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00029378
RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD
Amazilia tzacatl
feeding at flower
Braulio, Carrillo NP, Costa Rica

00029356
DEAD TREES killed by acid rain
Wettersteingebirge, Germany

00029355
SEAWEED along shore
Diani Beach, Indian Ocean,
coast of Kenya, eastern Africa

00029352
EDELWEISS two flowers
Leontopodium album
(nb Red Spider mite) Orobie Regional
Park, Lombardy, Alpine northern Italy

00029338
CANE or MARINE TOAD oozing toxin
Bufo marinus
Queensland, Australia Introduced for bio-
logical control of Cane Beetle from S USA

00029333
AIR POLLUTION OVER TOKYO
from industry and traffic Japan

00029304
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
Buteo lineatus
stamping on snake Florida, USA

00029294
EUROPEAN RED FOX drinking
Vulpes vulpes
from bird bath Hampshire, UK

00029288
EUROPEAN RED FOX with thrush
Vulpes vulpes
Hampshire, England

00029280
WHITE RHINOCEROS young
Ceratotherium simum
Mkhaya, Swaziland

00029276
WHITE RHINOCEROS head, from front
Ceratotherium simum
Waterberg, South Africa

00029257
AFRICAN LION young
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029256
AFRICAN LION young
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029253
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
showing flehmen response
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029251
AFRICAN LION male running
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029244
HIPPOPOTAMUS pod in Mara river
Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029187
BROWN LONG-EARED BAT on log
Plecotus auritus
Rehabilitated, non-releasable

00029146
SNOW GOOSE group leaving roost, dawn
Anser caerulescens
Bosque del Apache Nat'l Wildlife Reserve,
New Mexico,USA

00029135
ASH TREE
Fraxinus excelsior
showing crown die-back

00029134
ARCTIC SKUA on nest with egg
Stercorarius parasiticus
Dark plumage phase

00029109
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
two pulling down African Buffalo prey
Duba Plains, Okavango, Botswana

00029074
BLACK RHINOCERUS head on
Diceros bicomis bicomis
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00029070
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT
on settee

00029007
LESSER FLAMINGOS
Phoenicopterus minor
feeding in freshwater
Walvis Bay, Namibia, Southern Africa

00028921
BACTRIAN CAMEL group
Camelus bactrianus
browsing Bukhara, Uzbekistan

00028893
SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE
Aquila heliaca adalberti
Spain

00028879
NUDIBRANCH with eggs
Facelina coronata
Eyemouth, Berwickshire,
south eastern Scotland

00028878
NUDIBRANCH or SEA SLUG
Antiopella cristata or Janolus cristatus
feeding on bryozoans between jewel anemones. Ballinskelligs Bay, Kerry, Eire.

00028868
LUNDY PONY face detail
Lundy, Devon, England

00028864
FALSE VAMPIRE BAT in flight
Megaderma lyra
avoiding wires by echolocation

00028851
COCKCHAFER or MAYBUG
Melolontha melolontha
in flight over Oak foliage

00028846
SHELLS FOR SALE
Marine molluscs on market stall
Papeete, Tahiti,
South Pacific Ocean

00028795
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER
Charadrius dubius
at nest, with eggs

00028754
HEATH POTTER WASP
Eumenes coarctata
gathering sand for nest

00028744
BLACK & RED FROGHOPPER
Cercopis vulnerata
on leaf

00028737
CRAB SPIDER on Bluebell,
Misumena vatia
ready to attack UK May

00028736
YELLOW DUNG-FLY female with fly prey
Scathophaga stercoraria
on flower

00028721
PELICANS roosting on lamp-post
Swakopmund, Namibia
south western Africa

00028702
HOUSE SPARROW male at bird bath
Passer domesticus
Midlands, UK

00028683
JAPANESE MACAQUES in hot spring
Macaca fuscata
Japan Winter

00028681
RED NIGHT SHRIMP
Rhynchocinetes rigens

00028667
TUBE-DWELLING ANEMONE
Arachnanthus nocturnus

00028615
EGYPTIAN VULTURE
Neophron percnopterus
head detail

00028607
ESTUARINE/SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
close up of teeth
Australia

00028596
WHITE PELICAN head detail
Pelecanus onocrotalus

00028592
BRITISH SHORTHAIR CAT blue cream
close up of eyes

00028582
SISKIN juvenile on branch
Carduelis spinus
Scotland

00028578
LAPLAND BUNTING male on ground
Calcarius lapponicus
Norway

00028550
LESSER GOLDFINCH on seedhead
Carduelis psaltria
New Mexico, USA December

00028529
ORANGUTAN Mother and baby
Pongo pygmaeus
Endangered species Borneo

00028527
ORANGUTAN Mother and baby
Pongo pygmaeus
Endangered species Borneo

00028524
PEACOCK group by water
Paro cristatus
Asia

00028477
BLUE CRANE
Anthropoides paradisea
Endangered

00028472
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Mother and baby
Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

00028471
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
calf being helped up by older elephants
Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

00028452
BUZZARD about to land
Buteo buteo
on snowy ground

00028424
ASIAN ELEPHANT male
Elephas maximus
close up of large tusks

00028413
QUAGGA PROJECT - Tranqulized Zebra
being translocated as part of Quagga
re-breeding project Elandsberg Pvt
Nat'l Reserve, South Africa

00028408
ORANGUTANS boxing as part of a primate show at animal park, Bangkok, Thailand.

00028397
SAMBAR DEER male
Cervus unicolor
Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

00028326
BOA CONSTRICTOR
Boa constrictor
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028284
HOATZIN chick
Opisthocomus hoazin
climbing out of water to escape predator. Amazon rainforest, Peru

00028270
EUROPEAN WILDCAT
Felis sylvestris
on lookout from branch of tree

00028268
HEDGEHOG crossing road
Erinaceus europaeus
in front of approaching car

00028247
EDIBLE CRAB
Cancer pagurus
Hell's Gate, Lundy Island, England

00028218
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo

00028200
GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Anser albifrons flavirostra
in flight

00028199
BARNACLE GEESE group walking
Branta leucopsis
in shallow water
Islay, Scotland

00028188
WHEATEAR male on rock
Oenanthe oenanthe
Argyll, Scotland May

00028175
HORSE MUSSEL shell on beach
Modiolus modiolus
Islay, Scotland April

00028166
JAPANESE KNOTWEED clump
Polygonum cuspidatum
Berwickshire, Scotland September

00028165
RED CLOVER flowers
Trifolium pratense
Berwickshire, Scotland July

00028148
HOODO FORMATION
Vermilion Wilderness, Arizona, USA

00028133
PONDEROSA PINE on sandstone
Pinus ponderosa
Colorado, USA

00028108
GREVY'S ZEBRA foal
Equus grevyi
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, East Africa

00028062
GREAT GREY OWL descending on prey
Strix nebulosa
(rodent) Finland Leucistic form

00031131
WARRUMBUNGLE NATIONAL PARK
with remant volcanic plug,
"The Bread Knife"
New South Wales, Australia

00031110
MOJAVE RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus scutulatus
Sonoran Desert (Baja & SE California,
SW Arizona and W Sonora, Mexico)

00031107
TRACKS OF TIMBER WOLF IN SNOW
Crazy Mountains, Montana, NW USA
North American Grey Wolf is Canis lupus

00031072
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
on Holly with snow, Essex, England

00031059
FERAL PIGEONS mating
Columba livia
March. Sussex, England

00031048
EUROPEAN OTTER on bank
Lutra lutra
May. Otter Trust, Norfolk

00031004
RED-FOOTED BOOBY on nest
Sula sula
Midway Island, Pacific

00030986
PYGMY PEOPLE group
standing in village
Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic
of Congo

00030983
BLACK RHINOCEROSES fighting
Diceros bicornis
Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe
Endangered species

00030977
AFRICAN ELEPHANT with young
Loxodonta africana
drinking at waterhole
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00030960
SNAPPING TURTLE
Chelydra serpentina
(Native to the Americas)

00030870
POACHER'S WEAPONS
seized by 'Inspection Tiger' anti-poaching patrols, Russian Far East.

00030866
WATER VOLE close up of male
Arvicola terrestris
for release with radio collar, by Oxford University.

00030857
EASTERN CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
LONG-HAIRED EASTERN

00030855
DARTING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
for relocation, from a helicopter. Zimbabwe

00030854
CATPURING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
for relocation, darted but not unconscious.
Zimbabwe

00030848
PEREGRINE FALCON young
Falco peregrinus
seven day old chick, being ringed.
Peak District, Derbyshire, England.

00030847
PEREGRINE FALCON young
Falco peregrinus
seven day old chick
Peak District, Derbyshire, England

00030844
MERLIN being ringed
Falco columbarius
fourteen to eighteen day old chick.
Peak District, Derbyshire, England.

00030833
PETROGLYPH of an Orca or Killer Whale
Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA.

00030831
RAFTS OF LOGS floating in bay
after clear cutting
British Columbia, Canada

00030821
INFLATABLE WHALE for an anti-whaling
demonstration on 18th July 2001,
on the Thames, being towed outside
the Houses of Parliament, London, UK

00030801
MUSK DUCK submerged, swimming
Biziura labata
Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory

00030800
PLATYPUS or DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Female eating worm prey Australia

00030780
SUPERB LYREBIRD
Menura novaehollandiae
Male singing
Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia

00030779
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
Recently fledged juvenile France

00030778
SCALY-BREASTED LORIKEET
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Queensland, Australia

00030729
OTTER HOLT in pile of logs on river bank
European Otter is Lutra lutra

00030677
MALLARD DUCK group of ten young
Anas platyrhynchos
in shallows, amongst reeds

00030673
PIPISTRELLE BAT on rock
Pipistrellus pipistrellus

00030640
ADDAX head detail
Addax nasomaculatus
Reintroduced to Morocco. Critically Endangered. Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.

00030588
WHITE STORKS
Ciconia ciconia
bulding nest on ancient columns of the Volubilis Roman ruins, Morocco.

00030583
WHITE STORK on nest
Ciconia ciconia
Morocco.

00030556
9-BANDED or LONG-NOSED ARMADILLO
Dasypus novemcinctus
South America.

00030553
MILITARY MACAW
Ara militaris
close up of head

00030540
ASH TREE
Fraxinus excelsior
Whitbarrow Scar, Cumbria

00030530
GRASS SNAKE coiled on ground
Natrix natrix
Midlands of England

00030513
SMOOTH SNAKE
Coronella austriaca
Dorset, England July

00030510
SANDERLING, solitary by water
Calidris alba
Lincolnshire, UK

00030489
WHISKERED BAT
Myotis mystacinus
on moss-covered rock

00030473
HELIOZOAN
Actinosphaerium eichhorai
showing binary fission

00030431
CYCLAMEN in flower
Cyclamen repandum
Italy

00030387
MEADOW VOLE
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Tern Lake, Alaska, USA

00030372
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK in autumn
at twilight South Dakota, northern USA

00030368
PRONGHORN male running over prairie
Antilocapra americana
Badlands NP, South Dakota, USA

00030354
NATTERER'S BAT on tree trunk
Myotis nattereri

00030320
DANDELION flower opening
Taraxacum officinale
Opening sequence B: No. 3/5
Total time taken: ca 1 hour

00030282
CUCKOO FLOWER or LADY'S SMOCK
Cardamine patensis
view from above Sussex, UK

00030234
PIPISTRELLE BAT head detail
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
mouth open showing teeth

00030211
DESERT LOCUST 5th instars
Schistocerca gregaria
gregarious (on left) & solitary

00030201
BROAD-BODIED CHASER DRAGONFLY
Libellula depressa
In flight. Also called Flat-Bodied or Broad Bodied Darter Dragonfly

00030197
ZEBRA BUTTERFLY in flight
Heliconius charitonius

00030190
BASILISK LIZARD
Basiliscus sp.
running across water surface

00030170
HEART & DART MOTH
Agrotis exclamationis

00030168
LONG-EARED BAT at rest
Plecotus auritus

00030120
CANADA GOOSE large flock in flight
Branta canadensis
Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada

00030083
DALL'S SHEEP lambs
Ovis dalli
Spring-born lambs. High mountain habitat.
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.

00030073
HOUBARA BUSTARD male
Chlamydotis undulata
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Captive breeding scheme

00030055
CORAL REEF with Anthias
Pseudanthias diapar
Bunaken Marine Reserve,
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00030039
LAPWING subadult
Vanellus vanellus
Upper Teesdale, County Durham, UK

00030031
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA head close-up
Equus burchelli
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00030001
POLECAT
Mustela putorius
eating rabbit prey

00029976
Photographer photographing
GILA MONSTER
Heloderma suspectum
Southern Arizona, USA

00029953
BLACK-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY
Petrogale lateralis
among rocks McDonnell Ranges
Nat'l Park, Northern Territory Australia

00029951
STROMATOLITES 3500m years old
Carbonate deposits formed by Blue-
Green algae, One of earliest life forms
on Earth World Heritage Area >>

00029943
BLUE TIT on willow
Parus caeruleus
Pyrenees, France

00029923
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
male on apple tree

00029921
DUTCH RABBIT
sitting amongst Primroses

00029912
WINTER MORNING January
Tree-bordered lane & farmland
South Repps, Norfolk, England

00029899
BLUEBELLS in flower in woodland
abstract
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Ashridge, Hertfordshire, UK

00029893
BURNHAM OVERY MILL & MARSH
with swan
Norfolk, UK April

00029889
STONEHENGE February
Wiltshire, southern England,UK

00029881
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
looking over wooden fence, Hertfordshire

00029878
ANTARCTIC HAIR GRASS
Deschampsia antarctica
Torgersen Island, Antarctic Peninsula

00029815
EGYPTIAN MAU or ORIENTAL
CHOCOLATE-SPOTTED CAT
climbing tree

00029814
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
aggressive display

00029812
FLYING SQUIRREL
Pteromys volans
(Ranges from western Siberia
to Finland & Latvia)

00029811
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG WITH KITTENS

00029802
BULLDOG and young

00029794
SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL
Macronectes giganteus
in flight, about to alight
Elephant Island, Antarctica

00029793
CHINSTRAP PENGUINS
Pygoscelis antarctica
injured by predator attack
Elephant Island, Antarctica

00029768
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
female, crossing wetland Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France

00029764
ASIAN DARTER India
Anhinga melanogaster
basking between fishing dives

00029755
SPOTTED DOLPHIN adult & young
Stenella plagiodon
Bahamas, North Atlantic Ocean

00029736
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
Female with 10 week old cub
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029717
GREATER ADJUTANT STORK
Leptoptilos dubius
Thrisby Hall Wildlife Park, Norfolk, UK
Throat pouch is expandable

00029714
RED DEER fur
Cervus elaphus
caught on barbed wire fence line

00029700
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER suckling
Mesocricetus auratus
3 visible young of litter of 10

00029694
GEOFFROY'S CAT
Oncifelis geoffroyi

00029687
GREY SQUIRREL young from fallen drey
Sciurus carolinensis
About 14 days old with fleas
March Norfolk, UK

00029676
PHEASANT hen dust bathing
Phasianus colchicus
cock looking on

00029670
TEMMINCK'S STINT on nest
Calidris temminckii

00029654
RED VELVET ANT
Dasymutilla sp.
Female mutillid wasp
flightless ant mimic Florida, USA

00029636
JUMPING SPIDER
Lyssomanes viridans
male, close-up of face
Common throughout Florida, USA

00029607
FLOWER SCARAB BEETLE
Trichiotinus lunulatus
feeding on passion flower
Florida, USA NB pollen stuck to legs

00029596
FALLEN LEAVES
with a frosting of ice. Seattle, Washington, USA.

00029583
MANATEE
Trichechus manatus
female and young in the Wakulla River,
North Florida

00029560
MEDITERRANEAN GULLS
Larus melanocephalus

00029527
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
pair at nest, in courtship
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

00029502
MACHU PICCHU RUINS
Urubamba Valley, Peru, South America

00029490
DUSKY or BROWN TITI MONKEY
Callicebus moloch brunneus
Madre de Dios River, SE Peru
Peruvian sub-species

00029445
MESQUITE or MEXICAN THORN
Prosopis juliflora
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean
Non-native invasive species

00029437
BLOWHOLE Hannay Beach,
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029415
SCOTS PINE section through trunk
Pinus sylvestris

00029374
SLATY-TAILED TROGON
Trogon massena
perched on branch
Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

00029353
BIGHERA VALLEY with Seroti Lake
(corrie lake)
Stelvio National Park, Lombardy, Italy

00029326
SMOG OVER SAN FRANCISCO
seen from top of Marriot Hotel
San Francisco, California, USA

00029321
GIANT ATLAS MOTH
Attacus atlas

00029313
EUROPEAN RED FOX young
Vulpes vulpes
being bottle-fed. Mallydams Wildlife
Unit (RSPCA) Sussex, S England

00029311
AMERICAN MINK swimming
Mustela vison

00029291
HIGHLAND CATTLE on lying snow
Cairngorms, Grampian Highlands,
north eastern Scotland

00029274
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young cub emerging from hiding
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029269
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029263
AFRICAN LION young playing
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029245
HIPPOPOTAMUS pod in Mara river
Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029236
WILDEBEEST with new born calf (10 minutes old)
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029229
MASAI GIRAFFE feeding
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya

00029219
THOMSONS GAZELLE males fighting
Gazella thomsonii
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029215
SPOTTED HYENA female and young
Crocuta crocuta
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029199
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Limosa haemastica
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00029185
GREENFINCH male on Pussy willow
Carduelis chloris
Essex, UK March

00029177
ARCTIC TERN group in flight
Sterna paradisea
Farne Islands, Northumberland, England

00029170
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
Larus marinus
swallowing a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL chick
Skokholm, Wales

00029151
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS
Diomedea nigripes
close up of head
Midway Island, Pacific

00029145
SNOW GOOSE, blue phase, landing
Anser caerulescens
Bosque del Apache Nat'l Wildlife Reserve,
New Mexico,USA

00029139
LONG-TAILED SKUA
Stercorarius longicaudus
on nest Alaska, USA

00029128
JOHNSTON'S HYRAX suckling young
Procavia johnstoni
Seronua Kopjes, Serengeti National Park,
Tanzania, eastern Africa

00029120
EVERLASTING FLOWERS on mountain
Helichrysum sp.
Tanzania Only flower able to withstand the
radiation/temp fluctuations at high altitudes

00029105
GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER
Terraphosa leblondi chelicerae
fangs detail. Largest spider in world

00029057
TACHINA FLY larvae feed on tarantula
Spider was paralysed by Pomilid Wasp
as host for her eggs,but fly laid eggs >>

00029039
SMEW female at water's edge
Mergus albellus
Martin Mere World Wildlife Trust Reserve,
Lancashire, north western England

00029038
DAMA WALLABY or TAMMAR WALLABY
Macropus eugenii
with young in pouch
Cleland Wildlife Park, South Australia

00029036
BEACH DONKEY
Blackpool Sands, Lancashire, UK

00029023
SPRINGBOK & young
Antidorcas marsupialis
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00029013
BLUE CRANE
Anthropoides paradiseus
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00029008
CASPIAN TERN on nest
Sterna caspia
Walvis Bay Lagoon, Namibia,
Southern Africa

00028984
HEDGEHOG
Erinaceus europaeus
Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Introduced species.

00028957
LILY ANTHER showing pollen grains

00028951
BISCUIT BEETLE
Stegobium paniceum
A common stored product species - also known as the Drug-store Beetle

00028950
WOOLLY APHID in flight
Eriosoma lanigerum
Sussex, England

00028916
BUSHMAN APPLYING BEETLE POISON
squeezed from pupa, to tip of arrow
Kalahari, Namibia Any poison entering
bush- man's bloodstream will kill him

00028911
BOOTED EAGLE (wild) close-up
Hieraaetus pennatus
showing "boots", Spain.

00028883
BEAN GOOSE, tundra race, walking
Anser fabalis rossicus

00028877
ANGLERFISH
Lophius piscatorius
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, south eastern Scotland

00028850
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri coruscans in flight, sipping nectar

00028849
HORNET
Vespa crabro
eating flesh of plum

00028842
PYRGOMATID BARNACLE
on coral
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00028818
DESERT KIT FOX at night
Vulpes macrotis nevadensis
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA

00028783
BABIRUSA female & young
Babyrousa babyrussa
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00028777
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in Finnish taiga
Northern Karelia, Finland

00028776
FOREST IN AUTUMN
Abruzzo Mountains,
Abruzzo National Park, central Italy

00028768
VORTICELLA group

00028741
CONOPID FLY (wasp mimic)
Conops quadrifasciata
UK August Magn. x 1.6

00028739
GARDEN SPIDER courtship
Araneus diadematus
(male on left) UK

00028692
FERAL CAT, harbour dwelling
Felix sp.
France

00028664
RED MANGROVE
Rhizophora mangle
viewed underwater
Florida, USA

00028655
MILK CONCH showing eyes and proboscis
Strombus costatus
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA

00028651
BLUE HEAD WRASSE on coral reef
Thalassoma bifasciatum
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean

00028640
FISH TRAP with catch
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean

00028631
BABIRUSA male
Babyrousa babyrussa
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00028624
GROUND SQUIRREL
Xerus inauris
grooming Southern Africa

00028604
ANTELOPE HEADS being prepared for taxidermy mounting.
Namibia.

00028599
GIANT BULLFROG
Pyxicephalus adspersus
South Africa

00028594
BUSHVELD LAND SNAIL
Achatina immaculata
Large land snail, can grow up to 200mm in length.
Eastern areas of Africa.

00028577
OYSTERCATCHER bathing
Haematopus ostralegus
Norway. June.

00028568
RED-THROATED DIVER or LOON
Gavia stellata
on water June Iceland

00028548
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON in tree
Hylobates lar
Vulnerable species

00028544
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
looking out across tree tops
Vulnerable species

00028535
JAPANESE MACAQUE in snow
Macaca fuscata
Japan

00028532
DUSKY/SPECTACLED LEAF MONKEY
Trachypitecus obscurus

00028531
NILGAI
Boselaphus tracocamelus
Rathambore National Park,
Rajastan, India

00028518
PIED IMPERIAL PIGEON
Ducula bicolor

00028496
HONEYBEE COMB held by man
Apis mellifera adansonii
collected in the traditional African manner.
Botswana, Africa

00028488
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS
Procolobus badius kirkii
Female with young. Zanzibar Island, Tanzania. Endemic. Endangered.

00028469
FOREST ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
Sub-adults play fighting
Dzanga Bai. Dzanga-Ndoki National Park,
Central Africa

00028455
BLACK-WINGED STILT in flight
Himantopus himantopus

00028437
MADAGASCAN SPURRED TORTOISE
Geochelone yniphora
World's rarest tortoise & keeper at
Angonoka Project breeding centre

00028433
LESSER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus minor
large flock in shallows, Lake Bogoria,
Great Rift Valley, Kenya >>

00028417
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
feeding on leaf (principal diet)
Endemic to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania

00028389
INDIAN ELEPHANT domestic
Elephus maximus
being ridden across river by Mahout,
Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India

00028381
PILEATED GIBBON
Hylobates pileatus
Endangered species

00028376
COMMON RAGWORT flowers
Senecio jacobaea
Aberdeenshire, Scotland July

00028371
GROUNDSEL seedheads
Senecio vulgaris
Berwickshire, Scotland May

00028353
AFRICAN ELEPHANT Sequence 3 of 8
Loxodonta africana
mother trying to help calf up steep bank
Addo Elephant National Park, RSA

00028350
AFRICAN ELEPHANT Sequence 5 of 8
Loxodonta africana
calf falling down bank after mother
dropped it Addo Elephant NP, RSA

00028333
VARZEA' FLOODED FOREST in flood
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028319
SURI (weevil larva)
Rhincophorus palmarus
Eaten raw or fried, and used in traditional ceremonies and medicine. Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028291
MARINE OR CANE TOAD
Bufo Marinus
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028231
MAPLE LEAVES in autumn
Acer platanoides

00028204
BITING STONECROP
Sedum acre
clump in flower

00028194
POCHARD male in water
Aythya ferina
Midlothian, Scotland January

00028176
HORSE MUSSEL shell on beach
Modiolus modiolus
Islay, Scotland April

00028129
COAST or CALIFORNIAN REDWOOD
Sequoia sempervirens
& Sword Ferns Jedediah Smith S.P.,
Redwoods N.P., California, USA June

00028126
UTAH JUNIPER
Juniperus osteosperma
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

00028115
SANDSTONE & Manzanita
Paria Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs
Wilderness, Colorado Plateau
Arizona, USA

00028111
PUNAKAIKI PANCAKE ROCKS
Paparoa National Park, South Island,
New Zealand Eroded limestone

00028087
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
one expressing dominance over submissive wolf

00028071
SPECTACLED BEAR face detail
Tremarctos ornatus
in captivity La Planada Nature Reserve,
Colombia, South America

00031035
POLAR BEAR female
Ursus maritimus
suckling two young
Endangered species

00030998
GREAT FRIGATEBIRDS
Fregata minor
two males courting same female
Tower (Genovesa) Island, Galapagos

00030971
KOB males sparring
Kobus kob
Queen Elizabeth National Park,
Uganda, eastern Africa

00030949
PARASITIC WASP larvae
Apanteles sp.
on moth caterpillar Madagascar

00030948
GOAT MOTH larva on bark
Cossus cossus
September

00030931
RESEARCHER checking 'swing gates'
in a game fence. Gates used to prevent
cheetahs entering game reserve

00030910
KOALA female and young
Phascolarctos cinereus
in Manna Gum tree, South Australia.

00030890
EASTERN CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
alpha male, yawning
Gombe National Park, Tanzania

LONG-HAIRED

00030887
EASTERN CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
young male being groomed.
Gombe National Park, Tanzania

LONG-HAIRED

00030876
AFRICAN ELEPHANT young
Loxodonta africana
orphan playing with shovel

00030819
ANCIENT FOREST with Trillium
North-western USA

00030813
RED-CROWNED or JAPANESE CRANES
Grus japonesis
displaying Hokkadio, Japan

00030809
MARSH WARBLER on nest
Acrocephalus palustris

00030796
FIRECREST in conifer
Regulus ignicapillus
Pyrenees, south western France

00030758

00030730
EUROPEAN OTTERS playing
Lutra lutra
on land

00030719
PURPLE SANDPIPER group
Calidris maritima
roosting at high tide

00030707
BUFF-TAILED BUMBLEBEE
Bombus terrestris
cut-out

00030693
WEASEL face detail
Mustela nivalis
looking from hole in snowdrift

00030689
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
leaping down snow-covered bank

00030654
NILE CROCODILE young emerging
Crocodylus niloticus
from egg Incubation period 90/100 days

00030635
ADDAX males interacting
Addax nasomaculatus
Reintroduced to Morocco. Critically Endangered. Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.

00030589
OSTRICH male in breeding colours
Struthio camelus camelus
Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco.

00030579
WHITE STORKS performing pair bonding display ritual
Ciconia ciconia
with Atlas mountains in background. Morocco.

00030578
WHITE STORKS performing pair bonding display ritual
Ciconia ciconia
with Atlas mountains in background. Morocco.

00030571
HORNED ADDER concealed in sand
Bitis caudalis

00030562
COQUEREL'S SIFAKA
Propithecus verreauxi coquereli
Madagascar

00030517
SANDERLING by water
Calidris alba
Oman

00030509
SANDERLING, solitary by water
Calidris alba
Lincolnshire, UK

00030507
SNOW BUNTING on snow
Plectrophenax nivalis
Scotland

00030503
SANDHILL CRANE
Grus canadensis
New Mexico January

00030450
BLUEBOTTLE
Calliphora erythrocephala

00030398
MARINE DIATOM
Triceteratum puturatum
two displayed under microscope

00030385
PRONGHORN young resting
Antilocapra americana
Montana, USA

00030374
RIMROCK PAINTBRUSH flower detail
Castilleja scabrida
Colorado National Monument, USA, Spring

00030361
PRONGHORN male on prairie
Antilocapra americana
Badlands National Park, South Dakota,
northern USA

00030360
PRONGHORN females & young
Antilocapra americana
Badlands National Park, South Dakota,
northern USA Autumn

00030325
SLIPPER LIMPETS
Crepidula fornicata

00030322
DANDELION flower opening
Taraxacum officinale
Opening sequence B: No. 1/5
Total time taken: ca 1 hour

00030312
SMOOTH NEWT male underwater
Triturus vulgaris

00030310
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo
strings of spawn wrapped around weed

00030305
COMMON WHELK egg case on sea shore
Buccinum undatum

00030284
CUCKOO FLOWER or LADY'S SMOCK
Cardamine patensis
amongst bluebells.
Sussex, UK

00030266
STOAT on lookout
Mustela erminea
close to rabbit prey

00030248
BULLFINCH pair
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
feeding young in nest

00030238
FUNGAL MYCELIUM on leaf litter
Saprophytic nutrition

00030217
STINK BUG
Acanthocephala sp.
Venezuela, South America

00030215
WATER MEASURER
Hydrometra stagnorum
feeding on fly
At the Water's Edge bookplate P41

00030191
VINE WEEVIL larva
Otiorrhynchus sulcatus
Pest on garden plants

00030187
GREENSHANK on nest
Tringa nebularia
with eggs

00030184
PIPISTRELLE BAT
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
flying in roof space

00030181
COMMON WASP
Vespa vulgaris
Feeding on chicken bone

00030163
MUSCID FLY

00030148
SPECTACLE MOTH
Abrostola tripartita

00030125
PINNACLE REEF
Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands,
South Pacific Rises from depth of 65m
to within 5m of ocean surface

00030118
PUMAS or COUGARS fighting
Felis concolor
North America Taken in the wild

00030113
CHEETAH mother with small cubs
Acinonyx jubatus
eating African Hare prey
Southern Africa

00030105
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
female & two young, on Kettle River,
Minnesota, USA

00030054
SPOTTED or YELLOW SEAHORSE
Hippocampus kuda
Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

00030046
RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
Eight, killed by pest controller, hanging
on wire fence Victoria, SE Australia

00030027
JAPANESE BOBTAIL CAT
standing on wooden chair

00030018
HEDGEHOG with newborn young
Erinaceus europaeus

00029985
RED FOX caught in (illegal) trap
Vulpes vulpes
set by local farmer France

00029972
BANGGAI CARDINAL FISH
Pterapogon kauderni
Indonesia

00029902
YELLOW TULIPS, close up
Tulipa sp.
Commercial flower production
Breckland, Norfolk, UK April

00029851
WATER MITE
Hydrachna sp.
Order Acarina or Acari UK

00029844
MOUNT HUAYNA POTOSI
with alluvial fans & puna
Bolivia, South America

00029838
BROMELIAD FROG eating
Flectonotus pygmaeus
daytime "skin" prior to nocturnal sortie
Venezuela, South America

00029837
TROUT FISHING FLY
Daddy-Long-legs

00029819
WHITE PEAK
Near Bakewell, Peak District Natl Pk
Derbyshire, England

00029805
SCOTTISH FOLD CAT
red tabby and white

00029781
MOUSE-EARED BATS hibernating
Myotis myotis
Note condensation on fur

00029774
EUROPEAN RED FOX female
Vulpes vulpes
in heather Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France

00029720
LEOPARD female in tree silhoutted, dusk
Panthera pardus
Named 'Zawadi' or 'Shadow'.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029718
PIG-TAILED MACAQUE
Macaca nemestrina
one grooming another

00029715
WOOD MOUSE young within stone wall
Apodemus sylvaticus
Bardsey Island, northern Wales.

00029690
SUFFOLK CROSS SHEEP (hybrid)
female with snowy coat

00029673
HORNET being held
Vespa crabro
to show abdomen & sting protruding

00029666
GOLDEN SILK SPIDER female
Nephila clavipes
being approched by small male F
lorida, USA Also called BANANA SPIDER

00029664
MANTIDFLY with iridescent eyes
Mantispidae
Costa Rica

00029622
OLEANDER MOTH
Syntomeida epilais
on saw palmetto leaf SW Florida, USA

00029619
WASP MOTH or CTENUCHID
(black) shown with actual wasp
to demonstrate effectiveness of
Batesian mimicry

00029615
SPITTLEBUG
Fam. Cercopidae
found in most of Central America

00029574
FALSE HORNED VIPER with tongue out
Pseudocerastes persicus
Venomous Native to Iran and Pakistan

00029573
SOUTHERN MARSH ORCHID
Dactylorhiza praetermissa majalis
in flower on dune slack
Sandwich Bay, Kent, England

00029547
MOUNT KILIMANJARO
View from coffee & banana plantations
below 1800m in destroyed rainforest
Tanzania, eastern Africa

00029506
FOREST COBRA (in captivity)
Naja melanoleuca
Species of central & southern Africa

00029497
LAYSAN ALBATROSS feeding chick
Diomedea immutabilis
Midway Atoll, north west Hawaii Island

00029492
DUSKY TITI MONKEY
Callicebus moloch brunneus
Peruvian sub-species, resting Upper
waters of Rio Madre de Dios, SE Peru

00029455
BROWN NODDY adult and chick
Anous stolidus
one of the first nests on the island since
cat eradication Ascension Island

00029446
ASCENSION LILY
Hippeastrum reginae
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean
Introduced from South America

00029444
GRASS
Sporobolus caespitosus
Green Mountian, Ascension Island,
Atlantic Ocean Endemic & almost extinct

00029375
BLACK-THROATED TROGON
Trogon rufus
male perched on branch
Monteverde Cloudforest, Costa Rica

00029331
MIDWINTER SUN 2nd June 1987
Multiple exposure showing sun's
progress across winter sky
Casey Station, Antarctica

00029292
COMMON SHREWS
Sorex araneus
eating ants' eggs

00029290
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR
Sus scrofa
sniffing for food
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00029267
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young male carrying remains of zebra kill
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029249
WILDEBEEST on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029239
MASAI GIRAFFE on savanna at sunset
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya

00029201
TAWNY EAGLE feeding on kill
Aquila rapax
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029175
GREENFINCH
Carduelis chloris
gathering wool from barbed wire for nest material
Essex, England

00029173
SIKA DEER male sniffing the air during rut
Cervus nippon
Parkland, Kent

00029167
BAR-TAILED GODWIT
Limosa lapponica
in breeding plumage
Siberia, eastern Russia

00029143
SMEW in flight
Mergus albellus
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00029140
WEASEL
Mustela nivalis
with House Sparrow prey

00029138
POMARINE SKUA
Stercorarius pomarinus
on nest by water

00029118
HADZABE MAN collecting honeycomb
from tree Lake Eyasi area, Tanzania

00029018
CHACMA BABOON sitting
Papio ursinus
Cape Peninsular NP, South Africa

00029006
POLECAT
Mustela putorius
looking from beneath fallen tree UK

00028980
MERINO SHEEP
Otago, South Island, New Zealand

00028948
BARN OWL in flight to bell tower
Tyto alba

00028943
Culling of NORTHERN FUR SEALS
Callorhinus ursinus
St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, USA

00028926
DINOSAUR REPLICA 45 feet tall
Edmontosaurus sp.
Herbivore with c. 2000 teeth Calgary
Zoo, Alberta, south western Canada

00028920
BLACK-NECKED SPITTING COBRA
Naja nigricollis nigricollis
spitting venom which can travel 2m &
cause blindness if not treated rapidly

00028918
ELAND ANTELOPE
Taurotragus oryx
Immobilised for translocation
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00028915
FOREST COBRA
Naja melanoleuca

00028908
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus
opening mussel

00028907
GLOSSY IBIS group in flight
Plegadis falcinellus
Lesbos

00028905
MARSH HARRIER feeding
Circus aeruginosus

00028897
LESSER KESTREL female on roof
Falco naumanni

00028892
LESSER KESTRELS mating
Falco naumanni

00028885
GANNET in flight with seaweed
Sula bassana

00028867
FISHING BAT in flight over water
Noctilio leporinus

00028853
GECKO on bedroom wall

00028837
BIRCH FOREST
with foliage in autumn colours
Sirdal, Norway

00028826
NORTHERN PINTAIL on water
Anas acuta
pair (male on the left)

00028825
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus
Long-necked race Hood Island,
Galapagos Islands, equatorial Pacific

00028808
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLF cubs
Canis lupus
Montana, North-western USA

00028802
FALLEN LEAVES
Autumn
Michigan, northern USA

00028748
SNIPE FLY
Rhagio scolopacea

00028732
EMPID FLY with prey,
Xanthempis digramma
another empid fly, captured on
a Jacob's Ladder flower

00028730
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
Nycticorax nycticorax
on nest with young
Cape Province, South Africa

00028729
EGYPTIAN GOOSE pair (male right)
Alopochen aegyptiacus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00028727
EBONY TREE
Diospyros mespiliformis
Kruger Nat'l Park, South Africa

00028719
MALAGASY NARROW-STRIPED MON-
GOOSE Local name is Boky Boky
Mungotictis decemlineata
Kirindy Forestry Station, W Madagascar

00028675
CARIBBEAN REEF OCTOPUS
Octopus briareus
showing suckers on tentacles
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA

00028644
TIGER SHARK and photographer
Galeocerdo cuvier
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean

00028641
ATLANTIC DEER COWRIE
Cypraea cervus
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean

00028635
STELLER or NORTHERN SEALIONS
Eumetopias jubatus
resting. Kayak Island, Alaska, USA.

00028622
SURICATE OR MEERKAT
Suricata suricatta
grooming & huddle together when sleeping
Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa

00028617
SWIFT TERN group in flight
Sterna bergii
resident of coastal areas

00028595
BUSHVELD LAND SNAIL close up of head
Achatina immaculata
Large land snail, can grow up to 200mm in length.
Eastern areas of Africa.

00028590
GERMAN SHEPHERD or ALSATIAN

00028517
PITVIPER close up of face
Trimersurus macrops
Indonesia

00028510
VISITORS ON RAINFOREST CANOPY WALKWAY
Sabah Province Malaysia

00028456
SPOONBILL in water
Platalea leucorodia

00028440
BLACKFACED or COMMON LANGURS
Presbytis entellus

00028362
MAYFLY larva
Ephemera sp.

00028334
URTICATING HAIRS ON HAIRY CATERPILLAR
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028332
RED UAKARI MONKEY leaping
Cacajao calvus ucayalii
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru

00028286
HOATZIN chick
Opisthocomus hoazin
swimming underwater to escape predator. Amazon rainforest, Peru

00028255
CACTUS WREN at nest in Cholla
Campylorhyncus brunneicapillus
Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

00028244
ORNATE GHOST PIPEFISH by crinoid
Solenostomus paradoxus
Kungkungan Bay, Lembeh Strait,
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00028230
STARLING perched on rock
Sturnus vulgaris
Saint Kilda, western Scotland

00028215
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
eating Earthworm prey

00028212
RAZORBILL
Alca torda
resting on rock

00028206
BLACK-THROATED DIVER
Gavia arctica
on water UK

00028201
GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
Anser albifrons flavirostra
four on the ground

00028192
MINKE WHALE at surface
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Minches, Hebrides, Scotland

00028158
PUFFIN with fish
Fratercula arctica
Iceland July

00028157
TUATARA head detail
Sphenodon punctatus
New Zealand

00028118
COAST MAN-ROOT in Horsetail June
Marah oreganus in Equisetum arvense
Redwoods National Park, California, USA

00028110
AFRICAN LIONESS resting, face detail
Panthera leo
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa

00028093
NORTH AMERICAN GREY
WOLF SKULL on grass
Canis lupus
Also called TIMBER WOLF

00028088
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER
Gavia immer
on nest, Spring
Also called Common Loon

00028080
EASTERN TIGER SNAKE
Notechis scutatus
Australia

00028078
SYDNEY FUNNEL WEB SPIDER
Atrax robustus
World's most venomous spider
Eastern New South Wales, SE Australia

00028057
RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT male
Luscinia svecica svecica
Finland

00028041
SUNSET over partly frozen river
Taivalkoski, Finland Winter

00028015
KILLDEER at edge of pond
Charadrius vociferus
Florida, south eastern USA

00028010
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA female
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
with stick San Diego Zoo, USA

00027995
BRAZILIAN PORCUPINE in tree,
Coendou prehensilis
showing prehensile tail

00027994
BRAZILIAN PORCUPINE in tree
Coendou prehensilis

00027933
RED KITE February
Milvus milvus
with wings outstretched
Pyrenees, Spain

00027916
COMMON CRANE chick
Grus grus
1 month old (captive bird)

00027913
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER pair
Mesocricetus auratus
wild colour form Male (right) showing
'timorous' interest in female (left)

00027911
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER pair
Mesocricetus auratus
wild colour form Male (right) sensing
receptiveness of female

00027909
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER
Mesocricetus auratus
everting seeds from cheek pouch

00027905
RUFF in winter plumage,
Philomachus pugnax
standing in water, reflected

00027891
THORN BUG on branch
Guanacaste Region, Costa Rica.

00027875
TURNSTONE
Arenaria interpres
Brixham, Devon, England

00027867
STUMP of ENGLISH OAK
Quercus robur
showing knots
New Forest, Hampshire, England

00027841
EUROPEAN MARMOT group
Marmota marmota
two nuzzling

00027835
GREAT WILLOWHERB flower
Epilobium hirsutum
Mur River, Styria, Austria

00027834
DAISY flower bud
Bellis perennis
Styria, Austria

00027820
ASIAN or HIMALAYAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus thibetanus

00027808
SNOWY OWL with young in nest
Nyctea scandiaca
Taimyr, Arctic Russia

00027796
DEER or SHEEP TICK
Ixodes ricinus

00027787
GREEN TURTLE "Siamese twins"
Chelonia mydas
two years old, raised in hatchery
Quintana Roo, Mexico, Central America

00027742
WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER
with rose bunch

00027735
WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE
Haliaeetus albicilla
nestlings in June

00027734
COMMON CRANE trying out nest
Grus grus
made by swans the previous year
Kvarken, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland April

00027716
ABALONE shell
Haliotis sp.
showing multi-colouration

00027690
GREEN MAMBA
Dendroaspis angusticeps
with open mouth South East Africa

00027687
GREEN MAMBA with open mouth
Dendroaspis angusticeps
South East Africa

00027676
ASIAN BOX TURTLE at water's edge
Cuora amboinensis kamaroma
Thailand and peninsular Malaysia

00027669
RED-TAILED HAWK
Buteo jamaicensis
perched on rock, by Pine

00027652
ANDEAN FLAMINGO sheltering chick
Phoenicoparrus andinus
Captive bird

00030676
NOCTULE BAT on hummock
Nyctalus noctula

00030674
LESSER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus hipposideros
ringed bat in cave

00030665
LAR or WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
(in captivity)

00030632
TENEBRIONID BEETLE
walking on sand
Morocco

00030608
DADES GORGE and steep sided canyon.
This is a popular tourist destination renown for its spectacular scenery. Atlas mountains, Morocco.

00030600
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX
Oryx dammah
Reintroduced to Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco. Considered extinct in the wild.

00030599
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX
Oryx dammah
Reintroduced to Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco. Considered extinct in the wild.

00030581
WHITE STORKS
Ciconia ciconia
nesting on old fortifications of a Kasbah (old Islamic fort), Morocco.

00030552
COMMON MARMOSET close up of face
Callithrix jacchus

00030523
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
Limosa limosa
in flight Poland

00030514
SMOOTH SNAKE
Coronella austriaca
Dorset, England July

00030512
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
on tree. Scotland

00030501
SNOW GOOSE
Anser caerulescens
large flock in flight at dawn, New Mexico

00030487
COLUMBIA GLACIER edge
Chugach Mountains, Alaska, USA

00030484
MANGROVE DESTRUCTION
for development Singapore

00030455
BLACK CAIMAN
Melanosuchus niger
young - approx. 1 year old

00030427
SURICATE or MEERKAT
Suricata suricatta
with scorpion prey Kalahari Gemsbok
National Park, South Africa

00030419
PUKU male
Kobus vardoni
South Luangwa National Park,
Zambia

00030405
PERITO MORENO GLACIER
edge of glacier, Glaciers National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

00030384
PRONGHORN ANTELOPE female
Antilocapra americana
with two young, one suckling
Montana, north western USA

00030376
MONARCH BUTTERFLY larvae
Danaus plexippus
eating Milkweed which contains poison
stored by larva which acts as defence

00030373
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
in morning light
South Dakota, USA Autumn

00030365
MOUNTAINS & SNOW Winter
Badlands National Park, South Dakota,
northern USA

00030363
LICHENS on rocks
Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula

00030340
NATTERER'S BAT
Myotis nattereri
protesting, face detail

00030331
WANDERING ALBATROSS pair
Diomedea exulans
displaying, head detail
South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic

00030328
SNOWY EGRET perched on sandcastle
Egretta thula
Sanibel Island, Florida, USA

00030324
SUSSEX WEALD from Ditchling Beacon
South Downs, Sussex, England
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

00030321
DANDELION flower opening
Taraxacum officinale
Opening sequence B: No. 2/5
Total time taken: ca 1 hour

00030301
GOLDFISH Bronze form
Carassius auratus
feeding

00030285
NEW FOREST PONY and foal
New Forest NP, Hampshire, UK

00030270
SOUTHERN HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna cyanea in flight
Also called Southern Aeshna Dragonfly

00030205
HOUSE MOUSE on kitchen worktop
Mus musculus
looking from rice carton

00030165
PYRALID MICRO-MOTH
Pyrausta purpuralis
Pyralidae - Microlepidoptera

00030107
COYOTE running by water
Canis latrans
Minnesota, USA

00030097
BARREN GROUND CARIBOU male
Rangifer tarandus
by water, escaping insects. Alaska, USA

00030074
SALT ENCRUSTED TOP SOIL
Aral Sea, Munyak, Uzbekistan

00030071
BUSH LOCUST foraging
Phymateus leprosus
on Namib sand dune.

00030057
SEA MOUSE
Aphrodite aculeata
Oban, Strathclyde, Scotland

00030024
MARSH CROCODILE or MUGGER
Crocodylus palustris
nest with eggs India

00030019
HEDGEHOG with newborn young
Erinaceus europaeus

00030010
SEROTINE BAT
Eptesicus serotinus

00030008
MOUSE-EARED BAT
Myotis myotis
ear, close detail

00030006
ONAGER or WILD ASS
Equus hemionus onager
group with young

00030005
POLECAT in woodland
Mustela putorius
Europe

00029984
PEARL IN OYSTER
Half shell with pearl in situ

00029967
FALSE HORNED VIPER
Pseudocerastes persicus

00029957
BUMBLEBEES on Fireweed
Bombus sp. on Epilobium sp.
during heavy September frost
Alaska, USA
Shows ability of tundra insects to work close to freezing point

00029940
BLUE TIT on blossom
Parus caeruleus
Pyrenees, France

00029929
FALLOW DEER
Dama dama
suckling young

00029924
MOLE emerging from soil
Talpa europaea

00029914
ENGLISH or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
leaves

00029892
HORSE CHESTNUT new buds
Aesculus hippocastanum
Ashridge,Hertfordshire, UK March

00029871
EDELWEISS in flower
Leontopodium alpinum
Swiss National Park,
Canton of Graubunden, Switzerland

00029839
HYACINTH ROOT in the ground,
showing root hairs

00029833
HANDKERCHIEF TREE
Davidia involucrata
Christchurch Botanic Gardens,
South Island, New Zealand October

00029809
TOMATOES harvested on the vine
Lycopersicon esculentum

00029770
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
carrying moorhen prey
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00029743
WEDDELL SEAL on ice
Leptonychotes weddelli

00029737
AFRICAN LIONS group
Panthera leo
being harassed by elephants
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029688
GRASS SNAKE resting among Primroses
Natrix natrix helvetica in Primula vulgaris.
Recently emerged from hibernation.
Late March, Norfolk, England

00029663
AMBUSH BUG confronting
Phymata fasciata
crab spider on flower
Misumenops celer Florida, USA

00029651
ROBBER-FLY
Fam. Asilidae
close-up of face Florida

00029627
CHINESE GIANT TIGER TARANTULA
Haplopelma costale
close-up of face and fangs
Ranges from S China to Thailand

00029614
WASP or 'YELLOW-JACKET'
Vespula maculifrons
sipping nectar from a passionflower
Florida, USA

00029613
ANHINGA male preening
Anhinga anhinga
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge,
Sanibel, Florida, USA

00029544
COLLARED CORAL SNAKE
Leptomicrurus collaris

00029538
COMMON or NORTHERN
SHOVELER DUCK
Anas clypeata

00029524
BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG eating
Cynomys ludovicianus
Badlands NP, South Dakota, USA

00029522
KING PENGUIN injured after seal attack
Aptenodytes patagonica
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia,
sub-Antarctic

00029501
RAINFOREST scenic
Cordillera de Tilaran Monteverde,
Costa Rica

00029481
GREEN TURTLE nesting female
Chelonia mydas
returning to the sea Long Beach,
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029468
GREEN TURTLE Hannay Beach
Chelonia mydas
with craters dug by nesting females
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029451
FERAL DONKEYS
brought to the island in the 19th Century
for labour, they now roam free
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029384
WHIMBREL regurgitating sand
Numenius phaeopus
that was ingested with food
Manuel Antonio Nat'l Park, Costa Rica

00029382
LAS MORENAS LAKES, paramo & east
coast, seen from summit of Mt Chirripo
Costa Rica, Central America

00029372
BICOLOURED HAWK feeding
Accipiter bicolor
on Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Corcovado NP, Costa Rica

00029320
QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY
Argynnis lathonia
on foliage, wings closed

00029314
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
checking scent in its territory

00029310
HEDGEHOG yawning
Erinaceus europaeus
Hampshire, southern England

00029297
EUROPEAN OTTER female & young
Lutra lutra
Tamar Otter Trust, Cornwall, England.

00029281
WHITE RHINOCEROS wallowing
Ceratotherium simum
Mkhaya, Swaziland

00029262
AFRICAN LION young exploring
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029255
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
showing flehmen gesture
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029235
WILDEBEEST with new born calf (10 minutes old)
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029217
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
defending kill from vultures
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029200
SECRETARY BIRD
Sagittarius serpentarius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029172
MALLARDS males fighting
Anas platyrhynchos
Lee Valley, Essex, England

00029137
TOADS MIGRATORY CROSSING
Road warning sign
Glouchestershire, England

00029136
BIRD'S NEST FUNGUS
Cyathus striatus
Found on wood debris Autumn & winter
Inedible Widespread but uncommon

00029131
HEDGEHOG three young
Erinaceus europaeus
in pine woodland
Ayrshire, south western Scotland

00029127
CHIMPANZEE in water
Pan troglodytes
Conkouati Lagoon, Congo,
western Africa

00029110
MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK
Redunca fulvorufula
pair on rocky hillside Shamwari Game
Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

00029042
FERRUGINOUS DUCKS
Aythya nyroca
group of five on water Spain

00029034
MOORHEN NEST with eggs
Gallinula chloropus
Martin Mere WWT Reserve,
Lancashire, England

00029031
AFRICAN LION young lying
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00029028
BLACKBACKED JACKAL young
Canis mesomelas
on carcass Etosha Natl Park, Namibia

00029005
TIMOTHY GRASS
Phleum pratense
close up of seed head

00028993
HOUSEFLY landing on ceiling
Muscus domesticus

00028983
MERINO SHEEP in pen
Otago, South Island, New Zealand

00028928
HADROSAUR REPLICA
Corythosaurus sp.
Calgary Zoo, Alberta,
south western Canada

00028894
TEAL female on water
Anas crecca
showing green speculum

00028889
EUROPEAN POCHARD
Aythya ferina
female on water

00028887
COOT
Fulica atra
(note lobed feet)

00028886
GANNETS three on rock
Sula bassana
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland

00028884
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER juvenile
Charadrius dubius

00028873
SUNSET CORAL or YELLOW CORAL (Leptopsammia pruveti) Lundy Island, off SW England CNIDARIA: ANTHOZOA Corals

00028828
BLACKBACKED JACKALS &
SPOTTED HYENAS on zebra carcass
Savuti, Botswana. Note vulture in tree

00028812
WOODLAND CARIBOU
Rangifer tarandus
Caribou bulls in velvet
Alberta, Canada

00028807
SEA OTTER female nursing young
Enhydra lutris
lying on water, Monterey Bay,
California, western USA

00028793
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus
on ear of barley

00028789
MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA in tree
Psarocolius montezuma
Costa Rica, Central America

00028784
BABIRUSA female & young
Babyrousa babyrussa
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00028782
SPECTRAL TARSIER
Tarsius spectrum
Tangkoko Dua Saudara National Park,
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00028766
PROTOZOA on crustacean
Spirochona or Helichona

00028756
BLOODY-NOSED BEETLE larva
Timarcha tenebricosa
New Forest, Hampshire, England

00028751
TWO-SPOT LADYBIRD on leaf, with eggs
Adalia bipunctata
July