Fritillaria tenella
Cilento National Park, Italy

00019773
LAVENDER FIELDS
Provence, France

00019740
BROMELIAD in cloudforest tree
Guzmania sp.
Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica,
Central America

00019683
NILE CROCODILE nest with eggs
Crocodylus niloticus
Lake Tanganyika, Zambia

00019650
AZURE DAMSELFLY take-off
Coenagrion puella

00019624
GIANT LACEWING on bluebell
Osmylus fulvicephalus

00019616
PYGMY SHREW
Sorex minutus
nead detail

00019613
PYGMY SHREW
Sorex minutus
on Plantain

00019609
CHARCOAL BURNER AT WORK
Loder Valley Reserve, Ardingly,
West Sussex, UK

00019607
WHITE-TAILED BUMBLEBEE
Bombus lucorum
on Foxglove inflorescence

00019598
GRAYLING butterfly
Hipparchia semele

00019573
COD head detail
Gadus morhua
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019560
COMMON WHELK on gravel
Buccinum undatum
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019541
BEARDED TIT male on reed
Panurus biarmicus

00019521
PADDYFIELD WARBLER perched
Acrocephalus agricola
U.K.

00019515
SHAG pair at nest, male passing 'gift'
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
to incubating mate

00019512
SAVI'S PIPISTRELLE BAT in cave
Hypsugo savii
Spain

00019499
FLAX crop in flower
Linum sp.

00019485
FOUR-SPOT CHASER DRAGONFLY
Libellula quadrimaculata
on Bogbean, newly emerged from pupa

00019479
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY
Anthocharis cardamines
male on flower Armagh, southern Ulster

00019472
SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY
Pararge aegeria
Montiaghs Moss National Nature
Reserve, Antrim, NE Ulster

00019467
EARLY THORN MOTH
Selenia dentaria
The Argory (National Trust)
Armagh, southern Ulster

00019459
LANG'S SHORT-TAILED BLUE
BUTTERFLY on flower
Syntarucus pirithous
Southern France July

00019458
EMPEROR MOTH male on heather
Saturnia pavonia
Brackagh Moss NNR Portadown,
Armagh, Southern Ulster

00019452
BANDED AGRION DAMSELFLY on leaf
Calopteryx splendens
Banbridge, Down, SE Ulster June

00019442
COMMON HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna juncea
female uncommon blue form July

00019417
STRAWBERRY TREE October
Arbutus unedo
with flowers & fruit

00019407
BAMBOO stems, detail
Bambusa vulgaris striata

00019406
PATTERN OF LIGHT ON LAGOON
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific Ocean

00019345
WHITESPOTTED FILEFISH at coral reef
Cantherhines macrocerus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019336
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus latirostris
at power plant. Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019331
CUSHION STARFISH
Oreaster reticulatus
Predator & scavenger in estuary waters.

00019315
KELP FOREST
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019277
CUTTLEFISH
Sepia sp.
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean.

00019197
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus

00019183
TROPICAL RAINFOREST aerial view
Western Congo basin
moist forest canopy. Gabon

00019122
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA at water
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019120
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019092
GREATER FLAMINGO preening
Phoenicopterus ruber
Namibia

00019091
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRAS
Equus burchelli
drinking, reflected in water
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019078
WHIPTAIL or PRETTYFACE WALLABY
Macropus parryi
young in pouch of female

00019042
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
two eating Oxlips
Primula elatior

00019035
RAFFLESIA flower in rainforest
Rafflesia keithii
Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

00019016
BLACK-FOOTED FERRET
Mustela nigripes

00018994
SCOTS PINE close-up of bark on trunk
Pinus sylvestris
in woodland. Beinn Eighe NNR, Wester
Ross, Highland Region, Scotland

00018978
HORSE CHESTNUT foliage
Aesculus hippocastanum
Summer

00018967
HOLLY with ripe berries
Ilex aquifolium
& snow on foliage

00018961
SITKA SPRUCE
Picea sitchensis
three cones on branch

00018957
CHERRY
Prunus avium
tree in full blossom

00018948
HEDGEHOG
Erinaceus europaeus

00018924
BROLGA CRANE pair in shallows
Grus rubicundus
Kakadu National Park, Arnhemland,
Northern Territory, Australia

00018913
HARP SEAL mother & young
Phoca groenlandica
Magdalen Islands, Gulf of Saint Lawrence
north eastern Canada February

00018894
MOUNTAIN GOAT & kid
Oreamnos americanus
Mt Evans, Colorado, USA

00018889
KOALA young
Phascolarctos cinereus
Victoria, Australia

00018874
SWALLOW-TAILED GULLS preening (Creagrus furcatus) Tower Island, Galapagos

00018862
CAROLINA WOOD DUCK duckling,
Aix sponsa
1 week old. Spring
British Columbia, Canada

00018829
CANADIAN LYNX running on snow
Felis canadensis (Lynx canadensis)
Rocky Mountains, North America.

00018825
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
swimming Spring

00018814
RETICULATED GIRAFFE herd
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00018798
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
running (in captivity)

00018793
AMERICAN BISON
Bison bison
Yellowstone Natl Park, Wyoming,
north western USA Winter

00018775
HINDSCARTH & SCOPE END TOWER
over disused Goldscope lead mines
Lake District National Park
Cumbria, north western England

00018739
REEVE'S MUNTJAC fawn, 24 hours old
Muntiacus reevesi

00018735
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
with newly hatched chicks

00018728
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUES
Macaca nigra
No.2 female proffers rear to No.1 female
to register sub-servience. Male looks on

00018677
FULMAR young, spitting
Fulmaris glacialis
August Sutherland,
northern Scotland

00018645
POPPIES & CORNFLOWERS
with other flowers, growing in
strip in Barley crop June
Canton of Valais, Switzerland

00018634
BANDED DEMOISELLE female
Calopteryx splendens or
Agrion splendens
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland July >>

00018626
WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER
sitting

00018579
Road underpass for IBERIAN LYNX
Felis pardinus (Lynx pardinus)
in attempt to avoid road death. Coto
Donana Nat'l Park, Andalusia, Spain.

00018577
CRESTED TIT on snowy hazel branch
Parus cristatus
Europe

00018536
SLASH & BURN - forest clearing
near Makokou, Gabon, Central Africa

00018534
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Maya North bais,
Odzala National Pk, Republic of Congo

00018517
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA family
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
on saltmarsh. Maya Bai, Odzala Forest,
Congo, Western Africa.

00018515
LESSER FLAMINGOS & reflections
Phoenicopterus minor
East Africa

00018504
LIZARD TRACKS in sand
White Sands National Monument,
New Mexico, southern USA

00018492
CYPRESS SWAMP with
Swamp Cypress Taxodium distichum
Merchants Millpond State Park, North
Carolina, USA

00018472
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Nenet reindeer herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.

00018463
NENET HERDERS gathering reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
at camp on tundra. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.

00018428
POLAR BEAR snarling at attackers
Ursus maritimus
during a hunt. Northwestern Greenland

00018424
NARWHAL male, showing ivory tusk,
Monodon monoceros
(elongated tooth). Northwestern Greenland

00018377
MINKE WHALE & whale watchers
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Whale swimming upside down past boat. Husavik, Iceland.

00018375
TRADITIONAL CHINESE JUNK
in Hong Kong harbour on a misty day. Hong Kong.

00018370
SANTA CLAUS drives his reindeer sled through snowy forest. Rovaniemi, Finland.

00018353
POLAR BEAR female walking on sea ice
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018333
POLAR BEARS sleeping
Ursus maritimus
in falling snow. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018325
POLAR BEAR male in day bed
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018281
EMPEROR PENGUIN calling & stretching
Aptenodytes forsteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018270
CHINSTRAP PENGUIN head detail
Pygoscelis antarctica
Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands, Sub-Antarctic.

00018257
ADELIE PENGUIN on iceberg
Pygoscelis adeliae
by Dumont Durville, Adelie Coast, east Antarctica.

00018235
ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL young female, wet
Arctocephalus gazella
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Islands, Sub-Antarctica.

00018231
COMMERSON'S DOLPHINS at surface
Cephalorhynchus commersonii
circling a zodiac (inflatable boat) they have been playing with. Falkland Islands, Sub-Antarctic.

00018206
WALRUS male in water at haul out
Odobenus rosmarus
Round Island, Alaska, USA.

00018205
RINGED SEAL pup on ice
Phoca hispida
Near Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.

00018173
POLAR BEAR resting, face detail
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018172
POLAR BEAR looking into tundra buggy
Ursus maritimus
parked at camp. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Endangered species

00018149
SMEW male on water January
Mergus albellus
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00018144
CHAFFINCH male on gorse
Fringilla coelebs
April Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00018138
SPARROWHAWK female
Accipiter nisus
on stump in woodland September
Kent, south eastern England

00018134
WHITETHROAT singing
Sylvia communis
May Kent, south eastern England

00018111
SKYLARK singing on scrub
Alauda arvensis
Mount Llantysilio, Gwynedd,
northern Wales

00018096
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female watching Impala & young
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00018067
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland

00018055
FIELDFARE
Turdus pilaris
Finland

00021253
STURT'S DESERT PEA
Clianthus formosus
flower detail Western Australia

00021235
CLOUDS
seen from above

00021223
TOURISTS CLIMBING AYERS ROCK
Uluru National Park, Northern Territory,
Australia

00021219
TOURISTS CLIMBING AYERS ROCK
Uluru National Park, Northern Territory,
Australia

00021205
VIETNAMESE POT-BELLIED PIG
asleep in sty on Pimhill Organic Farm,
Shropshire, West Midlands of England

00021187
CANADA GEESE & GULLS
Branta canadensis
on frozen inner city reservoir
Birmingham, UK

00021181
WOOD SPURGE clump in flower
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Hampshire, southern England
May

00021172
LINCOLN RED CATTLE
bull & cows on fell pasture, Kendal, Lake District, Cumbria, UK

00021159
PLATYPUS or DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Female swimming underwater. Australia.
Digitally manipulated image

00021148
TASMANIAN DEVIL calling
Sarcophilus harrisii
Tasmania

00021142
KOALA feeding on eucalyptus
Phascolarctos cinereus

00021120
REGENT PARROT
Polytelis anthopeplus
female

00021112
IBERIAN, PARDEL or SPANISH LYNX
Felis pardinus (Lynx pardinus)
mounted head Museum specimen, Spain

00021105
GREAT TIT perched on branch
Parus major
with catkins & snow
French Pyrenees Late winter

00021070
GREAT BOWERBIRD male displaying
Chlamydera nuchalis
to female in bower decorated with shells
Mataranka Springs, N. Territory, Australia

00021055
TURTLE DOVE
Streptopelia turtur
feeding young in nest

00021023
LOBLOLLY PINE & LIVE OAK forest
Pinus te