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00027670
COMMON QUAILS Poland
Coturnix coturnix

00027668
SHORT-GRASS PRAIRIE
Wyoming, USA August

00027666
COPROLITE (fossil faeces)
Mammalian.
Approx 10 million years old.
Size: 5 x 8 cm.

00027639
SPINFEX PIGEON
Geophaps plumifera
showing 'bowing' display
Northern Territory, Australia

00027638
WATER VOLE
Arvicola terrestris
England

00027637
MAIDENHAIR TREE
Gingko biloba
showing leaves and fruit
England

00027629
BROWN LONG-EARED BAT
Plecotus auritus
resting on fallen log

00027589
CHIVES with flower buds
Allium schoenoprasum

00027581
AGAVE or CENTURY PLANT flowers
Agave sp.
Southwestern USA

00027579
GILA MONSTER tracks in sand
Heloderma suspectum
Arizona, USA

00027554
DOG-FACED WATER SNAKE
Cerberus rhynchops
on tidal mudflats amongst mangroves
Thailand and peninsular Malaysia

00027550
LESSER BIRD OF PARADISE
Paradisea minor
male preening Northern New Guinea

00027536
LITTLE EGRET in flight
Egretta garzetta
Island of Lesbos, Greece

00027534
BLACK STORK in flight
Ciconia nigra
Island of Lesbos, Greece

00027532
RUDDY SHELDUCK in flight
Tadorna ferruginea
Norfolk, England

00027530
EUROPEAN TEAL washing itself
Anas crecca
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00027485
SUNFLOWER CROP IN FIELD Summer
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, southern
France Sunflower is Helianthus annuus

00027458
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
male displaying at lek
Northumberland, England.

00027433
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER male
Pluvialis dominica
on rocky terrain Cambridge Bay, Victoria
Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

00027365
CHEETAH large male resting in forest
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027360
CHEETAH inquisitive cub with tortoise
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027347
CHEETAH cubs with thomson gazelle fawn
Acinonyx jubatus
caught by mother
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027343
CHEETAH female trotting
Acinonyx jubatus
after spotting new born gazelle in grass
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027341
CHEETAH showing non-retractable claws
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027308
CHEETAH cubs playing
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00027301
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus
Namibia

00027286
COMMON ADDER
Vipera berus
characteristic markings Surrey, UK

00027232
CHESTNUT-MANDIBLED TOUCAN
Ramphastos swainsonii
upside-down in tree Tropical rainforest,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027192
MEXICAN VINE SNAKE in tree
Oxybelis aeneus
Tortuguero National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America

00027131
EUROPEAN GREY WOLF standing
Canis lupus
in falling snow

Winter

00027117
STRAWBERRY TREE fruits
Arbutus unedo
Serra del Montant Nature Reserve,
Spain October

00027084
OWL MONKEY
Aotus trivirgatus

00027082
ALDERFLY on grass
Sialis lutaria

00027078
WHITE STORK collecting nest material
Ciconia ciconia

00027064
SORGHUM PLANT
Sorghum vulgare
Mauritania

00027056
PHEASANT hen incubating
Phasianus colchicus
after harvester has gone over nest site
Norfolk, England

00027054
GIRAFFE eating Acacia flowers
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00027052
GOLDEN RETRIEVER

00026989
SHAR PEI DOG in doorway

00026962
GENTOO PENGUIN group on ice floe
Pygoscelis papua
near Cuverville Island,
off Antarctic Peninsula

00026915
RANNOCH MOOR & BLACK MOUNT
IN WINTER & Lochan na h-Achlaise
Highland Region, Scotland

00026913
CYPRESS SWAMP with Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, south eastern USA.

00026899
GREAT WHITE SHARK
Carcharodon carcharias
Guadalupe Island, Mexico

00026886
RAINFOREST INSECTS for sale
Peru, South America

00026877
SALTWATER/ESTUARINE CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
at water's edge Mary River,
Queensland, north eastern Australia

00026869
DEW ON SPIDERWEB early morning
Tennessee, USA April

00026864
DWARF MONGOOSES on termite hill
Helogale parvula
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.

00026856
SOMERSET LEVELS in winter
Frozen rhyne in hoar frost
Kings Sedgemoor, Somerset, England

00026855
FOG ON GLAUBENBERG AREA
seen from Mt Pilatus, Canton of Lucerne,
Switzerland November

00026847
PIKE anterior view
Esox lucius

00026837
SWAMP GUM World's tallest hardwood
Eucalyptus regnans
(Up to 95m Tallest species in southern
hemisphere) Styx Valley, Tasmania

00026814
LONG-TAILED TIT flying to feeder
Aegithalus caudatus
with two BLUE TITS
Parus caeruleus

00026807
GLEN AFFRIC & Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin
(a finger lake) Inverness-shire,
Highland Region, north eastern Scotland

00026789
WHIRLPOOL

00026775
GUELDER ROSE fruit in autumn
Viburnum opulus
Raab River, Styria, Austria

00026771
BLACK KITE drinking July
Milvus migrans
Teruel, Ebro Valley, Spain

00026760
SHAG head detail
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
UK

00026734
CHESIL BEACH Example of a tombolo
Dorset, south western England

00026719
CALIFORNIA NEWTS mating
Taricha torosa
California, western USA

00026715
SUNSET in the Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula

00026683
COMMON SEAL with fishing net
Phoca vitulina
embedded in neck

00026674
EXPERIMENTAL TIDAL POWER
STATION Portnahaven, Isle of Islay,
Inner Hebrides, western Scotland

00026667
BARTOLOME ISLAND
view from summit, with lava cactus
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

00026663
IVORY (reputedly from Guinea)
being worked and for sale
Dakar, Senegal March 1999

00026657
GOLDEN LANGUR feeding
Presbytis geei
Bhutan, India

00026643
GREAT TIT flying to feeder
Parus major
with two BLUE TITS
Parus caeruleus

00026638
COMMON REED frosted seedhead
Phragmites australis
Somerset Levels, England

00032968
ADDER
Vipera berus

VIPER

00032951
SMOOTH NEWT male
Triturus vulgaris
underwater, showing webbed hind feet.

00032938
MONGOOSE LEMUR on rock
Eulemur mongoz
Comores Islands, Indian Ocean

00032927
MEADOW CLARY
Salvia pratensis
Triglav National Park, Julian Alps,
Slovenia

00032912
ALPINE SHEEP wearing bell
at 2,500m Triglav National Park,
Julian Alps, Slovenia

00032910
COLLE RUOIBES with autumn colours
below Roccheta di Prendera
Dolomites, Italy

00032892
BLACK-THROATED DIVER
Gavia arctica
in summer plumage
Vaala, Finland

00032886
CAPERCAILLIE PHOTOGRAPHY
in Finland

00032881
GREY PARTRIDGES
Perdix perdix
Oulu, Finland

00032828
TRADITIONAL DRYING
of cod catch on wooden racks,
Iceland. July

00032807
RAINFOREST
with stream and tree ferns,
near Rotarua, North Island,
New Zealand

00032784
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00032779
WHITE PELICAN flock in flight
Pelecanus onocrotalus
over Lesser Flamingoes
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00032777
GIANT EAGLE OWL juvenile, calling
Bubo lacteus
also called Verreaux's Eagle Owl,
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya,

00032776
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE with immature behind
Haliaeetus vocifer
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00032758
ASIAN OPEN-BILL STORK drinking
Anastomus oscitans
Ranganthitoo Bird Sanctuary,
Karnataka, Southern India

00032750
INTERMEDIATE EGRET
Egretta intermedia
Stalking prey on lilyponds on lake
Also known as MEDIAN EGRET

00032743
SOFT CORAL & CRINOID
View of coral reef Australian waters

00032740
ERGOT FUNGUS on ripe rye
Claviceps purpurea
Very poisonous - can cause ergotism
disease if fed to cattle or made into bread

00032735
KAKAPO or OWL PARROT
Strigops habroptilus
Severely endangered to point
of extinction. New Zealand

00032731
SQUIRREL GLIDER
Petaurus norfolcensis
on branch, feeding Australia

00032712
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
Pluvialis dominica
male on nest, Canada

00032704
PUFFIN on cliffs
Fratercula arctica
June. Handa Island, with top of
Great Stack behind, Scotland

00032667
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba
Norfolk, UK

00032662
SHORT-EARED OWL on post
Asio flammeus
Norfolk, UK

00032651
TAWNY OWL captive male
Strix aluco
Essex, England. October

00032646
ARCTIC TERN in flight with sand eel
Sterna paradisaea
Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, England. July

00032638
GALAPAGOS HAWK in flight
Buteo galapagoensis
Hood (Espanola) Island, Galapagos

00032628
FALSE GAVIAL
Tomistoma schlegelii
close up of head in water. Malaysia

00032562
MALI UROMASTYX or DABB LIZARD
Uromastyx maliensis
north Africa

00032559
RED TEGU juvenile
Tupinambis rufescens
Argentina, South America

00032554
KUHL'S FLYING GECKO
Ptychozoon kuhli
resting on leaf. SE Asia

00032550
NORTHERN CURLYTAIL
Leiocephalus carinatus
curling tail. Florida and the Bahamas

00032546
GIANT EARTHWORM
found at the base of Montagne des
Francais in the extreme north of
Madagascar

00032533
AFRICAN WILDCAT with dove prey
Felis sylvestris lybica
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00032501
WARTHOG at mud wallow
Phacocherus aethiopicus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00032498
PEL'S FISHING OWL
Scotopelia peli
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00032495
AFRICAN SKIMMER pair
Rynchops flavirostris
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00032494
BROWNHEADED PARROT
Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00032488
LEOPARD TORTOISE
Geochelone pardalis
Umgeni Valley Reserve, Kwa-ZuluNatal, South Africa

00032427
EMPRESS BRILLIANT HUMMINGBIRD
Heliodaxa imperatrix
female perched on branch
Tandayapa Cloud Forest, Ecuador

00032412
GALAPAGOS PENGUIN on rock
Spheniscus mendiculus
Bartolome Island, Galapagos

00032394
LAND IGUANA sun basking
Conolophus subcristatus
South Plaza Island, Galapagos

00032389
DEFASSA WATERBUCK calf
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00032373
TIBETAN WILD ASS running
Equus hemionus kiang
Ladakh, India

00032344
LESSER CRESTED TERN at nesting site
Sterna bengalensis
Karan, Persian Gulf

00032303
SAND DUNES
Sossusvlei, Namibia

00032287
LAKE CHAD frozen over
Suess Glacier in background
Taylor Valley, Antarctica

00032228
GREENSHANK
Tringa nebularia
in water

00032219
ROCK PIPIT on rock
Anthus spinoletta

00032217
BEARDED TIT female feeding
Panurus biarmicus
in cut reeds UK

00032215
RED-BACKED SHRIKE
Lanius collurio
female on Wild Rose bush

00032207
WOOD or LONG-TAILED FIELD
MOUSE feeding in grain store.
Apodemus sylvaticus
Lancashire, England.

00032197
GIANT HORSETAIL young plant
Equisetum telmateia
in marsh. Lancashire, England

00032169
FLY AGARIC FUNGAL CAP close up
Amanita muscaria
Ainsdale, Lancashire, England

00032161
WOODLAND STREAM in autumn
Cumbria, England

00032147
BLACKROCK COTTAGE, GLENCOE
Autumn, Scotland

00032106
HAWK MOTH in flight
Xyloplanes pluto
Venezuela, South America

00032069
WOOD ANT
Formica rufa
with cocoon

00032064
CHINESE QUAIL
Coturnix chinensis

00032034
YELLOW UNDERWING MOTH in flight
Noctua pronuba
(multiflash)

00032011
CHIMPANZEE mother with baby
Pan troglodytes
on ground Northern Zambia

00032009
PRZEWALSKI'S HORSE
Equus przewalskii
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Endangered species

00031993
LADYBIRD pupa
Cheilomenes sp.
with adult emerging

00031968
BLACK VULTURE
Aegypius monachus

00031949
COMMON WOMBAT
Vombatus ursinus
Young playing
Wildlife park, Tasmania

00031896
MOSQUITO female on flower
Anopheles stephansi

00031894
LLYNNAU MYMBYR & SNOWDON
Capel Curig, Snowdon National Park
Gwynedd, north Wales

00031885
PTARMIGAN in snow
Lagopus mutus
Nockberge National Park, Austria

00031858
EUROPEAN BEE-EATER
Merops apiaster
flying to nest with food

00031829
CHEETAH female standing on mound
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00031807
CHEETAH at dawn
Acinonyx jubatus
female with cubs, Masai Mara
National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa

00031772
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE young
Elanus caeruleus
with prey (Ratus ratus) perched on branch
July. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031767
BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE group
Pterocles orientalis
of males on ground. July
Ebro Bassin, Teruel, Spain

00031763
BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE male
Pterocles orientalis
arriving at nest. July.
Ebro Bassin, Teruel, Spain

00031739
BLACK-WINGED STILT
Himantopus himantopus
June. Lleida, Spain

00031732
COMMON SNIPE foraging with reflection
Gallinago gallinago
January. Lleida, Spain

00031730
STONE CURLEW
Burhinus oedicnemus
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031726
STONE CURLEW calling
Burhinus oedicnemus
April. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031712
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL flying
Larus cachinnans
July. Illes Medes Wildlife Refuge, Spain

00031671
WOODCOCK ORCHID
Ophrys scolopax
April. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031670
BLACK WHEATEAR female with prey
Oenanthe leucura
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031663
BOOTED EAGLE with flamingo carcass
Hieraetus pennatus
on beach. March.
Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031655
INDIAN STAR TORTOISE
Geochelone elegans

00031643
SAND LIZARD female on sand
Lacerta agilis
Note regenerated end to tail
Hortobagy, Hungary

00031622
GNARLED OLD OAK TREES
covered with ferns and mosses
Dartmoor, Devon, SW England

00031611
BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT with chick
Uria lomvia
Svalbard, Arctic Norway

00031589
SPIDER'S WEB
with trapped dragonfly

00031581
DEVIL'S MARBLES Granite boulders
formed by erosion of outcrop
south of Tennant Creek,
Northern Territory, Australia

00031575
SAND DUNES
Near Lago Argentina,
Patagonia, Argentina

00031572
PLAINS ZEBRA or BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
two males fighting
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00031567
LESSER FLAMINGO flock in flight
Phoeniconaias minor
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00031555
GARGANEY DUCK
Anas querquedula
flock in flight South India

00031535
CRESTED AUKLET group in flight
Aethia cristatella
Sirius Point, Kiska Island, Aleutians,
Alaska

00031525
POLAR BEARS female and young
Ursus maritimus
Churchill, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

00031508
JUNIPER berries
Juniperus communis

00031491
JUNIPER close-up of foliage
Juniperus communis

00031448
TREE PIPIT
Anthus trivialis
carrying food in its bill

00031426
AFRICAN LION female
Panthera leo
throttling Kudu
Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

00031418
CAPE COBRA in attack position,
Naja nivea
confronting human Southern Africa

00031412
AFRICAN DANCING traditional
Lesedi Cultural Village
part of the lifestyle of indigenous African people
Lesedi Cultural Village near Johannesburg South Africa

00031408
YELLOW BABOON male
Papio cynocephalus
Amboseli National Park Kenya
Central and East Africa

00031400
CAPE BUFFALO old bull
Syncerus caffer
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031372
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Cow elephant with exceptionally long tusks
Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031335
SPOTTED HYENA hunting flamingo
Crocuta crocuta
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031323
MASAI WOMEN at ceremony
Near Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031301
BLACK RHINO sub-adult calf
Diceros bicornis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031297
BLACK RHINO male showing prehensile lips
Diceros bicornis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031287
SECRETARY BIRD
Sagittarius serpentarius
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00031285
YELLOWBILLED STORK preening
Mycteria ibis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031257
MEADOW PIPIT
Anthus pratensis
holding prey in beak

00031256
SEDGE WARBLER on branch
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Midlands, England

00031246
RUFF male at lek
Philomachus pugnax
Norway June

00031225
COMMON BUTTERWORT
Pinguicula vulgaris
leaf detail (Insectivorous)

00031221
CASPIAN TERN
Sterna caspia
Volga Delta, Caspian Sea

00031200
DIATOMS arranged into pattern

00031192
PUBIC LOUSE

00031185
SETTLER WATERING CROP
in area cleared of rainforest,
Brazil, South America

00031181
CHICKENS in battery with eggs
in troughs at front Germany

00031168
WOOD ANT
Formica rufa
moving piece of wood
1.8x

00031166
SCORPION FLY male, on leaf
Panorpa communis

00031150
ASSASSIN BUG
Prithesancus papuensis
Nr Gympie, SE Queensland, Australia

00031129
KOALA female with young on back
Phascolarctos cinereus
Lives in dry eucalypt forests
of northern & eastern Australia

00031105
RED DEER stag silhouetted on hillside
Cervus elaphus
Cairngorms, Scotland

00031058
KINGFISHER male, perched on branch
Alcedo atthis
May. Yorkshire, England

00031032
CORAL ATOLL Part of Ulithi Attol Micronesia
South Pacific Ocean

00030981
CAPE PANGOLIN or SCALY ANTEATER
Manis temminckii
Matusadona Natl Park, Zimbabwe

00030967
PEEPUL TREE Ficus religiosa
Pamplemousse Gardens, Mauritius

00030936
LESSER ADJUTANT STORK
Leptoptilos javanicus
wading through water
Malaysia Endangered species

00030899
SEAHORSE dried, often sold to tourists as a souvenir.

00030897
TIGER CLAW MARKS
on Indian Paper Bark or Frankincense tree.
Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

00030880
EASTERN CHIMPANZEES
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
mother and baby with carcass of
Red Colobus monkey. >>

00030867
WATER VOLE male with radio collar
Arvicola terrestris
to be released by Oxford University,
for radio tracking.

00030827
RIC O'BARRY AND DOLPHIN
campaigner and activist with 'Flipper'. Reconstruction of his several clandestine releases of captive dolphins.

00030823
LOWLAND GORILLA HAND
Gorilla beringei graueri
being held by human hand

00030771
LEADBEATERS POSSUM
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
Endangered species
Victoria, Australia

00030756

00030733
MOUNTAIN HARE
Lepus timidus
Winter

00030706
KINABALU GIANT BLUE EARTHWORM
Mount Kinabalu (at 2800M), Sabah,
Borneo, Malaysia

00030701
LLAMA on farm
Lama glama
Sussex, UK

00030691
SPOTTED REDSHANK
Tringa erythropus
wading in deep water

00030688
ROE DEER head detail
Capreolus capreolus
male, in falling snow

00030682
HEDGEHOG on fence slat,
Erinaceus europaeus
near donkey

00030679
NATTERER'S BAT in cave
Myotis nattereri

00030678
PIED WAGTAIL young
Motacilla alba
perched on large leaf

00030672
WHISKERED BAT hibernating
Myotis mystacinus
covered in condensation

00030662
PUKU
Kobus vardoni
Central Africa
Habitat: grasslands & swamps, adjacent to water

00030652
BROWN HYENA digging burrow
Hyaena brunnea
Southern Africa

00030647
BONOBOS or PYGMY CHIMPANZEES
Pan paniscus
mixed group Tropical rainforest Zaire
& Congo Endangered species

00030631
TENEBRIONID BEETLE
walking on sand
Morocco

00030605
DESERT AGRICULTURE showing the intensely cultivated fields. Lower Todra valley, Morocco.

00030585
WHITE STORK
Ciconia ciconia
nesting on ancient columns of the Volubilis Roman ruins, Morocco.

00030539
MASON WASP female excavating nest
Odynerus spinipes
in soil

00030532
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
pulling worm from lawn

00030521
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT in water
Limosa limosa
Iceland June

00030519
SLOW WORM on moss
Anguis fragilis
Midlands, England April

00030472
FORAMINIFERA GLOBIGERINA
Mag. x10 under Rheinberg illumination

00030470
STELLATE LEAF HAIRS underside
Deutzia sp.
(Nomarski interference) Magn. x 50

00030468
BLUE-GREEN ALGA Cyanophyta
Microcystis aeruginosa
x12.5 under Rheinberg illumination
Only micro-organism showing >>

00030457
RAINFOREST LOGGING ROAD
for transport of cut timber
Amazonas, Brazil, South America

00030453
RAFT SPIDER Magn. x 1 1/2
Dolomedes fimbriatus

00030449
SMALL COPPER BUTTERFLY
Lycaena phlaeas
on flower, wings open

00030423
WARTHOG female grazing
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

00030381
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR
Alligator mississipiensis
mother dozing with young nearby
Florida, south eastern USA

00030275
AFRICAN SHARP-NOSED FROG
Rana mascareniensis
leaping

00030259
BLUE TIT on branch with blossom
Parus caeruleus
Secret Life of a Garden bookplate
Secret Worlds p.111

00030257
GREEN APHID or GREENFLY
sucking sap from stem of nettle

00030236
BROWN LONG-EARED BAT
Plecotus auritus

00030227
BIRCH LEAF ON MOSS

00030208
SHEEP TICK
distended with blood on dog Acari

00030206
BISCUIT BEETLE
Stegobium paniceum
Household pest

00030182
BRIMSTONE MOTH

00030176
FALLOW DEER FOOTPATH in Sussex woodland.
Fallow Deer run between field and woodland

00030174
DUSKY SALLOW MOTH
Eremobia ochroleuca

00030171
GREY DAGGER MOTH
Acronicta psi

00030164
MOTHER of PEARL MOTH
Pleuroptya ruralis
Member of the Microlepidoptera

00030147
SPIDER
Tetragnatha sp.
Often found near water

00030129
SALLOW MOTH
Xanthia icteritia

00030126
DEEP SEA RESEARCH SUBMERSIBLE
Makalii being released - a manned sub
of the University of Hawaii
Marshall Is., Pacific Ocean

00030116
AMERICAN MINK on rock in river
Mustela vison
North America

00030111
HYDRO-SEEDING & -MULCHING
of roadside verge using recycled materials
- paper, wood fibre dyed green with seed,
water & fertiliser added. Alaska, USA

00030089
POLAR BEAR female & two cubs
Ursus maritimus
Near Wapusk National Park,
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00030063
ELEGANT GRASSHOPPER larvae
Zonocerus elegans
on pumpkin eating foliage
South Africa.

00030056
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR in gator hole
Alligator mississipiensis
by hardwood hammock & cattails
Shark Valley, Everglades Florida, USA

00030045
EUROPEAN OTTER with young
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, North Pennine Reserve,
Bowes, County Durham, NE England

00030044
SOUTHERN or COMMON REEDBUCK
Redunca arundinum
Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa

00030043
LAPPETFACED or NUBIAN VULTURE
Torgos tracheliotus
perched on dead branch, silhouetted
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00030037
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN on post
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Shark Bay, Western Australia

00030035
PHEASANT male
Phasianus colchicus
North Yorkshire Moors, UK

00030034
CAPE GANNET landing
Sula capensis
Lambert's Bay, South Africa

00029996
PYGMY WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Suncus etruscus
Smallest terrestrial mammal Native to
southern Europe, SW Asia & N Africa

00029995
FOSSIL SHELLS bivalve & spiral
Twenty-eight million years old
Burdigalian Bordeaux, France

00029990
ASSASSIN BUG
Panstrongylus megistus
vector of Chagas disease

00029986
WADI in desert
Sahara, near Tan-Tan, Morocco,
north western Africa

00029968
SIBERIAN PITVIPER
Gloydius halys caraganus
Kazakhstan

00029961
GIANT SEQUOIAS or WELLINGTONIAS
Sequoiadendron giganteum
trunk bases & forest floor Sequoia
National Park, California, western USA

00029916
IVINGHOE BEACON
Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire,
southern England July

00029911
DOG ROSE three flowers
Rosa canina
Hertfordshire, England June

00032963
EGYPTIAN TORTOISE
Testudo kleinmanni
adult, two year old and hatchling
Threatened species.

00032960
MUSHROOM emerging from tarmac
Psalliota sp.
Stalham, Norfolk, England.

00032935
BLACK GUILLEMOT Êon ice floe
Cepphus grylle
Svalbard (Spitzbergen)

00032895
SIBERIAN JAY perched
Perisoreus infaustus
Kuusamo, Finland

00032894
BLACK GROUSE female
Tetrao tetrix
Kuusamo, Finland

00032891
BLACK-THROATED DIVER
Gavia arctica
in summer plumage
Vaala, Finland

00032888
CAPERCAILLIE female
Kuusamo, Finland

00032879
HAZEL GROUSE
Bonasa bonasia
male feeding in alder tree
Kuusamo, Finland

00032878
LITTLE GULL adult on nest
Larus minutus
Vaala, Finland

00032875
LITTLE GULL adult in flight
Larus minutus
Vaala, Finland

00032874
LITTLE GULL adult in flight
Larus minutus
Vaala, Finland

00032829
THE BLACK CHURCH
Budir, Iceland. July

00032808
RAINFOREST
with stream and tree ferns,
near Rotarua, North Island,
New Zealand

00032791
DEFASSA WATERBUCK with pelican at dawn
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00032782
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
feeding on Lesser Flamingo carcass
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00032759
ASIAN OPEN-BILL STORK
Anastomus oscitans
Ranganthitoo Bird Sanctuary,
Karnataka, Southern India

00032753
STICKY CATCHFLY Rare species
Lychnis viscaria
inflorescence detail Dawyck Botanic
Garden, Stobo, Southern Uplands >>

00032746
MOUNTAIN BRUSHTAIL POSSUM
Trichosurus caninus
Australia Nocturnal marsupial

00032736
HONEY POSSUM young on Dryandra
Tarsipes rostratus
Western Australia

00032726
REED BUNTING
Emberiza schoeniclus
at nest with young

00032724
SMOOTH NEWT female
Triturus vulgaris

00032699
ROBIN on ground in snow
Erithacus rubecula
January, garden. Essex, England

00032663
POCHARD male in flight
Aythya ferina

00032634
NAMIB DESERT SAND DUNES
Namibia

00032627
CAGLE'S MAP TURTLE
Graptemys caglei
resting on log. Texas, USA

00032625
MATAMATA TURTLE
Chelys fimbriatus
resting on large leaf. Peru

00032605
WESTERN DIAMONDBACK
RATTLESNAKE Crotalus atrox
close up of albino with tongue out. USA

00032578
MONOCLED COBRA
Naja naja kaouthia
albino with hood raised and tongue out.
Thailand

00032574
CORN SNAKE
Elaphe guttata
stalking mouse which is feeding on corn

00032568
ANGOLAN DWARF PYTHON
Python anchietae
concealed in rock crevice. Angola

00032556
GIANT GECKO
Rhacodactylus leachianus
mainland form, New Caledonia
Hand held to give scale

00032509
BLACK RHINO browsing
Diceros bicornis
Lapalala, South Africa

00032492
SADDLEBILLED STORK ,
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
playing with stick
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00032464
CROCODILE or SPINY TREE trunk
Hura crepitans
Ankarafantsika, Madagascar

00032462
PRAYING MANTIS on leaf
Polyspilota aeruginosa
Analamazaotra, Madagascar

00032441
ASIAN ONE-HORNED RHINO male
Rhinoceros unicornis
through grass
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

00032364
SUNSET with Acacia Tree
Mahazat-as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia

00032315
3-TOED WOODPECKER in nest hole
Picoides tridactylus

00032256
TURNSTONE flock
Arenaria interpres
in flight during migration

00032253
COMMON GULL
Larus canus
immature, on mooring post

00032248
HOUBARA BUSTARD
Chlamydotis undulata
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

00032241
SHORE LARK on rock
Eremophila alpestris

00032233
TAWNY PIPIT bathing
Anthus campestris

00032149
PINE PLANTATION among dunes
Lancashire, England

00032143
WOODLAND STREAM & Bluebells
Spring. Lancashire, England

00032133
BLACK ANDALUSIAN ROOSTER
head & comb
Cage bird, UK

00032130
HOVERFLY in flight
Eristalis tenax

00032105
PERICOPID MOTH or HYPSID MOTH
Eucyane sp.
in flight
Venezuela

00032092
MORPHO BUTTERFLY in flight
Morpho sp.
Venezuela, South America

00032075
HONEYBEE workers on brood comb
Apis mellifera
with stored pollen & honey

00032074
ITHOMID BUTTERFLY in flight
Eutresis hyperia

00032060
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
Locustella naevia
perched on dead bramble

00032054
AZURE DAMSELFLY
Coenagrion puella
in flight over Bluebell fruits

00032050
BLUE TIT scratching
Parus coeruleus
Sussex, England

00032041
EMERALD DAMSELFLY
Lestes sponsa
in flight

00031979
SCALE INSECTS on branch tended by ant
for release of honeydew. Holes in left
Scale Insect made by emergence of
parasitic wasps. South Africa

00031966
WOODCHAT SHRIKE at nest
Lanius senator
Spain

00031930
YAK and calf
Bos mutus or Bos grunniens

00031922
TRADITIONAL HAY MEADOW
& SCYTHE
June Buckinghamshire, UK

00031917
BEEHIVE in flowering meadow
June Buckinghamshire, England

00031900
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD at nest
Fregata magnificens
(immature) in mangrove bush
West Indies

00031887
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG puppy
Berger allemand

00031878
MAGELLAN STRAIT
Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile

00031866
LITTLE STINT head detail
Calidris minuta
Taimyr, Russia

00031853
SUNFLOWER with ripening seeds
Helianthus annuus
UK

00031837
AFRICAN LION cub playing
Panthera leo
with lioness's tail Topi Plains pride
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00031802
GREY CROWNED CRANES
Balearica regulorum
two silhouetted on dead tree

00031788
LESSER KESTREL young at nest
Falco naumanni
July. Ebro Bassin, Spain

00031754
LITTLE BUSTARD male in nuptial display
Tetrax tetrax
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031728
STONE CURLEW with chick
Burhinus oedicnemus
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031724
STONE CURLEW with chicks
Burhinus oedicnemus
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031723
STONE CURLEW chicks still &
Burhinus oedicnemus
camouflaged. May.
Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031685
EGYPTIAN VULTURE feeding
Neophron percnopterus
during snow. March.
Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031667
BLACK WHEATEAR female with prey
Oenanthe leucura
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031652
WHITE STORK CHICKS in nest
Ciconia ciconia
investigating egg shell

00031649
DAISY two flowers, rear view,
Bellis perennis
backlit Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland

00031633
BEARDED TIT
Panurus biarmicus
male feeding young at nest in reedbed

00031629
GREEN STINK BUG on fruit
Loxa flavicollis
Florida, USA

00031621
EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla beringei graueri
Silverback, resting. DRC.

00031588
CREEPING THISTLE September
Cirsium arvense
flower with dew Michigan, USA

00031584
BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOTS
Uria lomvia
Also called THICK-BILLED MURRE
Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA

00031554
GREENSHANK foraging in shallows
Tringa nebularia
Karnataka, southern India

00031529
MALAYSIAN MOUSE DEER
Tragulus napu
Captive

00031528
POLAR BEARS males fighting
Ursus maritimus
Churchill, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

00031489
GREAT SUNDEW clump in water
Drosera anglica
Carnivorous plant

00031468
HEDGEHOG outfacing POLECAT
Erinaceus europaeus & Mustela putorius

00031466
JAY eating berries
Garrulus glandarius

00031435
WILDEBEEST TRACKS
left by migrating herd
Masai Mara Natl Reserve, Kenya
Wildebeest is Connochaetes taurinus

00031394
EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS
Colobus guereza
Kenya

00031393
EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS
Colobus guereza
Kenya

00031392
EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS
Colobus guereza
Kenya

00031363
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Bull elephant with large tusks
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031361
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Kilimanjaro mountain in the background
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031346
SOUTHERN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
South Africa.

00031337
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
adult attempting to carry pup.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00031299
BLACK RHINOS
Diceros bicornis
Sub-adult calf and adult bull interacting.
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031272
TIGER young
Panthera tigris
two month old cub

00031271
TIGER young
Panthera tigris
two month old cub

00031264
SMALL RED-EYED DAMSELFLY
Erythromma viridulum
female on stem Eastern Austria

00031258
MINNOW
Phoxinus phoxinus
close to gravel bed of stream

00031253
SANDWICH TERN group of three
Sterna sandvicensis
one preening May Wales

00031248
ASIAN WHITEBACKED VULTURE
Gyps bengalensis
two at carcass India

00031245
MARSH WARBLER on branch
Acrocephalus palustris
Poland May

00031219
WREATHED HORNBILLS
Rhyticeros undulatus
pair in flight Malaysia

00031218
RHINOCEROS HORNBILL
Buceros rhinoceros
male in flight Johore, Malaysia

00031193
LEAF SECTION OF PINE
Pinus sp.

00031187
PERITO MORENO GLACIER
Los Glaciares National Park Argentina,
South America

00031180
SHIELD BUG group on leaf
surrounding egg cases

00031176
TWO-SPOT LADYBIRDS mating
Adalia bipunctata

00031123
HOOPOES young fledged birds
Upupa epops
Egypt

00031109
GIANT PANDA MONTANE HABITAT
Giant Panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Wolong Reserve, Szechwan, China

00031102
EUROPEAN BISON male feeding
Bison bonasus bonasus
Bialowieza National Park, Poland

00031098
GREY SEAL male
Halichoerus grypus
Thames Estuary, Kent, UK

00031093
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis
Marakele NP, South Africa

00031071
MEADOW PIPIT on post, singing
Anthus pratensis
Forest of Bowland, Lancashire,
north western England April

00031057
KINGFISHER female, perched on branch
Alcedo atthis
May. Yorkshire, England

00031045
SANDERLINGS & DUNLIN mixed flock in flight
Calidris alba & Calidris alpina
Hoylake Shore, Liverpool Bay, Merseyside, UK

00031030
GOLDENEYE DUCK three males in flight
Bucephala clangula
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00031002
SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS
Diomedea albatrus
Endangered species
Midway Islands, Hawaiian Ridge, USA

00030954
SPINY TREE
Hura crepitans
North Western Madagascar

00030947
ASIAN or HIMALAYAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus thibetanus
walking on grass

00030942
FOSSILISED SHARK'S TEETH
Tertiary period

00030914
WESTERN GREY KANGAROO at teat
Macropus giganteus
two month old joey. Australia.

00030911
KOALA female & young
Phascolarctos cinereus
in Manna Gum tree, South Australia.

00030900
SEAHORSE also called 'SEA PONY'
Hippocampus fuscus
close up
Found in Indian Ocean. Vulnerable

00030883
EASTERN CHIMPANZEES feeding
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
on dismembered Red Colobus monkey
Gombe National Park, Tanzania

00030879
OLIVE BABOONS two adults and young
Papio anubis
grooming each other.
Gombe National Park, Tanzania

00030853
CATPURING AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
partially drugged and hobbled. To be
further drugged for relocation. Zimbabwe

00030837
RESEARCHERS with drugged cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
collecting blood samples. Namibia

00030794
COMB-CRESTED JACANA
Irediparra gallinacea
wading Kakadu National Park,
Northern Territories, Australia

00030790
BROWN BOOBY
Sula leucogaster
Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia

00030761

00030737
BADGER SETT
Meles meles
in open grass field

00030700
AGOUTI
Dasyprocta punctata

00030681
SPOTTED REDSHANK
Tringa erythropus
on nest with eggs

00030671
CLARET MAYFLY
Leptophlebia vespertina
male dun (sub-imago)

00030658
BLACK-FOOTED ROCK-WALLABY
Petrogale lateralis
young in pouch Australia

00030657
INDO-PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN
Sousa chinensis
being fed by tourist.
Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia.

00030642
ADDAX head detail
Addax nasomaculatus
Reintroduced to Morocco. Critically Endangered. Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.

00030633
ADDAX young
Addax nasomaculatus
Reintroduced to Morocco. Critically Endangered. Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.

00030604
TOURISTS riding on camels at sunset in the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi area, Sahara desert, Morocco.

00030550
SQUIRREL MONKEY and young
Saimiri sciureus
walking along branch

00030536
LONGHORN BEETLE on Rowan flower
Rhagium mordax on Sorbus aucuparia
Bowlees, Durham, England

00030476
AMOEBA PROTEUS
Amoeba discoides
engulfing food particle
with pseudopodia (bottom)

00030474
FISH LOUSE living Magn x8
Argulus foliaceous
displayed under Rheinberg illumination
1/1000 second exposure Mystocaridae

00030451
MOLE-RUN just under surface of lawn
Mole is Talpa europaea

00030436
EARTHWORM in compost heap
Lumbricus rubellus

00030432
SPRING GENTIAN
Gentiana verna
Italy

00030416
OWL-EYE BUTTERFLY close-up of wing
Caligo eurilochus
Cloudforest, near Mindo, Ecuador

00030412
AFRICAN LION three young
Panthera leo
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00030392
MANDARIN DUCK
Aix galericulata
female with ducklings

00030388
CANEBRAKE RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus horridus atricaudatus
Ogden, Utah, USA

00030359
HALL'S GIANT PETREL feeding
Macronetes halli
on dead Southern Elephant Seal
St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia Islands

00030350
ASIATIC WILD ASS
Equus hemionus
Hay-Bar Biblical Reserve, Israel

00030347
KNOT foraging in shallows
Calidris canutus
Spring

00030315
DAFFODIL flower opening
Narcissus sp.
Opening sequence B: No. 3/5

00030309
THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK
Gasterosteus aculeatus
male in breeding colours

00030300
GOLDFISH tail
Carassius auratus

00030295
RED ROSE cut out
Rosa sp.

00030292
PYRAMIDAL ORCHID
Anacamptis pyramidalis
amongst white clover
Mount Caburn, Sussex, UK

00030291
IRIS close up
Iris sp.

00030280
ANCIENT 'BIRNAM' ENGLISH OAK
Quercus robur
Birnam, Pertshire, Scotland

00030273
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
in flight

00030264
HONEYBEE collecting nectar
Apis mellifera
from flower of Runner Bean
Secret Life of a Garden p.74

00030200
YELLOW-NECKED MOUSE
Apodemus flavicollis
in shed, with flowerpots

00030172
FLAME SHOULDER MOTH
Moth noctuid

00030156
PEBBLE PROMINENT MOTH
Notodonta ziczac

00030149
SILVER-Y MOTH
Plusia gamma

00030136
FROSTED ORANGE MOTH
Gortyna flavago

00030110
LAKE & CLIFFS
Ultra-oligotrophic lake & gneiss/granite
cliffs. Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne
National Park, Newfoundland, Canada

00030096
BARREN GROUND CARIBOU male
Rangifer tarandus
drinking, with reflection. Alaska, USA

00030094
FISHER on dead tree branch
Martes pennanti
North America

00030078
BLOWFLY maggots on crocodile carcass
Calliphoridae sp.
Lake Tanganyika, Zambia

00030077
CHIMPANZEE using stick as tool
Pan troglodytes
to dig termites out of mound
Budongo Project, Uganda

00030060
GRASSHOPPER laying eggs in hole
Acanthacris ruficornis
made with tip of abdomen. South Africa.

00030041
SURICATES or MEERKATS 3 on alert
Suricata suricatta
Addo Elephant Nat'l Park, South Africa

00030032
BLACKBIRD male on watering can
Turdus merula
May Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00030030
EUROPEAN OTTER portrait
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, North Pennine Reserve,
Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK

00030026
BALINESE CAT
female grooming young

00030003
CANE TOAD eating young snake
Bufo marinus
Guyana Snake is Clecia clecia

00029998
MOTH TRAP using ultra-violet light
Guyana

00029973
ONAGER or ASIATIC WILD ASS & foal
Equus hemionus onager
Iran Endangered species

00029879
HEDGEHOGS young in pipe
Erinaceus europaeus
August Finland

00029862
EUROPEAN RED FOX May
Vulpes vulpes
young in woodland
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00029827
SHEEP in pen for worming
prior to tailing the lambs
Banks Peninsula, Canterbury,
New Zealand

00029824
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi
Powerstock Common, Dorset, England

00029820
GREAT SKUA
Stercorarius skua
Runde, Norway

00029721
BEISA ORYX
Oryx gazella beisa
Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya

00029719
MARSH MARIGOLD
Caltha palustris
mass in flower at water's edge

00029711
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER
Mesocricetus auratus
at entrance to tube

00029702
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER female
Mesocricetus auratus
carrying 10 day old young

00029671
Horse-Chestnut fruit, for playing conkers
Aesculus hippocastanum
Conkers drilled and stringed up

00029662
GREEN & GOLDEN BELL FROGS
Litoria aurea
South eastern Australia
Rare & endangered

00029661
YELLOW PITCHER PLANTS in bog
Sarracenia flava
Apalachicola National Forest, north
western Florida, south eastern USA

00029646
IRIDESCENT PINK JUMPING SPIDER
Tutelina elegans
eating a blue fly
Western South Carolina, USA

00029643
WORKMAN'S JUMPING SPIDER
Phidippus workmani
feeding on a dragonfly Rare Sp.
Endemic to xeric habitats in Florida

00029631
ANT-MIMIC PRAYING MANTIS
Myrmecomantis sp.
eating a fly Costa Rica

00029629
BLUE/GREEN PINKTOE TARANTULA
Avicularia geroldi
from the Amazon area of Brazil

00032950
ADDER female.
Vipera berus

VIPER

00032936
LIVINGSTONE'S FRUIT BAT
Pteropus livingstonii
group roosting, one stretching wings
Comores Islands, Indian Ocean

00032922
SWEET WILLIAM
Dianthus barbatus
Triglav National Park, Julian Alps,
Slovenia

00032890
BLACK-THROATED DIVER
Gavia arctica
in summer plumage
Vaala, Finland

00032870
LITTLE GULL juvenile
Larus minutus
Vaala, Finland

00032857
RED-THROATED DIVER taking off
Gavia stellata
Vaala, Finland

00032854
RED-THROATED DIVER stretching wings
Gavia stellata
Vaala, Finland

00032836
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Olmstead Point, at first light
California, USA

00032825
ICELANDIC PONY
close-up of head whilst grazing.
Iceland. July

00032816
ICEBERGS
coming off the Vatnajokull Glacier,
into the iceberg lagoon at
Jokulsarion, Iceland

00032801
CRESTED SERPENT-EAGLE
Spilornis cheela
on lookout from branch of tree
Ranthambhore Natl Pk, Rajasthan, India

00032797
WHITE RHINOCEROS
Ceratotherium simum
with red-billed oxpeckers
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00032794
SPOTTED HYENA with lesser flamingo carcass
Crocuta crocuta
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00032792
THOMSON'S GAZELLE female with young
Gazella thomsoni
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00032765
BLACK RHINOCEROS silhouetted at dawn
Diceros bicornis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00032730
EGYPTIAN TORTOISE
Testudo kleinmanni
Egypt, north eastern Africa

00032684
COMMON or HARBOUR PORPOISE
Phocoena phocoena
June. Off Isle of Rhum, Scotland

00032664
MALLARD male flapping wings
Anas platyrhynchos
Welney WWT, Cambs., UK

00032658
SHORT-EARED OWL
Asio flammeus
Norfolk, UK

00032647
BLUE TIT on blackberries in hedgerow
Parus caeruleus
Essex, England. September

00032610
DARK KANGAROO MOUSE
Microdipodops megacephalus
Cape of Baja, Mexico

00032609
HOODED RAT domesticated variety
Rattus sp.
often used in laboratories

00032571
SAN DIEGO GOPHER SNAKE
Pituophis catenifer annectans
coiled with tongue out. USA

00032560
FLORIDA WORM LIZARD
Rhineura floridana
on sand. Highlands Co., Florida, USA

00032521
AFRICAN LION in pursuit of prey
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

00032517
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Desert-dwelling race browsing on
Ana tree Kaokoveld, northern Namibia

00032493
BLACK STORK eating catfish
Circonia nigra
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00032467
ROOIBSRAND DAM
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00032455
GREATER BAMBOO LEMUR feeding on
Hapalemur simus
giant bamboo, Cephalostachium viguieri.
Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

00032418
METALLIC GOLDEN CHRYSALIS
Tithoria harmonia
Rainforest, Amazon basin, Ecuador

00032415
TOURISTS WATCHING WILDLIFE
from canopy tower
Sacha Lodge, Amazon Basin, Ecuador

00032395
LAND IGUANA feeding on
Conolophus subcristatus
Opuntia cactus
South Plaza Island, Galapagos

00032388
MASAI GIRAFFE male feeding on Acacia
Giraffa camelopardalis
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

00032382
RING-TAILED LEMUR female with young
Lemur catta
Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar

00032379
GOLDEN CROWNED SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus tattersalli
Forest near Daraina, Madagascar

00032377
MAURITIUS KESTREL fledglings, 50-55
Falco punctatus
days old on feeding perch
Moka Mountains, Mauritius

00032333
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayad, Saudi Arabia

00032331
ARABIAN ORYX
Oryx leucoryx
Mahazat as-Sayad, Saudi Arabia

00032323
WORLD'S VIEW (RHODE'S GRAVE)
Grave of Cecil Rhodes
Matobo (Matopos) National Park
Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

00032305
CHILEAN FLAMINGOES
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Patagonia, Argentina

00032270
COYOTE TRACKS in snow
Willow Flats, Yellowstone National
Park, Wyoming, north western USA

00032257
TAWNY OWL young
Strix aluco

00032244
CHIFFCHAFF
Phylloscopus collybita
perched on rock Spain

00032214
GOLDEN PLOVER
Pluvialis apricaria
on grass

00032160
RIVER LATHKILL in Spring
Derbyshire, England

00032157
POND & BLUE GREEN ALGAE
eutrophication, cordoned off for safety
Lancashire, England

00032132
HOUSE MARTIN in flight
Delichon urbica
nearing nest with young

00032124
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY in flight
Gonepteryx rhamni

00032085
NON-BITING MIDGE in flight
Chironomus sp.

00032082
HONEYBEE worker
Apis mellifera
emerging from pupation

00032059
HANDKERCHIEF or GHOST TREE
Davidia involucrata
bracts (white) around flowers

00032057
HONEYBEE pupae in brood cells
Apis mellifera

00032046
GREEN CAT SNAKE striking
Boiga cyanea
An arboreal rainforest species

00032037
HAWK MOTH in flight
Erinnyis sp.
Venezuela

00032030
KANGAROO WARNING SIGN
Australia

00032028
BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOGS
Cynomys ludovicianus
on lookout at burrows
North Dakota, USA

00032025
CAPE MAY WARBLER male
Dendroica tigrina
Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada

00032016
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
chasing trainer Rod Nelson
under controlled conditions

00031964
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA eating
Equus burchelli
Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00031957
BLACK-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY
Petrogale lateralis
Western Australia Captive animal

00031944
KHUMBU GLACIER & granite boulder.
Sagamartha National Park, Himalayas, Nepal

00031939
PHEASANT female in flight
Phasianus colchicus

00031916
RUNNER BEAN SEED GERMINATING
Phaseolus vulgaris
June Hertfordshire, England

00031904
WHITE or DOWNY BIRCH bark
Betula pubescens
showing lentricels
Oxfordshire, England

00031892
EMPEROR MOTH newly emerged
Saturna pavonia
male with wings expanded for flight

00031881
THREE-TOED ANTEATER or TAMANDUA
Tamandua tetradactyla
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00031876
FERRUGINOUS PYGMY OWL
Glaucidium brasilianum
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00031770
BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE male
Pterocles orientalis
drinking July
Ebro Bassin, Teruel, Spain

00031750
LITTLE BUSTARD male
Tetrax tetrax
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031745
LITTLE BUSTARD male
Tetrax tetrax
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031736
KENTISH PLOVER at nest with eggs
Charadrius alexandrinus
May. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031719
STONE CURLEW on nest with chick
Burhinus oedicnemus
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031716
COMMON TERN & chick gaping
Sterna hirundo
June. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031713
COMMON TERN pair
Sterna hirundo
June. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031702
AUDOUIN'S GULL with outstretched wings
Larus audouinii
June. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031700
AUDOUIN'S GULL EGGS
Larus audouinii
June. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031695
GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO preening
Clamator glandarius
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031691
RED KITE on sheep skeleton
Milvus milvus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031690
RED KITE pair on badger carcass
Milvus milvus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031687
EGYPTIAN VULTURE eating a rabbit
Neophron percnopterus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031683
EGYPTIAN VULTURES mating
Neophron percnopterus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031664
BOOTED EAGLE with flamingo carcass
Hieraetus pennatus
on beach. March.
Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031662
BOOTED EAGLE with flamingo carcass
Hieraetus pennatus
on beach. March.
Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031661
BOOTED EAGLE in water with
Hieraetus pennatus
outstretched wings. March.
Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031659
WHITE STORK at nest with two eggs
Ciconia ciconia
March. Lleida, Spain

00031647
GRASS SNAKES pairing on warm
Natrix natrix helvetica
woodchip pile Norfolk, UK
Female is the larger

00031645
VIVIPAROUS or COMMON LIZARD male
Lacerta vivipara
April Norfolk, England

00031637
LESSER WHITETHROAT
Sylvia curruca
male feeding young in nest

00031628
MOUNT RAINIER
View from Chinook Pass
Washington, north western USA

00031598
THREE-TOED ANTEATER or TAMANDUA
Tamandua tetradactyla
showing tongue

00031579
MOUNTAINS & REFLECTIONS
Herbert Lake, Banff Natl Park,
Alberta, south western Canada

00031570
SPRINGBOK pronking
Antidorcas marsupialis
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00031543
MINERVA SPRING TERRACE
Mammoth Hot Springs,
Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming, USA

00031517
LARDER OF SHRIKE
or BUTCHERBIRD
with impaled fence lizard

00031499
PRZEWALSKI'S HORSE grazing
Equus przewalskii
or Mongolian wild horse
Endangered species

00031485
South American River Turtle
or TARTARUGA
Podocnemis expansa
Amazon Rainforest, Bolivia

00031479
DRILL MONKEY adult male
Mandrillus leucophaeus
Endangered
West Africa

00031461
STOCK DOVE
Columba oenas
perched on stump of dead branch

00031460
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
with duck (male mallard) prey

00031458
CARRION CROW
Corvus corone
raiding another bird's nest

00031446
SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur mustelinus
Ampijoroa Forestry Station,
Madagascar Endemic to Madagascar

00031375
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
herd on the move
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031366
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Bull elephant with large tusks
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031359
BANDED RUBBER FROG
Phrynomerus bifasciatus
Bright colors warn of toxic skin secretions.
Found in Sub-saharan Africa

00031353
SOUTHERN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
South Africa.

00031340
SPOTTED HYENAS interacting at den site
Crocuta crocuta
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00031333
YOUNG MASAI MORAN (warrior youth) with ostrich feather headdress.
Near Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031322
MASAI WOMAN wearing necklace
Near Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031310
WHITE PELICAN pair displaying
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031268
FRINGED GECKO
Uroplatus henkeli
showing specially adapted feet.
Madagascar

00031202
LONE STAR TICK
Amblyomma americanum
restricted to the southern part of the United States. It can serve as the vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia.

00031188
EUROPEAN TREE FROG
Hyla arborea
male calling

00031128
ROUGH TREE FERNS snow-covered
Cyathea australis
in forest of Mountain Ash
Victoria, south eastern Australia

00031115
LARGE WHITE PLUME MOTH
Pterophorus pentadactyla
on bark of tree

00031097
WEASEL SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur mustelinus

00031077
RED SQUIRREL in tree
Sciurus vulgaris
Freshfield Squirrel Reserve, Merseyside,
England

00031069
GREY WAGTAIL on rock by stream
Motacilla cinerea
North Wales May

00031050
MOUNTAIN HARE close up
Lepus timidus
showing summer coat. May. Scotland

00031037
WHOOPER SWANS calling
Cygnus cygnus
showing iron oxide staining from Icelandic feeding areas
Welney WWT, Cambs., UK

00031033
PURPLE SAXIFRAGE
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Tundra, North West Greenland

00031027
COMMON GRACKLE on branch
Quiscalus quiscula
Manitoba, Canada

00031019
TOMATO CROP in greenhouse, growing with French Marigolds which protect them from pests

00031011
GUILLEMOT flock in flight
Uria aalge
Farne Islands, Northumbria,
North Sea coast, UK

00030997
DUNLIN on nest,
Calidris alpina
incubating eggs

00030975
YELLOW or BUSHY-TAILED
MONGOOSE Cynictis penicillata
group at den in termite mound
Savuti Area, Chobe Natl Pk, Botswana

00030969
GRANITE BOULDERS
Matobo (Matopos) National Park
Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

00030955
GREY-NECKED ROCKFOWL young
Picathartes oreas
in nest Southern Cameroon

00030921
RADIO-TRACKING of Numbats
Myrmecobius fasciatus
in mallee forest, Yookamurra Sanctuary, Swan Reach, South Australia.

00030918
EASTERN QUOLL sitting on a hand
Dasyurus viverrinus
young Quoll, four months old. Australia.

00030894
BIRD SNARE made of nylon mono-filamant used to catch ground birds like Quail. Bandhavgarh National Park. India.

00030875
SIBERIAN TIGER adult
Panthera tigris altaica
rear view, showing white ear spots.
Russian Far East

AMUR TIGER

00030868
ASIATIC or HIMALaYAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus thibetanus
young in tree.
Bikin River, Russian Far East.