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00031318
AFRICAN LION looking in to tourist vehicle
Panthera leo
South Africa.

00031283
WILDEBEEST males fighting
Connochaetes taurinus
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00031263
CEDAR OF LEBANON
Cedrus libani
two in parkland

00031255
MISTLE THRUSH with cherry in beak
Turdus viscivorus
Gloucestershire, West Midlands

00031239
CRESTED LARK on post
Galerida cristata
Greece April

00031203
MONOCOT root section
Acorus sp.

00031198
FLEABANE 'Sea Breeze'
Erigeron sp.

00031096
GOLDEN JACKAL
Canis aureus
Bandhavgarh Nat'l Park, India

00031088
SCAUP on water stretching wings
Aythya marila
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00031065
LESSER WHITETHROAT
Sylvia curruca
on branch May
Essex, south eastern England

00031064
WILLOW WARBLER
Phylloscopus trochilus
on tip of branch, singing
May Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00031051
COMMON WHITETHROAT singing
Sylvia communis
April. Suffolk, England

00031042
TAWNY OWL in tree
Strix aluco
Essex, UK

00031038
WHOOPER SWAN family with 2 adults and 4 young
Cygnus cygnus
Welney WWT, Cambs., UK

00031023
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN
Chlidonias leucopterus
in flight Lesbos, Greece

00030996
LESSER (AMERICAN GOLDEN) PLOVER
Pluvialis dominica
distraction display

00030993
CUCKOO egg with Reed Warbler egg
Cuculus canorus with
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
in nest of Reed Warbler

00030990
HOUSE MARTIN
Delichon urbica
on unfinished nest

00030963
BIRD-EATING SPIDER by the nest
Avicularia metalica
French Guiana, South America

00030851
SIBERIAN TIGER
Panthera tigris altaica
four year old male
Russian Far East

AMUR TIGER

00030839
CHEETAH fitted with a radio collar
Acinonyx jubatus
for tracking by air
Namibia

00030832
SALMON FARM
Blackfish Sound, British Columbia,
Canada

00030811
MISTLE THRUSH feeding chicks
Turdus viscivorus

00030802
LESSER or PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER
Pluvialis dominica fulva
Lady Elliot Island, Queensland Australia

00030793
FAIRY PENGUIN group of four
Eudyptula minor
Albatross Island, Bass Strait, Australia

00030786
BLACK REDSTART
Phoenicurus ochruros
France

00030770
LITTLE PYGMY-POSSUM
Cercartetus lepidus
Eastern Tasmania

00030764

00030754

00030741
ORGANICALLY GROWN TOMATOES
Soil Association Farm, Henllan, Clwyd, North Wales

00030704
CHACOAN PECCARY
Catagonus wagneri

00030694
MUTE SWAN taking off
Cygnus olor

00030669
COMMON or HANUMAN LANGUR
Presbytis entellus
female & young Ranthambore National
Park, Rajasthan, north west India

00030663
PAPYRUS along channel
Cyperus papyrus
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00030660
NAMAQUA DWARF ADDER
Bitis schneideri
camouflaged in sand Namib Desert,
Namibia Vulnerable species

00030648
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
Bonobos often walk bipedally. Tropical
rainforest Zaire & Congo. Endangered sp.

00030644
WATTLED CRANE chick
Grus carunculata
Haven Waterfowl Trust, South Africa
Captive breeding project

00030619
DADES VALLEY with ancient Berber Kasbah (traditional Islamic fortress or administrative centre) and Villages, Morocco.

00030606
DESERT AGRICULTURE showing the intensely cultivated fields. Lower Todra valley, Morocco.

00030602
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX
Oryx dammah
Reintroduced to Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco. Considered extinct in the wild.

00030584
WHITE STORK pair
Ciconia ciconia
nesting on the minaret of a Mosque in the Dades valley gorge, Morocco.

00030572
WHITE STORKS
Ciconia ciconia
nesting on the minaret of a Mosque in the Dades valley gorge, Morocco.

00033206
SPRINGER SPANIEL DOG being sprayed
with insecticide by woman, to kill fleas
October Hertfordshire, England

00033204
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS
Haematopus palliatus
two fighting

00033195
BRAMBLING on twig,
Fringilla montifringilla
stretching wings

00033183
ROSE flowers, cultivar "Graham Thomas'
Yellow flowered English Garden Rose.
Bred by David Austin

00033179
BLACK GUILLEMOT with sand eel
Cepphus grylle
Iceland

00033158
CHICKEN HATCHING SEQUENCE
Gallus domesticus
10th of sequence

00033140
GERMANDER SPEEDWELL May
Veronica chamaedrys
clump in flower
Ayrshire, south western Scotland

00033137
CUCKOO PINT or LORDS-AND-LADIES
Arum maculatum
ripe fruits September Ayrshire, Scotland

00033136
MONGOOSE LEMUR in tree
Eulemur mongoz

00033131
SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG

00033108
SYCAMORE FRUIT consisting of two
winged seeds which are dispersed
by wind amidst lying winter snow
Sycamore is Acer pseudoplatanus

00033107
ROSE THORN detail
Rosa sp.

00033106
HORSE CHESTNUT
Aesculus hippocastanum
conker pod splitting

00033103
CHICKEN embryo, 4.5 days old
Gallus gallus
seen through window in shell
Sequence no 9/11

00033099
FRENCH ANGELFISH on reef
Pomacanthus paru
Chinchorro Atoll, off Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico

00033098
CLARK'S ANEMONEFISH male
Amphiprion clarkii
tending eggs. Solomon Islands,
South Pacific

00033090
DWARF MONGOOSE grooming group
Helogale parvula
after rain.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00033051
BLACK CROWNED CRANES taking off
Balearica pavonina
The Gambia, Africa

00032996
NATTERJACK TOAD young tadpoles.
Bufo calamita
metamorphis near completion.
Norfolk, England.

00032962
EGYPTIAN TORTOISE
Testudo kleinmanni
adult, two year old and hatchling
Threatened species.

00032948
RIVER & FORESTED VALLEY
Mkuzi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa

00032946
FLORIDA PANTHER resting on log
Felis concolor coryi
Captive animal Reputedly fewer than
100 wild ones left in Florida

00032924
CLUSTERED BELLFLOWER
Campanula glomerata
Triglav National Park, Julian Alps,
Slovenia

00032913
GOATSBEARD or BUCKSBEARD
Aruncus (Spiraea) dioicus
Triglav National Park, Julian Alps,
Slovenia

00032904
MELLBREAK and BUTTERMERE
Lake District, Cumbria

00032902
AUTUMNAL SCENE
with larch and spruce plantation on
the lower slopes of Robinson, above
Buttermere, Lake District, Cumbria

00032882
GREY PARTRIDGES in flight
Perdix perdix
Oulu, Finland

00032814
ICEBERG & REFLECTION
having come off the Vatnajokull Glacier,
into the iceberg lagoon at Jokulsarion,
Iceland. July

00032809
VATNAJOKULL GLACIER
the glacier tongue and iceberg lagoon,
Iceland. July

00032773
YELLOW-THROATED LONGCLAW with prey
Macronyx croceus
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00032702
KINGFISHER female preening
Alcedo atthis
May. Yorkshire, England

00032698
ROBIN on mossy stone
Erithacus rubecula
February. Scotland

00032692
BLUE TIT on icy hazel catkins
Parus caeruleus
showing 'fluffed' feathers. March, garden.
Essex, England

00032676
TREE SPARROW on dead branch
Passer montanus
with lichen. Winter.
Worcestershire, England

00032669
ROBINS AT BIRD TABLE courtship
Erithacus rubecola
feeding with mealworm
March. Essex, England

00032652
SPARROWHAWK young female
Accipiter nisus
Essex, UK

00032592
EYELASH VIPER
Bothriechis schlegeli
golden yellow individual on branch
Costa Rica

00032590
ROUGH-SCALED BUSH VIPER
Atheris squamiger
resting on palm leaf, with tongue out.
East Africa

00032582
BLACK FOREST COBRA
Naja melanoleucus
juvenile with hood raised
East Africa

00032575
CORN SNAKE
Elaphe guttata
eight different colour varieties
arranged side by side

00032540
BETSILEO TREE SNAKE
Lycodryas betsileanus
on palm leaf. Madagascar

00032530
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN
Chlidonias leucopterus
in winter plumage
Transvaal, South Africa

00032515
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00032513
BURCHELL'S ZEBRAS
Equus burchelli
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00032508
MEERKAT or SURICATE two
Suricata suricatta
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00032491
GROUND AGAMA
Agama aculeata
in territorial dispay
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

00032451
EASTERN AVAHI or
EASTERN WOOLLY LEMUR on tree
Avahi laniger
Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

00032440
ASIAN ONE-HORNED RHINO male
Rhinoceros unicornis
through grass
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

00032396
LAND IGUANA basking beneath
Conolophus subcristatus
Opuntia cactus
South Plaza Island, Galapagos

00032392
INDIAN PEACOCK
Pavo cristatus
Kanha National Park, India

00032367
SWALLOW feeding young while in flight
Hirundo rustica

00032360
BLUE ROCK-THRUSH on rock
Monticola solitarius
Dana Reserve, Jordan

00032313
CALANDRA LARK young on ground
Melanocorypha calandra
Spain

00032310
AGILE FROG
Rana dalmatina

00032296
WHITE'S THRUSH
Zoothera dauma
at nest with young.
Australia. Formerly "Scaly thrush"

00032292
CASPIAN TERN in flight
Sterna caspia
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA

00032260
NARROW-BORDERED BEE
HAWKMOTH on clover
Hemaris tityus

00032243
GREAT BUSTARD dead
Otis tarda
under pylons

00032192
DOUGLAS FIR new shoots
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Lancashire, England

00032170
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY roosting
Anthocharis cardamines
Lancashire, England

00032163
GLISTENING INKCAP clump
Coprinus micaceus
showing habitat
Lancashire, England

00032153
DEAD MALLARD CHICK in polluted ditch
Cheshire, England

00032150
TAWNY OWL young in elderberry tree
Strix aluco
Lancashire, England

00032146
KILCHURN CASTLE, Lochawe
Autumn, Scotland

00032138
NATTERJACK TOADS pair at night
Bufo calamita
Ainsdale dunes, Lancashire, England

00032095
BLOW-FLY
Fam: Calliphoridae
ventral view

00032068
CADDIS-FLY LARVA
Fam. Phryganeidae
in a case made of reed stems

00032067
SCALE INSECTS on leaf
Sub-order Homoptera

00032049
BLACK DESERT COBRA about to strike
Walterinnesia aegyptia

00032040
EMERALD DAMSELFLY
Lestes sponsa
in flight

00032035
GULF FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY in flight
Agraulis vanillae
Everglades, Florida, USA

00032033
BUTTERFLY in flight (multiflash)
Dinamine tithia
Venezuela

00032027
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
Geothlypis trichas
Long-distance migrant occasionally
visiting Europe

00032022
NORTH AMERICAN MARMOT young
Marmota monax
also called Woodchuck or Groundhog

00032005
GATHERING FOOD
Bushman mother gathers food
while her child suckles

00031969
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
Phalacrocorax auritus
submerged, searching for prey
Three Sisters, Crystal River, Florida,USA

00031942
MUSK DUCK
Biziura labata
Yanchep National Park,
Western Australia

00031888
REED WARBLER on reed
Acrocephalus scirpaceus

00031862
CASPIAN TERN feeding young
Sterna caspia
which is tucked under wing
of the other parent

00031857
MONTAGU'S HARRIER
Circus pygargus
in flight

00031842
LEOPARD cub up tree
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

00031815
AFRICAN ELEPHANT male trunk &
Loxodonta africana
head detail, feeding
Okavanga Delta, Botswana, Africa

00031798
SPRING CROCUS in snow
Crocus vernus
Cadi-Moixero Nature Reserve,
Pyrenees, Spain April

00031764
BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE eggs
Pterocles orientalis
in nest. August
Ebro Bassin, Teruel, Spain

00031756
LITTLE BUSTARD male
Tetrax tetrax
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain

00031707
AUDOUIN'S GULL
Larus audouinii
May. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain.

00031699
AUDOUIN'S GULL juvenile being ringed
Larus audouinii
June. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031689
RED KITE calling by rabbit carcass
Milvus milvus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00031666
GREATER FLAMINGO dead bird
Phoenicopterus ruber
on beach. March.
Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain

00031644
SAND LIZARD adult male on sand
Lacerta agilis
Hortobagy, Hungary

00031607
GROSE VALLEY near Blackheath
Blue Mountains National Park
New South Wales, Australia

00031600
MUSCOVY DUCKS perched in tree
Cairina moschata
Brazil, South America

00031596
DUSKY TITI MONKEY
Callicebus moloch
Brazil, South America

00031557
GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD female
Choriotis nigriceps
Ranibenur, Karnataka, Southern India

00031552
BAMBOO FOREST Badhra Sanctuary,
Karnataka, southern India

00031534
LEAF-MIMIC SLUG
(Species unknown)
Una Reserve, Atlantic Forest,
Bahia, Brazil

00031519
OCOTILLO in flower
Fouquieria splendens
Death Valley, California, USA

00031514
PIED WAGTAIL at nest in drystone wall,
Motacilla alba yarrelli
feeding young (British sub-species)

00031511
HENBANE in flower
Hyoscyamus niger
Used in laboratory demonstration of
long-day photo-periodism

00031476
BOTTLENOSED DOLPHIN
Tursiops truncatus
underwater

00031462
STOCK DOVE at nest hole
Columba oenas

00031455
BAR-TAILED GODWIT
Limosa lapponica
female at nest with eggs

00031452
WHITE WAGTAIL at nest
Motacilla alba alba
Norway

00031425
GIRAFFE pair mating
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00031406
YELLOW BABOON mother & young
Papio cynocephalus
Amboseli National Park Kenya
Central and East Africa

00031354
SOUTHERN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
South Africa.

00031339
SPOTTED HYENA with young
Crocuta crocuta
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00031330
YOUNG MASAI MORAN (warrior youth) leaping in the air in order to demonstrate their strength and agility. Near Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031327
MASAI GUIDE in vehicle looking at elephants.
Near Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031319
Large group of tour vehicles looking at wildlife in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00031293
WHITE & BLACK RHINOS
Ceratotherium simum & Diceros bicornis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00031241
RED-BACKED SHRIKE female
Lanius collurio
Poland

00031197
DIATOMS
Meridion sp
Bacillariophyceae

00031174
GREEN SHIELD or STINK BUG nymph
Palomena prasina
on leaf

00031165
ORB-WEB SPIDER female with prey
Araneus quadratus
(possibly male spider) UK September

00031144
HONEY POSSUM on Scarlet Banksia
Tarsipes rostratus
Marsupial, mainly nocturnal Feeds only
on nectar & pollen, using its tongue

00031126
TIBETAN STEPPE (altitude 5000m)
with ice crystals on stream from
overnight frost Shishapangma (8013m)
highest mountain in China, in background

00031124
BRIDLED NAILTAIL WALLABY
Onychogalea fraenata
female & young Rare & endangered sp.
restricted to Queensland, Australia

00031122
ORANGESTRIPED TRIGGERFISH
Balistapus undulatus
Red Sea

00031114
GRECIAN COPPER BUTTERFLY
Lycaena ottomanus
male at rest, wings open
Vulnerable species

00031092
GREENSHANK on migration
Tringa nebularia
Holland

00031081
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Larus ridibundus
changing to summer plumage
Isle of Sheppey, Kent, SE England

00031074
BLACK or CINEREOUS VULTURE
Aegypius monachus
head detail Chester Zoo, UK

00031070
GREY WAGTAIL on log in stream
Motacilla cinerea
North Wales May

00031063
GOLDEN PLOVER male in rain
Pluvialis apricaria
South Uist, Hebrides, Scotland. May

00031025
GREENSHANK eating fish prey
Tringa nebularia
Snettisham, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00031020
GANNET entering sea
Sula bassana
after diving from flight

00031018
DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP on rock
Ovis canadensis mexicana
Sonoran Desert Museum, Arizona,
South western, USA

00031014
GREAT SKUA wing stretch
Catharacta skua
Handa Island, Scotland

00031009
SANDWICH TERN in flight >>
Sterna sandvicensis
returning to nest with fish prey

00031006
ELEPAIO perched in tree
Chasiempis sandwichensis sandwichensis
Big Island, Hawaii. Endemic to Hawaii

00030980
AFRICAN LION female hunting
Panthera leo
Springbok is Antidorcas marsupialis,
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00030970
ROCKY OUTCROP
Matobo (Matopos) National Park
Zimbabwe, Southern Africa

00030928
Dr. J. Wamsley wearing feral cat hat.
Founder & Managing Director of Earth Sanctuaries Limited. Feral cats are a threat to endemic Australian wildlife.

00030873
SIBERIAN TIGER
Panthera tigris altaica
skull of a poached thirteen year old tiger.
Russian Far East

00030869
SIBERIAN GINSENG root (very rare)
Eleutherococcus senticosus
held by an Udege tribesman
Russian Far East.

00030850
BAT BOX six foot high
being lowered onto 3 metre high post
Shustoke Reservoir, Birmingham UK

00030825
SPERMWHALE tooth
Physeter macrocephalus
19th century whaling scenes carved
on a tooth. Azores, North Atlantic

SCRIMSHAW

00030773
COMMON WALLAROO OR EURO
Macropus robustus
New South Wales, Australia

00030763

00030750
ZEBRA SPIDER (a Jumping Spider)
Salticus scenicus
jumping

00030724
COMMON MUSSEL
Mytilus edulis
large group exposed at low tide

00030712
NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
Araucaria heterophylla
Portugal

00030675
SEROTINE BAT
Eptesicus serotinus

00030670
AUSTRALIAN SEA LION young
Neophoca cinerea
moving along shore
(Endemic to Australia)

00030664
GALAPAGOS SEALION scratching
Zalophus c.woolebaeki
Galapagos Islands, Pacific
Species is Zalophus californianus

00030651
SERVAL standing, watchfully
Felis serval
South Africa

00030646
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA & baby
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon &
Congo Orphans reintroduced to the wild

00030641
ADDAX head detail
Addax nasomaculatus
Reintroduced to Morocco. Critically Endangered. Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.

00030629
TENEBRIONID BEETLE
walking on sand
Morocco

00030613
TUAREG and his children dressed in traditional blue robe with camels in the Erg Chebbi area. Sahara desert, Morocco. Model released.

00030612
TUAREG and his children dressed in traditional blue robe with camels in the Erg Chebbi area. Sahara desert, Morocco. Model released.

00030593
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX group
Oryx dammah
group. Extinct? Reintroduced to
Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco.

00030564
ASIAN ELEPHANT dust-bathing
Elephas maximus
Kahna National Park, India.

00030492
HOUSE SPARROW male in flight
Passer domesticus

00030440
HARVESTMAN
Mitopus morio
with mite on its back

00030437
GREEN SHIELD or STINK BUG
Palomena prasina
nymph on leaf

00030420
COMMON or HANUMAN LANGUR
Presbytis entellus
female with young
Kanha National Park, India

00030413
FIREFLIES flashing with light trails at night
Bandhavgarh National Park, India

00030404
PERITO MORENO GLACIER
Glaciers National Park,
Patagonia, Argentina

00030358
IRISH LADY'S TRESSES in flower
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
August Lough Beg, Londonderry,
north western Ulster

00030355
BELTED BEAUTY MOTH at rest
Lycia zonaria
Co. Mayo, southern Ireland March

00030344
ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET
Psittacula krameri
perched

00030335
LESSER HORSESHOE BAT face detail
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Spain

00030317
DAFFODIL flower opening
Narcissus sp.
Opening sequence B: No. 1/5

00030265
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
Muscicapa striata
perched on fence

00030263
GRASS SNAKE testing air
Natrix natrix
with tongue, for scents
Secret Life of a Garden bookplate p.90

00030255
MEDITERRANEAN CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo chamaeleon
attempting to catch butterfly

00030250
FIELD CRICKET outside its burrow
Gryllus campestris

00030249
HEDGEHOG eating slug
Erinaceus europaeus

00030245
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
mass of larvae on stinging nettle

00030240
EMPEROR DRAGONFLY
Anax imperator
male in flight

00030230
GREATER HORNTAIL WASP or GIANT WOOD WASP Urocerus gigas
using ovipositor to bore into bark to lay eggs

00030223
CORNCOCKLE flower detail
Agrostemma githago
Fam. Caryophyllaceae

00030207
ASSASSIN BUG
Playmenis biguttata
with ground beetle prey
Africa

00030204
SNEEZEWORT
Achillea ptarmica
inflorescence detail

00030192
MEADOW FLORA with Yellow Rattle,
Knapweed, Oxeye Daisy & Meadow
Buttercup Rhinanthus minor
Leucanthemum vulgare

00030161
NUT-TREE TUSSOCK
Colocasia coryli

00030150
SILVER-Y MOTH
Plusia gamma

00030141
YELLOW MICRO-MOTH
Agapeta zoegama

00030122
CALIFORNIA SEALION group
Zalophus californianus
in shallows California, USA

00030117
PUMA or COUGAR (Endangered)
Felis concolor
in deep snow Montana, USA
Taken in the wild

00030112
TYRANNOSAURUS SKELETON
Tyrannosaurus rex
7 ton predatory dinosaur, 20 ft tall.
Drumheller Museum, Alberta, Canada

00030091
PUMA or COUGAR wading
Felis concolor
in river.
North America

00030080
GREY or TREE FOX in woodland
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
North America.

00030048
LEOPARD poised to pounce
Panthera pardus
Okonjima, Namibia

00030022
ONAGER or WILD ASS
Equus hemionus onager
two standing in sunshine

00030021
WESTERN BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
Latrodectus hesperus
male preparing to mate, using foot
to transfer sperm to his palps

00030020
BANDED KRAIT (venomous)
Bungarus fasciatus
Native to South East Asia

00029981
CURVED SAND RIDGES
lightly cemented by ground water,
exposed when rest of dunes have blown
away White Sands Nat'l Monument, New Mexico, USA.

00029980
CALOTROPE TREE seedlings
Calotropis procera
Mauritania

00029979
STONY DESERT
near Atar, Mauritania,
western Africa

00029977
RATTLESNAKE BITE on little finger,
showing condition, five days after bite
by Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox Southern Arizona, USA

00029930
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY
Gonepteryx rhamni
hibernating on Ivy

00029900
CLIFFS, Sandstone & Chalk,
with seashore in foreground (wideangle)
Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK April

00029835
HELENIUM "Moerheim Beauty"
Helenium autumnale
County Gardens, Christchurch

00029831
LARGE-LEAVED or
BROAD-LEAVED LIME
Tilia platyphyllos
showing flowering branches

00029829
LILY "Gran Paradiso" flower detail
Lilium sp.
Country Gardens, Christchurch,
South Island, New Zealand

00035033
NORWAY SPRUCE CONES
Picea abies
Appenines, Italy.

00035030
ANGULAR SOLOMAN'S SEAL in flower
Polygonatum odoratum
Gait Barrows, Lancashire, UK. (May)

00035025
RIGID BUCKLER FERN
growing in limestone pavement
Dryopteris submontana
Lancashire, England. (June)

00035024
MALE FERN LEAF with spore capsules
Dryopteris filix-mas
Yorkshire, England.

00035020
SAN DIEGO GOPHER SNAKE albino
Pituophis catenifer annectans
Captive. Native to USA.

00035019
MONTANE SLUG-EATING SNAKE
Pareas vertebralis

00035013
GIANT PALM SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa defleini
Honduras.

00035002
MARBLED SAND FROG
Sphaetotheca rolandae
Nilgala Fire Savanna, Sri Lanka.

00034992
BLACK-SPINED TOAD
Bufo melanostictus
Hunas Falls, Sri Lanka.

00034986
MARSH CROCODILE or MUGGER
Crocodylus palustris
Yala, Sri Lanka.

00034984
WATER MONITOR swimming
Varanus salvator kabaragoya
Near Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.

00034980
GREEN GARDEN LIZARD laying eggs
Calotes calotes
Hunas Falls, Sri Lanka.

00034976
SRI LANKAN CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo zeylanicus
Puttulam, Sri Lanka. (Dry Zone)

00034968
HORNED LIZARD
Ceratophora stoddartii
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

00034958
SODA POOLS & VOLCANIC
FORMATIONS Nubyatom,
Lake Turkana, Kenya, eastern Africa

00034952
DROMEDARY CAMEL
Camelus dromedarius
two, owned by Rendilles, drinking at
waterhole Kenya, eastern Africa

00034949
BLACKBACKED JACKAL suckling pups
Canis mesomelas
at den. Savuti, Chobe National Park,
Botswana

00034948
BLACKBACKED JACKAL pair
Canis mesomelas
mutual grooming. Savuti,
Chobe National Park, Botswana

00034947
AFRICAN GREEN PIGEON
Treron calva
eating fruit of wild fig
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00034945
LEOPARD with porcupine kill
Panthera pardus
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00034943
AFRICAN LIONS at night,
Panthera leo
showing eyeshine. Savuti Channel,
Chobe National Park, Botswana

00034941
EASTERN BOX TURTLE
Terrapene carolina carolina
Turkey Run State Pk, Indiana.USA

00034940
LADDER SNAKE
Elaphe scalaris
Found in Spain & Southern France

00034936
LAPPET MOTH
Gastropacha quercifolia
camouflaged on leaflitter

00034935
ROCK MONITOR LIZARD
Varanus exanthematicus
eating Royal Python. Africa
Royal Python is Python regius

00034930
MOLE CRICKET
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Europe

00034928
GROUND BEETLE eating slug
Carabus auratus

00034925
HUNTER with decoy on head enabling
him to creep up on quarry
Northern Cameroon
Decoy is head of Hornbill

00034924
HUNTER wearing Hornbill head
Enables him to get close to quarry
Northern Cameroon

00034915
BACTRIAN CAMEL
Camelus bactrianus
head detail

00034913
TOKAY GECKO eye, close detail
Gekko gekko
to show pupil almost closed
South East Asia

00034912
TOKAY GECKO eye, close detail
Gekko gekko
to show pupil well open
South East Asia

00034910
APPLE TREE & fallen apples
Malus domestica
Europe

00034907
FRESHWATER CRAYFISH
Astacus astacus
Europe

00034905
MELALEUCA TREE
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Close-up of leaves on branch
New Caledonia, West Pacific

00034903
DROMEDARY CAMEL head detail
Camelus dromedarius
Sahara Desert, northern Africa

00034899
ENGLISH OAK seedling & acorns
Quercus robur
near large tree

00034898
DROMEDARY CAMEL eye detail
Camelus dromedarius
Mauritania, western Africa

00034895
EUROPEAN GREY WOLF
Canis lupus
at carcass Poland

00034892
RAINFOREST CANOPY
Amazon Basin Ecuador, South America

00034891
PEREGRINE FALCON bathing
Falco peregrinus
North America

00034890
CABERNET GRAPES ripe fruit
September Napa Valley,
California, western USA

00034888
SOCIABLE PLOVER
Vanellus gregarius
Russia (Central Asia) June

00034887
SUGAR GLIDER on eucalypt
Petaurus breviceps
eating blossom Australia

00034886
LONG-NOSED POTOROO
Potorous tridactylus
Eastern Australia & Tasmania

00034884
AGILE WALLABY
Macropus agilis
Kakadu National Park,
Northern Territory, Australia

00034883
SWAMP WALLABY upright,
Wallabia bicolor
browsing. Australia.

00034880
HOOPOE holding prey in beak
Upupa epops
on drystone wall,
Northern Spain

00034879
SONG THRUSH breaking snails at anvil
Turdus philomelos
France

00034872
HEMP AGRIMONY in flower August
Eupatorium cannabinum
Lancashire, north west England

00034870
BREAKING WAVES
Bardsey Island, Lleyn Peninsula,
North Wales

00034866
AGILE WALLABY grazing
Macropus agilis
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory,
Australia

00034865
NORTHERN BRUSHTAIL POSSUM
Trichosurus arnhemensis
on branch. Kakadu National Park,
Northern Territory, Australia

00034864
DAMA WALLABY or TAMMAR WALLABY
Macropus eugenii
with young in pouch
Kangaroo Island, South Australia

00034863
JAY feeding young
Garrulus glandarius

00034860
COYPU or NUTRIA head detail
Myocastor coypus
to show gnawing incisors

00034859
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG or ALSATIAN
young with young cat

00034858
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
or ALSATIAN

00034857
WAYFARING TREE in flower
Viburnum lantana

00034855
BLACK LABRADOR RETRIEVER
sitting amongst heather on moor

00034853
BACTRIAN CAMEL & young
Camelus bactrianus

00034852
SNOWY WOODLAND at sunset
Ivinghoe Common, Buckinghamshire,
England. January

00034848
HATCHING CHICKEN EGG at 1400 hours
Picture sequence: DOMESTIC No.2 of 4

00034845
PRZEWALSKI'S HORSE
Equus przewalskii
mother & young

00034842
VEGETABLE PLOT in cottage garden
June Bibury, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire,
West Midlands of England

00034841
GREY TABBY CAT January
resting on fence post, with mouse

00034840
WOOD MOUSE in hole in log
Apodemus sylvaticus
Hertfordshire, England.

00034839
RAINDROPS on clover leaves
Trifolium sp.
Hertfordshire, England. June

00034837
GUINEA PIG with cabbage leaf
Hertfordshire, England.

00034836
REDPOLL male on larch
Acanthis flammea or Carduelis flammea
Hertfordshire, England. February.

00034835
WILD PANSY in flower
Viola tricolor
Buckinghamshire, England.

00034831
FIELD POPPIES in Borage crop July
Borago officinalis
(used as a health supplement)
Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England

BLUE

00034825
BOUQUET OF PINK ROSES

00034824
BOUQUET OF PINK ROSES

00034822
STILL LIFE WITH PINK ROSES

00034816
DAFFODILS
Narcissus sp.

00034815
DAFFODILS
Narcissus sp.

00034812
BROWN RAT swimming
Rattus norvegicus
Switzerland

00034808
GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY larva
Cordulegaster boltonii
camouflaged on gravel. Larva is being
maintained under controlled conditions.

00034807
ALPINE IBEX male, basking
Capra ibex ibex
November Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

00034806
SCREE SLOPE (erosion)
The Swiss National Park,
Canton Grabunden, Switzerland

00034804
RAINFOREST viewed from above
from research crane
Surumohni, Amazonas, Venezuela

00034803
EIGER (3790m), MONCH (4099m) and
JUNGFRAU (4158m). Canton of Bern,
Switzerland. October

00034802
CORAL skeleton
West Indies

00034800
LLAMA in the puna at 4700m
Lama glama
Bolivia, South America

00034799
MOULD growing on bread

00034798
FRUIT FLY male
Drosophila melanogaster
Genetic variation Ebony Body

00034797
FRUIT FLY male
Drosophila melanogaster
wild type

00034792
ALTERNATIVE PREY THEORY
Grouping of five spiders reduces chance
of one being prey to 20%
Spider is Marxia sp. Trinidad, West Indies

00034791
TRUE SERVICE TREE
Sorbus domestica
with foliage in autumn colours

00034789
POTATO tuber & shoot
Solanum tuberosum
Variety "Romana"

00034785
PRUNUS branch "Ariake" or "Dawn"
Prunus sp.
Satozakura hybrid, up to 6m tall Large
single flowers & bronze young foliage

00034782
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
landing on water
JN Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA

00034780
GANNET on nest
Sula bassana
Ireland

00034778
GANNET taking off from water
Sula Bassana
Ireland

00034775
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER male calling
Dendrocopos major
The Marshwood Vale, Dorset, England

00034774
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Larus fuscus
Co Wexford, Ireland

00034773
NUTHATCH with seed in beak
Sitta europaea
The Marshwood Vale, Dorset, England

00034772
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
Grinton Moor, North Yorkshire, England

00034766
WESTERN SANDPIPER
Calidris mauri
Adult in winter plumage wing stretching before taking flight
North Beach, Fort De Soto, Florida, USA

00034765
WILLOW TIT
Parus montanus
Oulanka National Park, Kuusamo, Finland

00034762
SOLDIER BEETLE
Rhagonyncha fulva

00034759
STANDARD POODLE
sitting in long grass
with Miniature Poodle

00034758
STANDARD POODLE DOG
clipped rear but not fore

00034756
BRUNO or JURA HOUND

00034754
ARABIAN HORSE young
amongst dandelions

00034752
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR gaping
Alligator mississipiensis

00034751
STINGING NETTLE
Urtica dioica
clump in flower

00034748
AGOUTI young, on sand
Dasyprocta punctata

00034746
SPECTACLED CAIMAN
Caiman crocodilus yacare
(Flat tail adapted to swimming) Pantanal,
Mato Grosso do Sul, southern Brazil

00034744
BARRED WOODCREEPER
Dendrocolaptes certhia
Maranhao Province, Brazil

00034743
WEDGE-BILLED WOODCREEPER
Glyphorhynchus spirurus
Pau, Bahia, eastern Brazil July

00034741
HILAIRE'S SIDENECK TURTLES
Phrynops hilarii
mating
Sao Paulo, Brazil.

00034740
SOUTHERN OPOSSUM female
Didelphis marsupialis
on thin branch. December.
Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

00034737
INDIAN WOLF
Canis lupus altaicus
on lookout from crag

00034736
STAR TORTOISE
Geochelone elegans
India

00034733
MONTAGU'S HARRIER artificial nest
Circus pygargus
female returning where conservationists
have placed young after harvesting

00034730
COYPU or NUTRIA on ice
Myocastor coypus

00034729
SPOONBILL
Platalea leucorodia
large flock in flight

00034728
GREATER FLAMINGO large flock
Phoenicopterus ruber
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone,
southern France aerial view

00034725
INDIAN or BENGAL FOX
Vulpes bengalensis
hunting at night near den, India

00034723
BURROWING STARFISH pair mating
Astropecten sp.
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Spawning
behaviour, not very well understood

00034719
CHICKEN embryo, 1 day old
Gallus gallus
Sequence: no. 1/11

00034716
INDO-PACIFIC SERGEANT
Abudefduf vaigiensis
shoalover coral reef Malaysia

00034715
INDO-PACIFIC SERGEANT
Abudefduf vaigiensis
spawning Malaysia

00034713
SPINECHEEK ANEMONEFISH
Premnas biaculeatus
Papua New Guinea

00034711
ROCKWORM (Length 5-9cm)
Eunice sp.
Voracious nocturnal predator, five
pairs of jaws Sulawesi, Indonesia

00034709
GOLDENTAIL MORAY EEL
Muraena miliaris
in Branching Tube Sponge
Pseudoceratina crassa

00034705
BOX CRAB (variable colouration)
Calappa calappa
Komodo, Indonesia. Opens shells with
claws. Nocturnal

00034704
LYRETAIL ANTHIAS or FAIRY BASSLET
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
male. Wakatobi, Indonesia

00034701
AFRICAN LION female chasing Zebra
Panthera leo
Kenya, eastern Africa

00034698
AFRICAN BUFFALO head detail
Syncerus caffer
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00034697
BLUE WILDEBEEST aerial view
Connochaetes taurinus
huge herd on migration
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00034696
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus
in flight
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00034695
BLUE WILDEBEEST or
WHITE-BEARDED GNU group
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00034692
VIPERINE SNAKE curled
Natrix maura
Cal Sane, Barcelona, Spain
October

00034691
GRIFFON VULTURE flying low
Gyps fulvus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

00034688
CHICKEN broody female with chicks

00034686
LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Anser erythropus
group on frosted field

00034685
STRIPENECKED TERRAPIN
Mauremys caspica
two juveniles
Corfu, Greece.

00034684
THREE-TOED BOX TURTLE
Terrapene carolina triunguis
adult male

00034683
EUROPEAN POND TERRAPIN
Emys orbicularis
Corfu, Greece.

00034680
FERAL PIGEON NEST & TWO EGGS
Feral Pigeon is Columba livia

00034679
FERAL PIGEON young
Columba livia
newly emerged from egg

00034678
SHETLAND PONY stallion urinating
on faeces of mare - proclaiming
'ownership'. Unst, Shetland Isles,
Scotland.

Dung

00034677
RED-FOOTED TORTOISE
Geochelone carbonaria
or Testudo carbonaria
South America

00034676
BACTRIAN CAMEL close-up of nose
Camelus bactrianus

00034674
SWEEP' MILL, counterbalanced arms
that aid the lifting of water buckets from
well - for livestock Hortobagy National
Park, Hungary. October.

00034673
COYPU or NUTRIA close up of feet
Myocastor coypus

00034670
COMMON or EUROPEAN CRANES
Grus grus
feeding in harvested cereal field.
Norfolk, England.

00034668
BAJA BLUE ROCK LIZARD
Petrosaurus thalassinus

00034667
EGYPTIAN TORTOISES
Testudo kleinmanni
Breeding programme, Frankfurt Zoo, Germany.

00034666
ZEBRA FINCHES male feeding chicks
Taeniopygia guttata
within a nest basket

00034659
VIVIPAROUS or COMMON LIZARD
Lacerta vivipara
two young recently born, one on right has lost tail.

00034658
GRASS SNAKE sloughed skin
Natrix natrix
showing head scales including eye-scale 'spectacles'.

00034656
BEE NEST SITES of old timber
and reed straw to attract Mason
or Solitary Bees Osmia sp.

00034655
BEE NEST SITES of old timber
and reed straw to attract Mason
or Solitary Bees Osmia sp.

00034654
SILVER-STUDDED BLUE BUTTERFLIES
Plebejus argus
mating Ashdown Forest, Sussex, UK

00034652
ROBIN'S PINCUSHION GALL
caused by Diplolepis rosae
on DOG ROSE Rosa canina

00034651
WHITE-CHEEKED BULBUL
Pycnonotus leucogenys leucoris

00034648
MEDITERRANEAN SCRUB April
Akamas Peninsula, Island of Cyprus,
Mediterranean Sea

00034647
VERAGOA STUBFOOT TOAD
Atelopus varius
Rara Avis, Costa Rica. Rare species.
Also known as HARLEQUIN FROG

00034645
EASTERN SPADEFOOT TOAD male
Scaphiopus holbrooki
Florida, south eastern USA Male tends to
be yellower, female browner

00034644
EMERALD TREE BOA
Corallus caninus
coiled tightly round branch

00034642
GRAND CANYON View eastwards
at sunset Arizona, south western USA

00034641
RAZORBILL young
Alca torda

00034640
LITTLE OWL with young at nest
Athene noctua

00034639
HONEY BEES wild colony
Apis mellifera
on branch in European forest

00034636
GREY SEAL Halichoerus grypus
in water, head detail May
Saltees, Wexford, south eastern Eire

00034634
MONTAGU'S HARRIER male
Circus pygargus
head detail
Brittany, France

00034633
NEW FOREST PONY grazing, head detail
Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England

00034628
LIMESTONE PAVEMENT & glacial erratic
(left) with Gleninagh Mountain
(background) Fanmore Mere,
The Burren County Clare, western Eire

00034627
HIGHLAND COW & calf
Skye, Scotland.

00034625
DALMATIAN PELICAN pair fishing
Pelecanus crispus
January, Lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece

00034624
SOUTH AMERICAN WORM LIZARD
Amphisbaena alba
French Guiana, South America
Also called White-Bellied Worm Lizard

00034621
TWIST-NECKED TURTLE
Platemys platycephala
South America

00034619
LONGHORN BEETLE
Titanus giganteus
South America World's largest insect,
up to 15cm long

00034617
S.AMERICAN YELLOWFOOT TORTOISE
Geochelone denticulata
young, newly emerged from egg

00034615
SOUTH AMERICAN SEALION
Otaria flavescens byronia
group of young Argentina

00034613
SOUTHERN OPOSSUM female
Didelphis marsupialis
carrying young. South America

00034611
RUFOUS-BREASTED HERMIT
HUMMINGBIRD at nest
Glaucis hirsuta
French Guiana, South America

00034608
WINTER CRANE FLY on snow
Fam. Trichoceridae

00034607
EUPHORBIA TREE
Euphorbia ingens
Kenya

00034605
EUROPEAN ROLLER
Coracias garrulus
Kenya

00034603
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
View from underneath
Double Arch. Utah, USA

00034597
ROTHSCHILD'S GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
browsing on Acacia
Lake Nakuru Natl Park, Kenya

00034596
ADELIE PENGUINS returning from ocean
Pygoscelis adeliae
Antarctica

00034595
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN
Spheniscus magellanicus
on beach, just after leaving sea
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00034594
FITZROY MASSIF
Parque Nacional los Glaciares,
Patagonia, Argentina.

00034593
UTAH JUNIPER
Juniperus osteosperma
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

00034591
JUNGLE CAT
Felis chaus
Ranthambhore National Park,
Rajasthan, north western India

00034590
GIANT EAGLE OWL
Bubo lacteus
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

VERREAUX'S EAGLE OWL

00034589
LONG CRESTED EAGLE
Lophaetus occipitalis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00034588
BLACK RHINOCEROS and young
Diceros bicornis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00034587
BLACK RHINOCEROS young
Diceros bicornis
with red-billed oxpeckers
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00034585
GRANT'S GAZELLE
Gazella granti
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00034584
GRANT'S GAZELLE
Gazella granti
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00034582
CANDLEBRA TREE forest
Euphorbia candelabrum
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00035028
MARSH MARIGOLD in flower
Caltha palustris
Clough Woods, Derbyshire, England.

00035027
BRAMBLE SEEDLING AND MOSS
Mull, Scotland. (June)

00035021
SAN DIEGO GOPHER SNAKE albino
Pituophis catenifer annectans
Captive. Native to USA.

00035016
COUCH'S SPADEFOOT TOAD in burrow
Scaphiopus couchi
Arizona.

00035014
PYRENEAN FIRE SALAMANDER
Salamandra salamandra fastuosa
France.

00034987
TURTLE HATCHERY
Kosgoda, Sri Lanka.

00034978
LEAF-NOSED LIZARD
Ceratophora tennentii
Knuckles Mountains, Sri Lanka.

00034970
BARK GECKO
Hemidactylus leschenaulti.
Puttulam, Sri Lanka.(Dry Zone)

00034961
BOIE'S ROUGH-SIDED SNAKE
Aspidura brachyorrhos
Gampola, Sri Lanka.

00034957
JACKAL BITING BUTTOCKS OF HYENA
to drive it away from den
Serengeti Natl Park, Tanzania

00034954
DROMEDARY CAMEL
Camelus dromedarius
herd settled for night at camp, with
Rendille herdsmen Kenya, E Africa

00034946
AFRICAN LION pride
Panthera leo
one male, several females
Linyanti Reserve, Botswana, Africa

00034937
ASP VIPER
Vipera aspis
close up of head

00034927
MADAGASCAR TREE BOA in tree
Sanzinia madagascariensis
Madagascar. Endemic.

00034926
PEBBLE PLANT in flower
Argyroderma octophyllum

00034917
BICHIR or POLYPTERID
Polypterus palmas
Anachronistic freshwater predator
native to Sierra Leone & Zaire

00034911
SPUR-THIGHED TORTOISE on rock
Testudo graeca
Found in southern Europe,
Near East & northern Africa

00034909
RAINBOW BOA on buttress root
Epicrates cenchria
at water's edge South America

00034906
SHRIMP FARMING - a sample
Penaeus stylirostris
New Caledonia
(species of shrimp is native to Mexico)

00034902
DROMEDARY CAMELS
Camelus dromedarius
Moroccan Sahara

00034896
HOBBY fledglings
Falco subbuteo
Poland

00034894
GIANT SEQUOIA General Sherman
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sequoia National Park, California,
western USA

00034889
VINEYARDS October
Vitis vinifera
Napa Valley, California, USA

00034882
SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS males
Mirounga leonina
sparring (Antarctica & Antipodes)

00034869
BLACK POPLAR coming into leaf in hedgerow
Populus nigra
Clwyd, northern Wales May

00034868
YELLOW WATER-LILIES in flower
Nuphar lutea
Bearded Lake, Snowdonia Natl Pk, Wales

00034849
HATCHING CHICKEN EGG
at 1200 hours (No. 1/4.)

00034846
MIDDLE WHITE PIG
sow sitting

00034833
BARLEY CROP and Pitstone Windmill
Buckinghamshire, England.

00034829
BORAGE in flower
Borago officinalis
Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England.

00034826
BORAGE crop in flower July
Borago officinalis
(used as a health supplement)
Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England.

BLUE

00034823
RAMBLING ROSE
'Blushing Loosey' 1940

00034821
BORAGE CROP in flower July
(used as a health supplement)
near Bledlow Ridge, Chilterns,
Buckinghamshire, England.

BLUE

00034820
BORAGE CROP in flower July
(used as a health supplement)
Bledlow Ridge, Chilterns,
Buckinghamshire, England.

BLUE

00034819
SPRING TULIPS & DAFFODILS
Narcissus sp.

00034818
DAFFODILS WITH SNOW
Narcissus sp.

00034813
SNOWDROP
Galanthus nivalis
group flowering in lying snow

00034809
YELLOW ALPINE PASQUE FLOWER
Pulsatilla sulphurea
Switzerland. June

00034795
STRAWBERRY PLANT
with soil section showing root system
Oxfordshire, South Midlands, England

00034793
POND with algae
Hampstead Heath, London NW3, England

00034790
SOLOMON'S SEAL SAWFLY
Phymatocera aterrima
female on leaf

00034788
JEW'S MANTLE Pleniflora in flower
Kerria japonica
Abberley Park, Christchurch Botanic
Gardens, South Is., New Zealand

00034787
BOTTLE PALM
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Endemic to Mascarene Islands.
Almost extinct in wild.

00034781
BLACK GUILLEMOT with butterfish prey
Cepphus grylle
Monach Islands, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

00034779
GANNET in flight
Sula bassana
Ireland

00034777
GANNET catching fish
Sula bassana
Ireland

00034763
DANDELION flower
Taraxacum officinale
4 sequential images of opening

00034761
TREE WASP head detail
Dolichovespula sylvestris
showing powerful biting jaws,
used to dismember prey.

00034753
ARABIAN HORSE male,
haltered standing in meadow

00034745
RED-FOOTED TORTOISE
Geochelone carbonaria
Maraca Island, Roraima, Brazil

00034742
FROG exuding toxin from back
Phrynohyas venulosa
as defence Pantanal, Mato Grosso,
Brazil

00034732
LADDER SNAKE
Elaphe scalaris

00034731
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
Taimyr, Russia

00034718
CHICKEN embryo, 2 days old
Gallus gallus
Sequence: no. 3/11

00034717
GREEN TURTLE eggs
Chelonia mydas
(gathered legally)
Sipadan Island, Malaysia

00034714
CLAM on coral
Tridacna sp.
Malaysia

00034703
BROADCLUB CUTTLEFISH
Sepia latimanus
jetting over reef. Komodo, Indonesia

00034694
LEOPARD female with impala kill
Panthera pardus
in fig tree. 'Half-Tail' Masai Mara
National Reserve, Kenya.

00034690
RED-FACED LOVEBIRD pair in cage
Agapornis pullaria

00034682
SIAMANG GIBBON
Hylobates syndactylus
on branch, with young

00034681
SIXTEEN-SPOT LADYBIRD April
Micraspis sedecimpunctata
Calthorpe Broad, Norfolk,
East Anglia, UK

00034669
HEDGEHOG near door
Erinaceus europaeus

00034663
ZEBRA FINCH 14 day old young
Taeniopygia guttata
in nest basket in aviary.

00034662
ZEBRA FINCH young
Taeniopygia guttata
about to leave nest basket for first time.

00034657
VIVIPAROUS or COMMON LIZARD
Lacerta vivipara
young in first sloughing around head and shoulders.

00034650
WILD SERVICE TREE native UK
Sorbus torminalis
Infrequent sp. , only on primary woodland
Used in past to make colic remedy >>

00034649
WILD SERVICE TREE
Sorbus torminalis
Used in past to make drink called
Checkers, for relief of colic

00034635
GREY SEAL in sea
Halichoerus grypus
Saltees, Wexford, south eastern Eire

00034631
BANYAN or INDIAN FIG
Ficus bengalensis
Frigate Island, Seychelles
Introduced species

00034629
SEA GRAPE (foreground)
Coccoloba uvifera
with other beach-crest vegetation.
Cariacou, Grenadines. Caribbean Sea.

00034620
WOOLLY OPOSSUM
Caluromys sp.
South American rainforest

00034618
SOUTH AMERICAN SEALIONS
Otaria flavescens byronia
on rocks Peru, South America

00034616
SOUTHERN OPOSSUM
Didelphis marsupialis
carrying young on back
South America

00034614
PAMPAS or AZARA'S FOX
Dusicyon gymnocercus
Argentina, South America

00034602
QUEEN'S GARDEN & dead Limber Pine
Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, mid-west USA

00034599
CREVASSES in glacier
Antarctica

00034598
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
on prey USA

00034586
BLACK RHINOCEROS and young
Diceros bicornis
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00034581
FEVER TREE in evening light
Acacia xanthophloea
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00034578
LONG-TAILED WEASEL
Mustela frenata

00034577
LONG-TAILED WEASEL
Mustela frenata
on lookout over rock

00034575
STELLER SEALION or NORTHERN
SEALION group in shallows
Eumetopias jubatus
June

00034574
YELLOW-SPOTTED RIVER TURTLE
Podocnemis unifilis
head detail
(Sp. of Brazil, Suriname & Venezuela)

00034573
SNOW LEOPARD resting on snow
Panthera uncia
Rare & endangered species
of Tibet & north western China

00034572
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS aerial view
near Perce, Gaspe Peninsula,
Quebec, south eastern Canada

00034571
DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK
Alberta, south western Canada.
UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Rock formations
Erosion

00034569
STRAWBERRY POISON FROG
Dendrobates pumilio
(in captivity

00034568
REINWARDT'S FLYING FROG
Rhacophorus reinwardtii
Captive animal. Native to Indochina,
Sumatra, Java. Also called Blue-webbed Gliding Frog

00034566
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Central America. Captive.

00034563
WOOD FROG emerging from hibernation in Spring
Rana sylvatica
Nova Scotia, Canada.
Most northerly amphibian in world.

00034562
REMOTE-CONROL CAMERA
for photographing wildlife.
Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka,
Southern India.

00034558
SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE
Chelodina longicollis
Australia

00034557
EASTERN PYGMY POSSUM
Cercartetus nanus
on inflorescence of Christmas Bells
Blandfordia nobilis South east Australia

00034556
GREEN ACOUCHI group of three
Myroprocta pratti
Amazonia, South America

00034555
STRANGLER FIG TREE
Ficus sp.
Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

00034554
BLACKBACKED JACKAL sitting
Canis mesomelas
Masai Mara Natl Reserve, Kenya

00034550
SPECTACLED BEAR in captivity
Tremarctos ornatus
La Planada Nature Reserve,
Colombia, South America

00034549
MASAI GIRAFFE mother & young
G.camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Serengeti Natl Park< Tanzania
Giraffe species is Giraffa camelopardalis

00034548
SPECTACLED BEAR female
Tremarctos ornatus
In captivity La Planada Nature Reserve,
Colombia, South America

00034542
FOSSIL OF HYPACROSAURUS
From the Cretaceous period
Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.

00034541
WHITE-FOOTED SPORTIVE LEMUR at night
Lepilemur leucopus
resting in Didiera tree.
Spiny Desert, Madagascar.

00034538
EMPEROR PENGUINS heading to colony,
Aptenodytes forsteri
Coulman Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

00034537
WILD LUPINS
Nahuel Huapi National Park, near Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina

00034536
MUSK OX
Ovibos moschatus
Alaska, USA

00034535
EMPEROR PENGUIN colony,
Aptenodytes forsteri
View from inside ice cave, Weddell Sea.

00034533
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS
Over snow-covered Talkeetna Mountains
Hatcher Pass area, Alaska, USA

00034530
LONG-TAILED SILKY-FLYCATCHER
Ptilogonys caudatus
Costa Rica.

00034527
GRAND CANYON & COLORADO RIVER
seen from Lipan Point Arizona, USA

00034526
SAND BOA burrowing
Eryx conicus
Juvenile burrowing into sand
Part 3 of 3 in sequence

00034525
DESERT BOX TURTLE female
Terrapene ornata luteola
Marfa-Alpine, western Texas, USA

00034524
YELLOW MUD TURTLE
Kinosternon flavescens
male, anterior view Big Bend,
western Texas, southern USA

00034523
GREEN TREE PYTHON
Chondropython viridis
young female
Irian Jaya, New Guinea

00034520
HAWKSBILL TURTLE
Eretmochelys imbricata
Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

00034519
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Thomas Reef, Straits of Tiran,
Red Sea, Egypt Endangered species

00034518
LYRETAIL ANTHIAS or GOLDIE
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
by coral reef. Ras Mohammed,
Egypt. Red Sea.

orange sea-perch

00034517
COMMON FIELD GRASSHOPPER
Chorthippus brunneus
laying eggs

00034514
VIVIPAROUS LIZARD
Lacerta vivipara
showing regenerating tail. Live-bearing
sometimes lays eggs in montane regions

00034512
ST KILDA ROCK STACKS
Stac Lee(191m) & Stac an Armin (165m)
two tallest in UK
Boreray, St Kilda, Scotland

00034510
JACKDAW on grass
Corvus monedula

00034509
ROWAN or MOUNTAIN ASH
Sorbus aucuparia
branch bearing ripe berries

00034506
GREY SEAL colony on beach
Halichoerus grypus
Isle of May, Scotland

00034505
BLACK CUILLIN HILLS
Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides,
western Scotland

00034503
BOG MYRTLE or SWEET GALE
Myrica gale
SALICACEAE

00034502
HIGHLAND BULL head detail
Perth & Kinross, central Scotland

00034501
HIGHLAND COW & CALF Island of Mull,
Argyll & Bute, Atlantic west coast
of Scotland

00034498
VIVIPAROUS LIZARD female
Lacerta vivipara

00034497
GREEN TIGER BEETLE on bark
Cicindela campestris

00034496
BORAGE in flower
Borago officinalis

00034494
MANY-ZONED POLYPORE group
Coriolus versicolor or
Trametes versicolor
Widespread, common
Inedible

00034493
SILK BUTTON GALLS on Oak leaf
caused by Gall Wasp
Neuroterus numismalis

00034492
ATLANTIC SALMON smolt
Salmo salar

00034489
SESSILE OAK leaf
Quercus petraea

00034487
WEDGE-BILLED WOODCREEPER
Glyphorhynchus spirurus
roosting in tree-hole
Amazon Rainforest, Peru

00034485
MINATURE SHETLAND PONY
Foal resting under mother

00034484
MINATURE SHETLAND PONIES
Mother nuzzling foals in field,
among Buttercups

00034483
RAINFOREST FUNGUS
Marasmius sp.
Amazon Rainforest, Peru

00034480
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
running across harrowed land,
pursued by two dogs

00034479
COCK PHEASANT taking off
Phasianus colchicus

00034477
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
on stump of hollow branch

00034476
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua

00034473
EUROPEAN WILD BOARS
Sus scrofa
group of piglets under conifer.
Germany. Winter.

00034469
EUROPEAN TREE FROG
Hyla arborea
on plant stem

00034468
BUDGERIGARS
Melopsittacus undulatus
four on perch with feeder

00034467
GREY HERON perching on post
Ardea cinerea

00034465
CARRION CROW in flight
Corvus corone

00034459
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL landing
Bubo bubo

00034457
COMMON BUZZARD landing
Buteo buteo

00034456
COMMON BUZZARD in flight
Buteo buteo

00034453
GREAT CRESTED GREBES in courtship
Podiceps cristatus

00034452
COOTS fighting
Fulica atra

00034451
COOT taking off from water
Fulica atra

00034448
TREE SPARROW with caterpillars
Passer montanus
nesting in scarecrow face