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00030628
DROMEDARY CAMEL showing feet.
Camelus dromedarius
Sahara desert, Morocco.

00030620
SHEEP grazing in the High atlas region of Oukaimeden, Morocco. Altitude is above 3000 meters.

00030609
HIGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS
Snow fields in the Oukaimeden region, Morocco. Altitude of about 3300 meters.

00030596
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX walking
Oryx dammah
Reintroduced to Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco. Considered extinct in the wild.

00030560
HARP SEAL pup
Phoca groenlandicus
Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

00030500
HARE COURSING
greyhound in pursuit of brown hare
Norfolk February

00030491
TOURISTS IN RAINFOREST
looking at plants
Amazon Basin, South America

00030471
BLOWFLY
Calliphora sp
Proboscis shown under microscope,
Rheinberg illumination x10

00030469
BLUE-GREEN ALGAE mag. x160
Nostoc sp.
living Cyanobacteria under microscope,
using Nomarski differentail >>

00030459
BRAZILIAN TAPIR
Tapirus terrestris

00030458
RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
Gold prospectors using water sprays
Para, Amazonas, Brazil

00030456
RAINFOREST LOGGING ROAD
for transport of cut timber
Amazonas, Brazil, South America

00030448
COMMA BUTTERFLY
Polygonia comma-album
with proboscis extended
on Michaelmas Daisy

00030435
SHIELD BUGS 5th instars
Palomena prasina
Magn. x 1.0

00030426
COMET ORCHID
Angraecum sesquipedale
Eastern rainforest, Madagascar

00030421
PUKU male & female
Kobus vardoni
South Luangwa National Park,
Zambia, southern Africa

00030415
MORPHO BUTTERFLY
Morpho achilles
displaying in understorey
Near Napo River, Amazon basin, Ecuador

00030406
GRASSLAND Patagonia, Argentina
South America

00030393
DORCAS GAZELLE female
Gazella dorcas
Oman

00030391
LIZARD ISLAND NATIONAL PARK
Aerial view Great Barrier Reef
Queensland, Australia Tourist attraction
& world- famous marine research station

00030371
DAWN
Over Tamarack Bog and Black Spruce
Luce County, Michigan

00030345
GREAT BUSTARD four females
Otis tarda
browsing on Alfalfa Spain
Endangered species

00030337
GREATER MOUSE-EARED BATS
Myotis myotis
pair mating Spain

00030316
DAFFODIL flower opening
Narcissus sp.
Opening sequence B: No. 2/5

00030313
DAFFODIL flower opening
Narcissus sp.
Opening sequence B: No. 5/5

00030286
GREENWAX GOLDEN BAMBOO
Phyllostachys viridigkaucescens

00030279
HORNBEAM woodland
Carpinus betulus
Sussex, UK

00030276
MEDITERRANEAN CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo chamaeleon
catching insect with tongue

00030258
MAGPIE amongst autumn foliage
Pica pica

00030251
WATER SHREW
Neomys fodiens
two at water's edge

00030246
LONG-EARED BAT roosting
Plecotus auritus

00030232
DESERT LOCUST
Schistocerca gregaria
gregarious phase

00030222
ZEBRAFISH
in aquarium

00030209
STICK INSECT eggs
Bacillius rossii

00030153
ROSY FOOTMAN MOTH
Miltochrista miniata

00030132
LATTICED HEATH MOTH on bramble
Semiothisa clathrata

00030128
SPECTACLE MOTH
Abrostola tripartita

00030119
SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX
Vulpes velox
at earth entrance Carrizo Plain,
California, USA Endangered species

00030109
SOUTHERN OPOSSUM female & young
Didelphis marsupialis
on thin branch Minnesota, USA

00030093
PUMA or COUGAR on branch
Felis concolor
North America

00030088
POLAR BEAR female & two cubs
Ursus maritimus
walking in line in snow.
Near Wapusk National Park, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

00030086
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR cub
Ursus americanus
climbing on a branch
North America.

00030029
WHITE RHINOCEROS with Oxpecker
Ceratotherium simum
Hluhluwe State Reserve,
Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

00029992
SURINAM CORAL SNAKE
Micrurus surinamensis
eating Leopard Keelback Snake
(Snake is Helicops leopardinus) Guyana

00029982
CAECILIAN head detail
Ichthyophis sp.
Sumatra

00029948
RED KANGAROO female
Macropus rufus
with young in pouch Australia

00029946
ALAOTRAN GENTLE LEMUR
Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis
on branches Endemic to humid,
swampy forests of Madagascar

00029944
BLUE TIT feeding young in nest box
Parus caeruleus

00029939
THE OLGAS & scrubland
near Ayers Rock, Uluru Natl Pk,
Northern Territory, Australia

00029907
GOLDFINCH juvenile on Burdock
Carduelis carduelis
Hertfordshire, England August

00029906
WHITEBEAM new leaves
Sorbus aria
Buckinghamshire, UK April

00029898
ORGANICALLY GROWN LETTUCES
close up of rows, Fenland farm.
Cambrigeshire UK April

00029888
OSTRICH young on farm, heads
Struthio camelus
South Africa

00029800
EUROPEAN GREY WOLF
Canis lupus
alert, with Wild Boar prey Evening

00029787
PATAGONIA
Wild flowers
Punta Arenas, Chile

00029750
SULAWESI CRESTED or BLACK
MACAQUE in tree
Macaca nigra
Indonesia

00029724
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Botswana, Africa

00029696
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER young
Mesocricetus auratus
Pair, 6 days old
(plastic teaspoon for scale)

00032858
RED-THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
adult feeding juvenile with fish,
Vaala, Finland

00032850
MARSH DEER
Blastocerus dichotomus
Mato Grosso, southern Brazil

00032846
COMMON SNIPE
Gallinago gallinago

00032845
VIRGINIA or COMMON OPOSSUM
Didelphis virginiana
young North Carolina, USA

00032793
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA with young
Equus burchelli
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00032686
EUROPEAN RED FOX close up
Vulpes vulpes
May. Essex, England

00032668
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba
Norfolk, UK

00032666
GOLDFINCH on thistle
Carduelis carduelis
Norfolk, UK

00032660
SHORT-EARED OWL on post
Asio flammeus
Norfolk, UK

00032659
SHORT-EARED OWL on post
Asio flammeus
Norfolk, UK

00032650
TAWNY OWL captive female
Strix aluco
Essex, England. October

00032640
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER in flight
Puffinus lherminieri subalaris
South Plaza Island, Galapagos

00032615
BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER
Loxoceles reclusa
midwest USA

00032586
EAST AFRICAN GREEN MAMBA
Dendroaspis angusticeps
extremely venemous, fast moving snake. SE Africa.

00032558
INLAND BEARDED DRAGON
Pogona vitticeps
basking with open mouth. Australia

00032486
MEERKAT or SURICATE group
Suricata suricatta
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00032484
SPRINGBOK males fighting
Antidorcas marsupialis
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa

00032482
SPRINGBOK group
Antidorcas marsupialis
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa

00032481
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00032459
MILNE-EDWARDS SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur edwardsi
Ampijoroa Forest, NW Madagascar

00032458
CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE
Spilornis cheela
on hunting perch
Bandhavgarth National Park, India

00032438
ASIAN or INDIAN ONE-HORNED RHINO
Rhinoceros unicornis
portrait Kaziranga National Park,
Assam, India

00032437
ASIAN or INDIAN ELEPHANT EYE detail
Elephas maximus
Bandhavgarh National Park, India

00032424
METALLIC PINKTOE or WHITE-TOED
TARANTULA with tourist
Avicularia metallica
on hand rail. Napo River region, Ecuador

00032408
WAVED ALBATROSS on nest
Diomedea irrorata
Espanola Island, Galapagos
Endemic to Galapagos

00032407
WAVED ALBATROSS pair in courtship
Diomedea irrorata
display Espanola Island, Galapagos
Endemic to Galapagos

00032403
MARINE IGUANAS group sun basking
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
on rocks. Espanola Island, Galapagos

00032391
CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE
Spilornis cheela
on hunting perch
Bandhavgarth National Park, India

00032362
OSPREY by sea
Pandion haliaetus
Maqna, Gulf of Acaba, Saudi Arabia

00032351
YEMEN THRUSH on branch
Turdus menachensis
Raydah Escarpment, Saudi Arabia
Endemic of Yemen and Saudi Arabia

00032314
MELODIOUS WARBLER
Hippolais polyglotta
at nest with young

00032282
ICEBERGS
with group of Gulls in flight
Ilulissat, Greenland

00032280
MUDDY GLACIAL RIVER IN SPATE
through narrow chasm
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

00032275
PINCUSHION CACTUS in bloom
Coryphantha vivipara
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA

00032266
HAIRY DRAGONFLY Sequence 1/7
Brachytron pratense
adult emerging from nymph, Montiaghs
Bog, Lough Neagh, Antrim, Ulster

00032263
HAIRY DRAGONFLY Sequence 5/7
Brachytron pratense
adult emerging from nymph

00032212
LAMBS grazing in buttercup field
Derbyshire Dales, England

00032210
BANK VOLE
Clethrionomys glareolus
with food store in bird's nest
Lancashire, UK.

00032198
EARLY PURPLE ORCHID flower details
Orchis mascula
Cressbrookdale, Derbyshire, England

00032167
FLY AGARIC fungi group
Amanita muscaria
in woodland habitat
Ainsdale, Lancashire, England

00032159
ABANDONED FISHING LINE & FLOAT
stuck in tree.
Lancashire, England

00032127
FROGHOPPER in mid-hop
Cercopis vulnerata

00032119
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY in flight
Anthocharis cadamines

00032108
STRIPED WAINSCOT in flight (multiflash).
Leucania comma

00032103
HAWK MOTH in flight
Erinnyis sp.
Venezuela

00032058
CADDIS FLY larva in case
made of shells & vegetable matter

00032017
MULE DEER group on lying snow
Odocoileus hemionus
Winter Glacier National Park, Montana,
north western USA Endangered species

00032010
ORIBI with tick infestation
Ourebia ourebi
Western Zambia

00032000
HONEY BADGER or RATEL
Mellivora capensis
climbing tree to bees nest
Kalahari, Botswana, southern Africa

00031998
AARDVARK with radio collar
Orycteropus afer
to aid tracking for research by
Pretoria University, South Africa

00031973
GLOWLIGHT TETRA in aquarium
Hemigrammus erythrozonus

00031971
STRIPED DOLPHIN group
Stenella coeruleoalba
in shallow water inside reef
Red Sea, southern Egypt

00031963
AFRICAN LIONESS Panthera leo
on termite mound (lookout)
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00031927
TULIP FIELDS in flower
Commercial flower production
Tulipa sp
Breckland, Norfolk, UK April

00031910
REED BUNTING February
Emberiza schoeniclus
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00031874
RHESUS MONKEY India
Macaca mulatta

00031865
CASPIAN TERN group
Sterna caspia
on shore & in flight

00031844
AFRICAN CUCKOO
Cuculus gularis
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00031821
LEOPARD female & three-week old cub
Panthera pardus
in cave, Leopard Gorge. 'Zawadi'
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00031790
KESTREL at nest site with young
Falco tinnunculus
July. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031785
LESSER KESTREL young being fed
Falco naumanni
in laboratory. June. Ebro Bassin, Spain

00031783
LESSER KESTREL female
Falco naumanni
at artificial nest Castello de Farfanya,
Ebro Bassin, Spain April

00031778
MERLIN
Falco columbarius
Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain February

00031776
PEREGRINE FALCON eating pigeon
Falco peregrinus
Ebro Bassin, Huesca, Spain April

00031755
LITTLE BUSTARD male in nuptial display
Tetrax tetrax
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031752
LITTLE BUSTARD male in nuptial display
Tetrax tetrax
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031741
ORNITHOLOGISTS working with
Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) May
Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031722
STONE CURLEW chick still, in defence
Burhinus oedicnemus
posture. May.
Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031715
COMMON TERN flying & calling
Sterna hirundo
June. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031701
AUDOUIN'S GULL dead chick
Larus audouinii
June. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031693
RED KITE on sheep skeleton in snow
Milvus milvus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain.

00031680
EGYPTIAN VULTURE mating
Neophron percnopterus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031673
BEARDED VULTURE tagged, perched in
Gypaetus barbatus
snow. Unusual white individual.
Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031669
BLACK WHEATEAR male with prey
Oenanthe leucura
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031656
SENEGAL PARROT (tame)
Poicephalus senegalus
The Gambia, West Africa

00031654
KULAN or MONGOLIAN WILD ASS
Equus hemonius hemionus
Welsh Mountain Zoo

00031587
CRAB SPIDER with Skipper prey
Misumena vatia
Michigan, USA

00031586
MOSQUITO on blade of grass
Culex sp.

00031564
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLF
or TIMBER WOLF face detail
Canis lupus
in forest with lying snow

00031558
CAROLINA WOOD DUCK male by water
Aix sponsa
British Columbia, Canada Spring

00031551
CHESTNUT-BELLIED SANDGROUSE
Pterocles exustus
Karnataka, southern India

00031533
DIANA MONKEY
Cercopithecus diana
Central Africa

00031520
DESERT PRIMROSE flower detail
Oenothera deltoides

00031515
COMMON LIMPETS exposed at low tide
Patella vulgata
Note circular indentations worn into rock during attachment of earlier limpets.

00031512
MOORLAND STREAM
in spate, close detail

00031490
COMMON SANDPIPER
Tringa hypoleucos
perched on rock

00031482
RED-BELLIED PIRANHA
Rooseveltiella nattereri or Serrasalmus nattereri
(Most recently Pygocentrus nattereri)
Amazonian 'varzea' flooded forest on the Yavari River, Peru

00031465
JAY eating maize
Garrulus glandarius

00031449
CRESTED LARK
Galerida cristata
at nest with young

00031445
SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur mustelinus
Ampijoroa Forestry Station, Madagascar
Endemic to Madagascar

00031433
KOALA female with young
Phascolarctos cinereus
Australia

00031407
YELLOW BABOON male feeding
Papio cynocephalus
Amboseli National Park Kenya
Central and East Africa

00031405
YELLOW BABOON young with mother
Papio cynocephalus
Amboseli National Park Kenya
Central and East Africa

00031399
CAPE BUFFALO old bull covered in mud
Syncerus caffer
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031396
EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS
Colobus guereza
in tree top Kenya

00031385
GREY CROWNED CRANE
Balearica regulorum
with zebra in background
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031326
MASAI GUIDE in vehicle looking at elephants.
Near Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031317
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
South Africa.

00031308
WHITE PELICAN pair mating
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031295
BLACK RHINO male
Diceros bicornis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031267
FRINGED GECKO
Uroplatus henkeli
showing specially adapted feet.
Madagascar

00031252
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
holding ripe cherry in beak
Gloucestershire, England

00031249
WHINCHAT female on branch
Saxicola rubetra
Wales

00031243
REED BUNTING May
Emberiza schoeniclus
male on branch Poland

00031235
REED BUNTING male on Reedmace
Emberiza schoeniclus
Midlands of England May

00031217
RUFOUS-BELLIED TRILLER
Lalage aurea
Halamhera, Indonesia

00031189
EUROPEAN TREE FROG tadpole
Hyla arborea

00031179
ROUGH PERIWINKLE
Littorina saxatilis
UK

00031173
SCORPION FLY female, on leaf
Panorpa communis

00031158
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
eating Wildebeest with Whitebacked Vulture
Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

00031148
CASPIAN TERN
sterna caspia
pair with young on nest

00031133
SUGAR GLIDER gliding
Petaurus breviceps
Australia

00031130
KOALA female & young
Phascolarctos cinereus
Eucalyptus forests, Eastern Australia
Mainly nocturnal

00031091
MARSH WARBLER
Acrocephalus palustris
Netherlands

00031086
SIBERIAN TIT
Parus cinctus
Pasvik Valley, Arctic Norway

00031062
RUFF male on migration
Philomachus pugnax
moulting to summer plumage
Elmley Marshes, Kent, UK April

00031052
ROBIN singing from branch
Erithacus rubecula
May. Essex, England

00031043
SHORT-EARED OWL
Asio flammeus
near Welney WWT, Cambs., UK

00031028
HUDSONIAN GODWIT on rock
Limosa haemastica
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00031024
RUPPELL'S WARBLER male singing
Sylvia ruppelli
Lesbos, Greece

00031007
AFRICAN ELEPHANT at waterhole
Loxodonta africana
white from clay
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00031003
RED-FOOTED BOOBY in flight
Sula sula
Kauai Island, Hawaii

00030994
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY larvae
Pieris brassicae
on extensively damaged cabbage

00030988
CLEANER WRASSE
Labroides dimidiatus
Great Barrier Reef, Australia

00030982
ROCK MONITOR
Varanus e. albigularis
Etosha, Namibia
Species is Varanus exanthematicus

00030940
PANGOLIN or SCALY ANTEATER
Manis javanica
dorsal view Sumatra, Indonesia

00030917
EASTERN QUOLL
Dasyurus viverrinus
four month old young. Australia.

00030915
GREATER STICK-NEST RAT
Leporillus conditor
Australia.

00030905
KOALA
Phascolarctos cinereus
one day old young at teat in pouch.
Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

00030901
LONG-SNOUTED SEAHORSE young
Hippocampus guttulatus
two months old approximately 25mm.
Found in Eastern Atlantic (inc. UK)

00030882
EASTERN CHIMPANZEE female
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
with carcass of Red Colobus monkey
with onlooking male. >>

00030872
SIBERIAN TIGER skull and skeleton
Panthera tigris altaica
snared thirteen year old tiger.
Russian Far East

00030830
SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo abelii
female with young.
Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia.

00030788
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
perched amongst willow catkins
in falling snow French Pyrenees

00030742
APPLE HARVESTING September
in farm orchard. Clwyd, North Wales

00030736
BADGER'S CLAW MARKS
on fallen tree in woodland
Badger is Meles meles

00030709
PIG-TAILED MACAQUE young
Macaca nemestrina
Sabah, Borneo

00030695
STOAT in winter coat
Mustela erminea
sniffing bunch of berries

00030685
RABBIT eating catkins
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00030655
AGINCOURT REEF & ship aerial view
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

00030611
TUAREG and his children dressed in traditional blue robe with camels in the Erg Chebbi area. Sahara desert, Morocco. Model released.

00030598
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX
Oryx dammah
Reintroduced to Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco. Considered extinct in the wild.

00030566
LESSER MALAY MOUSE DEER
Tragulus javanicus
Primarily nocturnal. South East Asia

00030554
JAGUAR swimming
Panthera onca
Endangered species

00030544
KING VULTURE
Sarcoramphus papa
Central & South America

00030526
ASH twig with buds
Fraxinus excelsior
Midlands, England February

00030511
KILLDEER
Charadrius vociferus
New Mexico, USA

00030493
GREATER ADJUTANT STORK
Leptoptilos dubius
wading India

00030425
GREEN LYNX SPIDER on Pitcher plant
Peucetia madagascariensis
Pitcher plant is
Nepenthes madagascariensis

00030402
PUSS MOTH larva
Cerura vinula
in threat posture

00030397
KNOT adult moulting
Calidris canutus
(autumn)

00030377
MONARCH BUTTERFLY larva
Danaus plexippus
on Milkweed Michigan, USA

00030369
PRONGHORN male on prairie
Antilocapra americana
Autumn, Badlands National Park,
South Dakota, northern USA

00030366
REGAL HORNED LIZARD Spring
Phrynosoma solare
Arizona, south western USA

00030352
PIPISTRELLE BAT (hand-held)
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
banded for identification

00030332
PEREGRINE FALCON in flight
Falco peregrinus

00030303
SHIELD or SQUASH BUG on dock
Coreus marginatus
Sussex, UK

00030302
TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE
Tetranychus urticae
Common pest on ivy.
Sussex, UK

00030290
WELSH MOUNTAIN SHEEP
pregnant ewe
Lundy Island, Devon, UK

00030283
COMMON or FIELD POPPIES
Papaver rhoeas
South Downs AONB, Sussex, UK

00030247
MOLE eating earthworm
Talpa europaea

00030241
HOUSEFLY on bacon
Musca domestica

00030233
COCKCHAFER or MAYBUG
Melolontha melolontha
on flower

00030220
MEADOW or COMMON FOXTAIL
Alopecurus pratensis
dispersing pollen in wind
Secret Worlds p.115

00030214
WHIRLIGIG BEETLE
Fam. Gyrinidae
group on water surface

00030203
VEILED or YEMENI CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo calyptratus
camouflaged on foliage

00030189
HOUSE MOUSE
Mus musculus
juveniles on sacking

00030180
COMMON WASP
Vespa vulgaris
About to take off with morsel of ham

00030179
COMMON WASP
Vespa vulgaris
Taking off with morsel of ham

00030173
EARLY THORN MOTH
Selenia dentaria
One of the very rare examples of a moth that holds its wings flat over its back like a butterfly.
(Second generation)

00030160
GREAT OAK BEAUTY
Hypomecis roboraria
Nationally scarce in Britain

00030152
RUBY TIGER MOTH
Phragmatobia fuliginosa

00030146
TRUE LOVER'S KNOT
Lycophotia porphyrea

00030144
WAINSCOT MOTH
Mythimna pallens

00030081
DALL'S SHEEP ewe & two lambs
Ovis dalli
High mountain habitat.
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.

00030062
AFRICAN ELEPHANT dung with
germinating Acacia seedlings
(seeds eaten by elephant)
Okavango, Botswana

00030040
PEREGRINE FALCON head detail
Falco peregrinus
Captive bird

00030009
SEROTINE BAT
Eptesicus serotinus

00030002
BRAZILIAN LANCE-HEADED VIPER
Bothrops brasili
in leaf litter Amazonia

00029988
GILA WOODPECKER
Melanerpes uropygialis
at nest hole in Saguaro Cactus

00029974
INDIAN COBRA being photographed
Naja naja
Tamil-Nadu Region, India

00029971
PHOTOGRAPHER photographing
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox.
Arizona, USA

00029969
BANDED WATER COBRA
Boulengerina annulata

00029935
BADGER
Meles meles
rolling & scratching

00029918
DUTCH RABBIT young April
sitting amongst Dandelions
Hertfordshire, southern England

00029915
MOLE group from trap, dead on wire
Talpa europaea
March Hertfordshire, southern England

00029886
KAROO VELD
Karoo National Park, Great Karoo,
South Africa March

00029868
EUROPEAN RED FOX young
Vulpes vulpes
on lookout Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00029860
NOCTULE BAT October
Nyctalus noctula
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00029859
NOCTULE BAT being fed
Nyctalus noctula
(in captivity) February
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00029852
EUROPEAN RED FOX May
Vulpes vulpes
young sitting close to den
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00029850
RABBIT skull
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00029836
TROUT FISHING FLY
Damsel

00029832
CHERVIL group in flower
Anthriscus cereifolium
Christchurch botanic gardens,
South Island, New Zealand

00029798
MEADOW EYEBRIGHT flowers
Euphrasia rostkoviana
Teichalpe, Styria, Austria

00029791
GREAT ANTSHRIKE
Taraba major
South Mateus, Espirito Santo, Brazil

00029790
GREAT ANTSHRIKE female
Taraba major
South Mateus, Espirito Santo,
eastern Brazil July

00029788
ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus gazella
Elephant Island, Antarctica

00032043
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
Sussex, England

00032032
CANARY SHOULDERED
THORN MOTH in flight
Deuteronomous alniaria

00032007
KUNG BUSHMEN opening bees' nest
in tree branch, to gather honey
Kalahari, southern Africa

00031995
CARPENTER BEE on flower
Mount Zebra National Park, South Africa
This photograph is protected by Copyright. No reproduction may be made without permission of NHPA.Source: NHPA@NHPA.co.uk
Anthony Bannister /NHPA
NHPA

00031972
SEAWEEDS washed up on shore
& drying out, mainly Bladder Wrack
Fucus vesiculosus Loch Carron,
Wester Ross, Highlands, NW Scotland

00031956
ETOSHA AGAMA
Agama etoshae
Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00031945
SUFFOLK SHEEP male in bracken
which increases in grazed pasture
North Wales May

00031937
GOELDI'S MARMOSET
or GOELDI'S MONKEY
Callimico goeldii

00031929
GREEN WOODPECKER juvenile
Picus viridis
Bedfordshire, England September

00031913
MATTERHORN PEAK touched by sunrise
Canton of Valais, Switzerland July

00031893
JELLY ANTLER FUNGUS
Calocera viscosa
New Forest, Hampshire, UK
Very common Inedible

00031848
GILLIAWADARAT ISLAND in wet season
(See also J-S001678, dry season)
Komodo National Park, Indonesia

00031836
AFRICAN LIONESS with cub in water
Panthera leo
crossing the Mara River
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00031810
ANUBIS or OLIVE BABOON male
Papio anubis
with threatening posture
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00031784
LESSER KESTREL artificial nest
Falco naumanni
July. Castello de Farfanya,
Ebro Bassin, Spain

00031780
LESSER KESTRELS mating
Falco naumanni
Ebro Bassin, Spain April

00031757
ROCK PTARMIGAN summer plumage
Lagopus mutus
July. Exit Glacier, Kenai Peninsula,
Alaska, USA

00031708
AUDOUIN'S GULL calling
Larus audouinii
May. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031696
GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO on wire
Clamator glandarius
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031694
RED KITE on ground in snow with
Milvus milvus
badger carcass. March.
Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031686
EGYPTIAN VULTURE feeding on
Neophron percnopterus
sheep carcass. March.
Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031684
EGYPTIAN VULTURE feeding on
Neophron percnopterus
sheep carcass. March.
Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031651
TIGER penis (revealed)
Panthera tigris
and scrotum (fur-covered)
of anaesthetized animal

00031639
YELLOW-BELLIED TOAD
Bombina variegata
Hungary

00031632
ROCK SAMPHIRE
Crithmum maritimum
in flower

00031615
WOOD SANDPIPER in water
Tringa glareola
Poland

00031610
AFRICAN ELEPHANT two feeding
Loxodonta africana
Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031601
CRAB-EATING RACCOON
Procyon cancrivorus
looking from cover

00031597
SQUIRREL MONKEY
Saimiri sciureus
clinging to branch
Brazil, South America

00031545
WEST THUMB HOT SPRING Winter
Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming, USA

00031537
DOUBLE "O" ARCH
Arches National Park, Utah, USA

00031503
FROSTED DOG ROSE LEAF
Rosa canina

00031481
BRAZILIAN TAPIR young suckling
Tapirus terrestris
Colombia

00031475
BOTTLENOSED DOLPHIN
Tursiops truncatus
underwater

00031456
WHIMBREL at nest
Numenius phaeopus
Arctic Scandinavia

00031431
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
young cub in rock crevice,
hidden by mother for protection

00031416
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
eating dove caught at waterhole
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00031395
EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS
Colobus guereza
in tree top Kenya

00031358
BANDED RUBBER FROG
Phrynomerus bifasciatus
Bright colors warn of toxic skin secretions.
Found in Sub-saharan Africa

00031356
SOUTHERN GIRAFFES
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
South Africa.

00031351
SOUTHERN GIRAFFES
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
South Africa.

00031336
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
adult attempting to carry pup.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00031294
BLACK RHINO male
Diceros bicornis
with red-billed oxpeckers looking for parasites on rhino's skin. Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031276
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA herd
Equus burchelli
with Kilimanjaro in background.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00031269
GOLDEN RETRIEVERS

00031259
MUSCOVY DUCK male by water
Cairina moschata
August London, England

00031207
FRESHWATER CILIATE PROTOZOAN
Euplotes sp.
highly magnified to show cilia

00031206

00031196
DOG FLEA male

00031186
PATAGONIAN PAMPAS Argentina,
South America

00031175
DEER-FLY on hair
Lipoptena cervi
(parasitic)

00031169
WOOD ANT
Formica rufa
carrying a piece of wood
1.8x

00031120
REED BUNTING
Emberiza schoeniclus
feeding young in nest

00031118
TREE PIPIT at nest with young
Anthus trivialis

00031100
RED-CROWNED CRANE in display
Grus japonensis
to others, on lying snow
Hokkaido, Japan

00031073
SNOW BUNTING on snow
Plectrophenax nivalis
Cairngorms, Scotland February

00031046
MALLARD in flight
Anas platyrhynchos
Welney WWT, Cambs., UK

00031041
TAWNY OWL
Strix aluco
Essex, UK

00031026
GREENSHANK eating fish
Tringa nebularia
Snettisham, Norfolk, UK

00031012
HOODED MERGANSER on water
Mergus cucullatus

00031008
SPRINGBOK two males sparring
Antidorcas marsupialis
Etosha National Park, Namibia, SW Africa

00030979
AFRICAN LION female
Panthera leo
chasing zebra & antelope herd
Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

00030976
BAOBAB TREE badly damaged
by Elephants Mana Pools
National Pk, Zimbabwe
African Elephant is Loxodonta africana

00030964
EDIBLE DORMOUSE hibernating
Glis glis
Europe

00030929
Dr. J. Wamsley holding Red Kangaroo
Founder & Managing Director of
Earth Sanctuaries Limited

00030924
NUMBAT for release in relocation project
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Radio-collared & micro-chipped. Australia

00030871
SIBERIAN TIGER skin
Panthera tigris altaica
held by anti-poaching force, 'Inspection Tiger', Russian Far East.

AMUR TIGER

00030864
IBERIAN WOLF young
Canis lupus signatus
six week old 5 1/2 Kg cub, outside den

00030856
DARTING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
from helicopter, aiming at the matriach
of the herd, for relocation. Zimbabwe

00030789
GREAT BOWERBIRD
Chlamydera nuchalis
male decorating bower whilst female
inspects Katherine Gorge, NT, Australia

00030787
ANDEAN FLAMINGO
Phoenicoparrus andinus
tending egg in nest Captive Endangered

00030785
COAL TIT
Parus ater
France

00030772
HUMPBACK WHALE
Megaptera novaeangliae
Harvey Bay, Queensland, Australia

00030769
LITTLE PYGMY-POSSUM
Cercartetus lepidus
Eastern Tasmania

00030760

00030757

00030723
SILVER BIRCH Autumn
Betula pendula
two, view upwards to canopy

00030697
STOAT reared on hind quarters
Mustela erminea
to gain good lookout position

00030696
HEDGEHOG head detail
Erinaceus europaeus

00030623
COCKEREL crowing
Morocco

00030622
DONKEY in doorway of farmer's dwelling in a rural village, Morocco.

00030594
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX
Oryx dammah
group feeding. Extinct? Re-introduced to
Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco.

00030575
WHITE STORK on nest
Ciconia ciconia
Morocco.

00030569
OSTRICH male
Struthio camelus

00030565
ASIAN ELEPHANT dust-bathing
Elephas maximus
Kahna National Park, India.

00030545
BRAZILIAN TAPIR
Tapirus bairdii
Central America

00030522
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT in grass
Limosa limosa
Poland May

00030490
CHILD POND DIPPING

00030466
DESMID ALGA dividing
Micrasterias apiculata
Magn x100 Late binary fission
Dark background illumination

00030443
PARSNIP SEEDS
x 1.9 close up

00030401
MOUNTAIN or ARCTIC HARE
Lepus timidus
in summer coat Norway

00030399
MARINE DIATOMS
Actinocyclus berkeleyii

00030379
SPERM WHALE breathing at surface
Physeter catodon
before diving off Kaikoura Peninsula,
Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

00030356
GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY
Cordulegaster boltonii
larva April

00030342
LONG-TAILED or BLACK-HEADED
SHRIKE perched
Lanius schach
India

00030341
CHIMPANZEE face detail
Pan troglodytes

00030330
MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLY
Maniola jurtina
with dew Lancashire, England

00030327
WATER VOLE feeding on Iris leaves
Arvicola terrestris
Lancashire, England

00030326
MARA or PATAGONIAN HARE
Dolichotis patagonum
head detail

00030323
CADDIS FLY egg mass on leaf
Phryganea sp.
Sussex, UK

00030289
RABBIT young
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Devil's Dyke, Sussex, UK

00030278
OATS
Avena sativa

00030242
MOUSE-EARED BAT
Myotis myotis
hunting for insects on ground

00030216
SOLDIER BEETLE
taking off

00030202
ANTLION adult in flight
Mermeleontidae
Venezuela

00030154
POPLAR HAWK MOTH
Laothoe populi

00030121
AMERICAN WOODCOCK on nest
Philohela minor
Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada

00030115
NORTHERN FUR SEAL
Callorhinus ursinus
dominant male with harem
Saint Paul Island, Alaska, USA

00030101
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
female and cub, cub in tree for protection.
North America

00030095
COYOTE drinking
Canis latrans
Minnesota, USA.

00030067
NIGHT ADDER
Causus rhombeatus
eating Red Toad South Africa

00030064
WOLF SPIDERS mating
Lycosa sp.
Male positioned in reverse to fertilise
her with sex organs on his pedipalps

00030053
SPOTTED or YELLOW SEAHORSE
Hippocampus kuda
Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

00030017
HEDGEHOG raiding quail's nest
Erinaceus europaeus

00030016
PRAYING MANTIS
Mantis religiosa

00029963
WATER SHREW
Neomys fodiens
on mossy bank Poland

00029942
MARSH TIT
Parus palustris
Pyrenees, France

00029931
SWEET CHESTNUT
Castanea sativa
fallen fruits in autumn

00029928
ANGORA GOAT

00029896
WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER sitting
among daffodils looking inquisitive

00029882
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
standing amongst straw stubble,
Norfolk August

00029876
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
young on nest. New Island,
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00029865
COMMON FROG at fence near road
Rana temporaria
protecting it from traffic
Switzerland

00029857
MALLARD diving for food
Anas platyrhynchos
Thurgau, Switzerland December
Sequence of pictures No.2 of 3

00029854
EDELWEISS in flower July
Leontopodium alpinum
Swiss National Park, Graubunden,
Switzerland

00029840
FROCK-COATED MANTIS eating katydid
Costa Rica, Central America

00029810
SNOW LEOPARD & young
Panthera uncia

00029776
GREATER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
leaving cave near to Creuse River,
central France

00029772
EUROPEAN RED FOX female
Vulpes vulpes
leaping drainage ditch Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France

00029765
COOTS fighting
Fulica atra
Brenne, France

00029759
CYANOBACTERIA filamentous strands
Trichodesmium sp.
Unicellular blue-green alga Great Barrier
Reef Can clump to form huge >>

00029747
SPOTTED HYENAS group at carcass
Crocuta crocuta
Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

00029733
CHEETAH family
Acinonyx jubatus
Female with family of 4/5 month old cubs
Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya

00029706
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER young
Mesocricetus auratus
Three weeks old

00029685
GRASS SNAKE feigning dead
Natrix natrix helvetica

00029678
WOOD MOUSE or
LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE
Apodemus sylvaticus
& Longworth Small Mammal Trap

00029641
WORKMAN'S JUMPING SPIDER
Phidippus workmani
Many colour variations Rare Sp.
Endemic to xeric habitats in Florida

00029626
CURVED-HORN BABOON TARANTULA
Ceratogyrus bechaunicus
native to South Africa

00029610
CONEHEAD KATYDID
Conocephalus sp.
grazing on moss and lichens
Costa Rica

00029609
FLORIDA GARDEN SPIDER
Argiope florida
on web. Found almost exclusively in
the dry scrub areas of central Florida

00029606
BEE feeding on wild lantana
Augochlora sp.
Florida, USA

00029605
LEAFHOPPER
Homelodisca coagulata
found infrequently in bushes
South Florida

00029598
BROMELIAD
Guzmania squarrosa
terrestrial Ecuador

00029590
GREY SQUIRREL
Sciurus carolinensis
leaping whilst carrying an acorn Florida

00029577
LOWLAND SWAMP VIPER
Proatheris superciliaris
venomous. Inhabits swampy
grasslands in SE Africa

00029552
COMMON GULL on rock
Larus canus
at edge of River Garry, Shire of Inverness,
Highlands, north eastern Scotland

00029549
OLCHON VALLEY & HATTERRALL HILL
View from Black Hill, Black
Mountains, Herefordshire,
West Midlands of England

00029545
BADGER killed by car
Meles meles
Gloucestershire, England

00029515
MUSK OXEN on Arctic tundra
Ovibos moschatus
Northwest Territories, Canada

00029513
CANADIAN LYNX with Snowshoe Hare
Felis canadensis
(its main food source).
Rocky Mountains, North America

00029504
PARALYSIS TICK laying eggs
Ixodes holocyclus

00029480
GREEN TURTLE nesting female
Chelonia mydas
returning to the sea Long Beach,
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029465
SOOTY TERN
Sterna fuscata
adult feeding chick
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean

00029408
HIGHLAND CALF
Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides,
north western Scotland

00029361
OLINGO walking along branch
Bassaricyon gabbi
Monteverde Cloudforest, Costa Rica

00029357
BULL SHARK
Carcharhinus leucas
entering freshwater river
River Sirena, Corcovado, Costa Rica

00029354
PACK ICE
Summer Antarctica

00029342
SMOKEY MOUSE
Pseudomys fumeus
lives in sclerophyll forests of Otway, Grampian & Gippsland
regions of Victoria, Australia

00029323
RED BULLDOG ANT
Myrmecia gulosa
Australian arid regions

00029302
HEDGEHOGS young in nest
Erinaceus europaeus

00029301
RED SQUIRREL eating nut
Sciurus vulgaris
Formby Point (National Trust)
Lancashire, N.W.England

00029298
BADGER young
Meles meles
Hampshire, southern England

00029289
SCOTTISH WILDCAT
Felis sylvestris
in tree with rabbit

00029284
SCOTTISH WILDCAT face detail
Felis sylvestris
sitting in long grass

00029246
HIPPOPOTAMUS pod in Mara river
Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029230
MASAI GIRAFFES feeding
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya

00029206
ROCK HYRAX on rocks
Procavia johnstoni
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029188
WEEPING WILLOW overhanging lake
Salix babylonica
Lea Valley Park, Essex,
south eastern England July

00029123
GIANT LOBELIA opening in the sun
Lobelia deckenii
closes during the night to stop it freezing
Endemic to Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

00029113
BROWN HYENA sitting in long grass
Hyaena brunnea
Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana

00029065
COMMON DOLPHIN leaping
Delphinus delphis

00029064
WATER MONGOOSE eating crab
Atilax paludinosus
Zimbabwe, Africa

00029060
AFRICAN LEECH
taking blood from human leg

00029059
PERIPATUS or VELVET WORM
Peripatopsis sp.
30 mm long South Africa

00029033
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00029019
CHACMA BABOONS resting
Papio ursinus
Cape Peninsular NP, South Africa

00029010
OSTRICHES on seashore
Struthio camelus
Cape Peninsula NP, South Africa

00028991
ROBIN on spade handle
Erithacus rubecula

00028969
GREEN APHID or GREENFLY
on bramble leaf, rear view

00028961
SCARLET LILY BEETLE
Lilioceris lilii
Introduced to the UK. Pest species.

00028937
AMERICAN BADGER
Taxidea taxus
North America

00028936
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
on nest with young
Chilkat River, Alaska, USA

00028919
BUSHMEN Setting out on hunt

00028876
GREAT SPIDER CRAB on seaweed (Hyas araneus) Eyemouth, Scotland. CRABS

00028843
GOOSE BARNACLE group
Lepas anatifera
at low tide New Zealand

00028813
SEA OTTER & pup in kelp
Enhydra lutris
Endangered

00028805
SMALL YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER
Cypripedium c.parviflorum
Michigan, north eastern USA
Species is Cypripedium calceolus

00028798
HAIRY DRAGONFLY female
Brachytron pratense
about to emerge from nymph

00028780
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUE
or BLACK MACAQUE female & young
Macaca nigra
(suckling) Sulawesi, Indonesia

00028767
DESMID
Micrasterias rotata
a conjugating freshwater green algae

00028738
JUMPING SPIDER with crane fly prey
Salticus scenicus
Zebra Spider UK June

00028709
SICKLEBILLED VANGA perched
Falculea palliata
on Didieraceae. Spiny forest, Ifaty.
Southern Madagascar.

00028706
PINTAIL female on water
Anas acuta
New Mexico, USA December

00028695
CARIBBEAN FLAMINGO head
Phoenicopterus ruber

00028690
RABBIT eating greens in vegetable patch
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00028689
PLANTS ON WASTELAND
Example of plant colonisation
of urban wasteland

00028666
GIANT HERMIT CRAB in burrow
Petrochirus diogenes
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA

00028649
GREAT HAMMERHEAD
Sphyrna mokarran
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean

00028625
SEASHELLS
Shells of marine snails from around
the African coast

00031631
WHIMBREL flock on shore
Numenius phaeopus
during migration Southern Portugal

00031539
TWO-TOED or SILKY ANTEATER
Cyclopes didactylus
close-up of prehensile tail
Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, West Indies

00031526
BLACK TUFTED-EAR MARMOSET
Callithrix penicillata
Serra do Cipo, Minas Gerais, Brazil

00031501
COMMON or BLACK SCOTERS pair
Melanitta nigra

00031500
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
hiding amongst pond vegetation

00031497
FEVERFEW in flower
Tanacetum parthenium
Medicinal plant

00031494
GREENSHANK
Tringa nebularia

00031459
EUROPEAN TREE FROG
Hyla arborea
on plant stem

00031404
YELLOW BABOON mother feeding young
Papio cynocephalus
Amboseli National Park Kenya
Central and East Africa

00031391
EASTERN BLACK & WHITE COLOBUS
Colobus guereza
sitting in tree Kenya

00031378
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calf
Loxodonta africana
with adults
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031376
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calf
Loxodonta africana
calf attempting to play with resting elephant
Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031367
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
herd including Cow with exceptionally
long tusks Amboseli National Park Kenya

00031329
YOUNG MASAI MORAN (warrior youth) leaping in the air in order to demonstrate their strength and agility. Near Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031325
MASAI GUIDE looking for animals in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031306
WHITE PELICAN flock in silhouette against sunrise
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031305
WHITE PELICANS washing and preening
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031284
WILDEBEEST young
Connochaetes taurinus
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00031266
FRINGED GECKO
Uroplatus henkeli
Madagascar

00031254
PIED WAGTAIL immature August
Motacilla alba
at water's edge Bardsey Island
Lleyn Peninsula, northern Wales

00031236
WOODCHAT SHRIKE on branch
Lanius senator
Greece

00031216
COMMON KOEL eating fruit
Eudynamys scolopacea
Bangkok, Thailand

00031190
ORANGE-RUMPED AGOUTI
Dasyprocta aguti
eating fruit

00031121
WILLOW WARBLER at nest
Phylloscopus trochilus
with eight young

00031108
GIANT PANDA HABITAT
rich in mixed Bamboos
Wolong Reserve, China
Giant Panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca

00031099
PINE MARTEN young
Martes martes
looking from hollow tree trunk. UK

00031090
LITTLE STINT
Calidris minuta
Hoyholmen, Arctic Norway

00031061
STARLING on feeder with peanuts
Sturnus vulgaris
Essex, England November

00031001
LAYSAN ALBATROSS colony
Diomedea immutabilis
Midway Islands, Hawaiian Ridge,
Pacific Ocean

00030987
BLUESTREAK CLEANER WRASSE
Labroides dimidiatus
Indo-Pacific species

00030959
BANANA YUCCA
Yucca baccata
Mojave Desert, Nevada, USA

00030945
LEMON BALM or BEE BALM
Melissa officinalis
growing on mound Europe

00030935
BANDED WATER COBRA
Boulengerina annulata
in water

00030930
CONSERVATION COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER & A WILDLIFE
RANGER talk to children about
cheetah conservation. Namibia

00030903
LONG-SNOUTED SEAHORSE female
Hippocampus guttulatus
profile, close-up.
Found in Eastern Atlantic (inc. UK)

00030902
LONG-SNOUTED SEAHORSES
Hippocampus guttulatus
female (L) and male (R) in courtship.
Found in Eastern Atlantic (inc. UK)

00030863
NORTH AMERICAN GREY
or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
female yearling.

00030836
VETERINARY TECHNICIAN with cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
admitted to the Cheetah Conservation Fund Clinic for treatment. Namibia.

00030829
SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo abelii
two years old young
Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia

00030822
INFLATABLE WHALE for an anti-whaling
demonstration on 18th July 2001, on the
Thames, being towed outside the
Houses of Parliament, London, UK

00030812
SPECTACLED WARBLER
Sylvia conspicillata
male

00030807
SPECTACLED WARBLER
Sylvia conspicillata
at nest

00030798
COMMON WALL LIZARD impaled
on Hawthorn by Red- Backed Shrike
Lanius collurio with Podarcis muralis
Pyrenees, south western France

00030745

00030734
HEDGEHOG on grass
Erinaceus europaeus

00030721
HARD FERN
Blechnum spicant
close-up of fronds

00030703
WHITE-BELLIED or LONG-HAIRED SPIDER MONKEY (sub-species)
Ateles belzebuth hybridus
(also known as COLOMBIAN BROWN or VARIEGATED SPIDER MONKEY or MARIMONDA.) N. Colombia & Venezuela.

00030653
LIONESS running at prey
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00030650
GELADA BABOON pair mating
Papio gelada
Simien Mountains NP, Ethiopia

00030649
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
male in bipedal position, displaying aggression

00030645
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calves playing
Loxodonta africana
Addo Elephant National Pk, South Africa

00030636
ADDAX males interacting
Addax nasomaculatus
Reintroduced to Morocco. Critically Endangered. Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.

00030624
DORCAS GAZELLE
Gazella dorcas
Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.

00030590
OSTRICH male in breeding colours
Struthio camelus camelus
Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco.

00030582
WHITE STORKS
Ciconia ciconia
nesting on old fortifications of a Kasbah (old Islamic fort), Morocco.

00030577
WHITE STORK pair
Ciconia ciconia
with Atlas mountains in background. Morocco.

00030551
RED HOWLER MONKEY
Aloutta seniculus
eating leaves

00030524
SYCAMORE end of twig February
Acer pseudoplatanus
showing leaf & girdle scars &
terminal bud Midlands of England

00030520
MEDITERRANEAN GULL
Larus melanocephalus
on rock Greece

00030505
GERBIL male
Captive

00030483
COMMON WATER MONITOR
Varanus salvator
crossing road Singapore

00030482
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK
lake with pines & snow Oregon, USA

00030467
WATER NET OF GREEN ALGA
Hydrodyction reticulata
with branching chains of cells

00030461
MOSQUITO LARVA
Culex sp.
under Rheinberg Illumination

00030446
ALLUVIAL FAN Kals Austria

00030438
GREEN SHIELD BUG egg cluster
Palomena prasina
on leaf

00030422
PUKU male
Kobus vardoni
South Luangwa Nat'l Park, Zambia

00030414
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
Sula nebouxii
doing courtship dance
Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

00030389
NORTHERN RED SALAMANDER
Pseudotriton ruber ruber
widespread in eastern USA
from Ohio & New York to Alabama

00030382
TAYLOR VALLEY
Antarctica

00030380
VENTIFACTS
Wind-sculpted rock
Taylor Valley, Antarctica

00030364
YELLOW MOUNDS Autumn
Badlands National Park, South Dakota,
northern USA

00030362
PRONGHORN male on burnt prairie
Antilocapra americana
Burning controls weeds & aids grass
Badlands Natl Pk, South Dakota, N USA

00030353
LEISLER'S BAT
Nyctalus leisleri

00030334
LESSER HORSESHOE BATS
Rhinolophus hipposideros
female with young Spain

00030307
LAKE LIMPET on leaf
Acroloxus lacustris
Sussex, UK

00030306
CADDIS FLY egg mass on leaf
Phryganea sp.
Sussex, UK

00030298
CROCUS
Crocus sp.
viewed from above

00030261
AUTUMN LEAVES
on surface of garden pond
Secret Life of a Garden bookplate

00030243
GEOFFROY'S LONG-NOSED BAT
Anoura geoffroyi
in flight, over Strelitzia
Bat acts as pollinator

00030239
EMPEROR DRAGONFLY
Anax imperator
male in flight

00030235
MOUSE-EARED BAT
Myotis myotis
(Rarest British bat)

00030218
COMMON BLUE DAMSELFLY
Enallagma cyathigerum
on orchid inflorescence

00030212
SPIDERS' WEBS covered with dew
Autumn 1992 Secret Worlds
bookplate pp.136 & 137

00030196
Nest of young spiders

00030169
LIME-SPECK PUG MOTH
Eupithecia centaureata
Example of bird dropping cryptic colouration

00030159
OAK SEEDLING

00030145
TUMBLER PIGEONS on roof

00030127
DOOR damaged by WASPS
Surface of door has been stripped by wasps for nest construction

00030102
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR cub
Ursus americanus
climbing on a branch
North America

00030075
ARAL SEA BED used as farmland
Unproductive owing to damming
upstream Nukus, Uzbekistan

00030069
CRESTED GUINEAFOWL
Guttera pucherani
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa

00030049
AFRICAN LION female
Panthera leo
carrying young to hiding place Kalahari
Gemsbok National Park, Kenya, Africa

00029994
SOUTH AFRICAN CORAL SNAKE
Aspidelaps lubricus
South Africa

00029993
OKAPI walking
Okapia johnstoni
Zaire, eastern Africa

00029987
ZEBRATAIL LIZARD female, on rock
Callisaurus draconoides
Found in south western USA &
north western Mexico

00029950
PLATYPUS entering water
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Egg-laying. Australia
also Duckbilled Platypus

00029947
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
eating blackberries

00029938
MUTITJULU WATERHOLE
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park,
Northern Territory, Australia

00029927
BELGIUM BLUE COW
(beef cattle)

00029913
SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
Microtus agrestis
at burrow, eating blade of grass
Hertfordshire, England January

00029895
TULIP FIELDS in flower
Tulipa sp.
Commercial flower production
Breckland, Norfolk, UK April

00029891
BEECH, new leaves
Fagus sylvatica
Ashridge,Hertfordshire, UK April

00029885
TULIP FIELDS in flower
Commercial flower production
Tulipa sp
Breckland, Norfolk, UK. April

00029884
STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER
sitting in heather, Ashridge, Herts
Autumn

00029869
WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN male
Florisuga mellivora
perched Trinidad, West Indies May

00029789
SUNFLOWER with bee
Helianthus annuus Fam. Compositae

00029751
OLIVE BABOON group on log
Papio anubis
some grooming
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya, Africa

00029728
LEOPARD cubs
Panthera pardus
3 month old cubs
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029712
GREAT PLAIN
Typical cultivated arable
- harvested maize fields Hortobagy
National Park, Hungary October

00029708
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER
Mesocricetus auratus
drinking from bowl

00029679
WOOD MOUSE or
LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE
Apodemus sylvaticus
in snowdrops, eating germinating acorn

00029644
JUMPING SPIDER
Phiale formosa
male signalling in courtship display
Costa Rica

00029640
CANOPY JUMPING SPIDER
Phidippus otiosus
female with young in silk nest 'cocoon'
Tree dweller SE USA

00029620
YELLOW-BANDED WASP MOTH
Syntomeidea ipomoeae
or CTENUCHID Florida, USA
Caterpillar on leaf

00029612
CONEHEAD KATYDID
Conocephalus sp.
close-up of face Florida, USA

00029554
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
Larus marinus
Puffin Island, Co. Kerry, Ireland Spring

00029548
SHRUB ROSE
Rosa rugosa

00029519
LONG-BILLED GRIFFON VULTURES
Gyps indicus
on nest (Rare species) Ranthambore
Natl Pk, Rajasthan, north western India

00029508
SAFARI ANTS crossing road,
watched by bystander Seronera area,
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00029507
PHANTASMAL POISON FROG on leaf
Epipedobates tricolor
(in captivity) Native to south western
Ecuador & adjacent area of Peru

00029495
IGUAZU FALLS World Heritage Site
View from Argentinian side, Parana
River, Iguazu National Park, on
border of Argentina with Brazil

00029484
DALL'S PORPOISE at surface
Phocoenoides dalli
Bering Sea, off Aleutian Islands,
Alaska, USA

00029457
ASCENSION FRIGATEBIRD
Fregata aquila
male in flight Ascension Island,
Atlantic Ocean Endemic

00029443
FERN
Xiphopteris ascensionense
Green Mountian, Ascension Island,
Atlantic Ocean Endemic

00029428
LADY HILL at sunset
viewed from Traveller's Hill,
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean
The plant is a flowering agave

00029421
BUSH VIPER female
Atheris nitschei nitschei
Democratic Republic of Congo

00029394
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
on post, eating nut

00029392
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
at edge of pond, drinking

00029370
SEMIPLUMBEOUS HAWK
Leucopternis semiplumbea
with bird kill
Braulio, Carrillo NP, Costa Rica

00029359
LEAF-CUTTER ANTS
cutting leaf, leaving only skeleton
Cahuita NP, Costa Rica

00029341
SPINIFEX HOPPING-MOUSE
Notomys alexis
Nocturnal Sp. of arid areas of Australia

00029328
THOROUGHBRED HORSES
Mother licking new-born foal clean

00029318
LLANBERIS PASS & SNOWDON
Snowdonia National Park, northern Wales

00029309
EUROPEAN RED FOX young
Vulpes vulpes

00029308
BADGER entering sett chamber
Meles meles
Somerset, south west England

00029277
WHITE RHINOCEROS young
Ceratotherium simum
with oxpeckers Mkhaya, Swaziland

00029213
WHITE STORKS migrating from Europe
Ciconia ciconia
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00029198
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, Norfolk, England.