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00020455
MOUNT MERU VOLCANO view of cone
Arusha National Park, Tanzania

00020440
COFFEE BEANS drying
Coffea sp.
Tanzania Highlands

00020428
GIANT or ROYAL WATERLILY leaves
Victoria regia amazonica

00020423
OYSTERCATCHER chick
Haematopus ostralegus
Cairngorms, Scotland June

00020413
KESTREL NEST WITH FIVE EGGS
Kestrel is Falco tinnunculus

00020396
NATIVE FOXGLOVE in burnt scrubland
Pityrodia terminalis
Western Australia

00020377
SOUTHERN PLAINS BANKSIA flower
Banksia media
with weevils South Western Australia

00020370
LITTLE CORELLA feeding on pasture
Cacatua sanguinea pastinator
South Western Australia

00020357
DOT MOTH on moss
Melenchra persicariae
Essex, England

00020334
ALULA - endangered Hawaiian endemic
Brighamia insignis
Kaua'i Island, Hawaii

00020308
COASTAL HEATH FLORA
Westleton Heath, Suffolk,
East Anglia, UK

00020304
CLOUDFOREST view over canopy
at 1850m Manu Region,
south eastern Peru, South America

00020257
REINDEER calf, newborn,
Rangifer tarandus
struggling to get up on snow-covered Nadym Tundra. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

00020203
BOILING MUD POOLS
Viti solfatara field, Myvatn, Iceland

00020191
REED BUNTING on reed May
Emberiza schoeniclus
Cliffe Marshes, Kent, England

00020187
GOLDFINCH flock in flight
Carduelis carduelis
Essex, England February

00020186
BLUE TIT on flowering branch
Parus caeruleus
Essex, England April

00020157
FIELDFARE eating Cotoneaster berry
Turdus pilaris
in garden. Essex, England. January

00020144
GOLDENEYE DUCK male displaying
Bucephala clangula
Arundel WWT, Sussex, England. March.

00020140
ROBIN on Cotoneaster bush in garden
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, England January

00020113
RABBIT standing in meadow,
Oryctolagus cuniculus
in evening light. Essex, England. July

00020050
MASAI GIRAFFE young calf with mother
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya

00020035
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020033
ELDERLY DONKEY looking over fence

00020003
RED GROUSE female drinking
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019998
RED GROUSE male taking off
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019961
COMMON RHEA or GREATER RHEA
Rhea americana
male, guarding nest Pantanal,
Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

00019955
LITTLE OWL in tree
Athene noctua
Hampshire, UK

00019939
GM MAIZE FIELD
with fallow 'buffer' zone.
Hertfordshire, England.

00019912
ERUPTION OF MOUNT SAINT HELEN
Tree damage near edge of blast zone,
12km from volcano nb Replanting of trees
in background Norway Pass Area >>

00019898
OVER-GRAZING of semi-arid land
by the sheep-industry. Gascoyne,
Western Australia

00019897
KOALA male
Phascolarctos cinereus
showing scent gland on chest
Australia

00019874
HEAVY POLLUTION OF OCEAN
by effluent from APPM Pulp Mill Burnie,
NW coast of Tasmania

00019834
FISHERMAN hauling in nets
with squid catch Gulf of Policasto,
Campania, Italy, Mediterranean Sea

00019810
MOUNT ETNA ERUPTING at night
Lava streaming from south east crater at
temperature of 1000C Altitude 3000m
Etna Regional Park, Sicily, Italy

00019809
MOUNT ETNA ERUPTING at night
Lava streaming from south east crater
at 3000m Sicily, Italy

00019808
MOUNT ETNA ERUPTING at dusk
Lava streaming from south east
crater at 3000m Sicily, Italy

00019792
VINEYARD
Erbusco, Franciacorta,
Lombardy, Italy.

00019774
OILSEED RAPE crop in flower
Brassica sp.
Lombardy, northern Italy Old town centre
of Bergamo is visible in background

00019762
PARAGLIDING Ferleiten Valley,
Grossglockner, Hohe Tauern
National Park, Austria

00019752
PEASANT HAYMAKING by hand
Clay-Hills around Siena Tuscany, Italy

00019745
COFFE grains, toasted
Coffea sp.
Costa Rica

00019744
BREADFRUIT on the tree
Artocarpus communis
Costa Rica

00019739
CLOUDFOREST
Monteverde Reserve,
Costa Rica, Central America

00019724
BLUE CRANE
Anthropoides paradisea or
Grus paradisea
Western Cape, South Africa.

00019722
ASIAN ELEPHANT wild, feeding
Elephas maximus
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.
Endangered species.

00019713
HOLM OAK Spain
Quercus ilex rotundifolia

00019705
BLACK SCORPION
Hadogenes troglodytes
eating grasshopper prey

00019698
PISTOL SHRIMP or CRACKER SHRIMP
Synalpheus sp.
Stuns its planktonic prey using
long claw to generate shock wave

00019665
AMERICAN BISON male
Bison bison
South Dakota, USA

00019639
WATER FIGWORT
Scrophularia auriculata
flower, close detail

00019602
KATSURU TREE
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
leaves with dew

00019583
DAB on sandy sea bed
Limanda limanda
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019577
CUCKOO WRASSE head detail
Labrus mixtus
Island of Sark, Channel Islands, UK

00019564
LESSER or CURLED OCTOPUS
Eledone cirrhosa
after enveloping prey
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019559
PAINTED TOPSHELL
Calliostoma zizyphinum
on Dead man's fingers,
Alcyonium digitatum. >>

00019540
HOUSE SPARROW flock in flight
Passer domesticus
Spain

00019529
WHITE-HEADED DUCK male on water
Oxyura leucocephala

00019509
LESSER HORSESHOE BATS
Rhinolophus hipposideros
roosting Spain

00019506
COASTAL EROSION & sea defences
Norfolk, East Anglia, England

00019502
EUROPEAN BEE-EATER
Merops apiaster
Castilla y Leon, Spain.

00019468
LARGE EMERALD MOTH July
Geometra papilonaria

00019451
BLACK DARTER DRAGONFLY
Sympetrum danae
County Antrim, north eastern Ulster

00019441
HAIRY DRAGONFLY
Brachytron pratense
pair, mating

00019440
AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL in winter
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Northern Michigan, USA

00019430
BLUEGILL SUNFISH
Lepomis macrochirus

00019414
POLAR BEAR on ice floe
Ursus maritimus
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic
Endangered species

00019413
FULMAR taking off
Fulmarus glacialis
Greenland

00019389
STREAM IN TROPICAL RAINFOREST
Mantadia National Park,
eastern Madagascar

00019342
MARBLED RAY camouflaged
Taeniura meyeri
among rocks. Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

00019323
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019310
STRIPED MARLIN
Tetrapturus audax
at game fishing tournament. Tutukaka, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019306
BROKEN-BACK SHRIMP
Heptacarpus kincaidi
on Orange Sea Pen. Vancouver Island, Pacific Ocean.

00019304
CABEZON
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.

00019301
BLUE CRAB
Callinectes sp.
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019296
YALDWYN'S TRIPLEFIN
Notoclinops yaldwyni
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand.

00019271
BANDED SEA SNAKE molting
Laticauda colubrina
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean. Extremely venomous.

00019239
OIL PUMP
Empty Quarter,
Oman

00019232
THE EMPTY QUARTER
Foothills & mountains
November Oman

00019227
ADDER female on mossy bank
Vipera berus
August Midlands, England

00019221
COMMON SNIPE in water
Gallinago gallinago
June Iceland

00019203
AFRICAN LION stalking kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019194
GELADA BABOON male
Theropithecus gelada
Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

00019167
LAR or WHITE-HANDED GIBBON calling
Hylobates lar

00019159
JACKASS PENGUIN with nest material
Spheniscus demersus
Dassen Island, South Africa

00019138
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019114
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.

00019108
OSTRICH walking
Struthio camelus
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019095
BLACK-BACKED JACKALS fighting
Canis mesomelas
over food. Namibia

00019082
NILE CROCODILE female
Crocodylus niloticus
carries hatchling to water in a
pouch in her mouth. Africa.

00019077
WILDFLOWER field
Ursinia cakilefolia
Skilpad Wildflower Reserve,
Namaqualand, South Africa

00019070
WHITE-FACED or GUIANAN SAKI
Pithecia pithecia
face detail. Found in French Guiana,
Venezuela & northern Brazil .

00019055
CAPE FUR SEAL pup
Arctocephalus pusillus
Namibia

00019044
FALLOW DEER male running
Dama dama

00019043
FALLOW DEER
Dama dama
male with harem

00019030
CALIFORNIA CONDOR
Gymnogyps californianus

00019023
CHACOAN PECCARY
Catagonus wagneri

00019005
AZALEAS Ghent & Mollis hybrids
Rhododendron sp.
grouped for colour An-Cala Gardens,
Argyllshire, south western Scotland

00019003
SALERS cow grazing (dairy breed)
A popular breed in montane regions
of France. Gevaudan Plateau, France

00018993
SESSILE OAK
Quercus petrea
seedling in autumn

00018988
SCOTS PINE seedling
Pinus sylvestris
Scotland

00018984
LESSER CELANDINE
Ranunculus ficaria
group in flower
Identical to LCA007092

00018974
ELDER flowers
Sambucus nigra

00018958
BIRCH woodland
Glen Affric, Inverness,
north eastern Scotland

00018954
SWEET CHESTNUT
Castanea sativa
open fruit on leaf litter

00018952
YEW detail of ripe berries
Taxus baccata

00018881
TROPICAL ISLAND aerial view Belize Barrier Reef, Caribbean Sea

00018872
EMPEROR PENGUINS
Aptenodytes forsteri
Mc.Murdo Sound, Antarctica

00018871
VICTORIA FALLS at sunrise
Zambezi River, Zimbabwe

00018863
CAROLINA WOOD DUCK male
Aix sponsa
on nesting box. Spring
British Columbia, Canada

00018858
COMMON or GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Anas crecca
male taking off from water. N America

00018846
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
on Gerbera, Gerbera jamesonii
North America

00018842
MONARCH BUTTERFLY pupa
Danaus plexippus
on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 6/12. N America

00018792
NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER swimming
Castor canadensis
Denali Natl Park, Alaska, USA

00018781
ALLOTMENTS on outskirts of village
near Stroud, Gloucestershire,
West Midlands of England

00018767
COMMON CRANES feeding
Grus grus
on wintering grounds. St Remy,
Champagne region, France. February

00018765
COMMON TERN pair displaying
Sterna hirundo
Brittany, north western France May

00018708
IVORY BURNING 18 July 1989
Huge stack ablaze in Nairobi
National Park, Kenya, eastern Africa

00018703
GREEN PITVIPER young
Trimeresurus sp.
wrapped around a pencil

00018702
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY pupation
Pieris brassicae
Picture series: No.4 of 4

00018685
RED-LEGGED SERIEMA November
Cariama cristata
Apore, Goias, southern Brazil

00018682
RED-EARED TERRAPIN or SLIDER
Trachemys scripta elegans
at water's edge Brazil, South America

00018668
BEECH TREES in autumn colours
Fagus sylvatica
New Forest, Hampshire, England

00018658
OAK TWIG WITH LEAVES
Quercus sp.
displayed. Scotland

00018630
COMMON CRANE catching fish
Grus grus
Kvarken, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland April

00018612
STICK INSECT pet
displayed on hand
Hertfordshire, England

00018608
WHITEBEAM in wind
Sorbus aria
Ivinghoe, Chilterns,
Buckinghamshire, southern England

00018593
PARROT FEATHERS
green & red, close detail

00018592
LADY MUSGRAVE ISLAND & snorkeller
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

00018546
BEETLE LARVAE from palm tree
collected for food
South Eastern Cameroon

00018533
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Maya North bais,
Odzala National Pk, Republic of Congo

00018531
AFRICAN JACANA & Blue Waterlilies
Actophilornis africanus
& Nymphaea nouchali
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00018488
AMERICAN BISON herd at thermal area
Bison bison
Fountain Paintpots, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

00018479
REINDEER calf, newborn
Rangifer tarandus
Cairngorms, Scotland.

00018451
MOOSE being milked at moose farm
Alces alces
Near Kostroma, Russia.

00018431
INUIT HUNTER imitates a polar bear to train his dogs. Northwestern Greenland.

00018356
ARCTIC or MOUNTAIN HARES on tundra
Lepus arcticus
Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Autumn.

00018340
POLAR BEAR testing new sea ice
Ursus maritimus
Hudson Bay, Canada.

00018251
EMPEROR PENGUIN on sea ice
Aptenodytes forsteri
Mount Erebus behind. Ross Sea, Antarctica.

00018227
EMPEROR PENGUIN pair with chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018210
OIL PIPES & DRILLING RIG
Endicott Island, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA.

00018184
POLAR WOLF approaching park guard
Canis lupus arctos
Ellesmere National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada.

00018156
POLAR BEAR reared up at tundra buggy
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Endangered species

00018126
RABBIT sitting alert
Oryctolagus cuniculus
May Scotland

00018120
WAXWING eating berries January
Bombycilla garrulus
Felixstowe, Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00018104
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00018103
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00018097
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female and male in courtship
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00018082
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
in flight
Finland

00018075
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland

00018049
PINE GROSBEAK
Pinicola enucleator
feeding on berries
Finland

00018034
GREENFINCH male
Carduelis chloris
Finland

00018031
FOAL in field
Hampshire, southern England

00018023
ASIAN ELEPHANT female & young
Elephas maximus
drinking. Bandhavgarh National Park,
Madhya Pradesh, central India

00018021
RING-TAILED LEMUR female & baby
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00018020
RING-TAILED LEMUR in tree,
Lemur catta
head detail. Berenty Reserve,
Madgascar

00018006
GIANT ANTEATER digging for ants
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00020583
FENNEC FOX sitting
Vulpes zerda

00020576
GREEN MAMBA or JAMESON'S MAMBA
Dendroaspis jamesoni
emerging from egg. South East Africa

00020572
GARDEN TIGER MOTH larva
Arctia caja
showing defensive hairs
Colloquially called Woolly Bear

00020545
Travel by motorised pirogue
on Mambili River. Odzala National Park,
Republic of Congo, Central Africa

00020544
AFRICAN JACANA & Blue Waterlilies
Actophilornis africanus
& Nymphaea nouchali
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00020525
VICTORIA FALLS very low water
Zimbabwe. Winter 1996. Aerial view

00020520
VETERINARY CORDON FENCE
crossing Ntwetwe Pan
Makgadikgadi Pans area, Botswana

00020515
DEAD AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
shot during annual cull
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00020505
RENDILLE WARRIORS
walking during sandstorm
Kenya, East Africa

00020492
LAVENDER field
Lavandula sp.
Provence, France

00020490
LAVENDER mechanical harvesting
Lavandula sp.
Provence, France

00020486
TARANGIRE RIVER IN FLOOD
during El Nino Tanzania, eastern Africa

00020470
MAMBILI RIVER & forested bank
Odzala Forest, Congo

00020469
TROPICAL RAINFOREST & RAINBOW
Moba Bai, Odzala Forest,
Congo, western Africa

00020464
CHIMPANZEE in water
Pan troglodytes
Con Kouati Lagoon, Congo

00020449
SERENGETI LION DISEASE
G. Mackange, assistant to chief veteniary
officer, tending to tranquilized lion
Tanzania

00020445
SNOW IN HOGGAR MOUNTAINS
Sahara Desert, Algeria

00020418
EIDER DUCK moulting male
Somateria mollissima
on water October
Argyll, south western Scotland

00020403
MOORHEN nest with six eggs
Gallinula chloropus
in discarded chair

00020382
WREATH LECHENAULTIAS
Lechenaultia macrantha
growing along dirt road, Northern
Mallee heath, Western Australia

00020380
COMMON SPIDER ORCHID flowers
Caladenia polychroma
Stirling Range National Park,
Western Australia

00020366
OILSEED RAPE field & tree
Brassica napus
Essex, England

00020335
PALM TREES
Kaua'i Island, Hawaii

00020325
SULPHUR BANK
Volcanoes National Park,
Big Island, Hawaii

00020315
GARDEN MARIGOLD
Calendula officinals
close-up of petals

00020299
RED HOT POKER
Kniphofia sp.
hybrid inflorescence, close detail

00020280
GANNET flock in flight
Sula bassana
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland

00020273
MALLARDS males fighting
Anas platyrhynchos
Norfolk, England

00020268
THE WARD HUNT ICE SHELF
North of Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic

00020244
MOUNTAIN PEAKS in snow
Ush Urekchen mountain range, Chukotka. Siberia, Russia.

00020243
WOODED RIVER VALLEY
Near Kai'etin Village, Chukotka. Siberia, Russia.

00020237
MEADOW CRANESBILL flowers & buds
Geranium pratense plenum violacea
England.

00020207
ARCTIC WILLOW in flower
Salix arctica
Canadian Arctic

00020148
COMMON TERN in flight
Sterna hirundo
Anglesey, Wales. July.

00020147
PHEASANTS two cocks fighting
Phasianus colchicus
on farmland. Essex, England. May.

00020127
BITTERN in camouflage posture
Botaurus stellaris
Lee Valley, Essex, UK January

00020122
BITTERN walking January
Botaurus stellaris
Lee Valley, Essex, England

00020074
TAWNY OWL in captivity
Strix aluco
Rehabilitated bird prior to release
back to the wild. Scotland

00020070
PUFFIN on grassy cliff top
Fratercula arctica
June. Hermaness National Nature
Reserve, Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland.

00020066
SAND MARTINS
Riparia riparia
pair at nest hole, Suffolk, UK

00020043
RED GROUSE female
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020030
GOAT looking over farmyard fence
England

00020026
PHEASANT males fighting over territory
Phasianus colchicus
UK

00020006
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019990
RED GROUSE male holding territory in mating season
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019983
MUTE SWAN silhouetted at sunset
Cygnus olor
Wiltshire, UK

00019982
EUROPEAN OTTER at water's edge
Lutra lutra
UK

00019969
TAMWORTH PIG head detail browsing
being used in organic farming
for ground clearance

00019930
PALE TUSSOCK MOTH
Calliteara pudibunda
male, on foliage

00019901
WHITE MULBERRY in fruit
Morus alba
Foliage is main food for Silkworms
Popular with humans Native to China

00019899
PET MOUSE
eating mixed seeds

00019892
MOLTEN LAVA ENTERING SEA
from eruption of Puu Oo cone, Kilaueua,
Hawaii, USA Lava travels long distances
in lava tubes retaining heat Night 1993

00019885
MURRAY II POWER STATION
Snowy Mts hydro-electric scheme
Kosciusko National Park,
New South Wales, Australia

00019884
SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA in snow
Tachyglossus aculeatus
Egg-laying mammal Australia

00019855
NORTHERN BROWN BANDICOOT
Isoodon macrorus
young trying to enter pouch Grasslands
& forests North & Eastern Australia

00019850
MERTEN'S WATER MONITOR
Varanus mertensi
foraging in reeds

00019836
SAND DUNES with Thrift & Restharrow
Armeria pungens & Ononis ramosissima
& Umbellifers Parque Natural du
Sudoeste Alentejano & Costa Vicentina >>

00019835
SAND DUNES with Malcolmia, Marram
grass & sedges, Malcolmia littorea,
Ammophila arenaria & Cyperus sp.
Parque Natural du Sudoeste >>

00019801
TOURIST on 'Clipper Adventurer'
near Lilliehook Glacier Lilliehook Fjord,
Svalbard (Spitzbergen), Arctic Norway

00019795
TRACKS OF TRACTOR THROUGH
WHEAT CROP Crete Senesi district,
near Siena, Tuscany, northern Italy

00019790
MIRAGE at sea seen
from "Is Arutas" quartz beach,
Sinis, Sardinia, Italy

00019784
TOURIST in High Tatras National Park,
Slovakia/Poland Mt Rysy & Vaha Pass,
Ceska Valley & Svist'ovy Stit Range,
Cesko Lake

00019781
LEMAIRE CHANNEL
with icebergs and mountains reflected
Antarctic Peninsula

00019763
DUNE STABILISATION
with the aid of Marram grass
Slowinski National Park, Poland

00019748
STRANGLER FIG view up inside
Ficus sp.
Costa Rica, Central America

00019738
CLOUDFOREST canopy
Monteverde Reserve,
Costa Rica, Central America

00019727
BLACK CAT face detail
sitting in sunshine, by Spruce tree

00019695
CICHLIDS eating algae off rocks
at depth of 2 metres
Lake Malawi, Malawi, Africa

00019681
DAMSELFLY roosting
Suborder Zygoptera
silhuetted against full moon

00019679
DOWNY BIRCH
Betula pubescens
early spring

00019656
GLOW-WORM female glowing
Lampyris noctiluca
Sussex, UK

00019640
LESSER BUSH BABY two
Galago senegalensis
on lookout from tree
Also called Lesser Galago

00019633
HERB ROBERT in flower
Geranium robertianum
around small waterfall

00019632
LARGE BITTERCRESS in flower
Cardamine amara

00019629
BLACKTHORN or SLOE
Prunus spinosa
blossom detail

00019625
HONEYBEE swarm
Apis mellifera

00019601
HOBBY
Falco subbuteo
in flight

00019565
NORTHERN PRAWN Pandalus montagui
on Dead Man's Fingers Alcyonium digitatum
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019563
COMMON SQUID egg case
Loligo vulgaris
detail showing eggs inside
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019517
WHITE DOVE
on gravel path

00019514
GREY LONG-EARED BATS in church
Plecotus austriacus
Spain

00019510
SAVI'S PIPISTRELLE BAT
Hypsugo savii
on cave wall Spain

00019501
COMMON WHITETHROAT
Sylvia communis
female perched on twig

00019477
PRIVET HAWKMOTH emerging adult
Sphinx ligustri
on lichen-covered tree trunk

00019465
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY male at rest
Anthocharis cardamines
on Lady's Smock

00019453
LUNAR HORNET MOTH May
Sesia bembeciformis
Brackagh Moss NNR Portadown,
Armagh, Southern Ulster

00019420
MOPANE WORMS displayed in hand
Emperor Moth larvae eaten by local
people Botswana, southern Africa

00019403
WHITE-FOOTED SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur leucopus
resting in tree hole.
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

00019369
SARUS CRANE head detail
Grus antigone
Southeastern Asia

00019356
JAVAN GIBBON in top of tree
Hylobates moloch
Gede-Pangrango Natl Park, Java

00019354
KUHL'S DEER or BAWEAN DEER
Axis kuhlii
Found on Bawean Island, Indonesia
Singapore Zoo Rare species

00019321
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE over coral reef
Carretta carretta
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019300
SHIELD SHELL
Scutus breviculus
Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00019293
SANDAGER'S WRASSE at kelp forest
Coris sandageri
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand.

00019288
GIANT SPINED STARFISH
Pisaster giganteus
California, USA. Pacific Ocean.

00019262
ARTIFICIAL REEF being created through the sinking of the ship 'Adolphus Busch'. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019258
GREEN TURTLE hatchling
Chelonia mydas
in rehabilitation tank Florida, USA

00019226
FRANKINCENSE TREE
Boswellia sp.
trunk detail, showing dried resin
Oman, Arabian Peninsula

00019216
JACOB'S LADDER flower
Polemonium caeruleum
Cheedale, Derbyshire, UK
(Rare in Britain)

00019210
AFRICAN LION pride on kudu kill
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019199
THOMSON'S GAZELLE male
Gazella thomsoni

00019164
DUSKY LEAF MONKEY
Trachypithecus obscurus or
Semnopithecus obscurus

00019135
OSTRICHES head detail
Struthio camelus
Africa

00019118
OSTRICH head detail
Struthio camelus
Africa

00019103
GUEREZA or ABYSSINIAN BLACK &
WHITE COLOBUS MONKEY
Colobus guereza
rear view Ethiopia

00019075
WILDEBEEST on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara Nat. Reserve, Kenya

00018985
GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY
Cordulegaster boltonii
female, dorsal view

00018979
SCOTS PINE seedling in snow
Pinus sylvestris
Scotland. Winter

00018968
BADGER
Meles meles
young in sett entrance

00018964
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
running

00018930
GANNET
Sula bassana
group in flight

00018926
JUNIPER branches
Juniperus communis
with ripe & unripe berries

00018892
ANGEL FALLS (height 990m)
World's tallest single drop falls
Canaima NP, Venezuela

00018882
CLOUDFOREST
Monteverde, Costa Rica, Central America.

00018878
OCELOT on branch of tree
Felis pardalis
Belize, Central America

00018849
MONARCH BUTTERFLY emergence
Danaus plexippus
from pupa on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 9/12. N America

00018817
GRANT'S GAZELLE buck standing
Gazella granti
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00018794
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus on rock July
Anan Creek Bear Sanctuary, near
Wrangell, Alaska, USA

00018785
PINCUSHION STARFISH
Culcita novaguineae
ectodermis detail, coloration highly
variable Flores Island, Indonesia

00018784
HARLEQUIN SWIMMING CRAB
Lissocarcinus orbicularis
highly camouflaged amongst anemo-
nes & sea cucumbers Indonesia

00018782
SUBMERGED AIRCRAFT WRECK
Hellcat of World War II Vanuatu,
South Pacific

00018742
CAPUCHIN PIGEON squabs
Columba livia
10 days old

00018720
SARUS CRANE calling
Grus antigone

00018716
FALLOW DEER
Dama dama
young, head detail

00018713
ELKHOUND snarling

00018673
ASH TREE male flowers
Fraxinus excelsior
Dorset, England. Spring.

00018663
WILD OATS & POPPIES in arable
Arrhenatherum elatius
& Papaver rhoeas
Wiltshire, England.

00018653
BUMBLEBEE queen
Bombus sp.
emerging from hibernation

00018648
FRIESIAN COW
Oxfordshire

00018642
EUROPEAN LARCH October
Larix decidua
Graubunden, Switzerland

00018620
CORSICAN PINES
Pinus nigra maritima
growing on sand dunes. Holkham,
Norfolk, England

00018610
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUES
Macaca nigra
females, one with baby
Captive animals

00018607
FREE-RANGE EGGS January
Hertfordshire, southern England

00018595
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
gaping, head detail Western Australia

00018581
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
at nest with young
Tasmania, Australia

00018574
PYRENEES MOUNTAINS
Mont Valier National Reserve,
Ariege, south western France

00018552
COMMON OCTOPUS
Octopus vulgaris
eating crab prey

00018551
HORNED VIPER
Cerastes gasparetti
Native to Arabia

00018526
AFRICAN BUFFALO herd on floodplain
Syncerus caffer
Okavango Delta, Botswana Aerial view

00018477
REINDEER with newborn calf
Rangifer tarandus
Cairngorms, Scotland.

00018458
NICKEL FOUNDRY red-hot slag flow
Norilsk, western Siberia, Russia.

00018436
ICEBERGS surrounded by frazil ice in autumn, before freeze-up. Northwestern Greenland.

00018419
INUIT HUNTER in kayak pursuing a pod of Narwhals. Northwestern Greenland.

00018401
Live MARINE TURTLES, a favourite Micronesian food, winched aboard a supply ship. Yap, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, South Pacific Ocean.

00018389
REINDEER RACING by Sami man
Easter Reindeer Races, Kautokeino, Norway.

00018371
PHEASANT SHOOTING
Huntsman with dog. Hampshire, England.

00018367
AMERICAN MARTEN in tree
Martes americana
Quebec, Canadian Sub-Arctic.

00018359
MUSK OXEN in defensive circle
Ovibos moschatus
on tundra. Ellesmere National Park, Canada. Autumn.

00018345
POLAR BEAR walking
Ursus maritimus
Canada

00018343
POLAR BEAR rolling on ice
Ursus maritimus
Hudson Bay, Churchill, Canada.

00018336
POLAR BEARS two pairs of males
Ursus maritimus
play-fighting on frozen tundra.
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018330
ARCTIC or MOUNTAIN HARE
Lepus arcticus
in winter coat. Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, northern Canada.

00018319
POLAR BEAR with two cubs
Ursus maritimus
Hudson Bay, Cape Churchill, Canada.

00018311
POLAR BEAR investigating tripod
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Canada.

00018297
WALRUS group on ice floe
Odobenus rosmarus
Foxe Basin near Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada.

00018292
RINGED SEAL pup on sea ice
Phoca hispida
The Arctic

00018287
EKSTROM ICESHELF & floe edge
as the sea ice thaws in summer. Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018278
EMPEROR PENGUINS
Aptenodytes forsteri
three adults investigate chick that is begging for food.
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018273
EMPEROR PENGUIN chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018272
EMPEROR PENGUIN
Aptenodytes forsteri
chick begging adult that it thinks may feed it.
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018266
PANCAKE ICE
Antarctica

00018223
LEOPARD SEAL in water
Hydrurga leptonyx
Antarctica

00018217
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLVES
Canis lupus
running through deep snow & Spruce trees. Montana, USA.

Winter

00018212
OIL PIPES
leading from oil rigs on Endicott Island. Prudhoe Bay, North Slope, Alaska, USA.

00018200
YALI VILLAGE OF HOLUWAN
& village girl hugging herself to keep warm on cold morning. Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

00018199
YALI HUNTSMAN named Niot hunting with bow & arrows, in rainforest. Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

00018196
YALI WARRIOR at feast in full paint & decoration, holding poison arrows. Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

00018137
JAY holding peanuts for burying
Garrulus glandarius
Winter Essex, south eastern England

00018132
GREEN WOODPECKER
Picus viridis
female at edge of pond in woodland
Kent, UK

00018124
CAPERCAILLIE male displaying
Tetrao urogallus
Scotland. April

00018093
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young stretching
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00018088
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
swooping on Mouse prey
Finland

00018078
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
juvenile on pheasant prey
Finland

00018070
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland

00018026
GORILLA head detail
Gorilla gorilla
Captive animal

00018022
ASIAN ELEPHANTS female & calf
Elephas maximus
drinking. Bandhavgarh Natl Park, India

00018013
TIGER walking
Panthera tigris
on soft sand

00018007
GREY SEAL female, head detail
Halichoerus grypus
Donna Nook, Lincolnshire,
East Anglia, UK

00017992
PEARL-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Clossiana euphrosyne
butterfly on fern, wings open

00017990
TEA TREE foliage detail >>
Melaleuca alternifolia
Oil used in pharmacy & skin care products
by Good Oil Plantation Ltd, Port Macquarie

00017938
BAIRD'S TAPIR feeding on fallen fruit
Tapirus bairdii
Corcovado Nat'l Park, Costa Rica.

00017905
RED CRAB
Gecarcoidea natalis
Upward migration of young
Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

00017887
SCALLOP
Pecten fumata
South eastern Australia.

00017876
RED CRABS in mass migration
Gecaroidea natalis
Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

00017856
BLACK PANTHER
Panthera pardus
male on rocks

00017845
VERREAUS'S SIFAKA LEMUR "dancing"
Propithecus verreauxi
across open space with clinging young.
Berenty Reserve,Madagascar.

00017841
EUROPEAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
two young, playing in water
Carpathian Mountains, Romania

00017771
ROCKY COASTLINE View westwards
from South West Coast Path near Valley
of the Rocks, Lynton, Devon, England

00017750
SAND PATTERNS
White Sands National Monument,
New Mexico, USA.

00017740
ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK
Rupicola peruviana
displaying at lek
Peru, South America

00017735
SOUTH RIM OF GRAND CANYON
Arizona, USA

00017734
YAKAPAI POINT
Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

00017726
SODA FORMATIONS aerial view
Lake Natron, Tanzania

00017698
VICTORIA FALLS
with rainbow over cataract
Livingstone Island, Zambia

00017673
LESSER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Crocidura suaveolens
female and young 'caravanning'

00017668
LESSER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Crocidura suaveolens
female and young 'caravanning'

00017648
COYOTE cubs in hole in dead tree
Canis latrans
Wildlife Park, USA

00017635
WESTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus fuliginosus
with Willie Wagtail on its back.
Yanchep Natl Park, Western Australia

00020531
WELWITSCHIA or WONDERPLANT
Welwitschia mirabilis
Skeleton Coast National Park,
Namibia, south western Africa

00020497
FARRIER MARECHAL FERRANT
shoeing a heavy horse France
Model release available

00020474
SALTMARSH & POOL
with Forest Elephant, Sitatunga & Cattle
Egrets around edges Maya Bai,
Odzala Forest, Congo, western Africa

00020443
WELL used to irrigate oasis
Morocco, northern Africa

00020426
RABBITS four young at burrow
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Cairngorms, Scotland May

00020409
SOLIDIFIED PAHOEHOE LAVA
showing flow patterns made when molten
Hawaii, USA

00020390
KARRI FOREST
Eucalyptus diversicolor
Warren National Park, Western Australia

00020301
TOURIST MARKET Peru
with butterflies and spiders for sale

00020284
ROCK CLIMBERS
Two ascending sheer sandstone
cliff in Zion National Park, Utah,
mid-western USA

00020267
THE WARD HUNT ICE SHELF
and Ward Hunt Island
North of Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic

00020265
REINDEER & calf
Rangifer tarandus
on the snow-covered Nadym Tundra in spring. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

00020239
WILDLIFE POND with irises, loosestrife & cottongrass and inukshuk (stones piled in a representation of a person). Dorset, England.

00020224
SUNSET over Adelie Penguins by Bellingshausen Island & Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands, Antarctic

00020221
INUIT MAN takes his racing dogs out for a training run. Shismaref, Alaska, USA.

00020217
TUNDRA with autumn colours
Tombstone Valley, Yukon Territory,
north western Canada

00020214
PHOSPHATE MINING
from guano deposits in the interior
Island of Nauru, South Pacific

00020205
IBEX young males homosexual behaviour
Capra ibex
Leviona Valley, Gran Paradiso Nat'l Park,
Piedmont, north western Italy

00020196
COCKEREL perched on old milk churn,
crowing

00020193
RED SQUIRREL male standing up
Sciurus vulgaris
Speyside, Scotland

00020180
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
female on oak branch
Essex, England April

00020179
KINGFISHER female on Alder branch
Alcedo atthis
Yorkshire, England May

00020175
ROCK DOVE on cliffs
Columba livia
Far north-western Scotland June

00020168
MANDARIN DUCK male displaying
Aix galericulata
Arundel WWT, West Sussex, England March

00020152
RAZORBILL in flight
Alca torda
Skokholm Island, Wales. June.

00020132
ROBIN on moss with ivy
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, England January

00020118
PUFFIN head detail, left profile
Fratercula arctica
Skokholm Island, off Dyfed,
south western Wales June

00020110
BLUE TIT on birch stump
Parus caeruleus
Essex, England February

00020107
GREAT SKUA long-call aggression display
Stercorarius skua
Handa Island, Scotland June

00020096
LOWLAND HEATH in bloom
Hollesley Common, Suffolk,
England August

00020085
ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET
Psittacula krameri
on feeder in garden April
Kent, south eastern England

00020080
NUTHATCH on dead Silver Birch
Sitta europaea
Essex, south eastern England

00020072
COMMON SNIPE on calling post
Gallinago gallinago
North Uist, Hebrides, Scotland. May

00020046
WHITE RHINOCEROS
Cerotherium summum
Waterberg, South Africa

00020044
RED GROUSE female at pool
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020039
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00020008
RED GROUSE male on stone wall
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK

00019942
RIVER ITCHEN
Near Alresford, Hampshire,
southern England

00019931
APOLLO BUTTERFLY
Parnassius apollo
on rock, wings open

00019896
COMMON WOMBAT in snow, feeding
Vombatus ursinus
Large burrowing marsupial, nocturnal
South- eastern Australia

00019876
SOUTHERN BEECH or LENGA
Nothofagus pumilio Autumn
Tierra del Fuego National Park,
Argentina, South America

00019869
CORAL REEF SCENE with divers
showing Soft Corals (red)
and Crinoids (yellow) Indo-Pacific

00019865
RED RIVER GUMS
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Darling River, Wentworth,
New South Wales, Australia

00019852
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio karna
on ground, wings open Lowland forest
species Java, Indonesia

00019840
FIELD IN FLOWER with poppies
Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano
e Costa Vicentina, Alentejo, Portugal

00019786
MIRROR ORCHID flower detail
Ophrys ciliata or Ophrys speculum
Supramonte Mountains,
Island of Sardinia, Italy

00019750
OLIVE TREE grove
Olea europaea
Cliento National Park, Campania, Italy

00019736
SEDGE WARBLER singing on reed
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Cliffe Marshes, Kent, England May

00019707
CORAL REEF SCENE with SCALEFIN
ANTHIAS swimming over coral
Anthias squamipinnis
Strait of Tiran, Red Sea

00019621
METALMARK BUTTERFLY
Rhetus periander
on leaf, wings open

00019597
BUMBLEBEE on Foxglove
Bombus lucorum

00019596
SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
Microtus agrestis
eating nut

00019591
LONG EARED BAT in flight
Plecotus auritus
hovering over clump of grasses

00019569
COMMON SUN STAR
Crossaster papposus
& on it several Brittlestars
Ophiothrix fragilis >>

00019561
NUDIBRANCH
Polycera quadrilineata
eating Sea Mat
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland

00019554
UMBRELLA PINES
reflected in small lake
Spain

00019542
OYSTERCATCHER with mussel
Haematopus ostralegus
UK

00019539
HERRING GULL holding Gannet's egg
Larus argentatus
obtained after 'tourist' disturbance

00019511
SAVI'S PIPISTRELLE BAT in crevice
Hypsugo savii
Spain

00019505
SARUS CRANE
Grus antigone
three on marsh India

00019492
HERB ROBERT flowers, detail
Geranium robertianum
May Armagh, southern Ulster

00019480
BLACK DARTER DRAGONFLY male
Sympetrum danae
Montiaghs Moss NNR Antrim, NE Ulster

00019478
POPLAR KITTEN MOTH camouflaged
Furcula bitida
May Kent, south eastern England

00019469
COMMA BUTTERFLY on flower
Polygonia comma-album
Kandersteg, Switzerland July

00019462
GREEN HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY
Callophrys rubi
on gorse July
Montiaghs Bog, Antrim, NE Ulster

00019456
ARCHER'S DART on heather
Agrotis vestigialis
Murlough National Nature Reserve,
Dundrum, Down, SE Ulster

00019409
JAY on dead, snow-covered branch
Garrulus glandarius
Winter Norway

00019396
CHITAL or SPOTTED DEER male
Axis axis
scraping off velvet Ranthambhore
National Park, Rajasthan, NW India

00019393
HIGHLAND COW in evening sun
Harris, Isle of Rhum, Scotland

00019390
RING-TAILED LEMUR basking
Lemur catta
in early morning sun. Berenty Reserve,
southern Madagascar

00019349
KING COBRA
Naja hanna
swallowing snake prey India
(World's longest venomous snake)

00019343
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019329
CORAL REEF & fish shoal
Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019291
NURSE SHARK at coral reef
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00019256
NASSAU GROUPER (game fish)
Epinephelus striatus
Nassau, Bahamas. Atlantic Ocean.

00019238
IRRIGATION
Sun Farm
Sohar, Oman. November.

00019215
BOG PIMPERNEL
Anagallis tenella
Braunton Burrows National Nature
Reserve, Devonshire, SW England

00019209
AFRICAN LION catching kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019201
AFRICAN LION chasing kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00019195
SOUTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATERS
Merops nubicoides
group near nest holes

00019080
RED KANGAROO bounding
Macropus rufus
Australia

00019066
MARINE IGUANA with LAVA LIZARD
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
with Tropidurus sp. on head.(Lava lizard
is hunting flies) Galapagos Is, Pacific.

00019048
EUROPEAN BROWN HARES boxing
Lepus europaeus
Female resisting male making
approach during mating season

00019025
WHITE-BELLIED or LONG-HAIRED
SPIDER MONKEY
Ateles belzebuth hybridus
N. Colombia and Venezuela >>

00019015
EASTERN YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER
Cephalophus silvicultor silvicultor

00019014
ANDEAN MOUNTAIN or WOOLLY
TAPIR Tapirus pinchaque
Endangered: Less than 2500
individuals left in 2002

00018992
SCOTS PINE windblown, on tree line
Pinus sylvestris
Beinn Eighe NNR, Scotland.

00018966
HOLLY twig with ripe berries
Ilex aquifolium
& snow on foliage

00018962
SCOTS PINE on hilltop
Pinus sylvestris

00018937
CAPERCAILLIE male
Tetrao urogallus
displaying at lek

00018934
LARCH
Larix decidua
cones on branch Scotland

00018932
SILVER FIR foliage detail
Abies alba

00018925
CUCKOO WRASSE
Labrus mixtus
Plymouth Sound, Devonshire, UK

00018923
SALLY LIGHTFOOT CRABS fighting
Grapsus grapsus
St James Island,Galapagos Islands

00018908
FLIGHTLESS CORMORANT two
Phalacrocorax harrisi
on rocks, one preening. Fernandina Is,
Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean

00018886
JAGUARUNDI face detail
Felis yagouaroundi
Native to Central & South America
Endangered species

00018885
MOUNTAIN GORILLA female
Gorilla beringei beringei
Rwanda, central Africa.
Endangered subspecies.

00018861
CAROLINA WOOD DUCK female
Aix sponsa
with rose (after grad night). Burnaby Lake,
British Columbia, Canada. Spring

00018850
MONARCH BUTTERFLY newly emerged,
Danaus plexippus
pumping meconium into wings. Lifecycle
sequence no. 10/12. North America. >>

00018839
MONARCH BUTTERFLY caterpillar,
Danaus plexippus
5th instar, on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 1/12. N America

00018831
AMERICAN PLAINS BISON
Bison bison bison
walking in snowstorm Grand Teton
National Park, Wyoming, north west USA

00018812
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL pups grooming
Canis mesomelas
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00018734
HARVEST MOUSE using tennis ball
Micromys minutus
as refuge/nest (staged) in reed bed

00018714
FRECKLED DUCK male
Stictonetta naevosa
Lake Bathurst, Australia

00018712
FRIESIAN COW with calf
(about two hours old)
searching for teat, to suckle

00018656
ARCHERFISH shooting water jet
Toxotes sp.
to bring down prey

00018646
COMMON FROG tadpole, two stages
Rana temporaria
Hind leg stage (upper) & four leg stage

00018625
HORSE CHESTNUT fallen fruits
Aesculus hippocastenum
(conkers) in autumn. Ashridge,
Hertfordshire, England.

00018609
SILVER BIRCHES view up trunks
Betula pendula
Thursley, Surrey, England.

00018564
SLOW LORIS
Nycticebus coucang
on branch of tree

00018562
DIANA MONKEY calling
Cercopithecus diana
Sumatra

00018559
PYGMY WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Suncus etruscus
World's smallest land mammal Native
to S Europe, SW Asia & N Africa

00018558
TUFTED DEER
Elaphodus cephalodus
(Native to northern China)

00018550
PEANUT PLANT in flower
Arachis hypogaea
Africa

00018541
AMERICAN MINK
Mustela vison
on islet in lake North America

00018538
RED-BILLED PARADISE FLYCATCHER
Terpsiphone rufiventer
at nest. Lakaue III bais, Odzala
National Pk, Republic of Congo, Africa

00018532
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Maya North bais,
Odzala National Pk, Republic of Congo

00018518
MARABOU STORK on branch
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Serengeti Natl Park, Tanzania

00018510
BEWICK'S SWAN on water
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust,
Gloucestershire, West Midlands, England

00018505
SNOW GOOSE flock in V-formation
Anser caerulescens
on migration Bosque del Apache Nati-
onal Wildlife Reserve, New Mexico, USA

00018489
AMERICAN BISON grazing on island
Bison bison
in thermal area. Fountain Paintpots, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Winter.

00018487
ILLUMINATED SNOWMAN & Christmas trees
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

00018483
COMMON or HARBOUR SEAL splashing
Phoca vitulina
as it dives off ice floe. Spitzbergen (Svalbard), Arctic Norway

00018465
REINDEER herd in corral
Rangifer tarandus
Nenet herders' camp on tundra. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.

00018462
REINDEER herd of 4000 crossing
Rangifer tarandus
the frozen River Ob on spring migration. Yamal, Siberia, Russia.

00018460
OIL SPILL from leaking pipes polluting lake. Near Niznevartovsk, Khanty Mansiysk, western Siberia, Russia.

00018433
ICEBERG, recently rolled over, shows ridges formed under water. Northwestern Greenland.

00018430
ICEBERGS drifting in calm water at sunset.
Northwestern Greenland.

00018425
NARWHAL male, showing ivory tusk,
Monodon monoceros
(elongated tooth). Northwestern Greenland.

00018411
TEAM OF HUSKIES in fan formation
pulling sled over frozen sea ice. Northwestern Greenland.

Working dogs

00018407
HUSKY - vital companion for the Inuit hunters of the Arctic. Northwestern Greenland.

00018366
SNOW-COVERED BOREAL FOREST
reflected in lake. Lake Bourinot, Quebec, Canadian subarctic.

00018350
POLAR BEARS marked with numbers
Ursus maritimus
scavenging on rubbish dump outside Churchill. Manitoba, Canada.

00018344
POLAR BEAR walking
Ursus maritimus
Canada

00018338
POLAR BEAR male
Ursus maritimus
lowering head -sign of aggression.
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018328
POLAR BEARS two males play-fighting
Ursus maritimus
in blizzard. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018327
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018320
POLAR BEAR & cubs
Ursus maritimus
with parhelion (sun dogs) over sea ice. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00018279
EMPEROR PENGUIN close-up of feet
Aptenodytes forsteri
Antarctica.

00018277
EMPEROR PENGUIN colony
Aptenodytes forsteri
with chicks huddled together for warmth.
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00018265
ICE LAYERS at bottom of iceberg
Antarctica

00018219
GENTOO PENGUIN with two chicks
Pygoscelis papua
Leith, South Georgia, Sub-Antarctica.

00018198
YALI WARRIOR at feast in full paint & decoration, holding poison arrows. Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

00018175
POLAR BEARS greeting at sunset
Ursus maritimus
on ice, with reflections
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00018159
MUSK OXEN group running in snow
Ovibos moschatus
Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.

00018150
SMEW male on water
Mergus albellus
with crest raised in display
Pensthorpe Park, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00018148
REEVE'S MUNTJAC male resting
Muntiacus reevesi
Otter Trust, Norfolk, UK
Native to eastern China, introduced to UK

00018119
WAXWING amongst ripe berries
Bombycilla garrulus
Felixstowe, Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00018062
YELLOWHAMMER
Emberiza citrinella
Finland

00018060
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland

00018059
FIELDFARE
Turdus pilaris
Finland

00018048
PINE GROSBEAK female
Pinicola enucleator
feeding on berries
Finland

00018044
BULLFINCH male
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Finland

00018011
JAPANESE MACAQUE babies
Macaca fuscata
playing in snow. Jigokudani,
Nagano, Japan

00018002
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
running

00017968
LAVENDER in Mediterranean scrub
Lavandula stoechas
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain

00017960
SCOTCH LABURNUM (in the wild)
Laburnum alpinum
Foothills of the Alps, Lombardy, Italy

00017942
CARIBBEAN COAST & SURF
North of Puerto Viejo,
Costa Rica, Central America

00017931
EYELASH PIT VIPER in tree
Bothriechis schlegelii
Cahuita Nat'l Park, Costa Rica

00017929
SMOOTH HELMETED IGUANA
Corythophanes cristatus
in defensive posture. Braulio Carillo
Nat'l Park, Costa Rica, Central America.

00017914
ENGLISH BULLDOG

00017886
MONKEY PUZZLE TREES in snow
Araucaria araucana
Conguillo National Park, Chile

00017871
FLATBACK TURTLE
Chelonia depressa
newly emerged young making for sea, Northern Australia

00017842
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
digging for ants
Carpathian Mountains, Romania

00017837
SPRINGBOK group
Antidorcas marsupialis
Damaraland, Namibia

00017822
CHIMPANZEE two young
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi, Zambia

00017779
LONG-TAILED TIT
Aegithalos caudatus
on branch, with blossom
Essex, UK April

00017769
ATLANTIC or LIGHT-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE
Branta bernicla hrota
skein flying in V-formation. Brigantine NWR, New Jersey, USA

00017722
HIPPOPOTAMUSES fighting
Hippopotamus amphibius
Lake Manyara, Tanzania

00017718
HEDGEHOG amongst leaflitter
Erinaceus europaeus
Autumn

00017695
ELEPHANT BIRD egg
Aepyornis sp.
Very large, flightless bird,
Madagascar . Extinct.

00017685
GREEN LIZARD
Lacerta viridis
eating Swallowtail Butterfly
Lizard is native to southern Europe

00017681
GUIANAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK
Rupicola rupicola
male, Guyana

00017664
TASMANIAN DEVIL snarling
Sarcophilus harrisii
Carnivorous marsupial
Tasmania, Australia

00017657
SOLOMON ISLAND ECLECTUS
PARROTS pair
Eclectus roratus solomonensis

00017654
COCONUT germinating on beach
Queensland, Australia.

00017646
ANGORA GOAT

00017611
COMMON SPOTTED ORCHIDS
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
colonising old cement works
Urban environment

00017583
OCELOT fur
Felis pardalis
Endangered

00017582
HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY SCALES
Thecla coronata
Venezuela.

00017566
BURNT ORCHID three inflorescences
Orchis ustulata
Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Dorset, UK

00017548
GREAT CRESTED GREBE
Podiceps cristatus
with young on back

00017534
AFRICAN LIONESS & well-grown cubs
Panthera leo
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya.

00017509
KOMODO DRAGON head detail
Varanus komodoensis
showing tongue Indonesia

00017504
AFRICAN WILD DOGS or CAPE
HUNTING DOGS two hunting
Lycaon pictus
East Africa.

00017497
LEOPARD young resting on rock
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017495
LEOPARD female & cubs on rock
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017489
LEOPARD walking
Panthera pardus
with young sheltering under legs
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017487
LEOPARD two young, climbing tree
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017476
LEOPARD leaping from tree
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017395
BOBAK MARMOT sitting
Marmota bobak

00017362
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo & Connochaetes taurinus
killing wildebeest. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017328
WIND SCORPION or SUN SPIDER
Eremobates durangonus
eating cricket. USA & northern Mexico

00017292
LIONFISH or TURKEYFISH
Pterois volitans
group on coral reef

00017286
THRIFT or SEA PINK
Armeria maritima
on cliff face, Puffin Island, off County Kerry, Ireland

00017277
ELEVEN-BANDED ARMADILLO
Cabassous unicinctus
South America

00017275
MIMIC OCTOPUS
Octopus sp.
Mimic of various types of
marine species Indonesia

00017254
SANDSTONE SLOT CANYON detail
Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA

00017246
SNOWSHOE HARE winter phase
Lepus americanus
running on snow. Canada

00023590
LAR or WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar

00023578
AGRICULTURAL SCENE
Land is frequently terraced in the
Central Highland of Madagascar

00023568
BATELEUR EAGLE
Terathopicus ecaudatus
drinking at waterhole
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00023563
TOURISTS in vehicle
watching male African Lion
Panthera leo
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00023545
NAMIB SANDDIVER avoiding overheating
Aporosaura anchietae
Lifts diagonally opposite feet off hot sand
Namib Desert, Namibia

00023525
GERMAN SHEPHERD or ALSATIAN
head detail

00023447
BAOBAB TREES
Adansonia digitata
Makgadikgadi National Park, Botswana

00023434
BARTOLOME ISLAND & Pinnacle Rock
(volcanic cones in background)
Galapagos Islands,
Cones are on Santiago Island

00023425
RAINFOREST in rain
Borneo

00023419
CUT RAINFOREST LOGS
Borneo

00023417
PRIMARY RAINFOREST
Central Madagascar

00023395
RED SAND DUNES
Sossusvlei, Namib Desert,
Namibia, south western Africa

00023383
TIGER in water
Panthera tigris
Safari park, Bangkok, Thailand

00023334
ABIU or CAIMITO
Pouteria caimito
Seedling germinating from seed in rainforest, Rio Yavari, Amazonian Peru.

00023297
DUKE OF ARGYLL'S TEA-TREE
Lycium barbarum
two flowers, close detail

00023291
SHORE CRAB threat display
Carcinus maenas

00023264
PEAT BOG Connemara,
Co. Galway, western Ireland

00023263
PEAT BOG part undisturbed & part dug
with conifer plantation in background
Connemara, Co. Galway, western Ireland

00023257
MIXED FOREST IN AUTUMN
New England, USA

00023255
WALKERS on forest path
France. MR available

00023247
RAINBOW TROUT
Salmo gairdneri
close to reed bed

00023240
WHITE WATERLILIES in lochan
Nymphaea alba
South Uist, Scotland July

00023230
MONKSHOOD flowers
Aconitum napellus
Berwickshire, Scotland August

00023219
WOOD CRANESBILL flower & buds
Geranium sylvaticum
Strathspey, Scotland June

00023169
GREAT SKUA
Stercorarius skua

00023165
YELLOWHAMMER male
Emberiza citrinella

00023130
CHILE BEECHWOOD with lichens
Torres del Paine National Park,
Chile, South America

00023124
HEATHER MOORLAND
Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire,
Scotland

00023119
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos

00023101
INSH MARSHES
Speyside, north eastern Scotland

00023082
SYCAMORE seedling
Acer pseudoplatanus
newly emerged in leaf litter

00023077
ROCKY SHORE
view showing algal zonat