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00024404
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus
submerged. Florida, USA
Endangered species

00024381
ASIAN ELEPHANT calf (domestic)
Elephas maximus
scratching its eye with its trunk
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

00024378
INDIAN ELEPHANT foot chained
Elephas maximus
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.

00024358
WAGLER'S PALM VIPER concealed
Tropidolaemus wagleri
in bankside foliage Kinabatangan
River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

00024354
RETICULATED PYTHON resting
Python reticulatus
on branch Danum Valley,
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

00024309
TOURISTS on elephant viewing
Asian one-horned rhinoceros
Rhinoceros unicornis
Royal Chitwan Natl Pk, Nepal

00024307
STUMP-TAILED CHAMEMEON
Brookesia superciliaris
beneath booth on forest path Marojejy
National Park, northeastern Madagascar

00024240
DEAD CAMELTHORN TREE
under stormy sky
Kalahari, southern Africa
Camelthorn is Acacia eriloba

00024227
OCTOPUS TREE
Didierea madagascarensis
Berenty, Madagascar
Species is endemic to Madagascar

00024222
AVOCET
Recurvirostra avosetta
foraging in shallows

00024219
UMBRELLA THORN
Acacia tortillis
Mkuze GR, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00024191
SOLOMON'S SEAL SAWFLY larvae
Phymatocera ribesii
UK July Magn. x 1.0

00024179
ROSY WOODLOUSE (4 mm)
Androniscus dentiger
getting rid of excess water Widespread,
in screes, quarries & garden rubble

00024167
WOODLOUSE & CENTIPEDE
Oniscus asellus
& Lithobius variegatus

00024158
ROSEMARY in flower on rocks
Rosmarinus officinalis
Sierra Tramuntana, Mallorca

00024151
BLADDER WRACK
Fucus versiculosus
detail of fronds showing male (smaller)
& female receptacles

00024103
BROMELIADS in rainforest
Costa Rica

00024082
SPRING MEADOW
with Poppies & Mullein
Papaver sp., Verbascum sp.
Gran Sasso N.P., Abruzzo, Italy.

00024074
SPOTTEDBACKED WEAVER or
VILLAGE WEAVER male on maize
Ploceus cucullatus
Rusinga Island, Kenya, eastern Africa

00024070
LAND EROSION ruining house
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia

00024064
LITTLE GREEN BEE-EATERS
Merops orientalis
Huai Kha Khaeng, Thailand

00024056
LESSER +GREATER CRESTED TERNS
Sterna bengalensis & Sterna bergii
in shallows. Indonesia.
(6 Lesser Crested & 3 Greater Crested).

00024032
TEMPERATE RAINFOREST
Kayak Island, Chugach National Forest,
southern Alaska, USA

00024000
CARIBBEAN REEF SHARK over reef
Carcharhinus perezi
Northern Bahamas. Atlantic Ocean.

00023988
CORAL REEF & fish
Northern Bahamas, Caribbean. Atlantic Ocean.

00023986
RUFOUS FANTAIL
Rhipidura rubifrons
at nest with chicks, Australia

00023967
RABBIT furless young
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00023947
BONGO skin pattern
Tragelaphus euryceros

00023944
TAWNY OWL on branch
Strix aluco
Devon, England March

00023925
DOMESTIC CATS on rubbish bin
Spain December

00023905
WAXWING on branch
Bombycilla garrulus
Staffordshire, England January

00023897
GREYLAG GOOSE head detail
Anser anser
Norfolk, England February

00023861
MALLARD DUCK female by water,
Anas platyrhynchos
with reflection March
Derbyshire, England

00023857
GOLDEN LION TAMARIN
Lentopithecus rosalia
on branch in captivity

00023855
HAWTHORN twig with buds
Crataegus monogyna
Midlands, England February

00023842
SAND MARTIN on branch
Riparia riparia
Wales, UK. June

00023840
HELICOPTER FIGHTING FOREST FIRE
by dropping water onto it July
Yukon, north western Canada

00023829
STINKHORN FUNGUS
Phallus impudicus
covered with flies Edible when young
Common in woodland Summer & autumn

00023818
SPRINGBOK female suckling calf
Antidorcas marsupialis
(two weeks old)
Kalahari Desert, southern Africa

00023791
PYGMIES OF THE BAKA TRIBE
subsistence hunters with net used in
traditional net hunting Cameroon &
Central African Republic

00023786
BAKA PYGMY woman gatherer
with collecting basket Cameroon
& Central African Republic

00023776
AFRICAN LION chasing kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00023770
YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER
walking in water. South Africa.

00023746
ETHIOPIAN WOLF cub, 2 months old
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.

00023716
ETHIOPIAN WOLVES
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains Nat'l Park, Ethiopia. World's rarest Canidae.

00023702
SURICATE or MEERKAT group,
Suricata suricatta
aggressive posture, ready to face rivals or danger. Kalahari, South Africa.

00023701
SURICATE or MEERKAT sentinels
Suricata suricatta
Kalahari, South Africa.

00023681
ROCKET PINCUSHION
Leucospermum reflexum
Fynbos species
Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa

00023673
ARUM LILY REED FROG
Hyperolius horstocki
Cape Coast, South Africa. Occupies Arum Lily flowers to ambush insects.

00023667
BLUE ANTELOPE horns
Hipportragus leucophaeus
Museum specimen, South Africa
Hunted to extinction in the early 1800's

00023661
CAPE MOUNTAIN ZEBRA feeding
Equus zebra zebra
De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa
Endemic to mountain regions of the Cape

00023648
WATTLED CRANE chick being fed
Grus carunculata
by puppet to avoid imprinting by humans
Captive breeding project >>

00023641
BLUE CRANE head detail
Anthropoides paradisea
South Africa Endemic to Southern Africa

00023638
SADDLEBILLED STORK head detail
Ephippiorhyncus senegalensis
Sub-Saharan Africa

00023636
HOTTENTOT TEAL on water
Anas hottentota
Sub-Saharan Africa

00023634
BLUE-WINGED GOOSE on land
Cyanochen cyanoptera
Endemic to Ethiopia Highlands Rare sp.

00023631
GREATER FLAMINGO head detail
Phoenicopterus ruber
South Africa

00023627
GREATER FLAMINGO interaction
Phoenicopterus ruber
South Africa

00023620
ROBBER or COCONUT CRAB
Birgus latro
Largest land crustacean Rare sp.

00023612
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEYS
Procolobus badius kirkii
adult & young in mutual grooming
Endemic to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania

00023596
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
Endangered subspecies,
endemic to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania

00023595
Rainforest logs being hauled out
of the forest for export Gabon

00023565
AFRICAN WILD DOGS or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus

00023561
ALOE VERA foliage detail
Aloe barbadensis
Succulent with gel-like sap high in pectin,
used in medicine and cosmetics

00023547
GELADA BABOON troop
Papio gelada
on cliff sleeping site, early morning
Simien Mtns NP, Ethiopia

00023479
STRIP MINING for diamonds
causing severe environmental damage
West coast, South Africa

00023475
TOURISTS
walking through field of wildflowers
Ramskop Nature Reserve, South Africa

00023460
VICTORIA FALLS & rainbow
Zambezi River, Zimbabwe

00023446
WATER-LILIES & SEDGE GRASSES
Typical lagoon vegetation
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00023403
ALLUAUDIA bush in spiny forest
Alluaudia procera
Southern Madagascar
Species endemic to Madagascar

00023402
ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION
programme for school children
Corbett Nat. Park, India.

00023399
JOHANNESBURG ZOO
Republic of South Africa Lion exhibit

00023396
DUNES AT SOSSUSVLEI
Namib Desert, Namibia

00023388
PEOPLE WITH BUNDLES
OF FIREWOOD
collected in buffer zone
Ranthambhore Natl Park, NW India

00023342
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
stag with nine-point antlers

00023322
COMMON BLACK SLUG brown form
Arion ater
on cabbage, head detail

00023295
THIN TELLINS live & empty shells
Tellina tenuis

00023283
LUGWORM heap on sand
Arenicola marina

00023267
LAVENDER crop drying
Lavandula sp. France

00023259
TREES DAMAGED BY STORM
Correze Region, France
December 1999

00023252
BARLEY CROP
with mass of Cornflowers
Centaurea cyanus
growing among it

00023244
CADDISFLY pupa with case
Order Trichoptera

00023218
WOOD CRANESBILL flowers
Geranium sylvaticum
Strathspey, Scotland June

00023217
BLUEBELLS in rain
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Perthshire, Scotland May

00023208
SCOTTISH PRIMROSE in flower
Primula scotica
Caithness, Scotland July

00023199
FRAGRANT ORCHID inflorescence
Gymnadenia conopsea
Strathspey, Scotland June

00023195
MOLE January
Talpa europeana
Berwickshire, Scotland

00023194
MOLE January
Talpa europeana
Berwickshire, Scotland

00023172
GANNET head detail
Sula bassana
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland

00023151
WILD CHERRY ripening fruit
Prunus avium

00023149
TOURISTS watching Kittiwakes
Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumbria,
NW England Kittiwake is Rissa tridactyla

00023147
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
standing in field

00023136
MAGELLANIC SAXIFRAGE in flower
Saxifraga magellanica
Torres del Paine Natl Pk, Chile

00023114
RIVER TWEED at Paxton, Berwickshire, Border Region, south eastern Scotland

00023112
BUACHAILLE ETIVE MOR MOUNTAIN
Glencoe, Highlands of Scotland

00023107
CONTROLLED BURNING OF HEATHER
for management of grouse moor
Border Region, southern Scotland

00023103
SALMON FARM CAGES
Loch Ewe, Wester Ross, Highland Region
north western Scotland

00023090
HEATHERS burning on moorland
Perthshire, south eastern Scotland

00023081
HOUSE SPIDER on window
Tegenaria domestica

00023072
GREY SEAL underwater
Halichoerus grypus
Farne Islands, Northumberland,
England North Sea

00023054
SPINY SQUAT LOBSTER
Galathea strigosa
St Abbs, Berwickshire, Scotland

00023046
COMPASS JELLYFISH
Chrysaora hysoscella
Lundy Island, South West England

00023009
BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus aristata
Ancient forest, White Mountains,
California, USA

00023008
FERN growing on redwood trunk
Stout Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods,
California, USA

00022994
LORD HOWE ISLAND WOODHEN (wild)
Tricholimnas sylvestris
Flightless Endemic to Lord Howe Island,
Australia Very rare (less than 250).

00022992
LORD HOWE ISLAND WOODHEN (wild)
Tricholimnas sylvestris
Flightless Endemic to Lord Howe Island,
Australia Very rare (less than 250).

00022929
UTAH JUNIPER & sandstone 'fins'
Juniperus osteosperma
Arches National Park, Utah, USA

00022925
FRAILEJONES at approx. 3300 m
Espletia hartwegiana
El Angel Biological Reserve,
Andes Mountains, Ecuador

00022892
POLAR BEAR tracks in snow
Polar bear is Ursus maritimus
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00022883
SOLAR POWER ARRAY
World's largest, 150 Megawatts
Mojave Desert, California, USA

00022866
VARVE DEPOSITS (glacial origin)
Alternate silt & clay layers
Seattle, Washington, USA

00022850
RING-TAILED CATS or RINGTAILS
Bassariscus astutus
Uinta National Forest, Utah, USA

00025317
GRANITE INSELBERG & Combretum tree
Muchinga Escarpment,
northeastern Zambia

00025295
DENHAM'S BUSTARD
Neotis denhami
Liuwa Plain, Western Zambia

00025292
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE
Haliaeetus vocifer
in flight over water Lake Tanganyika,
Zambia

00025246
PETRIFIED TREE SECTION
Rainbow Forest, Petrified National Park,
Arizona, USA

00025216
TAIGA VEGETATION
Forest and lake Yukon, Canada

00025213
MOORISH IDOL
Zanclus cornutus
Kwajalew, Marshall Islands

00025212
BOXER CRAB
Lybia tessellata
carrying anemone in claws, as method of
protection Marshall Islands, South Pacific

00025203
WOOD MOUSE
Apodemus sylvaticus

00025201
WOOD MOUSE
Apodemus sylvaticus
looking out from hole

00025193
SMALL WHITE in flight
Pieris napi
England

00025171
HONEYBEE in flight over knapweed
Apis mellifera
Sussex, England

00025140
COCKTAIL ANTS & ant galls
Crematogaster sp.
on Whistling Thorn Acacia Kenya

00025130
KESTREL on nest
Falco tinnunculus
with young

00025129
CROSS SPIDER or GARDEN SPIDER
Araneus diadematus
female eating male after mating

00025112
RED SPIDER MITE
(Common on walls in summer)

00025108
SLOW WORM female
Anguis fragilis
basking on rock

00025106
ROBIN singing
Erithacus rubecula

00025093
VENUS FLYTRAP catching fly
Double exposure: 1 Open
2 Closed round fly

00025079
GREATER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum
showing horseshoe-shaped nose

00025074
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG leaping
Rana pipiens

00025052
HONEYBEE pupae in brood cells
Apis mellifera
Four stages of development

00025033
CIRRUS CLOUDS or MARES' TAILS
Lancashire, England

00025011
GLISTENING INKCAP group
Coprinus micaceus
Lancashire, England Edible
Very common in all seasons

00024998
COWSLIP flower
Primula veris
Cumbria, England

00024964
RAZOR SHELL
Ensis ensis
foot extended

00024942
BITTERN
Botaurus stellaris
Norfolk, England

00024914
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON Spain
March 1996 Sequence: No. 4/6

00024902
RIVER IN FLOOD
Sedimented flood water in spate
Morocco, Northern Africa

00024882
PHEASANT SHOOT
Norfolk, England

00024880
DUNE ENCOURAGEMENT
Fencing to aid reformation
Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England

00024859
BEDSTRAW HAWKMOTH larva
Hyles galii
on inflorescence June

00024854
CRACKED MUD
Badlands National Park,
South Dakota, USA Autumn

00024853
BLUEBERRIES (wild) with dew
Vaccinium sp.
Hiawatha National Forest,
Michigan, USA Summer

00024821
RUNOFF from Eyjafjallajokull Glacier
Southwest Iceland

00024818
ICEBERGS stranded in glacial lagoon
Jokulsarlon Lake, Iceland

00024764
CALYPSO or FAIRYSLIPPER ORCHID
Calypso bulbosa
Northern Michigan , USA Rare orchid

00024752
GENTOO PENGUIN group
Pygoscelis papua
in falling snow. Port Lockroy,
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

00024709
PRAIRIE WITH AUTUMN COLOURS
Badlands National Park,
South Dakota, northern USA

00024694
BARLEY crop in field
Hordeum sp.
Michigan, USA

00024674
SHACKLETON'S HUT & SUPPLIES
Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica

00024656
SEA OTTER using rock as a tool
Enhydra lutris
to crack open abalone on chest

00024651
WATER MELON September
Citrellus vulgaris
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA

00024647
POISON IVY bunch of ripe fruit
Rhus radicans
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA

00024635
BACTRIAN CAMEL group
Camelus bactrianus
Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia

00024624
HIPPOPOTAMUS & Lesser Flamingos
Hippopotamus amphibius
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

00024619
AFRICAN WILD DOGS at sunset
Lycaon pictus
Okavango, Botswana

00024539
TOURISTS IN MOKORO BOATS
Okavango, Botswana, southern Africa

00024534
BATHERS IN THE BLUE LAGOON
pool in the outflow of geothermal
power station Iceland

00024524
PLASTIC RECYCLING
Bale of flattened plastic soft drink bottles
made of PET (polythylene terephtalate)
Whangarei, New Zealand

00024519
RAROTONGA WITH CORAL REEF
aerial view
Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean

00024489
TEMPERATE RAINFOREST
Eroded limestone & deciduous woodland
Whangarei, New Zealand

00024487
BANYAN TREE
Ficus benghalensis
Fiji, South Pacific

00024481
GREY REEF SHARKS at reef
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific

00024462
PALLAS'S CAT
Felis manul or Otocolobus manul
Zoo, Zurich, Switzerland

00024448
POTATO GROUPER
Epinephelus tukula
with Yellow Pilotfish beneath Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

00024447
MUSK DEER male
Moschus moschiferus
Tengboche, Nepal May

00024439
MANTA RAY
Manta birostris
Revillagigedo Islands, Pacific coast of Mexico

00024432
GREY WHALE
Eschrichtius gibbosus
Baja Mexico

00024421
AUSTRALIAN SEA LION
Neophoca cincera
swimming underwater
South Australia

00024370
LOGGING ACTIVITY
Danum Valley Concession, Sabah,
Borneo, Malaysia

00024324
BAOBAB TREE in spiny forest
Adansonia fody
Ifaty, north of Toliara, Madagascar

00024321
WATER HYACINTH & baobabs
Eichhornia crassipes
Western Madagascar

00024320
SANDSTONE CANYON WALL
Isalo National Park,
Madagascar

00024300
GOLDEN CROWNED SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus tattersalli
Endemic to dry deciduous forests
near Daraina, north eastern Madagascar

00024298
HELMET VANGA sitting on nest
Euryceros prevostii
Marojejy National Park,
northeastern Madagascar

00024273
RED HOT POKER group in wild
Kniphofia sp.
Golden Gate National Park,
Free State, South Africa

00024241
GEMSBOK CUCUMBER
Acanthosicyos naudinianus
(Water source for animals)
Kalahari Gemsbok Natl Pk, South Africa

00024224
BAOBAB TREE
Adansonia digitata
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00024217
SOLAR-POWERED ELECTRIC FENCE
to confine cattle
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00024202
GARDEN SPIDER or CROSS SPIDER
Araneus diadematus
young, newly emerged from eggs.

00024197
FRUIT FLY
Drosophila sp.
UK September Magn. x 5.1

00024185
YELLOW ANTS
Lasius flavus
UK May Magn. x 2.1

00024166
SHINY WOODLOUSE
Oniscus asellus
sloughing skin Magn. x 2.2

00024155
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD larva
Coccinella septempunctata
eating Blackfly July

00024153
SYCAMORE TREE in autumn
Acer pseudoplatanus
Richmond Park, Surrey, England

00024152
WOLF SPIDER with prey
Pardosa armentata
Magn. x1.4

00024142
FAULTING IN ROCK Sinistral movement
of fault has broken metaquartzite veins
Cap de Favorita, Menorca,
Balearic Is, Mediterranean

00024132
RAINDROPS ON LUPIN LEAF

00024131
HEDGE BROWN BUTTERFLY
or GATEKEEPER BUTTERFLY
Pyronia tithonus
on foliage, wings open

00024116
MAIZE drying
Nepal

00024100
NETTING SMALL BIRDS
Warblers and finches, Italy

00024086
GREEN ANACONDA constricting prey,
Eunectes murinus
a caiman Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00024083
HUMAN SPERMATOZOA living
Under Nomarski illumination x160
1/2000th second

00024058
BLUE-THROATED BEE-EATERS
Merops viridis
Singapore

00024038
MEALY PARROTS at mineral lick
Amazona farinosa
Tambopata Reserve, Peru

00024035
CHERRY ORCHARD Spring
Prunus sp.
with trees in full blossom
Meissen, Germany

00024009
KNOBBY CACTUS CORAL
Mycetophyllia aliciae
Juno Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00023932
RING OUZEL male on grass
Turdus torquatus
Spain February

00023927
GREATER FLAMINGO head detail
Phoenicopterus ruber
France

00023918
SONG THRUSH at berries
Turdus philomelos
Worcestershire, England November

00023871
SLENDER-BILLED GULL in water
Larus genei
Oman. November

00023869
BULLFINCH male on branch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Midlands, England. November

00023866
AFRICAN OIL PALM harvested nuts
Elaeis guineensis
Malaysia. Source of palm oil.

00023859
GABAR GOSHAWK on rock
Micronisus gabar August
Namibia, south western Africa

00023848
CUT TIMBER
stacked in yard February
Midlands of England

00023847
CUT TIMBER
stacked in yard February
Midlands of England

00023841
FOREST FIRE
Yukon, Canada

00023820
SPRINGBOK calf, two weeks old
Antidorcas marsupialis
Kalahari Desert, southern Africa

00023817
SPRINGBOK head detail
Antidorcas marsupialis
Kalahari Desert, southern Africa

00023814
BAT-EARED FOX head detail
Otocyon megalotis
Kalahari Desert, southern Africa

00023797
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
Dzanga Bai, Dzanga-Ndoki N.P., Central
African Republic. Tusks are thinner >>

00023796
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT calves
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
Dzanga Bai, Dzanga-Ndoki National
Park, Central African Republic

00023764
GIANT MOLE RAT in burrow entrance
Tachyoryctes macrocephalus
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Endemic to Bale Mountains. Also called Big-headed mole rat

00023762
WED RIVER
Bale Mtns National Park, Ethiopia. High rodent population gives this area the highest density of the Ethiopian Wolf.

00023758
ETHIOPIAN WOLVES adult & cubs
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.

00023748
ETHIOPIAN WOLF cub, 2 months old,
Canis simensis
stalking. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.

00023731
ETHIOPIAN WOLF walking
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains Nat'l Park, Ethiopia. World's rarest Canidae.

00023730
ETHIOPIAN WOLF group sitting
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains Nat'l Park, Ethiopia. World's rarest Canidae.

00023689
BONTEBOK grazing
Damaliscus dorcas dorcas
De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa
Endemic to the Fynbos

00023670
STAG BEETLE
Colophon sp.
Cape, South Africa Endangered sp.
Endemic to Fynbos region

00023644
OSTRICH feeding
Struthio camelus
in Fynbos flowers
De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa

00023615
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
sleeping. Endangered subspecies,
endemic to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania

00023606
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
climbing tree Endangered subspecies,
endemic to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania

00023531
CARACAL or AFRICAN LYNX
Felis caracal
with Guineafowl prey Etosha National
Park, Namibia, south western Africa

00023530
PLAINS or BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
two drinking at waterhole
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00023467
BALLOON SAFARI
Hot air balloon over plains of
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00023416
MADAGASCAN OCOTILLO
Alluaudia procera
Dominant species of spiny forest
of southern Madagascar

00023381
TIGER FOOTPRINTS BEING TRACED
Individuals identified by print size
& shape Corbett Natl Pk, India
Endangered species

00023364
TABBY CAT standing on branch,
backlit

00023354
ROE DEER
Capreolus capreolus
female with young

00023311
GREEN or MALAYAN PEACOCK
Pavo muticus

00023302
BLACK LION TAMARIN
or GOLDEN-RUMPED LION TAMARIN
Leontopithecus chrysopygus
Coastal forest of Brazil

00023290
ENGLISH or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
ripening acorns on branch

00023288
WILD DAFFODIL clump
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
flowering in woodland

00023278
OPEN-CAST COAL MINE
Ayrshire, Strathclyde,
south western Scotland

00023260
LEAFLITTER Autumn
on woodland floor

00023256
GRAPE HARVEST
cutting a bunch of Marsanne grapes
Cotes du Rhone, France

00023245
BLACK BULLHEAD CATFISH
Ictalurus melas

00023227
CORNFLOWER close-up of flower
Centaurea cyanus
Berwickshire, Scotland August

00023189
CROSSBILL female feeding
Loxia curvirostra
on rowan berries
Berwickshire, Scotland September

00023155
HEDGEHOG on leaflitter
Erinaceus europaeus
Spring

00023129
BEECH TREE by glacial lake
Torres del Paine National Park,
Chile, South America

00023117
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos
on lookout from mossy knoll

00023096
REINDEER
Rangifer tarandus
young, resting

00023089
PEAT BOG Loch Gorum,
Isle of Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

00023086
MALLARD male
Anas platyrhynchos

00023078
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus
on Bramble, eating blackberry

00023052
SPINY LOBSTER on coral reef
Panulirus argus
Saba, Leeward Islands,
Lesser Antilles, Caribbean.

00023045
SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD SHARK
Sphyrna lewini
ventral view, submerged
Darwin Island, Galapagos

00023041
DOGFISH
Scyliorhinus sp.
Isle of Man

00023040
SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD SHARK
Sphyrna lewini
Cousins Rock, nr Bartolome,
Galapagos Islands

00023037
COMPASS JELLYFISH
Chrysaora hysoscella

00023028
RAISIN PRODUCTION February
Grapes drying on racks
Kakamas, Northern Cape, South Africa

00022990
TASMANIAN PADEMELON joey in pouch
Thylogale billardierii
Cradle Mountain National Park,
Tasmania, Australia

00022973
SUNSET reflected in tide pools
on tessellated pavement
Tessellated Pavement State Reserve,
Tasmania, Australia

00022938
RAINFOREST WITH TREE FERNS
Whirinaki Forest Park, North Island,
New Zealand

00022921
AA & PAHOEHOE LAVA FLOWS MEET
Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands,
Equatorial Pacific

00022904
BIOLOGIST Joao Batista Pinha
checking hyacinth macaw nest
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00022894
RED-LEGGED SERIEMA calling
Cariama cristata
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00022885
WOMEN TEA PICKERS AT WORK
Western Ghat Highlands, Kerala, India

00022868
MAIZE or SWEET CORN
Zea sp.
seedheads laid out to dry
Lake Titicaca, Peru, South America

00022861
TOURISTS WATCHING GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
fishing for salmon at Brooks River,
Katmai NP, Alaska, USA

00022856
PUFFIN
Fratercula arctica
collecting nesting material
Atlantic coast of Scotland

00022837
ORCHID flowers
Phalaenopsis aphrodite
The Philippines

00022782
CHIMNEY STACK EMISSIONS
from INCO nickel smelter
Leading cause of acid rain
Sudbury, Ontario, southern Canada

00022781
TOXIC SEEPAGE
from rubbish dump with cedar waste
North America

00022763
LOG BOOMS
Saint Maurice River, Quebec,
south eastern Canada

00022741
KILLER WHALE or ORCA on surface
Orcinus orca
of calm sea Pacific coast of British
Columbia, south western Canada

00022735
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
Spring

00022734
SNOWSHOE HARE Winter Phase
Lepus americanus
running on snow North America

00022724
DIAMOND PYTHON hatching
Morelia spilota spilota
head detail

00022723
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
in Patterson's Curse, an introduced weed
Australia

00022704
FIG TREE growing wild
Ficus glomerata
with unripe fruit Karnataka, southern India

00022650
AFRICAN LIONESS on the move,
Panthera leo
head detail. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00022643
BLACK-BACKED JACKALS young
Canis mesomelas
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00022595
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
on lookout from stump Alaska, USA

00022577
MOUNTAIN GOAT young, on crag
Oreamnos americanus
Mount Evans, Colorado,
mid-western USA July

00022565
DUNE PRIMROSE in desert
Oenothera deltoides
Anza-Borrego State Park,
Mojave Desert California, USA

00022558
HOODOOS (eroded rock formations)
at dawn Garden of Eden area,
Arches Nat'l Park, Utah, USA

00022546
TREMONT RIVER and spring forest.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee, USA

00022495
ALMIRANTE BROWN
Argentinian research station
Antarctic Peninsula

00022494
AMERICAN ASPENS in autumn
Populus tremuloides
Colorado, USA September

00022482
QUAKING ASPENS with foliage October
Populus tremuloides
in autumn colours Grand Mesa Natl
Forest, Colorado, mid-western USA

00022458
RED MANGROVE
Rhizophora mangle
Florida Everglades, USA
Habitat; brackish water

00022453
ARNICA in flower June
Arnica sp.
Wonder Lake, Denali National
Park, south central Alaska, USA

00022447
BALD CYPRESS TREES November
Taxodium distichum
growing in lake Merchants Millpond
State Park, North Carolina, USA

00022420
SNOW FORMS IN STREAM
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming,
USA Winter

00022408
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS N.P.
Autumn colours from Meigs
Overlook Appalachian Mountains,
North Carolina, USA

00022403
SAGUARO CACTUS view upwards
Carnegiea gigantea
Saguaro National Monument,
Arizona, south western USA

00022371
GUARANA branch with fruit
Paullinia cupana var. sorbitis
Amazonia, Brazil Used by locals
for medicinal purposes

00022350
TROPICAL ISLANDS
Raja Empat island group,
Irian Jaya, Indonesia

00022341
WARTY EGG SHELL on prey
Calpurnus verrucos
Papua, Indonesia Feeds on leather coral, Sarcophyton sp., matches pattern.

00022292
PINCUSHION SEA STAR
Culcita sp. detail
Solomon Islands, South Pacific

00022283
RUBBISH on beach
Torremolinos, Costa del Sol, Spain

00022278
MOUNTAIN HOUSELEEK
Sempervivum montanum
French Alps

00022245
FRANGIPANI or CARIBBEAN JASMINE
Plumeria rubra
flower cluster, detail

00022244
ROCHE ROCK
with bell tower of ruined chapel
built by hermits in 1409
Cornwall, south western England

00022193
SLASH PINE woodland
Pinus eliotii
with Palmettos Osceola National Forest,
northern Florida, south eastern USA

00022175
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
Costa Rica, Central America

00022161
SWEET CHESTNUT COPPICE
Western Kent, south eastern England
Sweet Chestnut is Castanea sativa

00022156
ADDER confronting Common Toad
Vipera berus & Bufo bufo
below ground UK Adders will eat toads
despite skin toxin as long as they are >>

00022152
CAMPBELL'S RUSSIAN DWARF
HAMSTER
Phodopus sungorous cambelli

00022130
REEVE'S MUNTJAC fawn, newborn
Muntiacus reevesi

00022079
VEGETABLE STALLS
Kedougou town market, Senegal

00022061
BUSH FIRE being fanned by wind
The Gambia, western Africa

00022043
COMMON LOBSTER
Homarus gammarus
anterior detail

00022016
LEOPARD female with female cub,
Panthera pardus
6 months old Masai Mara National Game
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa

00022015
LEOPARD cubs, 5-6 months old
Panthera pardus
Fig Tree Ridge, Masai Mara National
Game Reserve, Kenya, East Africa

00028312
HUMAN BOTFLY
Dermatobia hominis
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028311
THE YAVARI RIVER in the low-water season
Brazil on the left bank, Peru on the right
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028282
HOATZIN chick hanging on branch
Opisthocomus hoazin
Amazon rainforest, Peru

00028265
PINE MARTEN leaping
Martes martes

00028246
ANGLERFISH
Lophius piscatorius
St Abbs, Berwickshire, Scotland

00028243
SQUIRREL TOOTHMARKS in Pine Cones
which have been gnawed by Red Squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris

00028235
KELP detail of holdfast
Laminaria digitata

00028224
CRAB APPLE
Malus sylvestris
blossom on branch

00028216
EUROPEAN RED FOX resting
Vulpes vulpes

00028140
SNEFFELS RANGE & woodlands
Quaking Aspens, Populus tremuloides
in foreground Uncompahgre Nat'l Forest
Colorado, USA Autumn

00028136
QUAKING ASPENS in autumn colours
Populus tremuloides
Colorado, USA

00028131
COAST or CALIFORNIAN REDWOOD
Sequoia sempervirens
& fog. Del Norte area, Redwoods
National Park, California, USA

00028124
GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus longaeva
at 11,000' White Mountains,
Inyo National Forest. California, USA

00028116
PARIA CANYON - sandstone
Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness,
Colorado Plateau Arizona, USA

00028103
YELLOW-NECKED SPURFOWL
Francolinus leucoscepus
head detail Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa

00028089
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER
Gavia immer
on nest North America
Also called Common Loon

00028051
RED-THROATED DIVERS or LOONS
Gavia stellata
adult & chick on water Finland

00028046
DOTTEREL on nest
Eudromias morinellus
Varanger, Arctic Norway

00028043
AURORA BOREALIS & stars
Finland

00028033
GEOFFROY'S SIDENECK TURTLE
Phrynops geoffroanus
Mato Grosso, Brazil

00028025
PIED-BILLED GREBE
Podilymbus podiceps
Florida, February

00028002
SILVER TREE FERN or PONGA
Cyathea dealbata
New Zealand

00027987
BALD EAGLE on warning sign
Haliaetus leucocephalus
Homer, Alaska, USA

00027947
WHITE STORK fishing
Ciconia ciconia
Lleida, Spain February

00027934
RED KITE
Milvus milvus
Pyrenees, Spain February

00027928
MONTAGU'S HARRIER male with prey
Circus pygargus
and outstretched wings
Ebro Basin, Lleida, Spain May

00027925
MONTAGU'S HARRIER pair
Circus pygargus
Ebro Basin, Lleida, Spain July

00027910
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER
Mesocricetus auratus
filling cheek pouches Wild colour form

00027899
RED DEER hinds at deer farm
Cervus elaphus
& feral Egyptian geese
Norfolk, England

00027893
CAPE BUNTING perched on acacia
Emberiza capensis
South West Cape, South Africa

00027876
FALLEN SILVER MAPLE LEAF
Acer saccarinum
on conifer bough Autumn
Devon, England

00027873
RINGED PLOVER juvenile
Charadrius hiaticula
Ferrybridge, Weymouth, Dorset, UK

00027865
GOLDEN EAGLE in flight
Aquila chrysaetos
Kuusamo, Finland

00027857
SIBERIAN TIT
Parus cinctus
Kussamo, Finland

00027830
MUTE SWAN bathing
Cygnus olor
Styria, Austria

00027819
SLENDER LORIS
Loris tardigradus
on branch at night India

00027816
ASIATIC LION cub
Panthera leo persica
India Endangered species

00027805
EARED or BLACK-NECKED GREBES
Podiceps nigricollis
on water. Brenne, France

00027798
MOON JELLYFISHES
Aurelia aurita
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland

00027780
LARGE WHITE PIG
suckling litter of young in field,
Ashgood Farm, Berkshire, S.England

00027758
COLLARED DOVE
Streptopelia decaocto
impression on window
Hertfordshire, England

00027688
GREEN MAMBA
Dendroaspis angusticeps
open mouth showing Jacobson's Organ
South East Africa

00027661
BROWN CAPUCHIN MONKEY
Cebus apella
cracking nut on stone
Wildlife Park, France

00027635
WATER VOLE
Arvicola terrestris
England

00027619
STORMY SKIES
Morston, North Norfolk, UK

00027617
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
(in captivity). Endangered species.

00027603
SPIDER (poisonous)
Phoneutria keyserlingii
South East Brazil
Bite sometimes fatal to humans

00027602
BEAN TICK or DEER TICK
Ixodes ricinus

00027563
KING COBRA head raised
Ophiophagus hannah
& hood extended, World's longest
venemous snake South East Asia

00027562
KING COBRA head raised
Ophiophagus hannah
& hood extended World's longest
venemous snake South East Asia

00027542
STRIPED HYENA running
Hyaena hyaena
Africa and Asia

00027524
EUROPEAN POCHARD in flight
Aythya ferina
male Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00027490
MEADOW CRANESBILL
Geranium pratense
in rusty wreck of car
Central Ayrshire, Grampian, Scotland

00027488
PARK AT SUNRISE with silhouetted
trees. Keoladeo National Park,
Bharatpur, India

00027464
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
male displaying at lek
Northumberland, England.

00027455
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
male displaying at lek.
Northumberland, England.

00027418
FULMAR in flight June
Fulmarus glacialis
Skokholm Island, off Dyfed,
south western Wales

00027416
GOLDEN PLOVER flock in flight
Pluvialis apricaria
Elmley Marshes Reserve, Kent,
England December

00027383
CHEETAH family in thunderstorm
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027319
CHEETAH at sunset
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027306
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus

00027297
BARN OWL hunting
Tyto alba
Wiltshire, UK

00027281
SHIP IN ROUGH SEAS Southern Ocean:
Nella Dan en route to Mawson
from Melbourne Australia

00027274
DERELICT INDUSTRIAL SITE overgrown
Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK

00027262
CHEETAH stalking
Acinonyx jubatus

00027229
SPIDER MONKEYS crossing tree gap
Ateles geoffroyi
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica,
Central America

00027196
AMERICAN CROCODILE in river
Crocodylus acutus
Tortuguero National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027126
AYERS ROCK & altocumulus clouds
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park,
Northern Territory, Australia

00027050
POLLUTED RIVER
Central Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

00027027
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR in snow
Ursus arctos arctos
Abruzzo National Park, central Italy

00026983
EUROPEAN LARCH
Larix decidua
in autumn colours
Speyside, Scotland October

00026972
POLLUTED WATERWAYS
in slum.
Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

00026966
POACHED IVORY Carved tusks
confiscated by airport customs

00026941
CHICKEN OF THE WOODS on Oak
Laetiporus sulphureus
Berwickshire, Scotland June

00026937
ARROW POISON FROG calling
Dendrobates pumilio
Costa Rica

00026928
CHUKCHI PRIMROSE in flower
Primula tschuktschorum
Hall Island, Alaska Maritime
Wildlife Refuge, USA

00026926
SNOW-COVERED CONIFERS (aerial)
Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming, north western USA

00026907
WOODPIGEON bathing
Colouma palumbus
Caminreal, Teruel
Ebro Valley, Spain July

00026873
SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS in flight
Diomedea albatrus
Midway Island, Pacific Ocean

00026866
LAKE BAIKAL
in early morning light
Siberia, Russia

00026846
RUDDY DUCK male on water
Oxyura jamaicensis
Radipole Lake, Dorset, England
(UK wild breeding)

00026845
GERENUK or WALLER'S GAZELLE
Litocranius walleri
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026821
COMMON OTTER SHELL
Lutraria lutraria
showing foot and siphons

00026815
WHOOPER SWAN Winter
Cygnus cygnus
pair displaying on water Ouse Washes,
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, UK

00026804
CAMARGUE WILD HORSES nuzzling
Equus caballus
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.

00026799
VERVET MONKEY
Cercopithecus aethiops
Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026779
FROSTED PINE FOREST in morning light
(aerial view) Valdres, Oppland County

00026772
YELLOW-NECKED SPURFOWL
Francolinus leucoscepus
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026769
RINGTAILED COATI in tree
Nasua nasua
Captive animal

00026763
GREY SEALS play-fighting
Halichoerus grypus
Lincolnshire, England

00026746
MOUNT ST HELENS VOLCANO
blast zone with new vegetation in 2000
(Eruption in 1980) Washington, USA

00026730
CAMARGUE WILD HORSE & young foal
Equus caballus
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.

00026695
OBSERVATORIES at summit
of Mauna Kea (13,796 feet)
highest point in Hawaii
Big Island, Hawaii

00026669
SWALEDALE towards Gunnerside
North Yorkshire, England June

00026646
COMMON POND SKATER
Gerris lacustris
eating damselfly prey

00026620
FROST ON TREE

00026605
PIED FLYCATCHER male
Ficedula hypoleuca
singing in woodland
April Northern Wales

00026588
ALGERIAN HEDGEHOG
Atelerix algirus
Vallcalent Zoological Centre,
Lleida, Spain November

00026587
BRISTLEWORM on coral sand
Eurythoe complanata
Fireworm

00026579
ASTER close-up of flower
Aster amellus
Cadi-Moixero Nature Reserve,
Pyrenees, Spain

00026578
CHOUGHS, adult & juvenile
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales

00026571
COMMON WATER BOATMAN or
BACKSWIMMER
Notonecta glauca

00026514
STARLING flock in flight at dusk,
Sturnus vulgaris
to winter roost Slimbridge,
Gloucestershire, England

00026509
BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMURS
Varecia variegata variegata
two in dead tree
Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

00026493
BEARA PENINSULA
Cottage & ruin along coast
Co. Kerry, Ireland

00026489
COASTAL PATH June 1994
with Gateholm & Skokholm
Pembrokeshire National Park
(above Marloes) Dyfed, south west Wales

00026480
LONGLINER BOAT makes for harbour
through ice broken by ferry
Burgeo, Newfoundland, Canada

00026463
REPTILE SKIN WALLET & PURSES
Cameroon, western Africa

00026458
OAK TREES IN WINTER FOG
Quercus sp.
Blackmoor Vale, Dorset, England

00026425
CAMARGUE WILD HORSE foal resting
Equus caballus
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.

00026407
QUIRAING with snow
Northern Skye, Inner Hebrides,
Highland Region, NW Scotland

00026387
FROSTED FALLEN LEAVES
Mixed deciduous, incl. sweet chestnut,
sycamore & beech

00026382
SOMERSET LEVELS in winter
Kings Sedgemoor in hoar frost,
near Walton Somerset, England

00026358
COMMON GREEN IGUANA
Iguana iguana

00026344
COMMON GREEN IGUANA
Iguana iguana

00026324
GRANT'S GAZELLE at dawn
Gazella granti
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026298
BANTENG group South Africa
Bos javanicus
Potgietersrust Nature Reserve

00026293
WALDRAPP or NORTHERN BALD IBIS
Geronticus eremita
Endangered species

00026282
CARDER BUMBLEBEE
Bombus agrorum
on thistle Garden bookplate

00026242
EMERALDS (green Beryl)
Cabochons (convex curve) & cut,
faceted stones Regal Ridge,
Yukon Territory, Canada Magn. 1:2

00026235
TROPICAL ISLAND
Vava'u, Tonga
South Pacific

00026223
SNAIL TRAILS on Pleurococcus algae covered garden table

00026177
ARCTIC FOX white form
Alopex lagopus
in winter coat on kelp bed Canada

00026176
AARDWOLF young
Proteles cristatus
Tussen de Riviere Reserve, RSA

00026174
ARAB HORSE running

00026167
DUNGENESS SHINGLE BEACH
with wooden posts
Kent, England

00026159
MASAI GIRL with kid
Loita Hills, Kenya

00026148
TAKING ICE CORE SAMPLES
Researchers at Lake Bonney Camp,
Taylor Valley, Antarctica

00026140
GREEN TURTLES 3 months old
Chelonia mydas
kept in growing-on pens to increase their
survival chance Derawan Island >>

00026139
DROMEDARY CAMEL CARAVAN
Camelus dromedarius
Sahara Desert, Sudan

00026138
SUN PILLAR before sunrise, the rays
catch overhead clouds Bombay Hook
National Wildlife Reserve,
Delaware, USA

00026063
FIREWOOD carried by Nubian women
Sahara Desert, near Dongola, Sudan

00026053
SPOTTED HYENA walking
Crocuta crocuta
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00026051
FULL MOON June
behind the Alps
Canton of Graubunden, Switzerland

00026034
BLUESPOTTED RIBBONTAIL RAY
Taeniura lymna
feeding sequence No.3 of 3
Red Sea off southern Egypt

00026027
GREAT POND SNAIL
Lymnaea stagnalis
browsing on pondweed

00026023
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
eating Chokecherry berries Autumn
Rocky Mountains, North America

00026018
TALAN ISLAND
Near Magadan, Sea of Okhotsk,
Siberia, Russia July
Major seabird breeding island

00025996
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR cub
Ursus arctos arctos
Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain

00025982
CANADA GEESE two on misty lake
Branta canadensis
North America

00025981
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
in flight Steeple Jason Island,
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

00025977
ABRUZZO SHEPHERD in autumn
Scanno, Abruzzo, central Italy

00025974
FROST on Scots Pine shoot
Pinus sylvestris

00025967
Framed, dead chameleons
and scorpions for sale in a market
Medina, Tunisia

00025947
MOLE digging hole in soil
Talpa europaea

00025918
ARCTIC SKUA
Stercorarius parasiticus
Intermediate plumage phase Handa
Island, Sutherland, off NW Scotland

00025916
BRITISH GIANT RABBIT in hutch

00025870
STUBBLE FIELD under storm clouds
Lleida, Ebro Valley, Spain July

00025862
VIEW TOWARDS THE SOUTH DOWNS over Sussex Weald

00025824
SUSITNA GLACIER
Aerial view showing complex medial
moraines, surging
Alaska Range, Alaska, USA

00025820
SONG THRUSH perching in tree
Turdus philomelos
Wiltshire, UK

00025798
TOPE or SCHOOL SHARK & diver
Galeorhinus galeus
with diver nearby

00025785
LOW RIGG Lake District Natl Park,
near Keswick, Cumbria, NW England

00025780
RHINOCEROS HORN

00025777
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
on rocky hillside Gloucestershire,
West Midlands of England

00025771
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN tail-walking
Tursiops truncatus
Honduras.

00025743
ROE DEER
Capreolus capreolus
1 week old fawn left in grass by mother
UK

00025742
ROE DEER
Capreolus capreolus
1 week old fawn
UK

00025738
STONE CURLEW in habitat
Burhinus oedicnemus
Wiltshire, UK

00025687
ASIAN LEOPARD male
Panthera pardus kotiya
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

00025684
CRUSHED RESEARCH VEHICLE
damaged by aggressive African Elephant
Samburu National Park, Kenya

00025673
SONG THRUSH perching in tree
Turdus philomelos
Wiltshire, UK

00025657
COMMON WATER-HOLDING FROG
Cyclorana platycephalus
bloated with stored water Australia

00025656
BOUNTY ISLAND ALBATROSS
Diomedea salvini
on nest Nests only on Bounty Island
& Snares Island, northern New Zealand

00025642
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus porteri
Endangered species >>
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

00025621
GREEN & GOLDEN BELL FROG
Litoria aurea
Endangered. Olympic site, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

00025603
PAINTED RINGTAIL POSSUM
Pseudocheirus forsteri
Papua New Guinea

00025588
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
eating Rose Aphids

00025585
ORIENTAL SHORTHAIR CAT
Brown Ticked Tabby, female

00025565
HEDGEHOG baby, orphaned
Erinaceus europaeus
RSPCA Wildlife Hospital,
Stapeley, Lancashire, England

00025559
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN on beach
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Shark Bay, Western Australia

00025546
BLUEBELLS in woodland
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Brock Valley, near Garstang,
Lancashire, England

00025543
FREE-RANGE FARMYARD COCK
UK

00025542
MALLARD DUCK duckling
Anas platyrhynchos
Martin Mere WWT Reserve, Lancashire, England

00025531
EWE with resting lamb
Maulds Meaburn village, near Eden Valley
Cumbria, England

00025514
BARASINGHA or SWAMP DEER group
Cervus duvauceli ranjitsinhi
eastern subspecies
Kaziranga National Park, India

00025487
AMERICAN MINK caught in trap
Mustela vison
Sussex, England. American species, released from fur farms.

00025466
CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH
Acanthaster planci
detail of thorns Red Sea

00025435
SHORE CRAB in defence posture
Carcinus maenas
North Sea, Aberdeenshire, E Scotland

00025418
CONVOLVULUS HAWK MOTH
Herse convolvuli
in flight at night, sipping
nectar of Tobacco

00025377
INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY
Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park,
Cape Province, South Africa

00025369
SINGLE FEATHER ON DRY PAN
Makgadgadi Pan, Kalahari, Botswana
Sign of huge gathering of birds
in rainy season

00025343
SWEET-THORN ACACIA
Acacia karoo
Karoo Natl Park, South Africa

00025318
HIPPOPOTAMUS aggression
Hippopotamus amphibius
Northern Zambia

00025316
GRANITE INSELBERGS
from Mt Mayense Muchinga Escarpment,
northeastern Zambia

00025264
SHOWER CUMULUS & POURING RAIN
Cumulus tower building on
Serengeti Plains, Kenya

00025262
TOURISTS WATCHING GIRAFFES
from Land Rover
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00025249
SAND DUNE WITH HUMAN TRACKS
White Sands National Monument,
Tularosa Basin, North Chihuahuan
Desert, New Mexico, southern USA

00025200
ORB-WEAVER SPIDER on branch
Araneus marmoreus - was raja
Sussex, England

00025199
ORB-WEAVER SPIDER on grass
Araneus marmoreus - was raja
Sussex, England

00025172
BROWN LONG-EARED BAT feeding perch
Plecotus auritus
with discarded moth wings beneath

00025085
VENUS FLYTRAP (Carnivorous)
Dionaea muscipula
open showing trigger hairs, close trap
when touched Native to USA swamps

00025062
OAK & BIRCH MIXED WOODLAND
Autumn Sussex, southern England

00025047
SUNDEW trapping fly
Drosera capensis
South Africa

00025035
RABBIT young at burrow entrance
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Cuerden, Lancashire, England

00025030
LIMESTONE PAVEMENT
Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve,
Lancashire, England

00025029
BLEA TARN in winter
Lake District National Park,
Cumbria, England

00024970
LION'S MANE JELLYFISH
Cyanea capillata

00028067
KENTISH PLOVER male
Charadrius alexandrinus

00028066
SPOTTED CRAKE in shallows
Porzana porzana
Brittany, north western France

00028035
CRAB-EATING FOX
Dusicyon thous
Brazil, South America

00028018
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
on lookout from Pine USA

00028012
ADELIE PENGUINS jumping
Pygoscelis adeliae
from ice into ocean
Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

00027978
AUSTRALASIAN GANNET in flight
Sula serrator
Cape Kidnappers, North Island,
New Zealand

00027964
CORMORANT perched on branch
Phalacrocorax carbo
Lleida, Spain February

00027946
COMMON CRANES
Grus grus
fighting in snow January
Gallocanta Wildlife Refuge, Spain

00027932
RED KITE feeding
Milvus milvus
Pyrenees, Spain February

00027878
SYCAMORE seedling detail
Acer pseudoplatanus
from above showing first foliage leaves

00027872
DUNLIN juvenile
Calidris alpina
Ferrybridge, Weymouth, Dorset, UK

00027851
COMMON or ROUND-LEAVED SUNDEW
Drosera rotundifolia
leaf detail with trapped insect

00027846
CURRY PLANT or
ITALIAN EVERLASTING
Helichrysum italicum

00027838
WALNUT unripe, on tree
Juglans regia

00027828
GREAT BUSTARD displaying
Otis tarda
Kiskunsczag National Park, Hungary

00027792
HUNTSMAN SPIDER
Heteropoda sp.
Mulu National Park, Malaysia

00027769
FIELD MUSHROOM ring in garden
Agaricus campestris
Common in meadows
Edible Summer & Autumn

00027759
GOLDFISH
Carassius auratus
three in goldfish bowl

00027707
BULWER'S PETREL
Bulweria bulwerii
Bookplate printed in 1866

00027701
ROSS'S GULL
Rhodostethia rosea
Bookplate printed in 1866

00027671
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
young, drinking Poland

00027597
LIVER FLUKE
Fasciola hepatica

00027576
GREEN or DOUBLE-CRESTED
BASILISK LIZARD male
Basiliscus plumifrons
Central America

00027565
INDOPACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN
Sousa chinensis
with mouth open

00027561
KING COBRA head raised
Ophiophagus hannah
& hood extended Note old injury
damage on side South East Asia

00027531
FERRUGINOUS DUCK in flight
Aythya nyroca
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00027517
SLENDER MONGOOSE
Herpestes sanguineus
just emerged from den at dusk
Central Namibia, south western Africa

00027516
BEWICK'S SWAN in flight
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Slimbridge Widfowl Trust, Gloucestershire, West Midlands of England

00027503
GOLDENEYE DUCK male on water
Bucephala clangula
Norfolk, England

00027497
BRYCE CANYON in snow
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA

00027492
HEDGEHOG young in nest
Erinaceus europaeus
Ayrshire, south western Scotland

00027473
AMERICAN BADGER
Taxidea taxus
at entrance to den, North America
nb Strong claws for digging

00027463
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
two males displaying at lek
Northumberland, England.

00027456
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
fighting at lek. Northumberland, England

00027417
MANX SHEARWATER
Puffinus puffinus
resting near to burrow at night June
Skokholm Island, off Dyfed, SW Wales

00027412
GREENFINCH on Hawthorn in autumn
Carduelis chloris
Essex, England October

00027402
ARCTIC WILLOW
Salix arctica
in flower Arctic, Canada

00027364
CHEETAH large male resting in forest
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027361
CHEETAH inquisitive cubs with tortoise
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027335
CHEETAH Mother with cubs
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027302
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus

00027287
COMMON ADDER
Vipera berus
on heathland Surrey, UK

00027283
PAPER NAUTILUS female
Argonauta nodosa
free-swimming in sea, with parchment-
like shell protecting eggs Australia

00027279
LEAFY SEADRAGON male with eggs
Phycodurus eques
South & Western Australia
Male carries eggs under tail until hatched

00027244
CHEETAH watching for prey at sunset
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027230
SPIDER MONKEYS crossing tree gap
Ateles geoffroyi
Corcovado National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027225
SQUIRREL MONKEY holding katydid
Saimiri oerstedii
Corcovado National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027216
MARGAY resting
Felis wiedi
Costa Rica Captive animal

00027182
RED-EYED TREE FROG walking
Agalychnis callidryas
Tortuguero National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027161
HURRICANE DAMAGE TO TREES
after hurricane of October 1987
Ashdown Forest, Sussex, England

00027143
CHOUGH on the ground
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales

00027122
TURKISH CRAYFISH
Astacus leptodactylus
Native to Turkey; introduced into Europe

00027119
COMMON FROG tadpole
Rana temporaria

00027108
BLUE TITS on peanut feeder
Parus caeruleus
Hertfordshire, England

00027096
EURASIAN BROWN BEARS courting
Ursus arctos arctos
Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain

00027045
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Drinking from tap. Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

00027042
THYME shoot
Thymus vulgaris

00027024
WEST AFRICAN GABOON VIPER
Bitis gabonica rhinocerus
West Africa

00027009
VENTIFACTS (wind-sculpted rock) & Matterhorn (background left )
Taylor Valley, Antarctica

00026976
ROOK on the ground
Corvus frugilegus
Dartmoor, England October

00026952
BLAKENEY POINT
Strandline Norfolk, UK (North Sea)

00026944
HORSE MACKEREL two
Trachurus trachurus

00026918
PEACOCK displaying
Pavo cristatus
UK Captive bird

00026827
LONG MYND April
Heather moorland
Shropshire, England

00026796
PUEBLAN MILK SNAKE
Lanpropeltis triangulun campbelli
Central America

00026792
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR resting
Ursus arctos arctos
in tall grass
Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain

00026758
EXMOOR IN WINTER
with snow drifting on the moors
Somerset, England

00026757
RAINBOW BOA
Epicrates cenchria

00026741
BLACK VALLEY & grazing sheep
Nr Killarney, Iveragh Peninsula
Co. Kerry, Eire

00026697
BROWN AESHNA DRAGONFLY
Aeshna grandis
in flight

00026684
AFRICAN LIONESS in tree
Panthera leo
Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026681
BAT-EARED FOX dead, on dirt road
Otocyon megalotis
killed by passing car Botswana

00026680
OAK WOODLAND
with lying snow on ground
Felbrigg Woods, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00026664
EUROPEAN GREY WOLF
Canis lupus
in falling snow

00026652
TUFTED PUFFIN stretching wings
Fratercula cirrhata
Talan Island, Sea of Okhotsk,
Siberia, Russia

00026608
GIANT SEQUOIA or WELLINGTONIA
Sequoiadendron giganteum
view upwards, trunk & lichens
California, western USA

00026581
KILLER WHALE or ORCA group
Orcinus orca
& Adelie penguins Antarctica

00026560
COMMON BEECH hedge
Fagus sylvatica