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00034069
SNOW BUNTING February
Plectrophenax nivalis
Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland


00034065
MUSHROOM PICKER France
with harvest in basket
(Model release obtained)


00034060
PATAS MONKEY sitting
Erythrocebus patas


00034050
ALPINE IBEX female & young
Capra ibex


00034049
WOODLARK pair
Lullula arborea
at nest with young


00034048
HOUSE SPARROW male
Passer domesticus
perched on Angelica stem


00034026
BATELEUR EAGLE in flight
Terathopicus ecaudatus
Etosha National Park, Namibia.


00034022
GREY CROWNED CRANE
Balearica regulorum
Breeding pair in typical wetland habitat
Amboseli National Park, Kenya


00034016
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Young calf
Amboseli National Park, Kenya


00034009
AFRICAN ELEPHANT dust bathing
Loxodonta africana
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.


00034005
SOUTHERN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
South Africa


00033996
MAASAI PEOPLE
The warrior jumping dance. Young Maasai moran (warrior-youth) leap into the air from a standing position, in order to demonstrate their strength and agility.
Near Amboseli National Park, Kenya.


00033986
MELLERS CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo melleri
Distribution: Rainforests of East Africa.


00033976
SEASHELL on beach
Seychelles


00033968
COMMON NODDY TERN
Anous stolidus
coming into land at nesting site with nesting material in beak. Seychelles. Distribtution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033941
HAWKSBILL TURTLE
Eretmochelys imbricata
Female nesting on beach.
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species.


00033940
HAWKSBILL TURTLE EGGS
Eretmochelys imbricata
Research scientist relocating eggs.
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species.


00033925
SEYCHELLES FODY
Foudia sechellarum
Cousin Island, Seychelles
Endemic to Cousine, Cousin, Fregate and Aride islands. Vulnerable species.


00033913
BEACH SCENE
View of Cousine Island from the sea
Cousine Island, Seychelles


00033909
WOMAN SNORKLING
In clear water amongst granite boulders.
Anse Source d' Argent beach, La Digue Island, Seychelles.
(Model released).


00033902
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea
On the beach
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Vulnerable species


00033895
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea
Feeding on vegetation.
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Vulnerable species.


00033883
TREE SPARROW on twig
Passer montanus
Midlands of England February


00033873
CIRL BUNTING female
Emberiza cirlus
on branch, Greece


00033870
CRETZSCHMAR'S BUNTING male
Emberiza caesia
in water Greece April


00033869
LINNET male on gorse
Carduelis cannabina
Worcestershire, England June


00033868
COMMON SNIPE in water
Gallinago gallinago
Oman November


00033867
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT by water
Limosa limosa
Oman August


00033866
BROWN-NECKED RAVEN on branch
Corvus ruficollis
Oman August


00033864
ROCK BUNTING
Emberiza cia
Spain February


00033859
CALANDRA LARK April
Melanocorypha calandra
singing perched on branch. Bulgaria


00033857
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
standing by water. Sweden. April


00033852
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
flock in flight
Hornborg, Sweden April


00034893
GIANT SEQUOIA or WELLINGTONIA
Sequoiadendron giganteum
forest with man walking Sequoia Natonal
Park, California, western USA


00034876
SONG THRUSH breaking snails at anvil
Turdus philomelos
France


00034851
BROMELIADS Everglades National Park
Florida, USA. March


00034850
YAK
Bos mutus
group in falling snow


00034847
CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVER
Ten-week-old young on grass
Hertfordshire, southern England


00034817
DAFFODILS WITH SNOW
Narcissus sp.


00034814
IMPERIAL SHAG pair at nest
Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer
Petermann Island, Antarctic Peninsula


00034796
YEAST COLONY
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
for commercial use
e.g. brewing or baking


00034768
MIXED FLOCK OF SANDERLING, DUNLIN, WESTERN SANDPIPER & DOTWITCHER in flight
North Beach, Fort De Soto, Florida, USA



00034767
SIBERIAN JAY
Perisoreus infaustus
Oulanka National Park, Kuusamo, Finland



00034757
PEKINESE DOGS Large group
of varied colour on staircase


00034750
HORSE reared on hind legs
Equus caballus


00034739
CACAO or COCOA seeds being removed
Theobroma cacao
from pods. August.
Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil


00034727
INDIAN SOFTSHELL TURTLE
Aspideretes gangeticus
basking on log in pool
India.


00034722
EUPHRASIAN KRILL & COPEPODA
All larvae of these, except Polychaete
larva (bottom right) & Carangid fish egg
(towards lower left) Great Barrier Reef,


00034700
LEOPARD catching hare prey,
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya, East Africa
Hunting sequence, no. 2/3


00034693
WILD PANSY or HEARTSEASE
Viola tricolor
flowers, detail


00034643
RED WOLF (Re-introduced)
Canis rufus
Saint Vincent Island National Wildlife
Refuge, NW Florida, south eastern USA


00034610
FROST ON LEAVES of Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum


00034592
SANDSTORM over Nossob river bed
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park,
South Africa


00034565
WOOD FROG emerging from hibernation in Spring
Rana sylvatica
Nova Scotia, Canada.
Most northerly amphibian in world.


00034531
MONA MONKEY in tree
Cercopithecus mona
Grand Etang, Grenada, West Indies.
Originally from western & central Africa but introduced to Greanda 200-300 years ago.


00034522
SANDFISH male in sand
Scincus scincus
Egypt, northern Africa


00034475
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR
Sus scrofa
in long grass


00034464
CARRION CROW investigating nest box
Corvus corone


00034463
CARRION CROW in flight with egg
Corvus corone
after preying on bird's nest.


00034462
CARRION CROW in flight with egg
Corvus corone
after preying on bird's nest.


00034455
CARRION CROW mobbing a buzzard
Corvus corone


00034439
RED DEER stag in rut
Cervus elaphus


00034421
SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT
Lasiorhinus latifrons
South Australia


00034398
WHITE or FAIRY TERN with fish prey
Gygis alba
Seychelles.


00034380
COMMON FIELD GRASSHOPPER
Chorthippus brunneus
male


00034370
WASP SPIDER on web
Argiope bruennichi
Etang du Charnier, Gard, France


00034311
SPIROGYRA CELL


00034307
HIMALAYAN PEAKS Nuptse, Everest
(8848m) & Lhotse Solu-Kumbu
National Park, Nepal


00034306
HONEYBEE feeding on nectar
Apis mellifera


00034295
FOURTEEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Propylea 14-punctata
eating aphid


00034286
CLICK BEETLE on flower
Prosternon tesselatum
Somerset, England.


00034274
PAPER WASP on nest
Polistes sp.
Samos, Greece.



00034260
FIELD COW-WHEAT in flower
Melampyrum arvense
Burgundy, France.


00034241
GREATER HEDGEHOG TENREC
Setifer setosus
foraging at night, Nosy Mangabe,
northeastern Madagascar


00034236
MADAGASCAR FRUIT BATS roosting
Pteropus rufus
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar


00034227
DIADEMED LEMUR
Propithecus diadema
Undescribed sub-species from north
of Tsinjoariva, eastern Madagascar


00034199
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
young on hind legs, silhouetted on low sun
Spring Rocky Mountains, North America


00034193
CHITAL or SPOTTED DEER female
Axis axis
hiding in grass Nagarhole National
Park, Karnataka, southern India


00034149
INTERMEDIATE EGRET on nest
Egretta intermedia
with chick. Ranganthitoo Sanctuary,
Karnataka, South India


00034147
PAINTED STORK fishing
Mycteria leucocephala
Ranganthitoo Sanctuary, Karnataka,
South India


00034138
ASIAN WATER BUFFALO wallowing
Bubalus bubalis
in water. Kaziranga National Park,
Asssam, India


00034124
SALLY LIGHTFOOT CRAB
Grapsus grapsus
on volcanic sand. Galapagos


00034120
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
Sula nebouxii excisa
Galapagos


00034118
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY pair
Sula nebouxii excisa
preparing to mate. Galapagos


00034116
ANGEL FALLS (height 990m)
World's tallest single drop falls
Canaima NP, Venezuela


00034104
NORTHWESTERN RINGNECKED SNAKE
Diadophis punctatus occidentalis
Sonoma County, California, USA


00034101
BATFISH shoal of juveniles
Platax sp.
Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia


00034072
ONE-FLOWERED WINTERGREEN
Moneses uniflora
clump in flower


00034064
JAVAN or RED LANGUR
Trachypithecus auratus auratus
Javan Subspecies of the Ebony Langur
or leaf monkey


00034059
TARTARUGA or SOUTH AMERICAN
RIVER TURTLE young on log
Podocnemis expansa
World's largest freshwater turtle species


00034056
TURTLE DOVE
Streptopelia turtur turtur


00034054
PHEASANT cock dust-bathing
Phasianus colchicus


00034052
NUTCKRACKERS fighting
Nucifraga caryocatactes
in snow


00034046
LAPLAND BUNTING female
Calcarius lapponicus
Norway


00033966
WHITE or FAIRY TERN in flight
Gygis alba
Seychelles


00033958
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD
Phaethon lepturus
Adult nest on the ground.
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033944
HAWKSBILL TURTLE
Eretmochelys imbricata
Research scientists tag a nesting turtle
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species


00033943
HAWKSBILL TURTLE
Eretmochelys imbricata
Research scientists tag a nesting turtle
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species


00033891
DAISIES large group in flower
Bellis perennis


00033877
CHINESE WATER DEER
Hydropotes inermis
Bedfordshire, southern England


00033872
ROCK NUTHATCH on rock
Sitta neumayer
Greece


00033855
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
large group at water's edge with ducks
Hornborg, Sweden. April


00033849
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
close-up of head drinking
Sweden. April.


00033838
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
young sunbathing on branch
Midlands. July


00033836
OCELOT
Leopardus pardalis
resting inside hollow log. April


00033833
BIRD TABLE with people watching
Blue and Coal Tits feeding.
Scotland, United Kingdom.


00033823
RED RUMPED SWALLOW by water
Hirundo daurica
Portugal


00033816
FALLOW DEER male
Dama dama
Kent, England.


00033810
ROE DEER in city cemetery
Capreolus capreolus
Scotland, United Kingdom.


00033795
ASIAN OPEN-BILL STORKS at nest
Anastomus oscitans
Wat Phai Lom, Thailand


00033791
SLIPPER ANIMALCULE compressed
Paramecium aurelia
Magnification x125


00033762
PURPLE GALLINULE group
Porphyrio porphyrio
Zululand, South Africa


00033747
LION CUB
Panthera leo
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa


00033746
LEOPARD with impala kill in tree
Panthera pardus
Sabi Sabi, Greater Kruger Park, South Africa


00033725
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa


00033724
LEOPARD climbing tree with impala prey
Panthera pardus
Sabi Sabi, Mpumalanga, South Africa.


00033720
BLACKBACKED JACKAL climbing tree at night
Canis mesomelas
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, N Cape, South Africa


00033700
AFRICAN WATERLILY
Nymphea capensis
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033699
KRUGER ANTIONAL PARK SCENE
View of Rooibosrand Dam
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033690
RED-BELLIED LEMUR on tree trunk
Lemur rubriventer
Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar


00033686
RED-WATTLED LAPWNGS mating
Vanellus indicus
Bandhavgarh National Park, India


00033678
SPINNER DOLPHIN
Stenella longirostris
near to surface, lateral view
Apataki, French Polynesia, S Pacific


00033670
COWBERRY
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
close up of flower


00033668
COAL TIT in flight
Parus ater
towards snow-covered tree


00033662
STRIPED POSSUM on dead branch
Dactylopsila trivirgata
Species of upland rainforests
of Australia


00033643
PIED FLYCATCHER
Ficedula hypoleuca
female, on twig


00033628
SMOOTH NEWT male underwater
Triturus vulgaris


00033626
GEOFFROY'S LONG-NOSED BAT
Anoura geoffroyi
in flight sipping nectar from Strelitzia
flower Caught in Motion bookplate



00033615
GRASSHOPPER in flight
Tropidacris dux
Venezuela, South America


00033601
BLACK ANTS with larvae
Lasius niger


00033599
GREEN LACEWING in flight (multiflash)
Chrysopa sp.
Image carries a 50% surcharge


00033597
BRITISH BLUE CAT young
leaping to catch toy


00033593
HEDGEHOG on garden Steps
Erinaceus europaeus


00033579
HOUSE MOUSE
Mus musculus
tending young


00033570
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo


00033560
PRAYING MANTIS in flight
Stagmomantis sp.
Florida, USA


00033540
EASTERN CHIPMUNK
Tamias striatus
cheek pouches full North America


00033520
TRUMPETER SWANS
Cygnus buccinator
feeding in Tagish Lake.
Yukon Territory, Canada.


00033514
ELK or WAPITI male
Cervus canadensis
making 'bugling' rutting call.
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.


00033510
MOOSE bull smelling female for oestrus
Alces Alces
during rutting season.
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.


00033495
SLOTH BEAR close-up of head
Melursus ursinus
Delhi Zoo, India


00033494
BATELEUR EAGLES mutual preening
Terathopius ecaudatus
Kgalagadi National Park, South Africa


00033493
CAPE VULTURE on rock
Gyps coprotheres
Giant's Castle Reserve, Drakensberg,
South Africa.


00033491
LEOPARD male (captive)
Panthera pardus
Namibia.


00033475
CHACMA BABOON captive
Papio ursinus
sitting on a branch.
Namibia.


00033469
MIST OVER THORNVELD
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033466
WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus
perched on a branch.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.




00033464
WHITE-HEADED VULTURE
Trigonoceps occipitalis
perched on a branch.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033458
GOLIATH HERON standing in water.
Ardea goliath
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033457
GOLIATH HERON standing in water.
Ardea goliath
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033449
LAPWING NEST with 4 eggs
Vanellus vanellus
North Pennines, County Durham, UK.


00033446
TAWNY OWL (captive)
Strix aluco
amongst Bluebells.
United Kingdom.




00033444
COAL TIT on tree.
Parus ater
Brock Valley, Garstang, Lancashire, UK.


00033439
DAISIES in flower.
Bellis perennis
United Kingdom.


00033437
PRIMROSE
Primula vulgaris
growing at base of tree trunk.
Arnside, Cumbria, UK.


00033433
MUSHROOM PICKERS
France


00033422
GRANDIDIER'S GECKO
Geckolepis typica
camouflagued on tree trunk
Ankarana, Madagascar


00033421
MADAGASCAR VELVET GECKO
Homopholis boivini
Madagascar


00033420
SOUTHCENTRAL CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo minor
male on twig. Madagascar
Vulnerable species


00033398
ERODED ROAD
washed away by monsoon rains
Southern Madagascar


00033397
ELEPHANT BIRD
Aepyornis sp.
eggshell fragments being eroded out
of the plateau. Faux Cap, Madagascar


00033390
RIBBON WORM
foraging for food


00033378
RED-FRONTED GAZELLES at water
Gazella rufifrons
N Cameroon Gazelle of semi-desert
regions in narrow belt, Senegal to Sudan


00033377
ASP VIPER
Vipera aspis
head, gaping, showing fangs
South western France


00033373
HUMAN BODY LOUSE
Pediculus humanus corporis
two on human skin


00033355
SOUTH AMERICAN RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus durissus
pair mating. South America


00033345
CHINESE ALLIGATOR on land
Alligator sinensis
(Native to China)


00033322
EASTERN CHIPMUNK
Tamias striatus
Birmingham, Alabama, USA


00033320
INLAND BEARDED DRAGON head detail
Pogona vitticeps
defensive stance
(Australia)


00033309
THREE-TOED BOX TURTLE
Terrapene carolina triunguis
view of head
Montevallo, Alabama,USA


00033294
DIAMOND BACK WATER SNAKE
Nerodia rhombifera
(distribution Central & South USA)


00033290
GREY-BANDED KINGSNAKE coiled
Lampropeltis alterna


00033274
LOUISIANA RACER
Coluber constrictor anthicus
Louisiana, USA


00033273
LOUISIANA RACER
Coluber constrictor anthicus
Louisiana, USA


00033272
LOUISIANA RACER
Coluber constrictor anthicus
Lake Fausse Pointe, Louisiana, USA


00033271
LOUISIANA BLACK BEAR swimming
Ursus americanus lutreolus
Endangered subspecies. Tensas &
Atchafalaya riverbasins, Louisiana, USA


00033247
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Pyrenees, France


00033241
SONG THRUSH eating worm
Turdus philomelos
France


00033237
SONG THRUSH feeding chicks in nest
Turdus philomelos
France


00033228
MAAKED WEAVER
Ploceus velatus
Male weaving nest
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033226
MASKED WEAVER NEST
Ploceus velatus
Photographed in Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033208
GERMANDER SPEEDWELL in flower
Veronica chamaedrys


00033203
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus
close-up of head


00033192
NETHERLAND DWARF RABBIT &
GUINEA PIG
Hertfordshire, England


00033190
ABYSSINIAN LOVEBIRD pair
Agapornis taranta
on cherry branch


00033189
TABBY KITTEN & apple blossom
Late April


00033185
VIPER'S BUGLOSS on field edge
Echium vulgare
with Poppies & Wild Mignonette
June Breckland, Norfolk, UK


00033169
WALLCREEPER July
Tichodroma muraria
Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland


00033167
NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO digging
Dasypus novemcinctus
(in captivity) Big Cypress National
Preserve, Florida, USA March


00033164
CHICKEN EGGS HATCHING
Gallus domesticus


00033162
CHICKEN HATCHING SEQUENCE
Gallus domesticus
5th of sequence


00033151
FRUIT FLY female
Drosophila melanogaster
half eye genetic variation


00033144
RIVER DERWENT with meander
& some flooding Winter
Lake District National Park,
Cumbria, north western England


00033129
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
Phalacrocorax auritus
diving Florida, USA


00033126
BEAGLE pup
on grass by food dish


00033122
GALAPAGOS FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus galapagoensis


00033104
CHICKEN embryo, 3 days old
Gallus gallus
seen through window in shell
Sequence no 6/11


00033102
CHICKEN embryo, 6 days old
Gallus gallus
seen through window in shell
Sequence no 10/11


00033081
CHEETAH female & cubs on skyline
Acinonyx jubatus
on termite mound, distant view.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00033077
CHEETAH female at dusk
Acinonyx jubatus
on sky line.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00033076
IMPALA group grazing
Aepyceros melampus
Okavango, Botswana, Africa.


00033059
BAT EARED FOX CUBS
Otocyon megalotis
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00033058
CHEETAH yawning female & cub
Acinonyx jubatus
Female is Honey. Cub is 3/4 months old
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00033057
AFRICAN WILD DOG chasing Wildebeest
Lycaon pictus & Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00033056
AFRICAN LION female drinking with cub
Panthera leo


00033055
MASAI or KENYAN GIRAFFE & calf
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Slopes of Oldoingo Lengai volcano
Tanzania, Africa.


00033049
WHITE STORK day-old-young
Ciconia ciconia
greeting another by bill clapping


00033047
RED-FRONTED GAZELLE
Gazella rufifrons
pair in captivity (female in front)
Senegal, western Africa


00033046
RED-FRONTED GAZELLE
Gazella rufifrons
(in captivity) Senegal, western Africa


00033041
BAR-HEADED GOOSE head detail
Anser indicus


00033038
SAND CAT head
Fells margarita
Captive animal. Sahara desert native
Marwell Zoo, Hampshire, England


00033030
HIGHLAND CALF black form
Black coat is the probable original
breed colour
Orkney, Scotland


00033029
HIGHLAND COW yellow form
Orkney, Scotland


00033018
CHINESE WATER DEER
Hydropotes inermis
female, resting in meadow
Norfolk, England.


00033017
CHINESE WATER DEER female
Hydropotes inermis
Norfolk, England.


00033013
EUROPEAN OR COMMON HAMSTER
Cricetus cricetus
Native to Central Europe and Russia.


00033011
EUROPEAN OR COMMON HAMSTER
Cricetus cricetus
close up, digging.
Native to Central Europe and Russia.


00033006
NATTERJACK TOAD eating a cricket
Bufo calamita
using eyeballs to aid swallowing.
Native to Western Europe.


00032991
NATTERJACK TOAD
Bufo calamita


00032978
GRASS SNAKE on land.
Natrix natrix
about to shed its skin in 2-3 days.


ECDYSIS


00032976
GRASS SNAKE on land.
Natrix natrix
about to shed its skin in 2-3 days.


ECDYSIS


00032973
GRASS SNAKE on land
Natrix natrix
sensing a smooth newt with tongue.


00032965
HERMANN'S TORTOISE view of head.
Testudo hermanni

NUCHAL LAMINA CARAPACE


00032964
EASTERN SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE
Chelodina Longicollis
two year old young.


COMMON SNAKENECK TURTLE
AUSTRALIAN SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE


00032961
REED SWEET-GRASS in July.
Glyceria maxima
Broadland, Norfolk, England.


00032955
WHEAT CROP flattened by rainstorm.
In July, Norfolk, England.


00032945
PURPLE HONEYCREEPER male
Cyanerpes caerulus
Trinidad, West Indies


00032921
STICKY FLAX
Linum viscosum
Triglav National Park, Julian Alps,
Slovenia


00032917
FRAGRANT ORCHID
Gymnadenia conopsea
Triglav National Park, Julian Alps,
Slovenia


00032885
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos
adult feeding at red fox
Kuusamo, Finland


00032873
LITTLE GULL nest
Larus minutus
Vaala, Finland


00034570
GREAT GREY SLUG on moss
Limax maximus



00034559
SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE
Chelodina longicollis
with head retracted.
Australia


00034551
SPECTACLED BEAR in captivity
Tremarctos ornatus
La Planada Nature Reserve,
Colombia, South America


00034547
EMERALD TOUCANET on branch
Aulacorhynchus prasinus
in cloudforest Monteverde Reserve,
Costa Rica, Central America


00034544
HELMETED GUINEAFOWL roosting in tree
Numida meleagris
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.


00034539
RED-FRONTED BROWN LEMUR female and young
Eulemur fulvus rufus
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar


00034534
CENTRALIAN BLUETONGUE SKINK
Tiliqua multifasciata
Ayers Rock, Australia


00034521
ROCK GOBY in crevice
Gobius paganellus
Sussex, southern England


00034516
GARDEN POND
Garden designed for wildlife,
with Primroses & Kingcups


00034515
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus
on ear of Wheat


00034507
LILAC inflorescence
Syringa vulgaris


00034495
ROWAN or MOUNTAIN ASH
Sorbus aucuparia
Branch with flowers


00034491
AMERICAN CRAYFISH
Orconectes limosus
(Cave-dweller)


00034488
CUCKOO PINT or LORDS-AND-LADIES
Arum maculatum
showing root tubers & shoots


00034482
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR
Sus scrofa
Group feeding in beech forest


00034478
WOODPIGEONS
Columba palumbus
two perched on branch


00034471
PUREBRED ARAB HORSES
two sparring


00034470
SPOONBILL in water
Platalea leucorodia


00034460
EUROPEAN SPOONBILL in flight
Platalea leucorodia


00034446
EUROPEAN BROWN HARES
Lepus europaeus
crossing country road


00034445
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
crossing country road


00034440
RED DEER hind
Cervus elaphus
attempting to mount stag.


00034435
SCHWARZWALDER or BLACK FOREST
mare and foal
(Small sized heavy draught horse).


00034425
TREE PIPIT adult feeding young
Anthus trivialis



00034417
LEOPARD Panthera pardus
lying injured after fight with
AFRICAN LION male Panthera leo
Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa


00034415
RUFOUS BETTONG
Aepyprymnus rufescens
Australia


00034413
SAND DUNE in strong winds
Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park,
Namibia


00034411
MUDSKIPPER in mud
Periophthalmus sp.
Tropical mangroves worldwide


00034407
GELADA BABOON young
Papio gelada
riding on rump of female
Simien Mountains NP, Ethiopia


00034397
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD in flight
Phaethon lepturus
Seychelles


00034392
SEYCHELLES MAGPIE-ROBIN group
Copsychus sechellarum
Cousine Island, Seychelles.
Endemic to Cousine, Fregate and Aride islands. Critically endangered.


00034376
HART'S TONGUE FERN
Phyllitis scolopendrium


00034374
MAZARINE BLUE male
Cyaniris semiargus


00034366
AGILE WALLABY
Macropus agilis
standing on grass, alert November
Queensland, eastern Australia


00034360
WHITE PELICAN April
Pelecanus onocrotalus
on harbour wall Greece


00034353
YELLOWHAMMER
Emberiza citrinella


00034350
MATURE POND
with advanced eutrophication


00034346
HARVEST MOUSE NEST
Mouse species Micromys minutus


00034342
CHATTERING LORY
Lorius garrulus
Jurong Birdpark, Singapore


00034340
CYCLOPS with full egg sacs
Cyclops sp.


00034329
ROTIFER, living
(Hexarthra) Anoptal contrast x 80,
1/3000th second


00034328
FLUKE FURCOCERCARIA Êliving
Mag. x80 Nomarski illumination,
1/3000th sec. exposure


00034327
PROTEOMYXIDAN Nuclearia sp.
feeding on Blue-Green Alga
Microcystis sp. Magnification x160
Under Nomarski illumination


00034318
FRUITFLY
Drosophila sp.


00034312
BLOWFLY proboscis


00034305
HART'S TONGUE FERN clump
Phyllitis scolopendrium


00034303
SWISS CHEESE PLANT
Monstera deliciosa
growing in wild Popular house plant


00034300
ALLOTMENTS
Leatherhead Surrey, England


00034289
SPIDER female with egg cocoons
Araniella cucurbitina
UK. August





Orb-web spider, smallest UK one.


00034285
CLICK BEETLE
Dascillus cervinus
Somerset, England.


00034281
HOVERFLY on flower
Syrphus vitripennis
Somerset, England.


00034266
BLACK ANT AND APHIDS
Lasius niger
Surrey, England.

BLACK GARDEN ANT


00034263
SPIDER
Drapetisca socialis
Surrey, England.


00034259
DYER'S GREENWEED in flower
Genista tinctoria
Burgundy, France.


00034255
APPLE LEAF VEINS
Malus sp.
Surrey, England.


00034253
BLACK WILDEBEEST
Connochaetes gnou
Midmar Game Reserve, Natal
also called WHITE-TAILED GNU


00034250
SURICATE or MEERKAT young
Suricata suricatta
with solifugid (sun spider) Kalahari
Gemsbok National Park, South Africa


00034226
INDRI in rainforest canopy
Indri indri
Mantadia National Park,
eastern Madagascar


00034224
RED-FRONTED BROWN LEMUR male
Eulemur fulvus rufus
browsing in forest canopy Ranomafana
National Park, south eastern Madagascar


00034221
BROWN MOUSE LEMUR on branch
Microcebus rufus
Ranomafana National Park,
S-E Madagascar


00034217
WHITE-FOOTED SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur leucopus
resting in tree hole.
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.


00034210
SAMARIA GORGE NATIONAL PARK
Island of Crete, Greece April


00034208
STINGING NETTLE
Urtica dioica
clump in flower by barn
Epping Forest, Essex, England



00034201
ROUGH COMFREY
Symphytum asperum


00034175
BLACK DRONGO perched on branch
Dicrurus macrocercus
Karnataka, South India


00034174
GREAT THICK-KNEE among rocks
Esacus recurvirostris
Ranganthitoo Sanctuary, Karnataka,
South India


00034172
SPOT-BILLED PELICANS perched in tree
Pelicanus philippensis
Ranganthitoo Sanctuary, Karnataka,
South India


00034155
BAR-HEADED GOOSE feeding
Anser indicus
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India


00034148
INDIAN COURSER
Cursorius coromandelicus
Karnataka, South India


00034146
PAINTED STORK perched on branch
Mycteria leucocephala
Ranganthitoo Sanctuary, Karnataka,
South India


00034140
INDIAN POND HERON in water, fishing
Ardeola grayii
Raganthitoo sanctuary, Karnataka,
South India


00034134
NILGIRI TAHR
Hemitragus hylocrius
Munnar, Kerala, South India


00034128
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD in tree
Fregata magnificens
Galapagos


00034123
INDIAN RHINOCEROS with Mynah bird
Rhinoceros unicornis
on back. Kaziranga National Park,
Assam, India. (Endangered species)


00034119
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY defaecating
Sula nebouxii excisa
Galapagos


00034114
ANGEL FALLS (height 990m)
World's tallest single drop falls
Canaima NP, Venezuela


00034111
COMMON POTOO at daytime roost
Nyctibius griseus
Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, West Indies


00034109
BLACK TUFTED-EAR MARMOSET
Callithrix penicillata
on branch Serra do Cipo National Pk,
Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil


00034103
THREE-TOED BOX TURTLE female
Terrapene carolina triunguis
Covington, Louisiana, USA


00034102
BATFISH shoal of juveniles
Platax sp.
Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia


00034100
OXFORD RAGWORT in flower
Senecio squalidus
on gravel by railway track


00034098
GANNET juvenile
Sula bassana
amongst rocks


00034097
GREATER BLADDERWORT
Utricularia vulgaris
in flower (Carnivorous)


00034085
PAINE MOUNTAINS
Torres del Paine National Park,
Chile, South America


00034080
ROBIN on snow
Erithacus rubecula
Winter


00034055
STOCK DOVE on branch
Columba oenas


00034045
LAPLAND BUNTING male at nest
Calcarius lapponicus
Norway


00034044
RUSTIC BUNTING male at nest
Emberiza rustica


00034036
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR
Alligator mississipiensis
basking on tiny island Everglades
National Park, Florida, south eastern USA


00034027
SQUIRREL MONKEY with baby on back
Saimiri sciureus
Tropical forests, South America


00034024
CAPE VULTURE chick
Gyps coprotheres
Captive breeding project.
Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa


00034019
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE
Haliaeetus vocifer
Fighting with marabou storks over dead flamingo.
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.


00034015
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Young calf with adults.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya


00034014
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Calf suckling from mother.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya


00034013
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Calf lies down to sleep while others attempt to play with sleeping individual. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.


00034010
AFRICAN ELEPHANT dust bathing
Loxodonta africana
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.


00034003
SOUTHERN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
With Mount Kilimanjaro in background.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
(Snow digitally enhanced)


00034002
ROTHSCHILD'S GIRAFFE feeding
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya


00033992
WATERBUCK with flamingoes in lake.
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya.


00033980
GIRDLED LIZARD
Cordylus spp.
View from below.
Distribution: Southern Africa.


00033971
COMMON NODDY TERN in flight
Anous stolidus
Seychelles.
Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033961
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD in flight
Phaethon lepturus
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033959
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD
Phaethon lepturus
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033957
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD
Phaethon lepturus
Adult nest on the ground.
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033954
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD
Phaethon lepturus
Adult with chick in nest on ground.
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033928
AMAZON TREE BOA
Corallus hortulanus
View from below.
Distribution: Tropical forests of Central and South America.


00033927
COCO-DE-MER PALM SEED
Lodoicea maldivica
Seed washed up on beach. World's heaviest seed. Seychelles. Endemic to Seychelles. Vulnerable species.


00033922
SEYCHELLES MAGPIE-ROBIN
Copsychus sechellarum
Research scientist weighing and ringing immature bird
Cousine Island, Seychelles . Endemic to Cousine, Cousin, Fregate and Aride islands. Critically endangered.


00033908
WOMAN SNORKLING
In clear water amongst granite boulders.
Anse Source d' Argent beach, La Digue Island, Seychelles.
(Model released).


00033893
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea
Cousine Island, Seychelles.
Vulnerable species.


00033880
SISKIN female on branch
Carduelis spinus
Scotland


00033874
REED BUNTING male on branch
Emberiga schoeniclus
Poland


00033860
BLACKBIRD July
Turdus merula
female at birdbath. Midlands


00033850
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
close-up of head
Sweden. April


00033845
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
wading. Sweden. April


00033844
DUNNOCK
Prunella modularis
perched on fence post. Midlands. July


00033843
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
young on tree trunk. Midlands. July


00033841
PIED FLYCATCHER
Ficedula hypoleuca
female with still flapping prey.
Sweden. June


00033822
TREE PIPIT
Anthus trivialis
perching on branch
Estonia


00033813
GREY SEAL head in water
Halichoerus grypus
Lincolnshire, England.


00033806
ROE DEER in city cemetery
Capreolus capreolus
Scotland, United Kingdom


00033804
ROE DEER adult & young
Capreolus capreolus
in city cemetery
Scotland, United Kingdom


00033792
BLACK-LORED BABBLER perched
Turdoides melanops
Ruina Nat'l Park, Kenya, East Africa


00033790
FORAMINIFERAN FOSSILS
Nummulites from limestone
(Mag. x4) The Pyramids, Egypt


00033782
CARRAGEEN or IRISH MOSS
Chondrus crispus



00033778
SILK BUTTON GALLS on Oak leaf
caused by Gall Wasp
Neuroterus numismalis


00033774
HOVERFLY
Syritta pipiens


00033768
HOVERFLY feeding
Leucozona glaucia


00033764
HOVERFLY female feeding on woundwort
Rhingia campestris


00033756
LAPPETFACED or NUBIAN VULTURE
Torgos tracheliotus
landing KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


00033755
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURES
Gyps africanus
at carcass KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


00033745
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Sabi Sabi, Mpumalanga, South Africa


00033727
LEOPARD resting in tree
Panthera pardus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa


00033726
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa


00033711
BROWN HYENA
Hyaena brunnea
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari South Africa


00033709
IMPALA - mutual grooming
Aepyceros melampus
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033704
IMPALA
Aepyceros melampus
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033683
TOURIST looking out at rainforest
Camp Marojejia, Marojejy National Pk,
Madagascar


00033680
ZEBRA LIONFISH tail fin
Dendrochirus zebra
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific


00033679
BATFISH shoal
Platax teira
Tonga, South Pacific


00033677
FISTRAL BEACH rocky shore
North coast of Cornwall, England


00033671
AIR BUBBLES in ice


00033660
STOAT
Mustela erminea
in winter coat, face detail


00033652
VIRGINIA or COMMON OPOSSUM
Didelphis virginiana
on lying snow Michigan, USA


00033651
CLARET CUP CACTUS Spring
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
close up of flower Grand Staircase /
Escalante National Park, Utah, USA


00033650
DANDELION seedhead
Taraxacum officinale
Mackinac County, Michigan, USA


00033649
SPHINX MOTH CATERPILLAR with dew
Michigan, USA


00033645
CINEREOUS BUNTING on rock
Emberiza cineracea


00033644
SERIN on branch
Serinus serinus
Spain


00033638
CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE in flight
Spilornis cheela
India


00033629
BUACHAILLE ETIVE MOR
& River Coupall
Glencoe, Scotland


00033622
HARLEQUIN BEETLE in flight
Acrocinus longimanus
Venezuela, South America


00033619
TREE WASP in flight
Vespula sylvestris


00033614
DESERT LOCUST in flight
Schistocarea gregaria


00033596
EUROPEAN TREE FROGS
Hyla arborea
on branch of tree


00033594
EUROPEAN TREE FROG on leaf
Hyla arborea


00033588
COMMON TOAD tongue extended
Bufo bufo
at instant of catching worm


00033582
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo
at instant of catching earthworm
prey with tongue


00033556
RAINBOW over Sussex landscape, UK


00033552
MUD DAUBER WASP in flight
Sceliphron caementarium
Everglades, Florida, south eastern USA


00033550
YELLOW DUNGFLY
Scathophaga stercoraria
taking off


00033546
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri coruscans
in flight towards flower


00033542
BARN SWALLOWS
Hirundo rustica
perched on branch Spring


00033541
AMERICAN PIED OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus pallida
Atlantic coast, USA


00033536
CHILKOOT PASS SUMMIT
Passage to the Klondike gold rush.
Chilkoot National Park, Yukon, Canada


00033502
CORAL with toothmarks
Porites sp.
left by parrotfish that have been
feeding on it Gulf of Suez, Egypt


00033500
PINK ANEMONEFISH & anemone
Amphiprion perideraion &
Heteractis magnifica
Bunaken Marine Reserve, Sulawesi >>


00033467
LAPPETFACED or NUBIAN VULTURE
Torgos tracheliotus
perched on a branch.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033461
HADEDA IBISES
Bostrychia hagedash
pair in water.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033456
GREY HERON standing in water.
Ardea cinerea
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033455
GREY HERON silhouette.
Ardea cinerea
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033451
MARSH FROG calling in water.
Rana ridibunda
United Kingdom.


00033450
MARSH FROG calling in water.
Rana ridibunda
United Kingdom.


00033428
NEON DAY GECKO
Phelsuma klemmeri
lives on medium sized bamboo. Restricted
to small area of NW Madagascar


00033427
FOUR-EYED or PEACOCK DAY GECKO
Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida
Madagascar


00033411
RADIATED TORTOISE
Geochelone radiata
pair mating. Madagascar
Vulnerable species


00033408
TULAR GOLDEN FROG
Mantella expectata
Madagascar


00033385
AFRICAN ELEPHANT DAMAGE
Loxodonta africana
Linyanti Reserve, Botswana


00033384
LEOPARD SEAL on iceberg
Hydrurga leptonyx
Antarctica


00033370
PERIGORD TRUFFLES
Tuber melanosporum
SW France Edible, delicacy


00033365
SPUR-THIGHED TORTOISE
Testudo graeca
(Also known as Mediterranean Spur-
thighed Tortoise)


00033361
ADDER or VIPER female
Vipera berus


00033358
COMMON SAND VIPER side-winding
Cerastes vipera
Mauritania, northern Africa


00033356
DELICATE ARCH
Arches National Park, Utah, USA


00033330
FLORIDA SOFTSHELL TURTLE head
Apalone ferox
Florida, USA


00033324
BROAD-HEADED SKINK adult male
Eumeces laticeps
Montevallo, Alabama, USA


00033319
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR in water
Alligator mississipiensis
Everglades National Park, Florida


00033308
THREE-TOED BOX TURTLE
Terrapene carolina triunguis
hiding in shell
Albama and neighbouring states, USA


00033305
THREE-TOED BOX TURTLE
Terrapene carolina triunguis
hiding in shell
Albama and neighbouring states, USA


00033285
LAKE WITH OIL TANKS in distance
Lake Fausse Pointe, Louisiana, USA


00033279
PUMA WARNING SIGN by road
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA


00033268
SLIMY SALAMANDER
Plethodon glutinosus glutinosus
Montevallo, Alabama, USA


00033262
ENGELMANN SPRUCE TREES
Picea engelmanni
with snow
Colorado, south western USA


00033257
MOUNT BABEL June
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada


00033246
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
France


00033223
NYALA
Tragelaphus angasi
Young male
Mkhuzi Game Reserve, South Africa


00033216
BUDGERIGARS two at nest hole
Melopsittacus undulatus
South Australia


00033209
FOREST DORMOUSE
Dryomys nitedula


00034356
BLACK GUILLEMOT swimming
Cepphus grylie
in harbour amongst ship's reflection
Portpatrick, Galloway, Scotland. July


00034317
GINKGO transverse section of twig
Ginkgo biloba


00034299
PAPER WASP on nest
Polistes gallicus
Andorra, Pyrenees


00034268
MIRID BUG
Atractotomus mali
Surrey, England.


00034257
JAPANESE CEDAR
Cryptomeria japonica
Cornwall, England.


00034249
RED VELVET MITES
Dinothrombium tinctorium
Kalahari


00034237
MALAGASY STRIPED CIVET foraging
Fossa fossana
at night (Known locally as Fanaloka)
Ramanofana National Park, Madagascar


00034231
EASTERN WOOLLY LEMUR
Avahi laniger
two at sleeping site
Analamazaotra Reserve, Madagascar


00034223
RED RUFFED LEMUR resting
Varecia variegata rubra
in forest canopy Masoala National
Park, north eastern Madagascar


00034204
TURKEY OAK
Quercus cerris
Derbyshire Dales,
West Midlands of England


00034151
ASIAN OPEN-BILL STORK standing
Anastomus oscitans
on rock. Ranganthitoo Sanctuary,
Karnataka, South India


00034079
ROBIN on old log
Erithacus rubecula



00034076
TORMENTIL in flower
Potentilla erecta



00034063
DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY or GUENON
Cercopithecus neglectus
feeding by water Central Africa


00034051
EUROPEAN MARMOT young sitting,
Marmota marmota
feeding


00034038
SNOW BUNTING female in winter
Plectrophenax nivalis
Nevern Estuary, Pembrokeshire, Wales


00034023
CAPE BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
Bull with cattle egret
Amboseli National Park, Kenya


00033987
MELLERS CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo melleri
Close up of feet specially adapted for gripping.
Distribution: Rainforests of East Africa.


00033978
SEASHELL on beach
Seychelles


00033975
SEASHELL on beach
Seychelles.


00033973
COMMON NODDY TERN
Anous stolidus
Seychelles.
Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033946
HAWKSBILL TURTLE
Eretmochelys imbricata
Female heads back to the sea after laying eggs
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species.


00033932
TOKAY GECKO
Gekko gecko
View from below showing specially adapted feet.
Distribution: South East Asia.


00033924
SEYCHELLES MAGPIE-ROBIN
Copsychus sechellarum
Cousine Island, Seychelles
Endemic to Cousine, Cousin, Fregate and Aride islands. Critically endangered.


00033923
SEYCHELLES MAGPIE-ROBIN
Copsychus sechellarum
Research scientist weighing and ringing immature bird
Cousine Island, Seychelles . Endemic to Cousine, Cousin, Fregate and Aride islands. Critically endangered.


00033906
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea
On the beach
Cousin Island, Seychelles. Vulnerable species


00033904
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea
On the beach
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Vulnerable species


00033901
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea
On the beach
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Vulnerable species


00033879
SISKIN female on branch
Carduelis spinus
Scotland


00033832
BIRD FEEDER with Blue and Coal Tits
Parus caeruleus & Parus ater
Scotland, United Kingdom.


00033750
DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS
Loteni Nature Reserve,
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


00033717
GIRAFFE pair at dusk
Giraffa camelopardalis
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033706
IMPALA running
Aepyceros melampus
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033665
ORTOLAN BUNTING
Emberiza hortulana
female at nest


00033663
GREEN RINGTAIL POSSUM
Pseudocheirus archeri
Tropical upland rainforest, Australia
Nocturnal


00033618
HONEYBEE in flight
Apis mellifera
about to land at hive entrance


00033595
EUROPEAN TREE FROG
Hyla arborea


00033578
PARASITIC FLY in flight
Echinomyia grossa


00033573
ROBIN in flight
Erithacus rubecula
carrying food for young


00033555
BEDBUG on human skin
Cimex lectularius


00033486
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
with Red-Billed Oxpecker.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033483
GIRAFFE head detail
Giraffa camelopardalis
with Red-Billed Oxpecker on horn.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033465
WHITE-BACKED VULTURES
Gyps africanus
group perched on a tree.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.



00033423
GIANT MADAGASCAR DAY GECKO
Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis
licking banana flower nectar
Anivorano-Nord, Madagascar


00033407
NET-CASTING SPIDER holding net
Dinopidae
Ranomafana, Madagascar


00033404
TRAVELLER'S PALM
Ravenala madagascariensis
being tapped for water. Madagascar


00033382
ADDER or VIPER male
Vipera berus
(Native Europe & northern Asia)


00033375
HERMANN'S TORTOISE
Testudo hermanni
digging


00033371
WHITE MICE in cages
in rack in laboratory


00033366
SOUTH AMERICAN RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus durissus
Also known as 'Cascabel'


00033346
GIANT ELAND feeding
Taurotragus derbianus
(Captive animal)


00033311
TURKEY VULTURE
Cathartes aura
Perched with wings spread.
(USA to Argentina)


00033282
BALD CYPRESS growing by lake
Taxodium distichum
contre-jour
Lake Fausse Pointe, Louisiana, USA


00033278
HURRICANE WARNING SIGN by road
evacuation route in case of hurricane.
Louisiana, USA


00033255
ARCTIC FOX in winter coat
Alopex lagopus


00033227
MASKED WEAVER
Ploceus velatus
Male weaving nest
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033215
MUSK MALLOW
Malva moschata
flower detail


00033199
INDIAN STICK INSECT
Carausius morosus
Captive animal (pet)


00033196
ABYSSINIAN LOVEBIRDS
four on perch


00033174
NUTCRACKER
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Canton of Grisons, Switzerland


00033172
FIELD CRICKET at burrow
Gryllus campestris
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland


00033171
NUTCRACKER on rock
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Switzerland December


00033168
FIELD CRICKET burrow
Gryllus campestris
Switzerland


00033152
MARSH FROG amongst liverwort
Rana ridibunda
(camouflaged) Kent, SE England


00033150
FRUIT FLY male
Drosophila melanogaster
white honey eye genetic variation


00033130
GANNET on nest
Sula bassana
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth,
eastern Scotland


00033127
MARSH RABBIT
Sylvilagus palustris


00033121
GALAPAGOS FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus galapagoensis
San Salvador Is., Galapagos


00033115
COYPU or NUTRIA
Myocastor coypus
swimming in calm water


00033110
SQUID larva newly emerged from egg
Loligo sp.
Siphon, liver & gills are clearly visible
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland


00033109
LARGE-LEAVED or
BROAD-LEAVED LIME
mature tree
Tilia platyphyllos



00033096
PINK ANEMONEFISH
Amphiprion perideraion
on host anemone; immune to its toxin.
Wakatobi, Indonesia


00033093
WOOLLY NECKED STORK on branch
Ciconia episcopus
Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa


00033092
GENTOO PENGUIN two young
Pygoscelis papua
on gravel Antarctic Peninsula


00033088
SPOTTED HYENA clan feeding
Crocuta crocuta
on wildebeest stolen from lions.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00033073
NILE CROCODILE attacking Thomson's
Crocodylus niloticus & Gazella thomsoni
Gazelle, Mara River. 2 of 4 series.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00033066
CHEETAH 4/5 month old cub
Acinonyx jubatus
and mother, playing.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00033063
CHEETAH cub chasing gazelle fawn
Acinonyx jubatus
its mother had released. 9 months old
cub Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00033060
DEFASSA WATERBUCK males fighting
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00033020
REEVE'S MUNTJAC 'in velvet'
Muntiacus reevesi
male attracted to mineral salt lick.
Native to Asia


00033007
NATTERJACK TOAD
Bufo calamita
about to catch cricket prey.
Native to Western Europe.


00033000
NATTERJACK TOAD spawn
Bufo calamita
two days after deposit.
Native to Western Europe.


TADPOLE


00032995
NATTERJACK TOAD
Bufo calamita
close up


00032986
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
showing light skin pigmentation resulting from being kept in a light environment.


00032985
SMOOTH NEWT male
Triturus vulgaris
underwater, descending.



00032984
SMOOTH NEWT male
Triturus vulgaris
in breeding colours, underwater.


00032975
GRASS SNAKE on land.
Natrix natrix
in the process of shedding its skin.


ECDYSIS


00032906
DERWENT WATER and BORROWDALE
viewed from Ashness Wood,
Lake District, Cumbria


00032897
CHERRY ORCHARD in Spring
Hertfordshire


00032855
RED-THROATED DIVER stretching wings
Gavia stellata
Vaala, Finland


00032841
MORAINE LAKE & TEN PEAKS
Banff National Park, Alberta,
south western Canada


00032838
COYOTE in winter
Canis latrans
Montana, USA


00032810
WATERFALL
Snaefellsness Peninsula, Iceland. July


00032805
MAORI
with traditional facial tattoo (moko)
and authentic costume, New Zealand
Model release available


00032804
MAORI WITH TONGUE OUT
with traditional facial tattoo (moko)
and authentic costume, New Zealand
Model release available


00032786
HIPPOPOTAMUS in water.
Hippopotamus amphibius
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya


00032783
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
feeding on Lesser Flamingo carcass
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya


00032771
LESSER FLAMINGO flock in courtship display
Phoeniconaias minor
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya


00032757
CHESTNUT-BELLIED SANDGROUSE
Pterocles exustus
male Karnataka, southern India


00032751
PIED CORMORANT
Phalacrocorax varius
Australia & New Zealand


00032747
STROMATOLITES 3500m years old
Carbonate deposits produced by
Blue-Green Algae Abundant in primitive
seas. Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay >>


00032741
COPPERY BRUSHTAIL POSSUM
Trichosurus vulpecula johnstoni
Confined to tropical upland rainforest,
Queensland, Australia Nocturnal


00032725
CORN BUNTING at nest
Emberiza calandra
with young


00032713
REED BUNTING male
Emberiza schoeniclus
in summer plumage
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK


00032709
MANX SHEARWATER taking off
Puffinus puffinus
from water. June.
Near the Isle of Rhum, Scotland


00032690
BLUE TIT on icy hazel catkins
Parus caeruleus
March, garden.
Essex, England


00032672
YELLOWHAMMER on gorse
Emberiza citrinella
May. Dorset, England


00032631
GYPSUM SAND DUNES
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA


00032621
IMPRESSED TORTOISE walking
Manouria impressa
Vietnam. Vulnerable species


00032620
RUSSIAN TORTOISE
Testudo horsfieldi
Central Asia. Vulnerable species


00032619
SPOTTED JUNGLE or SANTA FE FROG
Leptodactylus laticeps
South America.


00032603
PANAMINT RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus mitchelli stephensi
with rattle raised and tongue out
Western USA


00032596
LEBENTINE VIPER
Vipera lebetina
eastern Europe


00032588
WORTHINGTON'S or KENYA HORNED VIPER
Bitis worthingtoni
close-up showing 'horns'. Southern Africa.


00032585
BLACK MAMBA in threat posture
Dendroaspis polylepis
extremely venemous and aggressive
fast moving snake. SE Africa


00032581
RINKHALS or RINGNECKED SPITTING COBRA
Hemachatus hemachatus
with hood raised. South Africa


00032580
RINKHALS or RINGNECKED SPITTING COBRA
Hemachatus hemachatus
feigning death. South Africa


00032531
AFRICAN ELEPHANT mock charge
Loxodonta africana
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa
Mock charge was followed by true charge


00032525
DEVIL'S CLAW or GRAPPEL THORN
Harpagophytum procumbens
Kalahari, southern Africa


00032519
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS dustbathing
Loxodonta africana
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00032497
SQUACCO HERON in threat display
Ardeola ralloides
Okavango Delta, Botswana


00032477
GROUND SQUIRREL feeding
Xerus inaurus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa


00032473
CAPE FUR SEAL mating pair
Arctocephalus pusillis
Cape Cross, Namibia


00032460
MILNE-EDWARDS SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur edwardsi
Ampijoroa Forest, NW Madagascar


00032452
LOWLAND RAINFOREST & Camp
Camp Marojejia (Camp 2)
Marojejy National Park, Madagascar


00032435
INDIAN or ASIAN ELEPHANT calf asleep
Elephas maximus
beneath mother
Kanha National Park, India


00032432
ASSASSIN BUGS mating
Hemiptera
Cloud Forest near Tandayapa, Ecuador


00032413
METALLIC PINKTOE or WHITE-TOED
TARANTULA silhoutted through leaf
Avicularia metallica
Napo River region, Ecuador


00032406
MARINE IGUANA basking on rocks
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Bachas Beach, Santa Cruz Island,
Galapagos


00032366
BLACKBIRD male in snow-covered tree
Turdus merula
Winter, Scotland


00032356
BRIDLED TERN on post
Sterna anaethetus
Karan Island, Persian Gulf


00032352
WHITE-CHEEKED TERN landing at
Sterna repressa
nest site Karan Island, Persian Gulf


00032348
OSTRICH group crossing road
Struthio camelus
Saudi Arabia


00032336
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
male face detail
Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia


00032306
COMMON TERN flock in flight
Sterna hirundo
Southern Africa


00032293
SAGE THRASHER
Oreoscoples montanus
Ogden, Utah


00032267
SPOTTED TOUCH-ME-NOT Summer
Impatiens capensis
flower detail, with raindrops
Hiawatha Natl Forest Michigan, USA



00032259
GREEN HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY
Callophrys rubi
on leaf Montiaghs Moss NNR,


00032251
SCARLET TANAGER male
Piranga olivacea
perched in tree


00032232
GREAT BUSTARD male displaying
Otis tarda


00032223
MEDITERRANEAN GULL
Larus melanocephalus
transitional summer phase


00032195
BLUEBELLS flowering in isolated group
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Lancashire, England


00032186
SCOTS PINE forest with Silver Birch
Pinus sylvestris & Betula pendula
Caledonian Forest. Autumn colour.
Loch Sunnant, Scotland


00032183
STINKING HELLEBORE flower head
Helleborus foetidus
Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve,
Lancashire, England


00032181
SCOTS PINE TREES in young plantation
Pinus sylvestris
early morning, Caledonian Forest.
Abernethy Forest, Scotland


00032176
BROAD BUCKLER FERN frond
Dryopteris dilata
close up before opening.
Lancashire, England


00032166
MYCENA FUNGAL GROUP on rotting
Mycena inclinata
deciduous tree stump. November
Lancashire, England


00032100
SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
Microtus agrestis
eating bluebell bulb


00032099
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
in flight over Brassica


00032094
HONEYBEE larvae
Apis mellifera
in comb cells with supply of royal jelly


00032081
HONEYBEE worker emerging
Apis mellifera
from pupation


00032080
FEATHERED THORN MOTH in flight
Colotois pennaria


00032065
GULF FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
Agraulis vanillae
in flight
Everglades, Florida, USA


00032021
BOBCAT or RED LYNX young
Felis rufus
looking from hole in tree
North America


00032015
SNOW-LADEN PINE & SPRUCE
in low winter sunshine
Yukon Territory, north western Canada


00031989
CHINESE SILK MOTH larva
Bombyx mori
spinning cocoon before pupating


00031988
CHINESE SILK MOTH
Bombyx mori
cocoon of pupa


00031984
WARTHOG
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Etosha Natl Park, Namibia


00031960
EWE & LAMB resting
Maulds Meaburn village, near Eden Valley
Cumbria, England


00031950
COMMON WOMBAT
Vombatus ursinus
Mother & young


00031943
SNAPPY GUM TREES on hillside
Eucalyptus leucophloia
Karijini National Park, Western Australia


00031931
RED JUNGLE FOWL
Gallus gallus
male, crowing


00031921
RIVER GADE & WATER MEADOWS
in mid-May Great Gaddesden,
Hertfordshire, England


00031879
BLACK-HEADED or BLACK UAKARI
Cacajao melanocephalus
lying on branch


00031861
BANDED AGRION DAMSELFLY pair
Calopteryx splendens
in flight in courtship display


00031796
CAPERCAILLIE male displaying in lek
Tetrao urogallus
in snow. May
Pyrenees, Andorra


00031777
PEREGRINE FALCON eating pigeon
Falco peregrinus
Ebro Bassin, Huesca, Spain April


00031742
ORNITHOLOGIST tracking Little Bustard
Tetrax tetrax
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain


00031734
GREEN SANDPIPER foraging in shallows
Tringa ochropus
August. Ebro Bassin, Teruel, Spain


00031733
GREEN SANDPIPER with its reflection
Tringa ochropus
August. Ebro Bassin, Teruel, Spain


00031710
YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS pair calling
Larus cachinnans
July. Illes Medes Wildlife Refuge, Spain


00031682
EGYPTIAN VULTURES mating
Neophron percnopterus
March. Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain


00031674
GRIFFON VULTURE in snow, eating
Gyps fulvus
badger carcass. March.
Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain


00031668
BLACK WHEATEAR male singing
Oenanthe leucura
April. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain


00031641
EUROPEAN TREE FROG on Salix
Hyla arborea
branches Hungary


00031638
REX RABBIT domestic breed
grazing grass


00031635
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER singing
Locustella naevia
perched on barbed wire fence


00031624
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER female
Latrodectus mactans
extracting silk from spinnerets
Florida, south eastern USA


00031583
RUDDY TURNSTONE,
Arenaria interpres,
Winter plumage, Florida


00031577
TURRET ARCH
seen through North Window Arch
Arches National Park, Utah, USA


00031553
COMMON MYNAH or INDIAN MYNAH
Acridotheres tristis
on post Karnataka, southern India


00031547
NEW YORK CITY
from New Jersey


00031546
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
two males fighting Masai Mara Natl Res,
Kenya, Africa Picture sequence: No.2 of 2


00031504
COMMON SEA URCHIN
Echinus esculentus
on rock, with seaweed


00031487
STERLET
Acipenser ruthenus
Native to the Danube and tributaries of the
Black, Caspian and White Seas.


00031463
SPOTTED REDSHANK
Tringa erythropus
foraging in shallows


00031413
NDEBELE WOMEN
make colourful dolls in the style of
traditional Ndebele costumes
Lesedi Cultural Village, Johannesburg
South Africa



00031397
CAPE BUFFALO with Flamingo
Syncerus caffer
in background
Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya


00031388
GREY CROWNED CRANE
Balearica regulorum
group of 3, walking & feeding
Amboseli National Park Kenya


00031381
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Young calf with adult group
Amboseli National Park Kenya


00031373
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
herd with mixed group of cows and calves
Amboseli National Park Kenya


00031352
SOUTHERN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
South Africa.


00031345
SOUTHERN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
with tourists on game drive.
Private game reserve, South Africa.


00031304
BLACK RHINO sub-adult calf
Diceros bicornis
with flamingos and lake in background.
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.


00031274
TIGER young
Panthera tigris
two month old cub


00031240
TEMMINCK'S STINT in display flight
Calidris temminckii
Norway


00031231
REDSHANK flock at roost by water
Tringa totanus
Norfok, England August


00031224
INDIAN FOX
Vulpes bengalensis
India Summer


00034043
CROWNED SANDGROUSE group
Pterocles coronatus
Israel


00034041
WESTERN RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius temminckii
The Gambia, West Africa


00034035
GALAPAGOS LAND IGUANA
Conolophus subcristatus
Endangered species South Plaza
Island, Galapagos Islands, Pacific


00034021
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE
Haliaeetus vocifer
Fighting with marabou storks over dead flamingo.
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.


00034020
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE
Haliaeetus vocifer
Fighting with marabou storks over dead flamingo.
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.


00034004
SOUTHERN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
South Africa


00033998
SPOTTED HYENA with young pup
Crocuta crocuta
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.


00033995
BLACKSMITH PLOVER
Vanellus armatus
Defending nest with eggs.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya


00033994
BLACKSMITH PLOVER
Vanellus armatus
Defending nest with eggs.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya


00033983
HORNED GHOST CRAB
Ocypode ceratopthalmus
Seychelles.
Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033979
BALL PYTHON
Python regius
Distribution: West Africa


00033970
COMMON NODDY TERN in flight
Anous stolidus
Seychelles.
Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033956
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD
Phaethon lepturus
Chick on nest.
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical islands and oceans worldwide.


00033953
HAWKSBILL TURTLE TRACKS
Eretmochelys imbricata
Tracks up to nest site.
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species.


00033951
HAWKSBILL TURTLE laying eggs
Eretmochelys imbricata
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species.


00033950
HAWKSBILL TURTLE laying eggs
Eretmochelys imbricata.
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species.


00033947
HAWKSBILL TURTLE
Eretmochelys imbricata
Female heads back to the sea after laying eggs
Seychelles. Distribution: Tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Endangered species.


00033939
COCNUT TREE or PALM
Cocos nucifera
Seychelles.
Distribution: Tropical climates worldwide.


00033938
COCNUT TREE or PALM
Cocos nucifera
Seychelles.
Distribution: Tropical climates worldwide.


00033933
TOKAY GECKO
Gekko gecko
View from below showing specially adapted feet.
Distribution: South East Asia.


00033929
GREEN BASILISK LIZARD
Basiliscus plumifrons
View from below showing long toes fringed with scales that enable it to tread water surface. Distribution: Central America.


00033921
SEYCHELLES MAGPIE-ROBIN
Copsychus sechellarum
Research scientist weighing and ringing immature bird
Cousine Island, Seychelles . Endemic to Cousine, Cousin, Fregate and Aride islands. Critically endangered.


00033905
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea
On the beach
Cousin Island, Seychelles. Vulnerable species


00033896
GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea
Close up of face
Cousine Island, Seychelles. Vulnerable species.


00033887
TREE WASP queen
Dolichovespula sylvestris
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.


00033884
NUTHATCH on tree February
Sitta europaea
Midlands, England


00033858
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
standing by water. Sweden. April


00033840
PIED FLYCATCHER
Ficedula hypoleuca
female with prey perched on branch.
Sweden. June


00033830
GREENSHANK on the ground
Tringa nebularia
Sweden


00033817
FALLOW DEER group of males
Dama dama
Norfolk, England.


00033805
ROE DEER two young in city cemetery
Capreolus capreolus
Scotland, United Kingdom


00033801
GRASS SNAKE head in water
Natrix natrix
Midlands, United Kingdom.


00033800
GRASS SNAKE with shed skin
Natrix natrix
Midlands, United Kingdom.


00033783
CHICKENS in battery
Germany


00033775
HOVERFLIES on flower head
Episyrphus balteatus
female on left hand side and two males.


00033773
HOVERFLY
Portevinia maculata


00033767
HOVERFLY female feeding on flower
Sphaerophoria scripta


00033743
AFRICAN ELEPHANT youngsters playing
Loxodonta africana
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033742
IMPALA
Aepyceros melampus
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033740
WHITE PELICAN landing
Pelecanus onocrotalis
Mkuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


00033738
GROUND SQUIRREL
Xerus inaurus
Eating gemsbok cucumber
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa


00033731
LIONESS
Panthera leo
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa


00033713
SPOTTED HYENA running
Crocuta crocuta
Sabi Sabi, Greater Kruger Park, South Africa


00033705
IMPALA
Aepyceros melampus
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033698
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK SCENE
Tourists on a night drive
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033691
RED-BELLIED LEMUR male on branch
Eulemur rubiventer
Ranomafana National Park,
south eastern Madagascar


00033682
BAR-HEADED GEESE pair
Anser indicus
Ladakh, India


00033673
COMMON FLAT LIZARD
Platysaurus intermedius
Rhodes Matobo Natl Pk, Zimbabwe


00033666
YELLOW CHAMOMILE in flower
Anthemis tinctoria
at edge of cereal field Norway


00033655
YELLOW-THROATED LONGCLAW
Macronyx croceus
Kenya


00033654
TOWERING ICECAP CLIFFS
with Bluebells on tundra
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland


00033639
GANNET holding seaweed
Sula bassana
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland


00033634
JEWEL ANEMONES
Corynactis viridis
clustered on shingle bed Ballinskelligs
Bay, Kerry, south western Eire


00033631
GLEN ETIVE in Autumn
Scotland


00033630
GLEN ETIVE & island with pines
Autumn Scotland


00033621
PAPER WASP in flight
Polistes metricus
Everglades, Florida, USA


00033613
MEADOW GRASSHOPPER leaping
Chorthippus parallelus



00033608



00033607
HOVERFLY in flight
Syrphus balteatus


00033605



00033604
MOSQUITO in flight
Aedes sp.


00033603
HEDGEHOG emerging from under log
Erinaceus europaeus


00033583
BLACK RAT
Rattus rattus
balancing on fence wire


00033553
PAPER WASP in flight
Polistes metricus


00033535
CHILKOOT PASS SUMMIT
Passage to the Klondike gold rush.
Chilkoot National Park, Yukon, Canada.


00033527
AUTUMN ASPENS
Jasper National Park, Rocky Mountains.
Alberta, Canada.


00033523
NORTHERN LIGHTS or
AURORA BOREALIS
Yukon Territory, Canada.


00033511
MOOSE bull in autumn tundra.
Alces alces
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.


00033509
BUSHMEN DANCING IN CELEBRATION
round family group, after successful hunt
Kalahari, Namibia


00033501
ARTESIAN SPRING & limestone rock
remains of ancient coral reef
Three Sisters, Crystal River, Florida,
south eastern USA


00033477
WAHLBERG'S EPAULETTED FRUIT BAT
Epomophorus wahlbergi
group roosting in building.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033474
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
nearly submerged.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033471
HOT AIR BALLOON
Namib Desert, Sesriem, Namibia.


00033470
ROCK AMPHITHEATRE
Royal Natal National Park Drakensberg, South Africa.


00033463
MARABOU STORKS
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
beginning to make a nest on a brick wall.
Kruger, South Africa.


00033462
HOODED VULTURE
Neophron monachus
perching on a branch.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033460
EGYPTIAN GOOSE
Alopochen aegyptiacus
standing in water.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033459
BROWN-HOODED KINGFISHER
Halcyon albiventris
perching on branch.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00033443
NUTHATCH on tree.
Sitta europaea
Brock Valley, Garstang, Lancashire, UK.


00033438
PRIMROSES
Primula vulgaris
growing in woodland.
Arnside Knott, Cumbria, UK.


00033434
MAGPIE FUNGUS Uncommon
Coprinus picaceus
Beech woodlands on chalk Summer &
autumn Inedible (possibly poisonous)


00033406
HISSING COCKROACH
ecdysis. Beza-Mahafaly, Madagascar


00033396
CHARCOAL for sale at roadside.
This adds to the problem of deforestation
and hence erosion. Madagascar


00033395
ANJOHIBE CAVE
north west Madagascar


00033387
WHITE STORKS in African wintering
Ciconia ciconia
grounds, with wildebeest.
Tanzania.


00033372
DORIA'S TREE-KANGAROO
Dendrolagus dorianus
Papua New Guinea


00033363
SOUTH AMERICAN RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus durissus
Also known as 'Cascabel'
Young emerging from amniotic sack


00033339
GREAT MORMON butterfly male
Papilio memnon agenor
Malaysia


00033337
GOLDEN EMPEROR MOTH
Loepa sikkima


00033314
SALTMARSH with Glasswort
Salicornia virginica
Everglades, Florida, USA


00033313
OSPREY perched on branch
Pandion haliaetus
North America


00033302
VIRGINIA or COMMON OPOSSUMS
Didelphis virginiana or D. marsupialis
on a branch


00033300
VIRGINIA or COMMON OPOSSUMS
Didelphis virginiana or D. marsupialis
on a branch


00033293
DIAMOND BACK WATER SNAKE
Nerodia rhombifera
(distribution Central & South USA)


00033283
BALD CYPRESS growing by lake
Taxodium distichum
contre-jour
Lake Fausse Pointe, Louisiana, USA


00033231
LESSER MASKED WEAVER
Ploceus intermedius
Adult male weaving nest
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00033224
MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK male
Redunca fulvonufula
Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa


00033214
NUTHATCH at nest hole
Sitta europaea


00033194
WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER &
BORDER COLLIE DOG in poppy field
Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England


00033193
COMMON RAGWORT in flower
Senecio jacobaea
Berkhamsted Common,
Hertfordshire, England Early August


00033146
MAIDENHAIR TREE foliage in autumn
Ginkgo biloba
Ancient species, native to central China
Female trees bear distinctive smelly fruit
This photograph is protected by Copyright. No reproduction may be made without permission of NHPA.Source: NHPA


00033138
HERMANN'S TORTOISE
Testudo hermanni
Island of Corfu, Greece May


00033134
CORURO
Spalacopus cyanus
showing well-developed incisors used in burrowing. Native to South America.


00033120
PAINTED STORKS on nest
Mycteria leucocephala or
Ibis leucocephalus
India


00033094
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus
two with wings spread
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00033089
SPOTTED HYENA pair running
Crocuta crocuta
to feed on kill.
Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, Africa.


00033087
ANUBIS or OLIVE BABOON young
Papio anubis
(5/6 week old) on female's back.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00033067
CHEETAH female with 4 month old cubs
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00033062
CHEETAH cub chasing gazelle fawn
Acinonyx jubatus
its mother had released. 9 months old
cub Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00033050
BLACK- or WEST AFRICAN
CROWNED CRANE
Balearica pavonina pavonina


00033036
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX
Oryx dammah
group Captive animals
Marwell Zoo, Hampshire, England


00033028
HIGHLAND BULL black form
Black coat is the probable original
breed colour
Orkney, Scotland


00033027
NORTH RONALDSAY RAM
seaweed-eating domesticated
sheep breed Orkney, Scotland


00033024
KITTIWAKES & GUILLEMOTS nesting
Rissa tridactyla & Uria aalge
Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney, Scotland


00032989
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
sitting on the toe cap of a rubber boot.


00032980
GRASS SNAKE underwater
Natrix natrix
hunting common frog tadpole.


00032899
HAWTHORN & HAZEL HEDGE
Crataegus monogyna & Corylus avellana
traditionally layered hedge Shropshire


00032896
MISTLETOE growing on Black Poplar
Viscum album on Populus nigra
Worcestershire


00032877
LITTLE GULL adult in flight
Larus minutus
Vaala, Finland


00032862
PTARMIGAN male displaying
Lagopus mutus
Inari, Finland


00032848
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR
Alligator mississipiensis
almost submerged in still water
November Florida, south east USA


00032840
COMMON RINGTAIL POSSUM
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
on branch Australia


00032812
VATNAYOKULL GLACIER
Skaftafell National Park, Iceland. July


00032799
ROTHSCHILD'S GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis
with three young
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya


00032761
BLACK-HEADED IBIS group
Threskiornis melanocephalus
Ranganthitoo, Southern India


00032752
WONGAI NINGAUI
Ningaui ridei (marsupial "mouse")
Arid zone generally, usually
sandy desert areas


00032738
LEADBEATER'S POSSUM eating moth
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
at den entrance Central Victoria, Australia
Endangered Habitat, Mountain Ash forest


00032708
MANX SHEARWATER taking off
Puffinus puffinus
from water June
Near the Isle of Rhum, Scotland


00032661
SHORT-EARED OWL on post
Asio flammeus
Norfolk, UK


00032649
COMMON SNIPE in water, feeding
Gallinago gallinago
Oare Marshes, Kent,
England. September


00032616
BABOON SPIDER
Cithisischis crayshawi
in threat posture. Africa


00032612
LUBBER GRASSHOPPERS
Romalea microptera
mating. Florida, USA


00032604
WESTERN DIAMONDBACK
RATTLESNAKE Crotalus atrox
in threat posture. Western USA.


00032544
TINY NIGHT SNAKE
Ithycyphus miniatus
also known as 'Zebu Killer' snake
NW Madagascar


00032538
BLUEBELL in flower.
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Arnside, Cumbria, United Kingdom.


00032535
PUFFIN, RAZORBILL & GUILLEMOT
group on water, feeding Skokholm,
Dyfed, Wales Fratercula arctica,
Uria aalge & Alca torda respectively


00032511
SPRINGBOK pronking
Antidorcas marsupialis
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa


00032480
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA dustbathing
Equus burchelli
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00032474
CAPE FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus pusillis
Cape Cross, Namibia


00032433
INDIAN or ASIAN ELEPHANT trunk detail
Elephas maximus
Domesticated
Bandhavgarh National Park, India


00032426
VIOLET-TAILED SYLPH
HUMMINGBIRD at feeder
Aglaiocercus coelestis
Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador


00032420
MORPHO BUTTERFLY displaying
Morpho achilles
in rainforest understoreynear Napo River,
Amazon basin, Ecuador


00032405
MARINE IGUANA basking on rocks
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Bachas Beach, Santa Cruz Island,
Galapagos


00032393
ASIAN WOOLLY-NECKED STORK
Ciconia episcopus
Bandhavgarh National Park, India


00032346
YEMEN WARBLER or YEMEN TIT
WARBLER Sylvia buryi
Raydah Escarpment, Saudi Arabia
Endemic to Saudi Arabia


00032343
LESSER CRESTED TERN in flight
Sterna bengalensis
with food. Karan, Persian Gulf


00032321
MOUNT SKARFJELLET
Innerdalen, Trollheimen,
Sor-Trondelag County, Norway


00032319
MEANDERING TUNDRA RIVER
Southern Taimyr, Siberia June


00032279
CARGO SHIP & ICEBERGS
Ship of Royal Arctic Line,
off coast of Greenland


00032264
HAIRY DRAGONFLY Sequence 4/7
Brachytron pratense
adult emerging from nymph


00032247
WOODLARK
Lullula arborea
at nest with young


00032225
BLACK VULTURE
Aegypius monachus
on grassy slope Europe


00032221
STOCK DOVE
Columba oenas


00032209
WATER VOLE in shallow water
Arvicola terrestris
among iris. Lancashire, England.


00032206
WOOD or LONG-TAILED FIELD
MOUSE on woodland floor
Apodemus sylvaticus
Autumn. Lancashire, England.


00032175
BLADDER WRACK exposed at low tide
Fucus vesiculosus
on shingle.
Mull of Galloway, Scotland


00032174
DANDELION field
Taraxacum officinale
Farmland, Lancashire, England


00032171
BLACK SYMPETRUM or
DARTER DRAGONFLY on fern frond
Sympetrum danae
Autumn. Lancashire, England


00032168
FLY AGARIC fungus in Reindeer Lichen
Amanita muscaria, Cladonia sp.
Ainsdale, Lancashire, England


00032137
ADDER or VIPER male basking
Vipera berus
near path. Cumbria, England


00032136
FALLEN BEECH leaves in autumn colours
Fagus sylvatica
on woodland floor. Lancashire, England


00032112
COMMON FOOTMAN MOTH in flight
Lithosia lunidiola


00032084
BURDOCK SEEDS ON DOG
Spaniel with burrs on its ears
(Animal dispersal of seed)
Burdock is Arctium sp.


00032066
89 BUTTERFLY
Diaethria marchalii
Venezuela, South America


00032039
NOCTUID MOTH in flight


00032020
WHITETAIL DEER males fighting
Odocoileus virginianus
during rut North America


00032004
BUSHMEN EATING MONKEY ORANGES
which they have gathered


00031999
CAPE MOUNTAIN ZEBRA grazing
Equus zebra
in the snow Mountain Zebra NP,
South Africa Endangered species


00031996
HARTMANN'S MOUNTAIN ZEBRA
Equus zebra hartmannae
Namib Desert, Namibia


00031967
WOODCHAT SHRIKE at nest
Lanius senator
Spain


00031938
BLACK ANT NEST with workers & pupae
Lasius niger
Hertfordshire, southern England


00031924
FIELD or CORN POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
June. Norfolk, UK


00031920
WATER MEADOWS by the River Gade
in mid-May Great Gaddesden,
Hertfordshire, England


00031919
BUTTERFLY ORCHID protected by cage
Platanthera sp.
from rabbits Aston Rowant National
Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire, England


00031915
HAY MEADOW with poppies (Papaver
rhoeas), charlock (Sinapis arvensis) &
chamomile (Anthemis nobilis )
June Buckinghamshire, England


00031908
MALLARD juveniles
Anas platyrhynchos
Zurich, Switzerland


00031906
RED RUMPED SWALLOW
Hirundo daurica
Extremadura, Spain


00031901
SUNFLOWER ripe seedhead
Helianthus sp.
shows achenes in Fibanacci series
Northern France


00031880
MURINE or MOUSE OPOSSUM
Marmosa murina


00031877
PAMPAS FOX or AZARA'S FOX
Dusicyon gymnocercus
lying yawning
September Valdes Peninsula, Argentina


00031875
BROWN-CHESTED MARTIN
Phaeoprogne tapera
stretching wings while perched on
wire Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil


00031871
MARSH CROCODILE or MUGGER
Crocodylus palustris
basking on sandbank, India


00031864
CASPIAN TERN
Sterna caspia


00031863
HONEY BUZZARD after migration
Pernis ptilorhyncus
resting, exhausted Mauritania


00031852
TYMPANUM OF CICADA detail



00031849
GILLIAWADARAT ISLAND
in dry season (Lasts 9 months,
one of driest areas of Indonesia)
Komodo National Park


00031846
RHESUS MACAQUES
Macaca mulatta
Nepal


00031830
CHEETAH head
Acinonyx jubatus


00031820
LEOPARD female carrying wildebeest calf
Panthera pardus
to safety of a tree. 'Half-Tail'
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00031800
LITTLE EGRET standing in water
Egretta garzetta
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00031771
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE young
Elanus caeruleus
perched on branch
July. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain


00031768
BLACK-BELLIED SANDGROUSE female
Pterocles orientalis
on ground July
Ebro Bassin, Teruel, Spain


00031749
LITTLE BUSTARD male
Tetrax tetrax
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain


00031743
LITTLE BUSTARD male with radio
Tetrax tetrax
tracking device & coloured rings. April.
Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain


00031706
AUDOUIN'S GULL on ground
Larus audouinii
May. Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain


00031697
GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO calling from
Clamator glandarius
perch. March. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain


00031679
MONTAGU'S HARRIER preening on perch
Circus pygargus
May. Ebro Bassin, Lleida, Spain


00031658
WHITE STORK pair at nest
Ciconia ciconia
March. Lleida, Spain


00031634
HEMLOCK in flower
Conium maculatum


00036561
GREEN TURTLE HATCHLING
Chelonia mydas
reaching the sea
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036560
TWO JAGUAR FOOTPRINTS on beach
Pantera onca
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036559
FOUR JAGUAR FOOTPRINTS on beach
Pantera onca
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036558
JAGUAR in captivity
Pantera onca
Costa Rica.


00036557
JAGUAR in captivity
Pantera onca
Costa Rica.


00036556
PUMA in captivity
Puma concolor
Costa Rica.


00036555
MEXICAN HAIRY PORCUPINE young
Coendou mexicanus
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036554
MEXICAN HAIRY PORCUPINE young
Coendou mexicanus
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036553
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036552
LEAF-CUTTER ANTS
upon leaf in lowland rainforest.
Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica.


00036551
LEAF-CUTTER ANTS
upon cut leaf in lowland rainforest.
Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica.


00036550
THORN BUG COLONY
on twig in lowland rainforest.
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036549
THORN BUG COLONY
on twig in lowland rainforest.
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036548
QUETZAL male feeds young in nest
Pharomachrus mocinno
Cloudforest, Monteverde,Costa Rica.


00036547
SCARLET MACAW taking off
Ara macao
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica.


00036546
SCARLET MACAW in flight
Ara macao
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica.


00036545
YELLOW-NAPED PARROT
Amazona auropalliata
(Captive)
Costa Rica.


00036544
BEACH MORNING GLORY on a beach
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036543
FRESH WATER CANALS IN LOWLAND
RAINFOREST
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.


00036542
PRIMULA DAONENSIS
Narcanello Valley, Adamello
Regional Park, Lombardy, Italy. (Endemic)


00036541
YELLOW MOUNTAIN SAXIFRAGE
Saxifraga aizoides
Narcanello Valley, River Oglio, Adamello
Regional Park, Lombardy, Italy.


00036540
ZOCCHE ALPINE LAKE (2061m) and
Larch trees Larix decidua
Orobie Valtellinesi Alps Regional Park,
Lombardy, Italy.


00036539
CACIOCAVALLO (gourd-shaped cheese)
Bagnoli Irpino village, Picentini Mountains
Regional Park, Campania, Italy.


00036538
DANDELION mass in flower
Taraxacum officinale
Seriana Valley, Orobie Alps, Italy.


00036537
LONGHORN BEETLE
Saperda scalaris
Engadine Valley, Graubunden,Switzerland.


00036536
MARMOT
Marmota marmota
Engadine Valley (Swiss National Park),
Graubunden, Switzerland.


00036535
MATESE LAKE with Mt. Miletto (2050m)
highest karstic lake in Italy (1011m)
Matese Regional Park, South Apennines, Campania, Italy.


00036534
MATESE LAKE with common reeds
(highest karstic lake in Italy 1011m)
Matese Reg. Pk, South Apennines,
Campania, Italy.


00036533
BEECH TREES IN AUTUMN
Fagus sylvatica
Camporotondo plateau, Matese Reg. Pk
Sth Apennines, Campania, Italy.


00036532
BEECH TREES IN AUTUMN
Fagus sylvatica
Camporotondo plateau, Matese Reg. Pk
Sth Apennines, Campania, Italy.


00036531
BOTSCH VALLEY & Swiss Mountain Pine
Pinus mugo
Swiss National Park, Graubunden,
Switzerland.


00036530
INN RIVER VALLEY with Norway Spruce
& European larch.
Engadine (Swiss National Park),
Graubunden, Switzerland.


00036529
FLUELAPASS (2383m) Engadine Valley
(Swiss National Park), Graubunden,
Switzerland.


00036528
BROAD-LEAVED MARSH ORCHID
Dactylorhiza majalis alpestris
growing in wet meadow, Engadine Valley, Graubunden, Switzerland.


00036527
MOUNTAIN STAIRS' with Alpine Heath
Erica carnea
Swiss National Park, Graubunden, Switzerland.


00036526
CUTTING HAY in Bos-cha village,
Inn River Valley (Swiss National Park)
Graubunden, Switzerland.


00036525
GLOBE FLOWER
Trollius europaeus
Inn River, (Swiss National Park), Graubunden, Switzerland.


00036524
ALPINE SNOWBELL or SOLDANELLA
Soldanella alpina
in snow
Swiss Nat. Pk, Graubunden, Switzerland


00036523
PARADISE LILY in flower
Paradisea liliastrum
Engadine Valley, Swiss National Park, Graubunden, Switzerland.


00036522
ALPINE BUTTERCUP in flower
Ranunculus alpestris
Margunet Pass (2328m), Swiss National Park, Graubunden, Switzerland.


00036521
ORCHID, BUGLE & ONION
Orchis mascula, Ajuga sp. & Allium sp.
Picentini Mountains Regional Park, Campania, Italy.


00036520
NOCE RIVER & APPLE ORCHARD
Non Valley, Trentino, Italy.


00036519
PRESENA GLACIER & VALLEY
Paradiso Pass, Adamello Regional Park, Lombardia/Trentino, Italy.


00036518
SKI LIFTS ON PRESENA GLACIER
Paradiso Pass, Adamello Regional Park, Lombardia/Trentino, Italy.


00036517
CHAIR LIFTS ON PRESENA GLACIER
Paradiso Pass, Adamello Regional Park, Lombardia/Trentino, Italy.


00036516
WANDERING ALBATROSS
Diomedea exulans
feeding young Antipodes Island,
New Zealand


00036515
GOLDFIELDS BULLFROG or
WILSMORE'S FROG
Neobatrachus wilsmorei
A burrowing frog, from Western Australia.


00036514
TURTLE FROG
Myobatrachus gouldii
Diet, entirely termites
Australia.


00036513
STRIPE-FACED DUNNART (Dasyurid)
Sminthopsis macroura
South, Western & Northern Australia
Nocturnal carnivore


00036512
MULGARA eating
Dasycercus cristicauda
Carnivorous marsupial found in desert
& grassland of central Australia.


00036511
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
group grazing Australia
Mainly nocturnal


00036510
TAWNY FROGMOUTH on nest
Podargus strigoides
Australia


00036509
COMMON PLANIGALE female, nocturnal
Planigale maculata
Tiny ferocious marsupial carnivore
Widespread, east & north coast Australia


00036508
LITTLE PENGUIN
Eudyptula minor
group coming ashore at night
World's smallest penguin


00036507
LITTLE PENGUIN in nest burrow
Eudyptula minor
with egg Australia Ringed


00036506
LITTLE PENGUINS in nest burrow
Eudyptula minor
male & female Australia
World's smallest penguin


00036505
KOWARI
Dasyroides byrnei
Nocturnal, carnivorous sp. of stony
desert, central Australia. Vulnerable


00036504
COCHINEAL INSECT
Dactylopius opuntiae
male crawlers, protected females
Source of natural dye


00036503
NARROW-NOSED PLANIGALE
Planigale tenuirostris
eating insect (Inland E.Austr.)


00036502
BOX JELLYFISH highly venomous
Chironex fleckeri
Indo-Pacific, tropical waters, Stinging
tentacles grow to 20 metres long.


00036501
CLOTHES MOTH larvae
Tineola sp.
showing damage caused to fabric
UK also introduced into Australia


00036500
BLACK MARLIN leaping
Makaira indica
to shake off hook & line


00036499
DINGO sitting watchfully
Canis familiaris dingo
Australia


00036498
Fossil STROMATOLITES Hamelin Pool,
Shark Bay, Western Australia (West)
Layered deposits produced by blue-green
algae. Abundant in primitive seas >>


00036497
BRUSH-TAILED PHASCOGALE
Phascogale tapoatafa
nocturnal marsupial, Australia


00036496
TERMITE MOUNDS
Amitermes meridionalis
(Arid Northern Australia) Mound is
magnetically oriented with long axis N/S


00036495
LITTLE PENGUIN (dead)
Euduptula minor
killed by entanglement in rubbish
S Australia, New Zealand, Chatham Is.


00036494
LITTLE PENGUIN in water
Eudyptula minor
World's smallest penguin S Australia,
New Zealand & Chatham Island


00036493
RED-NECKED PADEMELON
Thylogale thetis
Eucalypt forests E.Australia.


00036492
SEAWEED HARVESTING for drying
Eucheuma spinosum & E.cottoni
& export to Denmark to extract Carra-
geenan. Nusa Lembongan Island >>


00036491
DINGO on dune
Canis familiaris dingo
Frazer Island, off south eastern
Queensland, north eastern Australia


00036490
TIGER SHARK head detail
Galeocerdo cuvier
Very dangerous to humans



00036489
BOX JELLYFISH
Chironex fleckeri
Australia & Indo-Pacific. Venom
paralyses central nervous system.


00036488
BOX JELLYFISH carrying shrimp prey
Chironex fleckeri
to mouth with tentacles. Dangerously
venomous. Tropical waters of Australia


00036487
NOTICE WARNING SWIMMERS
Danger from Box Jellyfish
Chironex fleckeri Also called Sea Wasp
Highly venomous, tentacles 6m long.


00036486
EMPEROR PENGUIN
Aptenodytes forsteri
& young, preening Antarctica


00036485
YELLOW-FOOTED ANTECHINUS
Antechinus flavipes


00036484
RED SEA HOUNDFISH
Tylosurus choram
Red Sea


00036483
RED SEA HOUNDFISH
Tylosurus choram
Red Sea


00036482
SWIFT young ,head detail
Apus apus


00036481
BROAD-BODIED DARTER DRAGONFLY
Libellula depressa
female


00036480
REINDEER male grazing
Rangifer tarandus
nb antlers shedding velvet


00036479
OLD ENGLISH GAME FOWL
Cockerel on grass


00036478
MERVEILLE DU JOUR MOTH
Moma aprilina


00036477
LADY ORCHIDS in flower
Orchis purpurea
Yockletts Bank, Kent, England.


00036476
JAGUAR young
Panthera onca


00036475
WESTERN HOGNOSE SNAKE
Heterodon nasicus
Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA


00036474
EUROPEAN RED FOX in garden
Vulpes vulpes
Hampshire, southern England


00036473
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
on hind quarters, on lookout from rock


00036472
ORANGUTAN female
Pongo pygmaeus
amongst branches. Tanjung Puting
National Park, Kalimantan, Borneo



00036471
ORANGUTAN female in tree
Pongo pygmaeus
Tanjung Putting National Park,
Kalimantan, Borneo.


00036470
KINGFISHER perched with fish
Alcedo atthis
Surrey, England.



00036469
ORANGUTAN female on branch,
Pongo pygmaeus
with young. Tanjung Puting National
Park, Kalimantan, Borneo


00036468
CHIMPANZEE young
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia


00036467
COCKER SPANIEL puppy sitting in snow



00036466
COCKER SPANIEL puppy sitting in snow.



00036465
COCKER SPANIEL
puppy on hind legs in snow



00036464
RED THROATED DIVER taking off
Gavia stellata
Finland



00036463
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
stretching wings before take off
Finland



00036462
RED THROATED DIVER on lake
Gavia stellata
Finland



00036461
RED THROATED DIVER young asleep on lake
Gavia stellata
Finland



00036460
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake
Finland


00036459
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake with chicks
Finland


00036458
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake
Finland


00036457
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
stretching wings before take off
Finland


00036456
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake
Finland


00036455
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake
Finland


00036454
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake
Finland


00036453
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake after twilight
Finland


00036452
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake in twilight
Finland


00036451
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
on lake with chick
Finland


00036450
RED THROATED DIVER
Gavia stellata
with chick on lake
Finland


00036449
RED THROATED DIVER on lake
Gavia stellata
Finland


00036448
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
making eye contact whilst feeding
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036447
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
feeding whilst less dominant bear looks on
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036446
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
sleeping on beach after feeding,
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036445
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036444
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036443
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
young male
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036442
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
eating freshwater clam
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036441
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
opening freshwater clam
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036440
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
eating freshwater clams
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036439
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
mating
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036438
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
walking in habitat
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036437
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR male
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036436
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR male
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036435
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
crossing river bed
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036434
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
digging for clams
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036433
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
digging for clams
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036432
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
feeding whilst a less dominant bear looks on
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036431
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
in alpine meadow
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036430
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
close up of female
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036429
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036428
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
digging for clams
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036427
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036426
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036425
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
hunting salmon
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036424
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
hunting salmon
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036423
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036422
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036421
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
fighting whilst fishing
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036420
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036419
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
walking on coast before sunrise
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036418
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
males play fighting
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036417
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
males playing in water
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036416
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
hunting on coast at dawn
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036415
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
walkling along river
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036414
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
fishing on coast
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036413
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
fishing for salmon
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036412
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
hunting on coast at sunrise
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036411
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
hunting on coast at sunrise
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036410
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR rear view
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036409
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
walking along beach
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036408
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
fresh scat or faeces showing berries
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036407
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036406
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
walking on coast at sunrise
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00036405
AVOCET in shallows
Recurvirostra avosetta
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK


00036404
NIGHTINGALE April
Luscinia megarhynchos
Kent, south eastern England


00036403
KINGFISHER on branch
Alcedo atthis
holding fish prey for young in nearby nest
Sussex, England.


00036402
CHIMPANZEE female
Pan troglodytes
Whipsnade Zoo, England.


00036401
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY on thistle
Vanessa cardui
wings open
Essex, England. July.


00036400
DARTFORD WARBLER singing on Gorse
Sylvia undata
Dorsetshire, UK, April


00036399
WILLOW WARBLER singing
Phylloscopus trochilus
Suffolk


00036398
AVOCET
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036397
AVOCET
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036396
AVOCET brooding two chicks
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036395
AVOCET alarm calling
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036394
AVOCET alarm calling to chicks
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036393
AVOCET chick feeding
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036392
AVOCET chicks
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036391
AVOCET feeding
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036390
AVOCET in flight, calling
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036389
AVOCET in flight
Recurvirostra avosetta
Minsmere RSPB Reserve


00036388
BLACKBIRD male
Turdus merula
Isles of Scilly


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