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00028123
GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus longaeva
at 11,000' White Mountains,
Inyo National Forest. California, USA

00028120
CALIFORNIA ROSE-BAY or
COAST RHODODENDRON
Rhododendron macrophyllum
Redwoods Natl Pk, California, USA

00028098
SAVANNAH MONITOR sunbathing
Varanus exanthematicus
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa

00028079
EASTERN SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE
Chelodina longicollis
hatching South Eastern Australia

00028077
PYGMY MARMOSET
Cebuella pygmaea
Amazon Basin, South America

00028073
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
mother & young Serengeti National Park,
Tanzania, eastern Africa

00028054
OSPREY landing on nest
Pandion haliaetus
Vaala, Finland

00028039
FROSTED BRANCH
in early morning light
Kuusamo, Finland

00028028
WOOD LILY flower, close detail
Lilium philidelphicum
showing stamens, stigma & style

00027948
WHITE STORK
Ciconia ciconia
Lleida, Spain July

00027940
LAMMERGEIER hatching sequence
Gypaetus barbatus
3 of 7 Captive breeding centre,
Spain February Endangered species

00027929
MONTAGU'S HARRIER male perched
Circus pygargus
Ebro Basin, Lleida, Spain May

00027915
POPPIES at kerbside
Papaver sp.
where roadworks have disturbed soil
& allowed quiescent seeds to germinate

00027870
STARLING
Sturnus vulgaris
Littlehampton, Hampshire, England

00027863
MIST OVER FARMLAND at dawn
Symondsbury, Bridport, Dorset, England

00027860
RED GROUSE female in snow
Lagopus lagopus scotius
Tayside, Scotland

00027859
ROBIN in alert posture
Erithacus rubecula
Devon, England

00027831
SMEW female on ice
Mergus albellus
Styria, Austria Winter

00027823
CRAB-EATING FOX at night
Dusicyon thous
Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul,
Southern Brazil

00027818
TIGER yawning
Panthera tigris
India

00027817
ASIATIC LION male
Panthera leo persica
India Endangered species

00027811
CORMORANTS
Phalacrocorax carbo
adult below, immature above

00027804
PHOTOGRAPHING TERN
Photographer in hide close to
Whiskered Tern & young in nest
Whiskered Tern is Chlidonias hybrida

00027771
COMMON FROG in pond
Rana temporaria
March. Hertfordshire, England.

00027753
SILVER BIRCH in autumn
Betula pendula
Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire, England

00027748
GREAT TIT on hazel with catkins
Parus major
Hertfordshire, England

00027732
SOLDIER-FLY larva
Stratiomys potamida
Southern Germany

00027717
WATER FLEA
Daphnia sp.
amongst Duckweed UK

00027697
HORNED VIPER
Cerastes cereastes
mouth open ready to strike Sahara

00027683
NATAL MULTIMAMMATE MOUSE
Mastomys natalensis
female and young in nest
Africa south of the Sahara

00027678
YELLOW GENTIAN
Gentiana lutea
Medicinal and aromatic plant
European mountains

00027659
GINKGO or MAIDENHAIR TREE
Ginkgo biloba
England Deciduous

00027657
GINKGO or MAIDENHAIR fruit
Ginkgo biloba
on the tree England Deciduous

00027654
GREY-LEAVED CISTUS flowers
Cistus albidus
Southern France

00027618
COMMON TOAD hibernating
Bufo bufo

00027616
MALAYAN TAPIR
Tapirus indicus
South eastern Asia

00027607
BLACK-HEADED or HOODED PITOHUI
Pitohui dichrous
Papua New Guinea First known
poisonous bird

00027604
BULL FIGHTER AND BULL
Pays Basque Francais

00027590
SUMMER SAVORY sprig
Satureia hortensis
Mediterranean Herb, annual

00027580
CHAPARRAL with Buckhorn Cholla
in bloom Opuntia acanthocarpa
Santa Catalina Mountains, southern
Arizona, south western USA

00027574
BLACK ASIAN GIANT TORTOISE
Manouria emys phayrei
Asia: N. Malaysia to NE India
Status: Vulnerable

00027560
KING COBRA head raised
Ophiophagus hannah
& hood extended World's longest
venemous snake South East Asia

00027523
SMEW pair on log
Mergus albellus
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00027519
METEOR CRATER
174m deep & 1250m in diameter
Formed about 49,500 years ago
Arizona Desert, near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

00027501
FREESIAS in flower (introduced sp.)
Freesia hybrid
South Western Australia.

00027500
BEECH TREES in autumn
Fagus sylvatica

00027489
POLECAT
Mustela putorius
head detail, leaving den

00027470
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
male displaying at lek
Northumberland, England.

00027469
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
male displaying at lek
Northumberland, England.

00027408
RED SQUIRREL burying nut
Sciurus vulgaris
Formby Red Squirrel Reserve,
Lancashire, England October

00027395
CHEETAH cub being affectionate to mother
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027393
CHEETAH mother and cubs
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027381
CHEETAH family in thunderstorm
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027307
CHEETAH pair at sunset
Acinonyx jubatus

00027298
BARN OWL hunting
Tyto alba
Wiltshire, UK

00027285
COMMON ADDER
Vipera berus
on heathland Surrey, UK

00027209
WHITE DONKEY braying
Sardinia, Italy

00027167
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
on migration crossing Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00027163
TUFTED PUFFIN head detail
Fratercula cirrhata
Talan Island, Sea of Okhotsk,
Siberia, Russia July

00027160
ACORN BARNACLES
Semibalanus balanoides

00027148
REINDEER browsing on heather
Rangifer tarandus
Cairngorms, eastern Scotland

00027138
COMMON SPOTTED ORCHIDS
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Martin Down, Hampshire, England

00027130
CORMORANT on tree stump
Phalacrocorax carbo
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland February

00027128
MALVERN HILLS & TEME VALLEY
in mist soon after sunrise
(view from Broadwas)
Worcestershire, West Midlands,UK

00027115
ANEMONEFISH EGGS
attached to coral of Great Barrier Reef,
Queensland, north eastern Australia

00027102
THE PINNACLES Purbeck coast
nr Swanage, Dorset, England

00027089
GIANT GROUNDSEL & peaks
Dendrosenecio keniodendron
Teleki Valley, Mt Kenya National Park,
Kenya, eastern Africa

00027069
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in Finnish taiga, near Russian border
Northern Karelia, Finland

00027065
JOSHUA TREE silhouetted at sunset
Yucca brevifolia
Joshua Tree National Park,
California, western USA

00027058
STRAW BALES in low sun,
under storm clouds
Lleida, Ebro Valley, Spain July

00027057
MALLARD DUCKS
Anas platyrhynchos
large group on water
Scandinavia Winter

00027037
CAMARGUE WILD HORSES nuzzling
Equus caballus
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.

00027035
SPRING MEADOW
Navelli uplands, Abruzzo, central Italy

00027003
RINGTAILED COATI at water, drinking
Nasua nasua
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00026994
FINGAL'S CAVE & columnar basalt
Isle of Staffa, Hebrides,
off Atlantic coast of Scotland

00026975
RAINFOREST CANOPY
(View upwards into canopy)
Costa Rica, Central America

00026967
PATTERNS IN ICE on frozen surface
of Lake Bonney, Antartica

00026887
AFRICAN LION cubs resting
Panthera leo
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026862
COLLARED PECCARY skull
Tayassu tajacu
Belize Adult animal

00026843
SHAR PEI DOG eating bone

00026841
GREAT WHITE SHARK near surface
Carcharodon carcharias
Guadalupe Island, Mexico

00026825
GOLDEN RETRIEVER with owner

00026819
EURASIAN BROWN BEARS
Ursus arctos arctos
pair during courtship
Abruzzo National Park, central Italy

00026784
STRAWBERRY POISON FROG calling
Dendrobates pumilio
to establish territory
Costa Rica, Central America

00026781
DERWENT WATER with fog
Keswick and Blencathra from Cat Bells
Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

00026767
TASMANIAN DEVIL
Sarcophilus harrisii
Tasmania

00026755
Aquatic COPEPODS (freshwater)
Canthocamptus staphylinus
Oxfordshire, England

00026745
ROBIN approaching bird tray
Erithacus rubecula

00026740
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris impavida
New Zealand race in flight

00026728
RINGED PLOVER juvenile
Charadrius hiaticula
Ferrybridge, Weymouth, Dorset, England

00026717
WEST AFRICAN GABOON VIPER
Bitis gabonica rhinocerus
West Africa

00026712
GOLDEN RETRIEVER sitting in water

00026708
AZURE or BLUE DAMSELFLY
Coenagrion puella
on reed leaf

00026635
TANGAROA PRAWN GOBY & shrimp
Ctenogobiops tangaroai
Symbiotic relationship with shrimp
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00029848
RICE crop growing
Oryza sativa
Colombia, South America.

00029843
RAT FLEA cocoon in carpet
Xenopsylla cheopis
Vector of Bubonic Plague

00029828
ENGLISH or PENDUCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
branch with flowers

00029808
SMOKY BLACK PERSIAN CAT
resting, face detail

00029799
HORNED PUFFIN
Fratercula corniculata
swimming underwater
Alaska, USA.

00029786
COCONUT PALM Group photographed
through fish-eye lens Jacuma, Paraiba,
north eastern coast of Brazil
Coconut Palm is Cocos nucifera

00029780
MOUSE-EARED BATS
Myotis myotis
roosting in cave

00029773
EUROPEAN RED FOX female
Vulpes vulpes
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone,
southern France

00029771
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
female with dead vole Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France

00029744
WANDERING ALBATROSS in flight
Diomedea exulans
over sea Antarctica

00029742
CRABEATER SEAL
Lobodon carcinophagus
group on ice floe off Antarctic
Peninsula, Antarctica

00029734
AFRICAN LION cub
Panthera leo
climbing tree trunk

00029732
CHEETAH family
Acinonyx jubatus
Female with family of 4/5 month old cubs
Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya

00029730
CHEETAH cubs
Acinonyx jubatus
8 month old cubs playing
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029725
LEOPARD female and cub
Panthera pardus
'Zawadi' with 3 month old 'Safi' suckling
Masai Mara Nation Reserve, Kenya

00029703
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER young
Mesocricetus auratus
two 10 day old young, fur covered
but still blind

00029701
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER young
Mesocricetus auratus
new born(10) in nest

00029695
RUSSIAN DWARF HAIRY-FOOTED
or SIBERIAN HAMSTER
Phodopus sungorus sungorus
'Winter White' form, March pelage

00029693
CROWNED or GREY-NECKED CRANE
Balearica regulorum gibbericeps
pair with male on left, close up of heads
(Also called East African Crowned Crane)

00029660
PRAYING MANTID
from rainforests of Costa Rica

00029658
LEAF-CUTTER ANT carrying
Atta sp.
piece of cut leaf with a guard ant
holding on Costa Rica, Central USA

00029638
JUMPING SPIDER
Phidippus clarus
within silk pouch which is used for
nesting, resting and protection. USA

00029597
CARRION FLOWER
Stapelia gigantia
close-up of inside South Africa

00029588
GREEN TREE FROG
Hyla cinerea
sitting in wild iris flower Florida

00029582
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Nicaragua, Central America

00029567
IRISH STOAT at rock crevice
Mustela erminea hibernica

00029546
HIGHLAND COW
Isle of Skye, Highland Region,
north western Scotland

00029535
PIKA gathering plants
Ochotona princeps
Colorado, USA August

00029533
LAPPETFACED VULTURE
Torgos tracheliotus
Masai Mara, Kenya

00029528
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
pair in courtship at nest
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

00029510
ROSEATE SPOONBILL by water
Ajaia ajaja
Florida, south eastern USA

00029483
LEAST AUKLETS in flight
Aethia pusilla
St Paul Island, Pribilof Islands,
Alaska, USA Smallest alcid

00029449
LAND CRAB Endemic
Gecarcinus lagostoma
hiding in Guava shrubs
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029432
SISTERS PEAK
view of lower crater from summit
Area of most recent volcanic activity
on Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029424
EASTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus adamanteus
South eastern USA

00029343
MONKEY PUZZLE TREES in snow
Araucaria araucana
Conguillo National Park, Chile Mount
Llaima volcano visible in background.

00029332
CANE TOAD large group at street light
Bufo marinus
at night Introduced to Australia, now serious pest, poison skin glands kill predators

00029315
BADGER carrying
Meles meles
sweetcorn cob taken from garden

00029300
GREY SEAL moving on sand
Halichoerus grypus
Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England.

00029282
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Honduras

00029259
AFRICAN LIONESS controlling young
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029241
HIPPOPOTAMUS female and young
Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029238
MASAI GIRAFFES on savanna at sunset
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya

00029197
SHAG perched on rock
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Staple Island, Farne Islands

00029189
EUROPEAN OTTER alert at water's edge
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, Norfolk, Engand.

00029152
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS
Diomedea nigripes
pair mutual preening
Midway Island, Pacific

00029126
EROSION OF CLIFF
Hillocks formed by slippage of
eroded material from cliff
Tervel Area, Aragon, northern Spain

00029116
VULTURINE GUINEAFOWL
Acryllium vulturinum
Samburu National Park, Kenya

00029115
PUKU group of four by water
Kobus vardoni
Chobe River, Chobe National Park,
Botswana, southern Africa

00029112
MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK
Redunca fulvorufula
on rocky slope Shamwari Game Reserve,
Eastern Cape, South Africa

00029103
COTTONMOUTH or WATER MOCCASIN
Agkistrodon piscivorus
eating fish prey
South eastern USA

00029069
SWARM OF SANDFLIES

00029056
PERIPATUS or VELVET WORM
Peripatopsis sp.
Tartoikama Forest, Cape Province,
South Africa

00029055
BLACK MAMBA
Dendroaspis polylepis
Largest venomous snake in Africa

00029044
WHITEMARGIN STARGAZER FISH
Uranoscopus sulphureus
buried in sand waiting to ambush prey
Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

00029026
GIRAFFES mating
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00029002
ROBIN on washing line
Erithacus rubecula
Sussex, UK

00028994
COWSLIPS

00028959
SCARLET LILY BEETLES
Lilioceris lilii
Introduced to the UK. Pest species.

00028955
TABBY KITTEN on window ledge

00028953
GREEN APHID or GREENFLY shed skin

00028940
HAIRY WOODPECKER
Picoides villosus
on decayed tree stump
Point Pelee, Ontario, southern Canada

00028917
SOLAR PANEL used to power electric
fences which surround the Kruger National
Park, to stop elephants from straying into
adjoining farming areas. South Africa

00028914
SUNDEVALL'S GARTER SNAKE
Elapsoidea sundevalli sundevalli
South Africa. Spends most of its >>

00028901
BLACK STORK in water
Ciconia nigra

00028896
LESSER KESTREL male on roof
Falco naumanni

00028891
COMMON SCOTER or BLACK SCOTER
Melanitta nigra
female swimming

00028871
SNOW-COVERED ROCKS ON SHORE
with Red Fox tracks
Norway

00028861
WATER VOLE
Arvicola terrestris
eating leaf at water's edge

00028855
HOUSE MARTIN with young
Delichon urbica
in nest under eaves

00028810
JOSHUA TREE in desert
Yucca brevifolia
California, western USA

00028796
YELLOW MAYFLY nymph
Heptagenia sulphura
In fast flowing water, River Moy,
Castledawson. April

00028791
SLAVONIAN GREBE
Podiceps auritus
on water Winter

00028781
SPECTRAL TARSIER head detail
Tarsius spectrum
Tangkoko Dua Saudara National Park,
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00028765
ROTIFER
Synchaeta grandis

00028760
CRAB-EATING FOX
Dusicyon thous
sitting in undergrowth Brazil

00028759
ROWAN or MOUNTAIN ASH
Sorbus aucuparia
Branch with flowers

00028750
PARSLEY Culinary herb
Petroselinum crispum foliage detail

00028720
MALAGASY STRIPED CIVET
or FANALOKA Fossa fossana
Ramanofana National Park, Madagascar

00028718
NORTHERN RING-TAILED MONGOOSE
Galidia elegans dambrensis
on lookout from base of tree
Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar

00028716
LOWLAND STREAKED TENREC
Hemicentetes s. semispinosus
foraging Analamazaotra Reserve,
Madagascar

00028715
COMMON TENREC
Tenrec ecaudatus
on forest floor Analamazaotra Reserve,
eastern Madagascar

00028665
VARIEGATED URCHIN
Lytechinus variegatus
using bottle-tops for camouflage
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA

00028659
REMORA
Echeneis neucratoides
showing sucker

00028600
MAN on satellite phone
Cameroon and Central African Republic.
Model released.

00028563
KENTISH PLOVER female
in shallows. Winter. Greece
Charadrius alexandrinus

00028560
FULMAR group on water
Fulmarus glacialis
Iceland June

00028549
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
swinging from branch
Vulnerable species

00028512
INDIAN RHINOCEROS
Rhinoceros unicornis
India

00028501
TIGER in water
Panthera tigris
in hot weather Endangered Species

00028498
AFRICAN HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera adansonii
feeding on cosmos flower

00028493
BONGO group
Tragelaphus euryceros
Dzanga Bai. Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic (CAR)

00028464
HELMETED GUINEAFOWL
Numida meleagris
Sub-Saharan Africa

00028451
EUROPEAN RABBIT group,
Oryctolagus cuniculus
alert in field

00028450
DUNLIN
Calidris alpina
approaching eggs in nest

00028431
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone e.hoodensis
Espanola Island, Galapagos
Species is Geochelone elephantopus

00028420
JACKASS PENGUINS returning
Spheniscus demersus
from feeding at sea
Dassen Island, South Africa

00028410
SNAKE CHARMERS
with different snake species.
New Delhi, India.

00028402
SPECTACLED COBRA
Naja naja

00028398
SARUS CRANES
Grus antigone

00028380
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
looking across tree tops

00028377
COMMON RAGWORT mass in flower
Senecio jacobaea
Aberdeenshire, Scotland July

00028325
MATA-MATA
Chelus fimbriatus
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028307
ELECTRIC EEL
Electrophorus electricus
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028279
HUNTER with deer kill
Amazon rainforest, Peru

00028254
RED-EARED TERRAPIN
Trachemys scripta elegans
two-headed mutation
Each head moves independently

00028240
NORWAY MAPLE late spring
Acer platanoides
Sequence, no. 2/3

00028236
NORWAY MAPLE in autumn
Acer platanoides
Sequence, no. 3/3

00028191
MINKE WHALE at surface
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Minches, Hebrides, Scotland August

00028180
DOR BEETLE
Geotrupes stercorarius
Northumberland, England July

00028178
KNOPPER GALL on oak acorns
caused by gall wasp
Andricus quercuscalicis
Berwickshire, Scotland September

00028159
ARCTIC TERN in flight
Sterna paradisaea

00028138
QUAKING ASPENS in autumn colours
Populus tremuloides
& spruce. Near Telluride Uncompahgre
National Forest, Colorado, USA

00028102
WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO WEAVER
Dinemellia dinemelli
on branch Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa

00028100
GREY-HEADED or GREY-HOODED
KINGFISHER on branch
Halcyon leucocephala
Samburu Nat'l Reserve, Kenya

00028069
BLACK-NECKED GREBE pair on water
Podiceps nigricollis
(male on right) Poland May

00028064
GREAT GREY OWL & chick at nest
Strix nebulosa
in dead tree. Finland.

00028052
RUFF male in breeding plumage
Philomachus pugnax
Finland

00028049
LITTLE GULL in flight
Larus minutus
Finland

00028005
AUTUMN RED MAPLE LEAF
Acer rubrum
caught in white pine bough
Michigan, USA

00027982
FIORDLAND CRESTED PENGUIN
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
New Zealand

00027969
NILE MONITOR LIZARD head detail
Varanus niloticus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya,
E.Africa.

00027967
LITTLE BUSTARD May
Tetrax tetrax
La Noguera, Lleida
Ebro Valley, Spain

00027930
BLACK KITE in water
Milvus migrans
Teruel, Spain July

00027921
EGYPTIAN VULTURES
Neophron percnopterus
two fighting over food
Pyrenees, Spain April

00027871
WIGEON on water
Anas penelope
Keyhaven, Hampshire, England

00027849
CAMARGUE WILD HORSE
Equus caballus
two nuzzling Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France

00027826
ICE SHAPES near river
Lafnitz River, Styria, Austria

00027802
AVOCET in injury display
Recurvirostra avosetta
(used as decoy to distract predator
from nest location)

00027785
CHAKALAL RUINS & CENOTE
(with snorkellers)
Late classical Maya
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

00027779
DOMESTIC KITTEN May
in garden, by Dandelion

00027776
BIRMAN SEAL POINT CAT sitting

00027765
OAK & FIELDS in autumn
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
November Seasonal sequence: A 3/4

00027750
MISTLE THRUSH attacking car
Turdus viscivorous
parked near holly bush
in bird's winter territory UK

00027739
PEKING BANTAM cocks
Hertfordshire, England February

00027691
GREEN MAMBA
Dendroaspis angusticeps
climbing tree South East Africa

00027672
FALSE CORAL SNAKE Brazil
Simophis rhinostomus
mimics the venemous Coral Snake
see DHE007035 (Batesian mimicry)

00027665
GARDEN OF HOUSE WITH WISTERIA
Western Oregon,
north western USA

00027664
CALM SEA IN SUMMER
Hudson's Bay, northern Canada

00027642
COMB-CRESTED JACANA feeding
Irediparra gallinacea
Northern Territory, Australia

00027640
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN in flight
Pelecanus conspicillatus
South Australia, Australia

00027613
SCORPION female
Tittyus serrulatus
with young on back Brazil

00027596
OTTOMAN VIPERS newborn
Vipera xanthina
Genetic mutations: one is one-eyed,
the other two-headed

00027564
INDOPACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN
Sousa chinensis
with mouth open

00027557
SEROW
Naemorhedus sumatraensis
South East Asia

00027533
MOORHEN
Gallinula chloropus
two males fighting

00027527
FULMAR in flight over cliff top
Fulmarus glacialis
Handa Island, off Sutherland,
north western Scotland

00027514
BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW
Numenius tahitiensis
Midway Island, Hawaii, USA

00027486
WOBBEGONG or CARPET SHARK
Orectolobus ogilbyi
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland

00027477
TRAPDOOR SPIDER at trap
Phinda Game Reserve,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00027474
ROCK ELEPHANT SHREW
Elephantulus myurus
Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe

00027466
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
male displaying at lek
Northumberland, England.

00027462
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
male displaying at lek
Northumberland, England.

00027460
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
displaying at lek Northumberland, UK

00027457
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
fighting at lek. Northumberland, England

00027432
LONG-TAILED DUCK Winter plumage
Clangula hyemalis
male. Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00027391
CHEETAH family at sunset
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027384
CHEETAH cub in thunderstorm
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027378
CHEETAH female
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027355
CHEETAH female
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027354
CHEETAH male scent marking tree in territory
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027342
CHEETAH female
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027340
CHEETAH cub yawning
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027320
CHEETAH cub watching mother hunt
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027314
CHEETAH female
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027277
BOX JELLYFISH detail of bases
of tentacles Chironex fleckeri
Dangerously venomous species
of Australia & Indo-Pacific

00027275
LOCH EISHORT
Isle of Skye, Scotland

00027253
WHITE RHINOCEROS
Ceratotherium simum
male showing aggression
Mkhaya Game Reserve, Swaziland

00027218
BAIRD'S TAPIR foraging
Tapirus bairdii
Corcovado Nationall Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027211
LITTLE EGRET standing in water
Egretta garzetta
Sandwich Harbour Bird Sanctuary,
Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

00027203
GREEN MANTID pair mating
Orthodera ministralis
Australia

00027193
COMMON or GREEN IGUANA young,
Iguana iguana
head detail Corcovado National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027179
SNAIL
Drymaeus sulphureus
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica,
Central America

00027141
LATERAL MORAINE
Hohe Gaisl, Dolomites, Italy

00027114
THE RED CUILLINS
from Strathaird Isle of Skye, Inner
Hebrides Highland Region, Scotland

00027068
ZUPHANOVA RIVER with ice June
tundra pools & mountains
Kamchatka Peninsula, Siberia, Russia

00026974
SUNRISE & morning mist.
Masai Mara National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa

00026968
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
on snowy ground
Abruzzo National Park, central Italy

00026961
LAYSAN ALBATROSS pair
Diomedea immutabilis
head detail Midway Atoll,
north western Hawaii, USA

00026948
BLUE TIT on Hawthorn in autumn
Parus caeruleus
Essex, England

00026934
UPLAND RIVER Glen Torridon,
Highland Region, Scotland

00026932
SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor
Picture sequence: No.1 of 3
Full sequence IMA370-372

00026910
GIANT BULLFROG
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Males can be over 250mm in body length
and weigh over 1kg. South Africa

00026840
RAIN SQUALL & CLOUD over sea
South Pacific

00026831
WOMAN WITH CHILD ON BACK
Village woman hoeing between pepper
plants The Gambia, western Africa

00026830
DECORATOR CRAB camouflaged
Camposcia retusa
on purple background See J&S1031
(same crab) Banda Sea, Indonesia

00026749
GLOWWORM male & female
Lampyris noctiluca

00026731
NOBLE LIVERLEAF in flower
Hepatica nobilis
Lleida, Pyrenees, Spain April

00026699
CORAL REEF AT LOW TIDE
Rinja Island, Komodo National
Park, Indonesia

00026696
VITELLINE MASKED WEAVER BIRD
Ploceus velatus
building nest. Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026694
GARDNER'S KILLIFISH in aquarium
Aphyosemion gardneri

00026685
MARLOES CLIFFS (National Trust)
with vertical sandstone strata
Pembrokeshire, south west Wales

00026676
DANDELION flower opening
Taraxacum officinale
Opening sequence: No. 2/3
Total time taken: ca 1 hour

00026661
VALE OF EDALE Glaciated landscape
with wide U-shaped valley hummocks
under which lie moraines
Derbyshire, North Midlands of England

00026659
REDDISH EGRET foraging in water
Egretta rufescens

00026644
BRITTLESTAR being born
Ophioderma wahlbergi
South Africa

00026593
FOG BANK
Riviere-au-Renard, Gaspe Peninsula,
Quebec, Canada

00026532
BARREN GROUND CARIBOU
Rangifer tarandus arcticus
Alaska, USA September

00029818
DAFFODIL flower vertical section
Narcissus pseudonarcissus

to show structure, including ovary

00029806
EUROPEAN WILDCAT
Felis sylvestris
two young, playing

00029782
GRASS SNAKE feigning death
Natrix natrix
as defence mechanism

00029740
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
With 10 week old cub
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029716
SHAG chick approx. 4 weeks old,
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
showing all 4 webbed toes
Isle of May, Scotland. Note rings

00029709
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER
Mesocricetus auratus
female in profile

00029704
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER young
Mesocricetus auratus
10 days old, fur covered but still blind

00029632
CRAB SPIDER
Misumenops celer
female, close-up of face
Florida, USA

00029630
HAITIAN BROWN TARANTULA
Phormictopus cancerides
from the islands of Hispaniola,
Puerto Rico

00029592
LADYBIRD or LADYBUG
Coccinella sp.
sipping moisture from Black-eyed
Susan flower Florida

00029584
KAYAKER ON THE SUWANNEE RIVER
one mile south of White Springs, Florida

00029579
CAVE RAT SNAKE
Elaphe taeniura ridleyi
ranges from China to SE Asia
& the Indo-Australian archipelago

00029530
LICHENS & MOSSES
Paradise Bay, mainland Antarctica

00029509
BLACK BAY aerial view
Lake Superior, Ontario,
southern Canada

00029488
CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL
MONKEY Saimiri oerstedii
Manuel Antonio NP, Costa Rica
Endangered

00029487
HOOKER'S SEALION two males
Phocarctos hookeri
sparring Enderby Island, Auckland Is.,
sub-Antarctic New Zealand

00029463
SOOTY TERN in flight
Sterna fuscata
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029450
PREDATORY SHRIMP Endemic
Procaris ascensionis
Only occurs in rockpools on
Shelly Beach, Ascension Island

00029447
BLACK TRIGGERFISH
Melichthys niger
huge shoal just offshore
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029417
VIVIPAROUS LIZARD with young
Lacerta vivipara
Usually live-bearing but sometimes
egg-laying in montane areas

00029411
ADDER'S TONGUE FERN
Ophioglossum vulgatum

00029389
BADGER head detail
Meles meles

00029380
NORTHERN TAMANDUA or ANTEATER
Tamandua mexicana
in tree Corcovado National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00029371
BANANAQUIT bathing in bromeliad
Coereba flaveola
Monteverde Cloudforest, Costa Rica

00029351
OBLONG WOODSIA FERN
Woodsia ilvensis
Britain's rarest fern Dawyck Botanic
Gardens, Scottish Borders

00029275
AFRICAN LION young cubs emerging from hiding
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029265
AFRICAN LION young
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029254
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
checking females urine to see if she is in season
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029243
HIPPOPOTAMUS in Mara river
Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029222
THOMSONS GAZELLE male running
Gazella thomsonii
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029204
THOMSONS GAZELLE male chasing female during rut
Gazella thomsonii
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029202
ROCK HYRAX on rocks
Procavia johnstoni
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029178
YELLOWHAMMER singing on gorse
Emberiza citrinella
Dorset, England

00029171
SWIFT in flight
Apus apus
Essex, England

00029163
NORTHERN SHOVELER male
Anas clypeata
in flight. Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00029078
WELWITSCHIA
Welwitschia mirabilis
Namib Desert, Namibia, Southern Africa

00029077
DESERT SAND DUNES, Namib Desert
viewed from light aircraft
Namibia, Southern Africa

00029051
SEA LETTUCE
Ulva lactuca
Aberdeenshire, eastern Scotland

00029025
GIRAFFES necking
Giraffa camelopardalis
in Devil's Thorn flowers
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00029001
ROBIN on washing line
Erithacus rubecula

00028978
MONOCLED or SPECTACLED COBRA
Naja naja kaouthia

00028976
MONOCLED or SPECTACLED COBRA
Naja naja kaouthia

00028965
SCARLET LILY BEETLE
Lilioceris lilii
Introduced to the UK. Pest species.

00028945
DOMESTIC CAT
Kitten sitting on roof,
with terracotta cock

00028944
JOSHUA TREES
Yucca brevifolia
California, western USA

00028934
BALD EAGLE at nest with young
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

00028906
GREAT BUSTARD in flight
Otis tarda

00028900
RUDDY DUCK
Oxyura jamaicensis
male on water

00028865
HONEYBEE showing scent gland
Apis mellifera
fanning to cool hive

00028854
GREAT DIVING BEETLE
Dytiscus marginalis
feeding on worm. aka MARGINED>
WATER BEETLE COLEOPTERA

00028830
CENTIPEDE
Scolopendra cingulata
Aragon, north eastern Spain

00028820
GREAT BARRIER REEF "Bommies"
on underwater coral cay
Queensland, Australia
Close-up aerial view

00028775
WOODLAND IN SPRING
Macchiarvana Forest,
Abruzzo National Park, central Italy

00028773
DIATOMS Mag. X50
Nomarski interference
New Zealand

00028771
ROTIFER
Asplancha sp.
eating VOLVOX colonies

00028725
BLACKTHORN ACACIA with seedpods
Acacia mellifera
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park,
South Africa

00028713
FAT-TAILED DWARF LEMUR at night
Cheirogaleus medius
Kirindy Forest, Madagascar

00028700
GADWALL on water
Anas strepera
France

00028679
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA

00028661
GIANT HERMIT CRAB
Petrochirus diogenes
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA

00028645
NURSE SHARK
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00028619
HARVESTING WILD FYNBOS
for the flower industry
Cape, South Africa

00028574
GREY PLOVER walking in shallows
Pluvialis squatarola
Florida, USA March

00028542
MONGOLIAN WILD HORSE portrait
Equus przewalskii
Western Plains Zoo, Australia
Extinct in the wild

00028519
NICOBAR PIGEON
Caloenas nicobarica
Vulnerable species

00028474
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
calf being helped along by older elephant
Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

00028462
SAND DUNE in strong winds
Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

00028436
AFRICAN LION & ZEBRAS
Panthera leo & Equus burchelli
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00028427
WOMBAT
Vombatus ursinus
Australia

00028426
ESTUARINE CROCODILE
or SALTWATER leaping from water
Crocodylus porosus
for food Adelaide River, South Australia

00028416
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
eating coconut, a source of conflict with
subsistence farmers

00028409
ORANGUTAN in boxing ring as part of a primate show at animal park, Bangkok, Thailand.

00028373
Bogbean leaves & rush reflected
in still water at dusk Wester Ross,
Scotland September

00028367
MARSH HELLEBORINE flowers
Epipactis palustris
Northumberland, England July

00028345
SHORE CRAB
Carcinus maenas
Hollywell, Eastbourne, UK

00028344
HOUSE SPIDER Cut-out
Tegenaria domestica

00028318
SURI (weevil larva)
Rhincophorus palmarus
Eaten raw or fried, and used in traditional ceremonies and medicine. Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028301
CLELIA SNAKE swallowing a rice rat
Clelia clelia
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028252
EMPEROR SCORPION carrying young
Pandinus imperator
on back Ghana, western Africa

00028193
SHELDUCK on coast March
Tadorna tadorna
Northumberland, England

00028179
WOLF SPIDER
Arctosa cinerea
on shore of Loch Tay
Tayside, Scotland July

00028170
COMMON POLYPODY FERN
Polypodium vulgare
Isle of Mull, Scotland May

00028169
SOFT RUSH
Juncus effusus
Perthshire, Scotland July

00028155
MOUNT COOK with clouds streaming
from the peak Mount Cook National Park,
South Island, New Zealand

00028143
GARDEN OF THE GODS
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Moon over the 'Kissing Camels' formation

00028130
COAST or CALIFORNIAN REDWOOD
Sequoia sempervirens
Boy Scout Trail, Jedediah Smith S.P.,
Redwoods National Pk, California, USA

00028122
GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus longaeva
at 11,000' White Mountains,
Inyo National Forest. California, USA

00028086
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
dominance display Matusadona Nat-
ional Park, Zimbabwe, southern Africa

00028081
SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE
Chelodina longicollis
with young Australia

00028070
COMMON STARFISH feeding on mussel
Asterias rubens

00028068
STORM PETREL
Hydrobates pelagicus
Brittany, north western France

00028024
AUTUMN FOLIAGE near Sugarlands
Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Tennessee, USA

00027998
CARACAL LYNX head detail
Felis caracal
Captive animal

00027991
SNOW GEESE in flight, in V-formation
Anser caerulescens
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife
Reserve, New Mexico, USA

00027974
TASSELLED WOBBEGONG SHARK
Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
Bottom-dwelling ambush predator,
remains motionless for hours >>

00027963
LITTLE GREBE at nest with eggs
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Lleida, Spain May

00027955
SQUACCO HERON
Ardeola ralloides
perched in tree June
Huesca, Spain

00027951
WHITE STORK wading through water
Ciconia ciconia
Lleida, Spain July

00027937
LAMMERGEIER hatching sequence
Gypaetus barbatus
6 of 7 Captive breeding centre,
Spain February Endangered species

00027914
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER
Mesocricetus auratus
standing, alert Wild colour form

00027900
CAMEROON SHEEP ewe
Ovis aries
Domestic breed

00027881
PURPLE CONEFLOWER in flower
Echinacea purpurea
Rhizomatous perennial native to eastern
USA Widely used in herbal remedies

00027866
DUNLIN in winter plumage
Calidris alpina
Ferrybridge, Weymouth, Dorset

00027837
WALNUT ripe, on tree
Juglans regia

00027824
RHINOCEROS BEETLE
Megaceros chorinaeus

00027799
ASIAN ELEPHANT family group
Elephas maximus
protectively surrounding young

00027782
RAIN SHOWER & STORMY SKY
Morston, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00027778
FOUR DUCKLINGS June
day-old, resting
Hertfordshire, southern England

00027770
GOSLING two, five days old
resting in hutch June
Hertfordshire, southern England

00027752
PIGLETS in sty
Berkshire, England November

00027744
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
sitting

00027738
BANANA BUNCH on tree
Musa sp.
Venezuela, South America

00027721
ROE DEER group in field
Capreolus capreolus
near Uster, Canton of Zurich,
Switzerland February

00027719
SNOWDROP single flower with raindrops
Galanthus nivalis
March, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00027718
HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH larva
Macroglossum stellatarum
Switzerland July

00027714
COLLARED PERIPATUS
Macroperipatus torquatus
Also called Velvet Worm
Trinidad, West Indies

00027706
WILSON'S PETREL
Oceanites oceanicus
Bookplate printed in 1866

00027705
LEACH'S PETREL
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Bookplate printed in 1866

00027702
SWIFT TERN
Sterna bergii
Bookplate printed in 1866

00027685
TOBACCO
Nicotiana tabacum
flowering in field Poitou, France

00027667
GALAPAGOS PENGUIN calling
Spheniscus mendiculus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00027621
CHIMPANZEE sitting against wall
Pan troglodytes
Chester Zoo, Cheshire, UK

00027598
FER-DE-LANCE
Bothrops lanceolatus
Martinique, Caribbean
Also known as Martinique Lancehead

00027592
TYRANNOSAURUS REX
Reconstructed head, in Parc Zoologique
d'Arnhem, Holland

00027553
MELABU' TREE seeds
Sterculia coccinea
A member of the same plant family as
cocoa and kola Indo-malaysia

00027546
SOUTHERN TIMBER RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus horridus atricaudatus
shaking 'rattle' South East USA

00027528
GANNETS fighting over fish
Sula bassana
at sea England

00027511
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER on grass
Pluvialis fulva
Kaua'i Island, Hawaii, USA

00027508
SEYCHELLES MAGPIE ROBIN
Copsychus sechellarum
Cousin Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

00027506
GALAPAGOS PENGUIN swimming
Spheniscus mendiculus
Bartolome Island, Galapagos

00027494
SPARROWHAWK female
Accipiter nisus
brooding young in nest

00027484
HELICHRYSUM at 4500m. Only plant able to survive in high alpine desert conditions on Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. (Mount Kibo in background)

00027479
IMPALA female & newborn young
Aepyceros melampus
Savuti, Chobe Natl Pk, Botswana

00027471
KILLDEER on nest
Charadrius vociferus
Arizona, south western USA

00027437
BLACK TERN on vegetation raft
Childonias niger
Netherlands.

00027430
LITTLE BITTERN by water
Ixobrychus minutus
Island of Lesbos, Greece May

00027399
CHEETAH stalking prey
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027385
CHEETAH family in thunderstorm
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027344
CHEETAH cubs with new born gazelle
Acinonyx jubatus
that they have just learnt to kill
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027337
CHEETAH mother and cub
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027333
CHEETAH female killing impala
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027332
CHEETAH cubs waiting whilst mother hunts
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027330
CHEETAH female and cub in late evening light
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027318
CHEETAH cub stretching
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027311
CHEETAH female & cubs
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027295
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba
Wiltshire, UK

00027263
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus
Picture Sequence: No.4 of 4
Complete sequence ARO3697 to 3700

00027247
CHEETAH chasing Thomson's gazelle
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027231
GREEN HONEYCREEPER female
Chlorophanes spiza
on bottlebrush flower
Costa Rica, Central America

00027228
SPIDER MONKEY juvenile in tree,
Ateles geoffroyi
hanging from tail & one leg
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

00027204
ALPINE GRASSHOPPER
Kosciuscola sp.
Alpine regions of SE Australia

00027198
LAND CRAB
Geocarcinus quadratus
Corcovado National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027189
OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE on beach
Lepidochelys olivacea
Ostional, Costa Rica, Central America

00027181
COMMON or PURPLE SAGE
Salvia officinalis
clump, foliage detail

00027156
LEOPARDSKIN COAT
imported to Germany from Africa
illegally and confiscated by customs

00027153
WANDERING ALBATROSS pair bonding
Diomedea exulans
Prion Island, South Georgia Islands,
Antarctica January

00027129
ASIAN LEOPARD on road
Panthera pardus kotiya
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

00027090
LEIGH MILL WOODS Winter
laden with snow
Surrey, south eastern England

00027040
SESSILE OAK with snow
Quercus petraea

00027016
CANADA GOOSE sleeping
Branta canadensis
head under wing Alaska, USA

00027010
LOS ISLOTES at sunrise
Sea of Cortez, near La Paz Baja
California, Mexico
Seabird and sealion colony

00026973
COCKATIEL chicks,
Nymphicus hollandicus
10-day-old orphans, being hand-fed

00026950
ALPINE ACCENTOR February
Prunella collaris
on stony ground Les Alpilles,
Provence, southern France

00026946
WOODLAND IN AUTUMN
Marsican Mountains,
Abruzzo National Park, central Italy

00026931
PARHELION or SUN DOG
over Taylor Valley, Antarctica

00026927
BALD EAGLE on nest
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
on cliff above Kittiwake colony
Bering Sea, western Alaska, USA

00026906
EDIBLE SNAIL or ROMAN SNAIL
Helix pomatia
two in courtship

00026902
SOMERSET LEVELS at dawn
Mute Swan, Cygnus olor,
in Kings Sedgemoor Drain
Somerset, England

00026900
HORNED PUFFIN head detail
Fratercula corniculata
Talan Island, Sea of Okhotsk,
Siberia, Russia

00026852
LEOPARD resting in tree
Panthera pardus
Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

Relaxation

00026850
SANDHOPPERS feeding on kelp
at night Cape Point, South Africa

00026844
BANNERTAIL KANGAROO RAT
Dipodomys spectabilis
Kafu Natl WR, Arizona, USA

00026838
AUSTRALIAN BUSTARD
Ardeotis australis
Australia

00026813
BOY SELLING CORALS & STARFISHES
on shore Fernao Veloso, Mozambique

00026809
WOOL CARDER BEE female
Anthidium menicatum
collecting wool for nest

00026795
RAINBOW seen across roofs
Banbury, Oxfordshire, southern England

00026787
DEVIL'S BIT SCABIOUS flower & buds
Succisa pratensis
Deeside, Scotland August

00026743
RAINBOW over outback Australia

00026742
LAYSAN ALBATROSS
Diamedea immutabilis
young in heavy rain
Midway Atoll, north western Hawaii, USA

00026721
OYSTERS in the wild
Crassostrea sp.
Probably Crassostrea gigas

00026704
WOODLAND IN AUTUMN
Forest along Sangro River, Abruzzo,
central Italy

00026688
DOMESTIC GOOSE FARM
Hungary

00026662
SQUAT LOBSTER
Lauriea siagiani
Bali, Indonesia

00026650
RETICULATED GIRAFFES males
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
sparring. Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026648
MEAL WORM
Tenebrio molitor
Larvae of Mealworm Beetle 1.4x

00026627
NOOTKA LUPINS
Lupinus nootkatensis
Runde, Norway

00026626
ENGLISH OAK seedling
Quercus robur
UK

00026603
FOG BOW' July
Near Magadan, Sea of Okhotsk,
Siberia, Russia

00026592
BIGHORN SHEEP
Ovis canadensis
male butting side of another
Montana, north western USA

00026583
DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK
moorland nr Holwell Tor,
looking down the Becka Valley
Devon, southern England Summer

00026575
BLACK-SPOTTED COWRIE
Calpurnus verrucosus
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00026574
CAPE WRATH & LIGHTHOUSE
Sutherland, north western Scotland
(UK's furthest NW)

00026567
MAASAI TRIBESMAN
Shows injury from crop
raiding elephant attack. Kenya, Africa

00026564
GREEN TURTLES FOR SALE
in fish market Suva, Fiji, South Pacific
Green Turtle is Chelonia mydas

00026547
EUROPEAN MARMOT calling
Marmota marmota

00026541
BIGHORN SHEEP group of males
Ovis canadensis
on snow-covered slope Jasper National
Park, Alberta, south western Canada

00026535
BLUE TIT in flight
Parus caeruleus
with caterpillar prey in beak

00026530
SOMERSET LEVELS in winter
Southlake Moor under frozen floodwater
With wintering wildfowl Somerset, UK

00029783
HEDGEHOG lying on road
Erinaceus europaeus
having been killed by vehicle

00029778
LITTLE STINT brooding young in nest
Calidris minuta
Taimyr, Siberia, eastern Russia

00029763
INDIAN WILD ASSES
Equus hemionus khur
two females & young in desert area India

00029757
ASH LEAF displayed
Fraxinus excelsior

00029752
AFRICAN LION pair
Panthera leo
with injured leopard Eastern Africa

00029748
SPOTTED HYENAS feeding
Crocuta crocuta
East Africa

00029722
SERVAL young male
Felis serval
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029710
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER pair
Mesocricetus auratus
at entrance to tubes

00029697
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER
Mesocricetus auratus
Newborn young

00029657
STAR-SHAPED SPIDER
Acanthepeira marion
from sand pine scrub areas
of central Florida, USA

00029642
WORKMAN'S JUMPING SPIDER
Phidippus workmani
close-up of face Many colour variations
Endemic to xeric habitats in Florida Rare

00029634
JUMPING SPIDER
Eria aurantia
two females sparring, one eventually
killed the other South Carolina, USA

00029625
CURVED-HORN BABOON TARANTULA
Ceratogyrus bechaunicus
native to South Africa

00029603
THORN BUG
Umbonia crassicornis
close-up of face Costa Rica

00029595
AGAVE close-up
Agave victoriae-reginae
showing pattern of leaves Mexico

00029581
JUMPING VIPER
Atropoides sp.
id not specific as it is an immature snake
Venomous NE Costa Rica

00029576
ARABIAN HORNED VIPER
Cerastes gasperetti
or GASPERETTI'S HORNED VIPER
Venomous Native to the Middle East

00029557
LITTLE AUK
Alle alle (formerly Plautus alle)
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

00029542
THREE-TOED ANTEATER on branch
Tamandua tetradactyla
Mato Grosso, southern Brazil

00029536
NORTHERN or ALASKAN FUR SEAL
Callorhinus ursinus
large group of female & young
Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA

00029534
PUMA or COUGAR
Felis concolor
on lookout from rocky crag. Winter

00029532
AMERICAN MINK on ice
Mustela vison
USA

00029520
SLOTH BEAR (wild) foraging
Melursus ursinus
Ranthambhore National Park,
Rajasthan, north western India

00029498
LAYSAN ALBATROSS
Diomedea immutabilis
very large colony Midway Atoll,
north western Hawaii, USA

00029471
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
young hatching from egg
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029470
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
tracks of nesting females on beach
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029454
WHITE-CAPPED or BLACK NODDY
Anous minutus
Adults and chicks on nesting ledges
Boatswainbird Island, Ascension Island

00029434
ERODED CINDER FIELDS
below Gannet Hill, Ascension Island,
Atlantic Ocean

00029433
HANNAY BEACH boulder
with visible volcanic ash layers northeast
coast Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029430
DEVIL'S RIDING SCHOOL
'mushroom rocks' caused by wind
erosion of trachyte volcanic rock
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029429
GREEN MOUNTAIN
the island's highest point viewed
from Sisters Peak Ascension Island,
Atlantic Ocean

00029412
MOUNTAIN HARE in winter coat
Lepus timidus

00029410
EUROPEAN OTTER on lookout
Lutra lutra
from kelp-covered rock

00029407
DRY ROT FUNGUS mycelium
Serpula lacrymans
Common on old timber e.g. house
Causes Dry Rot of timber >>

00029391
SCOTTISH WILDCAT
Felis sylvestris
standing on grass

00029387
BADGER
Meles meles
eating elderberries

00029368
THREE-TOED ANTEATER or TAMANDUA
Tamandua mexicana
climbing down tree
Corcovado NP, Costa Rica

00029348
BURROWING FROG
Neobatrachus sudelli
Surfaces only to breed, after heavy rain
Lost Flat Dam, Little Desert, Victoria, Aus.

00029329
COBRA LILY (insectivorous)
Darlingtonia californica
Pitchers have hood & fangs, resembles
cobras. Fangs secrete nectar to lure >>

00029324
SHISHAPANGMA with steppe below
(8013m, tallest China) at dawn
Tibet (appropriated by China)

00029307
BADGER on woodland floor
Meles meles
Hampshire, southern England

00029303
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
Buteo lineatus
eating snake Florida, USA

00029299
ARTIFICIAL OTTER HOLT UK
European Otter is Lutra lutra

00029250
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA with new born foal
Equus burchelli
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029237
MASAI GIRAFFES on savanna at sunset
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya

00029210
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029208
SUNSET
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029191
MOUNTAIN HARE in summer coat
Lepus timidus
Scotland May

00029174
ROBIN on snow-capped post, amongst Holly & Ivy
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, England

00029150
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS taking off
Diomedea nigripes
Midway Island, Pacific

00029144
SNOW GOOSE, blue phase, landing
Anser caerulescens
Bosque del Apache Nat'l Wildlife Reserve,
New Mexico,USA

00029141
PIPISTRELLE BATS
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
hibernating (in bat box?)

00029061
SOCIAL SPIDER hundreds in nest
Stegodyphus sp.
Sticky surface of nest snares insects

00029020
WARTHOG & young, suckling
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00028995
COWSLIPS

00028990
ROBIN at base of yew tree
Erithacus rubecula

00028986
STAG BEETLE LARVA
Lucanus cervus

00028972
GOLDFINCH drinking
Carduelis carduelis
Sussex, England

00028963
SCARLET LILY BEETLE
Lilioceris lilii
Introduced to the UK. Pest species.

00028962
SCARLET LILY BEETLE
Lilioceris lilii
Introduced to the UK. Pest species.

00028939
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER female
Lactrodectus mactans

00028895
WIGEON male group on water
Anas penelope

00028863
ADDER or VIPER
Vipera berus
by moss-covered tree stump

00028859
BADGER battleworn from fighting
Meles meles
in Oak woodland

00028847
LONGHORN or FANTAILED COWFISH
Lactoria cornuta
Tahiti, French Polynesia

00028832
MARITIME PINE
Pinus pinaster
Traditional collecting of resin,
Landes, SW France

00028821
MAINLAND TIGER SNAKE
Notechis scutatus
head detail (highly venomous)
Widespread in south eastern Australia

00028814
SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD
Uta stansburiana
Utah, mid-western USA.

00028806
LAPLAND BUNTING or LAPLAND
LONGSPUR juvenile
Calcarius lapponicus
on tundra vegetation Greenland

00028801
AMERICAN BISON group resting in town
Bison bison
Gardner, Montana, north west USA

00028800
TINKERS CREEK GORGE OVERLOOK
Woodland with trees in autumn colours
Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation
Area, Ohio, northern USA

00028794
COMMON SEAL on sandy beach
Phoca vitulina
Norfolk, England

00028778
MANGROVE flower
Barringtonia sp.
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00028761
TURTLE SHELLS &
ELEPHANT'S TUSK
Shells made into musical instruments

00028731
KNAPWEED BROOMRAPE
Orobanche elatior
in flower

00028714
BROWN MOUSE LEMUR on trunk
Microcebus rufus
Ranomafana National Park,
south eastern Madagascar

00028711
COMMON or HANUMAN LANGUR
Presbytis entellus
resting on bough. Ranthambhore
National Park, India

00028678
BAR SOLDIERFISH shoal
Myripristis jacobus
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA

00028677
BAR SOLDIERFISH shoal
Myripristis jacobus
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA

00028662
RED MANGROVE showing roots
Rhizophora mangle
viewed underwater
Florida, USA

00028652
BROADBANDED MORAY EEL
Channomuraena vittata
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean

00028637
PIKA
Ochotona sp.
St Elias Mtns, Alaska, USA

00028630
SAND DUNES
Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park,
Namibia

00028627
YELLOWBILLED OXPECKER
Buphagus africanus
on the back of Forest Buffalo
Gabon, Africa

00028626
PORCUPINE
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Sleeping in burrow
Central, East & Southern Africa

00028591
CAT showing green eyes

00028587
MASON WASP female at nest
Odynerus spinipes

00028584
WATER RAIL at water's edge
Rallus aquaticus
December Midlands of England

00028567
RED-THROATED DIVER or LOON
Gavia stellata
on water Iceland June

00028566
RINGED PLOVER
Charadrius hiaticula
Broken wing display
Poland

00028521
GOLDEN PHEASANT
Chrysolophus pictus
Threatened species China

00028504
TIGER in water with water lily
Panthera tigris
Endangered Species

00028480
BLUE CRANE pair in courtship display
Anthropoides paradisea
Endangered

00028478
BLUE CRANE
Anthropoides paradisea
Endangered

00028461
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in woodland, feeding