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CAT - Britsih Shorthair, Calico - with paw in the air

CAT - Britsih Shorthair, Calico - on hind legs

White-lipped tree frog

Scarlet King Snake - Considered by some to be the same species as the Milk Snake

Scarlet King Snake - Considered by some to be the same species as the Milk Snake

Brown-roofed Turtle - Looking directly at camera

Brown-roofed Turtle - Close-up of head

Savannah Monitor Lizard

Black-tailed Prairie Dog - Standing on hind legs

Black-tailed Prairie Dog - Standing on hind legs

Black-tailed Prairie Dog - Standing on hind legs

Chinchillas - Two together

Chinchilla - Standing on hind legs with petals in hands

Chinchilla - Standing on hind legs with petals in hands

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer sitting down

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer. Side view

Dog - Miniature Schnauzer. Side view

Cat - Kitten sitting on deck chair

Cat - Kitten sitting on deck chair

Cat - Kitten sitting on deck chair

Man putting out crumbs for the birds on bird table

Girl putting out crumbs for the birds on bird table

Cultivated Geraniums

Common Cleavers - Seeds

Canada Goose - Taking flight from water

Horsefly / Deer Fly - On human skin

Horsefly / Deer Fly - Resting on Leaf

Horsefly / Deer Fly - Resting on leaf

Green Weevil

Mute Swans - Pair swimming in pre-dawn mist

Canada Geese - Four fying over reedbeds at dawn

Grey Heron - Flying over water in misty sunrise

Labrador Dog - Jumping to catch ball on beach

Labrador Dog - Portrait on Beach

Labrador Dog - Walking in surf

Teenage Girl walking Labrador Dog on beach

Teenage Girl Walking Labrador Dog on Beach

Labrador Dog - Chasing Ball on Beach

Horseflies - Two sitting on leaf

Horseflies - Two sitting on leaf

Garden Spider - Spiderlings - Climbing up silk strand

Lapwing

Pheasant

Labrador Cross Dog - Running on beach by sea

Creeping Buttercup Flower

Male Pheasant - Displaying

Pheasant - Male and Female

Carrion Crow - On bare branches of tree

Pheasant - Male

Pheasant - Male

Tufted Duck - Female taking flight

Greylag Goose - Taking flight

Camel - Animal used for tourists at Sunset

Male Pheasant - Displaying

Greylag Goose - Taking flight

Daffodils flowering through spring snowfall

Sunflower

Two Brown Rats - Looking out from Garden Flowerpot in Snow

Pheasant - Male

Carrion Crow - On bare branches of tree

Field of Common Poppies

Pheasant - Male

Robin - Perched on Iron Seat

Robin - Perched on garden screen in snow

Welsh Mountain Pony - Trotting in Snow

Misty Sunrise - Through Bare Poplar Branches in Winter

Sunflower

Mute Swan - Sunrise

Garden Spider - Female at centre of Web

Misty Sunrise - Through Bare Poplar Branches in Winter

Grey Heron - in Flight

Common Frog

Canada Goose - taking flight at sunrise

Mute Swan - Sunrise

Mute Swan - With reflection on water

Grey Heron - flying in Misty Sunrise

Leatherback Turtle - excavating sand for egg laying

Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose - two Taking Flight

Two Canada Geese - taking Flight

Leatherback Turtle - egg laying

Greylag Goose - with wings outstretched, taking flight from reedbeds

Ringlet Butterfly

Green Lacewing - Underside View

Garden Spider - In dew covered web at sunrise

Grey Seals - Playing in Surf

Greylag Goose - Taking Flight at Sunrise

Turkmanian Eagle owl

Greylag Goose - Taking Flight

7-Spot Ladybird - On leaf

Lily Anthers - Showing Pollen

Greylag Goose - Taking Flight

Grey Seal - Cow resting on breeding beach

Great Horned Owl

Soldier Beetle - On Grass Seeds

Ringlet Butterfly

Red Tulips

Garden Spider - In dew covered web at sunrise

Close up of Leaf, showing veins

Soldier Beetle - On Grass Stem

Greylag Goose - Taking Flight at Sunrise

Starlings - Flock flying at sunset showing movement

Greylag Goose - Taking Flight at Sunrise on Norfolk Broads

Red-tipped Clearwing Moth

Cock Pheasant Displaying

Water Droplet on Feather

Greylag Goose - Taking Flight

Horsefly

Common / Harbour Seal - Lying on beach

Grey Seal Cow and Pup

European Brown HARE

Flesh Fly

Pony in Snow Norfolk UK

Large White - Larvae on Nasturtium Leaf

Chinese Water Deer - Buck

Common Darter on Flower

Drone-fly

Close up of Legs of Drone-Fly

Foxglove anthers opened showing Pollen

Brown Rat in Snow

Red-tipped Clearwing Moth

Brown Rat in Snow

Greylag Geese

Pheasant - Cock Displaying

Grey Seal - Cow Resisting Attention of Bull

Queen Hornet

Red Valerian Seeds (x2)

Sabine's Gull

Lapwing - Washing in Pool of Water

Flower Bug Feeding on Butterfly Eggs

Eye of Drone-fly

New Leaves of Katsura Tree

Common Poppy in Mayweed

Robin in Snow

Eyes of Hornet

Coot - Taking off at Sunrise

Macaroni Penguin - Entering sea

Macaroni Penguin - Jumping into sea

Macaroni Penguin - Climbing up rocks from sea

Macaroni Penguin - Climbing up rocks from sea

Macaroni Penguin - Entering sea

Macaroni Penguin - Jumping into sea

Macaroni Penguin

Macaroni Penguin - Jumping into sea

Macaroni Penguin - Group on rocks waiting to enter sea

Macaroni Penguin - Porpoising

Macaroni Penguin

Macaroni Penguin - Pair

Macaroni Penguin - Group on rocks waiting to enter sea

Macaroni Penguin - Group on rocks waiting to enter sea

Macaroni Penguin

Chinstrap Penguin - Skypointing

Chinstrap Penguin - Emerging from sea

Chinstrap Penguin

Macaroni Penguin - Climbing up rocks from sea

Chinstrap Penguin - Crossing rocky shore

Chinstrap Penguin - Pair by sea

Macaroni Penguin

Chinstrap Penguin

Chinstrap Penguin - Jumping from rock to rock

Macaroni Penguin - Group on rocks above sea

Chinstrap Penguin - Emerging from sea

Chinstrap Penguin - Stretching Wings

Chinstrap Penguin - Coming ashore

Chinstrap Penguin - Emerging from sea

Chinstrap Penguin - Eating snow

Chinstrap Penguin - Walking

Chinstrap Penguin - Adults and full grown chick by shore

Chinstrap Penguin

Chinstrap Penguin - Entering sea

Chinstrap Penguin - Just emerged from sea

Chinstrap Penguin - Porpoising

Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck - 'Steaming'

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - In flight

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - Feeding in sheltered bay

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - Feeding in sheltered bay

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - In flight

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - Feeding in sheltered bay

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - In flight

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - Feeding in sheltered bay

Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck - Head

Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck - Stretching wings

Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck - Stretching wings

Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck - 'Steaming'

Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck - 'Steaming'

Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck - Pair

Southern Giant Petrel - In flight

Southern Giant Petrel - In flight at sunset

Southern Giant Petrel - (One of the rare White Morph) Feeding on dead Penguin

Southern Giant Petrel - In flight at sunset

Southern Giant Petrel - In flight

Southern Giant Petrel - (One of the rare White Morph) Feeding on dead Penguin

Pygmy / Bargibant's seahorse

Pygmy / Bargibant's Seahorse

Kingdom of Tonga - Swallow's Cave.

Southern Giant Petrel - 1st stage juvenile in flight over sea

Southern Giant Petrel - 1st stage juvenile coming in to land at Sea

Southern Giant Petrel - (One of the rare White Morph) Feeding on dead Penguin

Antarctic Prion - In flight over sea

Antarctic Prion - In flight over sea

Boxer Crab - These animals hold small stinging anemones in their claws both for protection and to stun prey

Dromedary camel train - Tuareg nomads taking their camel herd to the weekly city market

Barn Owl

Dogs - Tibetan Terrier Puppy in basket

Dogs - Tibetan Terrier Puppy in basket

Cat - Tabby kitten sitting down wearing Christmas hat

Ginger Cat - kitten under mistletoe

Tabby & Ginger Cats - kittens on garden chair

Cat - back of kittens on top hat

Cat - Tabby Kitten on hearts background

Cat - 2 kittens lying down together under mistletoe

Birman Cat Kittens wearing Christmas hats

European Treefrog - sitting on branch

European Treefrog - climbing reed stalk

Roe Deer - buck and doe wading through lake

Roe Deer - 2 bucks and 2 does, alert,

Roe Deer - doe resting, alert

Roe Deer - doe running through marshland

Roe Deer - buck with velvet hanging from horns and 2 does

Roe Deer - doe in flight

Roe Deer - doe in flight,

Roe Deer - buck running through water meadow

Roe Deer - buck with white tuft on head

Roe Deer - buck with velvet on horns, alert

Vietnamese Pot-bellied Pig - 2 piglets playing on sow's back

European Hare - buck chasing doe, courtship behaviour

European Hare - eating clover on fallow land

European Hare - on corn field, alert

European Hare - buck chasing doe, courtship behaviour

European Hare - buck and doe showing courting behaviour

European Hare - frontal view, buck chasing doe

European Hare - excited bucks chasing and leaping over doe during the breeding season

European Hare - bucks chasing doe during breeding season

European Hare - running over arable field

European Hare - running over arable field

European Hare - nibbling young corn shoots

European Hare - 2 animals on alert

European Hare - running over arable field

European Hare - running over arable field

European Hare - dead animal in vineyard

European Hare - buck chasing doe, courtship behaviour

European Hare - buck and doe showing courting behaviour

European Hare - buck chasing doe, courtship behaviour

European Hare - buck and doe showing courting behaviour

European Hare - buck and doe showing courting behaviour

Common Poppy and Cornflower (Centaurea montana) - on arable land

Common Poppy - flower bud and seed heads in evening light

Commn Poppy - flowering on arable land

Commn Poppy - flowering on arable land

Commn Poppy - flowering on arable land,

Poppy - garden hybrid, large flowering sort,

Common Poppy - flowering against a blue sky

Common Poppy - flowering against a blue sky

Common Poppy - flowering against a blue sky

Ox-eye Daisy - flowers against a blue sky

Ox-eye Daisy - flowering in garden

Hedge Bindweed - flowering in garden

Field Bindweed - four blossoms

European Grey Wolf - cubs begging for food from female

European Grey Wolf - female with 6 week old cubs, on the alert,

European Grey Wolf - cubs begging for food from pack member

European Grey Wolf - portrait,

European Grey Wolf - portrait,

European Grey Wolf - 2 cubs alert, 6 weeks old

European Grey Wolf - cubs begging for food from female

European Grey Wolf - cubs begging for food from female

European Grey Wolf - cubs begging for food from female

European Grey Wolf - cub begging for food from female

European Grey Wolf - female with 6 week old young cubs

European Grey Wolf - female with 6 week old young cubs

European Grey Wolf - young cub alert, 6 weeks old

European Grey Wolf - young cub alert, 6 weeks old

European Grey Wolf - young cub alert, 6 weeks old

European Grey Wolf - 2 cubs playing, 6 weeks old

European Grey Wolf - young cub, alert, 6 weeks old

Stonechat - male perched on plant stem

Stonechat - female with nest matrial in bill

Stonechat - female with nest material in bill

Ruff - male bird feeding in lake

Ruff - flock in flight

Little Ringed Plover - male displaying to female

Little Ringed Plover - male displaying to female

Little Ringed Plover - bird's reflection in lake

Little Ringed Plover - 2 males fighting in lake

Little Ringed Plover - frontal view, male displaying to female

Little Ringed Plover - male displaying to female

Little Ringed Plover - male displaying to female in nest depression

Little Ringed Plover - with caught worm

Little Ringed Plover - alert to bird of prey flying overhead

Little Ringed Plover - male bird courtship displaying

Reed Bunting - male bird singing from reed stalk

Reed Bunting - male bird singing from reed stalk,

Redshank - running across a meadow

Redshank - searching for food on lake edge

Pied / White Wagtail - male singing

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - 2 males / cocks fighting during breeding season

Pheasant - 2 males / cocks fighting during breeding season

Pheasant - 2 males / cocks fighting during breeding season

Pheasant - 2 males / cocks fighting during breeding season

Pheasant - 2 males / cocks fighting during breeding season

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - male / cock on fallow land

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - male / cock crowing in breeding season

Pheasant - male / cock crowing and flapping wings

Pheasant - male / cock crowing in breeding season

Pheasant - 2 males or cocks fighting during breeding season

Pheasant - male / cock on fallow land

Pheasant - male / cock on fallow land

Marsh Warbler - singing from reed stalk

Lapwing - searching for food on water meadow

Kestrel - male bird perched on tree branch

Kestrel - female bird hovering, searching for prey

Greylag Goose - in flight over marshland

Greylag Goose - in flight over marshland

Great White Egret - in flight over water meadow

Great White Egret - taking off from water meadow

Corn Bunting - singing from rose bush

Corn Bunting - singing from rose bush,

Black-tailed Godwit - on water meadow

Black-tailed Godwit - on water meadow

Black-tailed Godwit - on water meadow

Black-headed Gull - 3 birds fighting over road-kill carrion

Black-headed Gull - landing beside road-kill carrion

Mangrove Tree in water

Volcano, Grand Comore, Comoros Islands

Coastal view, Grand Comore, Comoros Islands

Aerial view of small volcano, Mayotte, Comoros Islands

Aerial view of North Mayotte, Comoros Islands

Aerial view of white sand beach, Mayotte, Comoros Islands

Aerial view of white sand beach, Mayotte, Comoros Islands

Aeriel view of white sand beach, Mayotte, Comoros Islands

Aerial view of white sand beach, Mayotte, Comoros Islands

Aerial view of Mayotte, Comoros Islands

Aerial view of Grande-Terre & Iles Choazil, Mayotte, Comoros Islands

Reindeer / Caribou - bull, autumn.

Reindeer / Caribou - bull.

Reindeer / Caribou

Reindeer / Caribou - bulls walking across autumn coloured tundra. The lead bull is still shedding velvet from antlers

River Otter - resting on log in small stream, spring.

Killer / Orca Whale - breaching

River Otter - eating small fish it has caught.

River Otter - trotting across frozen pond, winter.

Killer / Orca Whale - spy hopping

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Risso's Dolphin swimming underwater

Risso's Dolphin swimming underwater

Risso's Dolphin swimming underwater

Risso's Dolphin with nose sticking out of water

Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together swimming on back

Bottlenose Dolphins - Tail dancing

Bottlenose Dolphins - 2 together

Bottlenose Dolphins - 4 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose Dolphins - Preparing to jump

Bottlenose Dolphins - 3 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose Dolphin - Just beneath water

Bottlenose Dolphin - With nose out of the water

Bottlenose Dolphin - Tail dancing

Bottlenose Dolphin - Tail dancing

Bottlenose Dolphins - 2 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose dolphins - 2 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose dolphins - 2 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose Dolphin with mouth open

Bottlenose Dolphin jumping with crowd watching in background

Bottlenose Dolphin amusing the crowd with a tail dance

Bottlenose dolphins - 2 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose dolphins - 2 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together with noses out of the water

Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together swimming backwards

Fair Trade Coffee

Dogs - Kuvasz / Hungarian Kuvasz

Dogs - West Highland Terrier Puppies in basket

Dog - Tibetan Terrier puppy lying down

Dogs - Bernese Mountain Dog, Husky and American Cocker Spaniel Puppies lying down together

Dogs - West Highland Terrier Puppies in basket

Dogs - Bernese Mountain Dog, Husky and American Cocker Spaniel Puppies lying down together

Dogs - Bernese Mountain Dog, Husky and American Cocker Spaniel Puppies lying down together

Dogs - West Highland Terrier and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Puppies in basket

Dog - Tibetan Terrier / Dhokhi Apso puppy lying down

Dog - Tibetan Terrier / Dhokhi Apso - puppy lying down

Manipulated image - Red Irish Setter with a cat's head

Dog - Boston Terrier watching dogs on television

Dog - Boston Terrier standing on chair with television behind

Dog - Boston Terrier watching dogs on television

Dog - Boston Terrier jumping up to take biscuit from owner

Dog - Boston Terrier looking up at owner

Dog - Boston Terrier looking up at owner

Dog - American Cocker Spaniel and English Cocker Spaniel (lying down)

Dog - American Cocker Spaniel

Dog - American Cocker Spaniel, clipped & groomed

Dog - American Cocker Spaniel

American Cocker Spaniel

Pale Winged Starling - Searching for food in the grass near the Spitzkoppe Mountain.

Pale Winged Starling - Searching for food in the grass near the Spitzkoppe Mountain

European Bee-Eater - Sitting on a perch with a wasp in its beak

European Bee-Eater - Sitting on a perch

Northern Black Korhaan - Display calling during the breeding season.

Northern Black Korhaan - Display calling during the breeding season.

Lesser Grey Shrike - Sitting on a perch

Pale-Winged Starling - On the ground.

European Bee-Eater - Sitting on a perch flipping a wasp around

European Bee-Eater - Sitting on a perch with a wasp in its beak

European Bee-Eater - Sitting on a perch, looking for insects

Lesser Grey Shrike - Looking for food from its perch

Lesser Grey Shrike

European Bee-Eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-Eater - Perched on a branch of a dead tree, looking for termites after heavy rain.

Juvenile velvet swimming crab sheltering inside an old oyster shell in tidal river

Tubes of squid eggs in a rocky crevice

Two spiny spider crabs on a rock

Spotted Snake Eel hunting through coral reef.

Short-Nosed Batfish

Long snout seahorse wrapped onto a soft coral tree

Roughhead blenny in its hole in a fire coral

A Roughhead blenny in burrow in brain coral

Ringed Plover nest with three eggs.

Ringed Plover nest with three eggs

Peacock flounder lying camouflaged in sandy seabed

Atlantic mackerel diving from surface

Leach's spider crab in the tentacles of a Snakelocks anemone

King scallop on gravel seabed in Cornwall.

King Scallop buried in gavel seabed in river

Black-Headed gull nest with two eggs on nesting island

Black-headed Gulls nest with three eggs in nature reserve

The nest of a Gadwell duck with eight eggs.

Thick-Legged Flower Beetle - A male (they are the only ones with thick legs) feeding on dandelion flower

Flamingo tongue shell feeding on a gorgonia seafan

Fingerprint cyphoma feeding on the stem of a seafan

Deep snouted pipefish hunting in eelgrass in tidal river in Cornwall

Common Cuttlefish - Resting on sandy seabed camouflaged and covered in sand to hide itself.

Batwing Coral Crab - Tobago

Banded Coral Shrimp

Antarctic Prion - In flight over sea

Antarctic Prion - In flight with South Georgia in the background

White-Chinned Petrel - In flight over sea

Pintado or Cape Petrel - Flock in flight near iceberg

Pintado or Cape Petrel - In flight over sea

Pintado or Cape Petrel - In flight over sea

Pintado or Cape Petrel - In flight

Black-Browed Albatross - In flight

Pintado or Cape Petrel - Flock in flight near iceberg

Pintado or Cape Petrel - In flight

Pintado or Cape Petrel - With Mountains in background

Pintado or Cape Petrel - In flight over sea

Pintado or Cape Petrel - Flock in flight near iceberg

Pintado / Cape Petrel - In flight

Pintado / Cape Petrel - In flight

Northern Giant Petrel - At dawn with South Georgia in background

Northern Giant Petrel - In flight at Sunset

Northern Giant Petrel - After fight

Wandering Albatross - In flight over sea

Wandering Albatross - In flight over sea

Wandering Albatross - In flight over sea

Wandering Albatross - In flight over sea

Wandering Albatross - Coming in to land

Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross - Stretching on nest

Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross - Display flight

Royal Albatross - In flight over sea

Royal Albatross - In flight over sea

Wandering Albatross - Stretching wings

Black-Browed Albatross - Slow Pan

Black-Browed Albatross - In flight

Black-Browed Albatross - In Flight Over Sea

Black-Browed Albatross - In Flight Over Sea

Black-Browed Albatross - Immature in flight over sea

Black-Browed Albatross - In flight over sea

Black-Browed Albatross - In flight over sea

Black-Browed Albatross - In flight at Sunset

Black-Browed Albatross - Close up of head

Black-Browed Albatross - In flight over sea

Aerial image of Africa: Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Aerial image of Africa: Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Australia - Sandy Cape aerial

Australia - Freycinet Peninsula & Promise Bay from Hazards Beach

Australia - Freycinet Peninsula, late afternoon.

Polar Bear - lying on ice wearing Christmas hat

Polar Bear - Parent with cubs wearing Christmas hats

Polar Bear - Close-up of head

Polar Bear - wearing Christmas hat

Koala - young

Polar Bear

Polar Bear - with Christmas hat

Polar Bear - with Christmas hat

Red Squirrel sitting on tree trunk, eating seeds

Red Squirrel on forest ground, feeding on spruce cone

Red Fox, black phase standing in meadow

Red Foxes, black phase sitting in field

Horse Fijord-Quarterhorse in snow feeding at winter pasture

Horse - Appaloosa at pasture walking in fresh snow

Cat - Male / Tom ginger tabby walking in snow

Cat - Ginger tabby walking in snow

Cat - Ginger tabby sitting in snow

Horse - Fijord-Quarterhorse portrait, in winter

Horse - Fijord-Quarterhorse portrait in winter

Red Squirrel sitting on tree branch

Red Squirrel on tree branch feeding on spruce cone

Red Squirrel in birdfeeder, feeding on black sunflower seeds

Red Squirrel on tree branch, carrying walnut in mouth

Red Squirrel on tree branch, holding walnut in mouth

Cat - Calico and Ginger tabby kittens sleeping together on blanket

Cat - Calico kitten lying down

Cat - Calico kitten lying down

Cat - Calico kitten sitting on wood-pile

Cat - Ginger tabby kitten sitting on rock

Cat - Calico kitten sitting down

Cat - Ginger tabby kitten sitting in red flowers

Cat - Calico kitten walking on top of fence

Cat - Calico kitten sitting on bench

Cat - Calico and Ginger tabby kittens sitting together

Cat - Calico and Ginger tabby kittens sleeping

Cat - Calico kitten lying down on pillow

Cat - Calico kitten sitting on wood-pile

Cat - Calico and Ginger tabby kittens playing together

Cat - Ginger tabby kitten sitting in basket

Cat - Calico kitten sitting on beach chair

Cat - Two ginger tabby kittens together on logs

Cat - Ginger tabby kitten standing in flower basket

Cat - Kitten, ginger tabby sitting in flower basket

Cat - Kitten, ginger tabby looking fence, surrounded by flowers

Domestic Horse Pinto Gelding running in meadow

Domestic Horse Pinto Gelding running in meadow

Horses - Arabian Mare and Foal runningÊin spring meadow

Horses - Arabian Mare and Foal in meadow

Domestic Horse Pinto Gelding

Horses - Arabian Mare and Foal gallopingÊin spring meadow

Horses - Arabian Mare and Foal runningÊin spring meadow

Arabian Horse running in snowcovered field

Bushy-tailed Woodrat / Pack Rat - running in field

Bushy-tailed Woodrat / Pack Rat in field

Domestic Horse - Pinto Gelding gallopingÊin snow

Cat - Grey tabby kitten walking on garden fence

Cat - Grey tabby kitten sitting on log pile

Cat - Ginger and white tabby kitten playing with toy

Cat - Ginger and white tabby kitten

Cats - Two ginger tabby and white kittens sitting together on chair

Cats - Two ginger and white tabby kittens sitting together on basket

Aerial view of Alaska Range with Mount McKinley in background, Alaska,USA

Timber Grey Wolf - standing in water

Timber Grey Wolf - black phase standing in meadow alert, late afternoon sunlight

Grizzly Bear walking along river bank

Donkey female standing at pasture, summer, portrait closeup

Donkey male ( Jackass ) standing in meadow, portrait

Grey / Timber Wolf standing in grass, alert

Great Horned Owl sitting in dead spruce tree

Timber / Grey Wolf leaping over fallen tree

Mount Rundle reflecting in Vermillion Lakes at sunset

Brown Bear growling - closeup

Alpine Marmot standing on rock at alpine meadow

Full Moon over snow-covered Hudson Bay Mountain - at dawn.

Black Bear walking in spring meadow, British Columbia, Canada

Black Bear Cub in field of clover

Black Bear - Cub climbing pine tree,

Brown Bear - head closeup

Grizzly Bear watching for salmon at waters edge

Donkey - Young standing in meadow, watching thunderstorm clouds, late afternoon sunlight

Great Horned Owl sitting on post, hunting

Snowy Owl - Sitting in snow covered meadow, hunting in late afternoon sunlight

Snowy Owl sitting on rock in arctic

Grizzly Bear walking in aspen forest, closeup

Timber Grey Wolf - black phase running in prarie, through sagebrush

Wild Rose Bush branch with fruits, covered in Hoarfrost

Barn Owl perched, holding mouse in mouth

Great Horned Owl sitting on top of barn roof with moon in background

Great Horned Owl - owlet sitting in conifer tree

Great Horned Owl - young perched in spruce tree

Migrating Trumpeter Swans

Arctic Hare sitting in arctic tundra

Arctic Hare in tundra, eating

Arctic Hare sitting in tundra

Arctic Hare sitting in tundra, in snow

Jackass Donkey - portrait close-up

Horse - Mule lying down in alpine meadow about 6000 feet in the swiss alps with the Engelberg valley below.

Donkeys, pair standing together at pasture in snow on frosty winters day

Grey Wolf in meadow of sagebrush, Mid-western USA

Grey Wolf - watching from behind a Birch Tree

Timber Grey Wolf - close-up of head

North American Badger - on tree trunk, snarling, showing sharp teeth

Great Horned Owl young sitting in front of old barn

Siberian Tiger - Young lying on log

Black Bear - feeding on dandelions

Black Bear cinnamon phase in meadow flowers

Donkey female with young at pasture

Brown Bear standing on tree stump

Beaver in water feeding on willow stick

Beaver - In water carring willow branches using teeth and paws

Dog - Chihuahua puppy lying in grass

Cat - Ginger and white tabby in snow, playing with mouse

Beaver swimming in pond, late afternoon sunlight

Tundra pond with beaver dam, autumn colors

Spectacled Bear in tree

Black Bear in creek catching large chum salmon fish

Alaska Range in late afternoon sunlight

Cat ginger tabby standing in tree

Prickly Pear Cactus

Sally Lightfoot Crab

View of coastline and incoming boats from Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands

Common Iguana - In shrubs

Waved Albatros. Two together by nest.

Flightless Cormorant

Greater Flamingo. Feeding in water.

Great Frigatebird. Male displaying, inflated throat

Marine Iguana

Galapagos Sealion - On the shore

Giant Tortoise - On ground

Polar Bears - female with cub swimming in Arctic Ocean off the north coast of Alaska along the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Polar Bears - female with cub - with chunk of whale meat along the Beaufort Sea coast,

Polar bear - paws

Polar bear

Polar bear - close-up of paw

Polar Bears

Polar Bear - lying in snow

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf in snow.

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - running in winter snow

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - in deep snow.

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - in winter snow.

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - running in winter snow.

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - running in winter snow

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - running in snow

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - in winter.

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - in winter.

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - x2 running in snow

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf

Arctic Wolf / Arctic Gray Wolf - running in snow.

Coyote - howling

Coyote - barking and yipping, in fresh winter snow.

Lime Tree base - Next to footpath

Tiarella cordifolia

Horse Chestnut Tree - In flower, by pool and boat house. Gunnera in foreground

Ancient Oak Tree - In garden

Wildlife garden - marshy bog

Brunnera Varigated Flowers

Bergenia Flowers

Lake Victoria cichlid - extinct in the wild

Dog - Labrador puppy sitting down in grass

Dog - Mixed breeds of puppies, American Cocker Spaniel, Bernese Mountain Dog (also known as Berner Seenenhund) and Siberian Husky

Dog - Mixed breeds of puppies, American Cocker Spaniel, Bernese Mountain Dog (also known as Berner Seenenhund) and Siberian Husky

Cloud formation near Namutoni Rest Camp

Clouds on the horizon near 'Twee Palme'.

Sunset with cloud build up over the Brandberg Massive.

Sunset with cloud build near the Brandberg Massive

Sunset with cloud build up over the Brandberg Massive

Sunset in the Namib Desert.

Single tree on the plains of Western Etosha

Sunrise as seen from the camp site at Sesriem

Sunset in the Namib Desert

Dead Vlei Trees

Dead Vlei trees.

Dead Vlei tree

Dune near Sossus Vlei - Namib Desert

Kelp Gull - Taking fish from skipper of tour boat near Walvis Bay

African White-Backed Vulture - Coming in to land.

African White-Backed Vulture - Coming in to land.

African White-Backed Vulture. Coming in to land.

Great White Pelicans - Floating on the Atlantic Ocean

Great White Pelicans - In flight over the Atlantic Ocean, with fishing vessels in the background.

Great White Pelican - Landing on water near Walvis Bay

Great White Pelican - Landing on water near Walvis Bay

Kelp Gull - In flight near Walvis Bay Namibia

Great White Pelicans - Floating on the Atlantic Ocean

Great White Pelican - In flight over the Atlantic Ocean

Great White Pelican - In flight over the Atlantic Ocean

Great White Pelican - In flight over the Atlantic Ocean

Great White Pelican - In flight over the Atlantic Ocean

Great White Pelican - In flight over the Atlantic Ocean

Great White Pelican - In flight over the Atlantic Ocean near Walvis Bay

Lappet-Faced Vulture - Portrait with feeding vultures in background.

African White-Backed Vulture - Having a bath after feeding

African White-Backed Vulture - Having a bath after feeding.

African White-Backed Vultures - Having a drink and bath after feeding.

Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk - Sitting on a perch surveying surrounding area.

African White-Backed Vulture

Lappet-Faced Vulture - Flying in the rain.

Yellow-billed Kite - In flight during heavy rainfall in central Namibia

Black-Chested / Black-Breasted Snake-Eagle - In flight in the Namib Desert.

Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk - Searching for prey on the ground.

Cape Vulture - Preening its feathers

African White-Backed Vulture - Fighting at feeding site

Lappet-Faced Vultures - Dominance display on top of tree.

Lappet-Faced Vultures - Dominance display on top of tree

African White-Backed Vulture - Landing on tree top, wings outstretched.

African White-Backed Vulture

Brown Pelican - In flight

Brown Pelican - In flight

Brown Pelican - In flight returning from fishing with pouch full of fish.

Brown Pelican - In flight, about to land, wings outstretched.

Brown Pelican - 2 flying over small flock on sand spit.

Brown Pelican on water fishing

Brown Pelican, landing on water. Pouch full of baitfish

Dog - Brown Labradoodle with front paws on gate. With tongue hanging out.

White Tern carrying a fish.

Sunset on Home Island near Oceania House

Sunset, Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Coconut Palms

Sunset, Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Coconut Palms.

Short-billed Black-Cockatoo / Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Short-billed Black-Cockatoo / Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Short-billed Black-Cockatoo / Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo.

Short-billed Black-Cockatoo / Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo.

Short-billed Black-Cockatoo / Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Adult - feeding flying chick

Red-eared Firetail - on ground

Red Wattlebird - perched on branch

Noisy Miner - On ground

New Holland Honeyeater

Nankeen Kestrel - Perched on branch

Nankeen Kestrel in flight at dawn.

Musk Duck female - In water with wings outstretched

Long-billed Black Cockatoo / Baudin's / White-tailed Cockatoo - Perched on branch

Long-billed Black Cockatoo / Baudin's / White-tailed Cockatoo - Perched on branch

Grey Shrike-thrush - On ground

Grey Currawong

Dusky Moorhen

Dusky Moorhen bathing

Common Noddy Tern - In flight

Common Noddy Tern

Common Noddy Tern

Clamorous Reed-Warbler

Christmas Island White-eye

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

Bridled Tern in flight

Bridled Tern in flight

Bridled Tern in flight

Bridled Tern in flight

Blue-billed Duck - Male

Bassian Thrush - On ground.

Australian Shelduck - Female in suburban Perth

Australian Ring-neck / Twenty-eight Parrot.

Verdigris on 1914-1918 war memorial

Verdigris on 1914-1918 war memorial.

Cumulonimbus clouds

Cumulus clouds developing over Shark Valley

Cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorm approaching beach at Grand Bahama Island

Storm Debris - Dead trees swept onto beach by Hurricane Wilma at Lucayan National Park

Cumulus storm cloud developing over ocean

Warthog investigating elephant dung, dwarfed by elephants

African Elephants trunk-wrestling while playing in waterhole

African Elephants trunk-wrestling while playing in waterhole

African Elephant - herd bathing in Hapoor waterhole.

African Elephant herd at Hapoor waterhole.

African Elephants mingling closely with tourist vehicles.

African Elephant youngster supervising inquisitive calf. Also showing veins behind ear.

African Elephant attempting to mate with another bull.

African Elephant showing front feet and "nails"

African Elephant calves playing in mud by waterhole.

African Elephant scenting puddle of urine deposited by another herd member.

Southern Stingray swimming in shallows, showing undulation of the "wings"

Southern Stingray swimming in shallows

Florida Red-belly / Redbelly Turtles basking on rock

Curly-tailed Lizard with tail curved characteristically over back on stone slab

Curly-tailed Lizard resting on tree trunk.

Curly-tailed Lizard with tail curled characteristically over back

Blue-tail Lizard.

American Crocodile.

American Crocodile. In water.

Alligator wrestler handling full-sized alligator.

Alligator wrestler handling full-sized alligator

American Alligator - Submerged in water, just showing head and back.

American Alligator - Submerged in water, just showing head and back.

American Alligator

American Alligator - Mostly submerged in water

American Alligator

Green Iguana

Green Iguana - Young

Green Iguana

Green Iguana

Poinsettia shrub in flower.

Poinsettia flowers closeup.

Poinsettia "flower" showing flower head supported by large scarlet bracts.

Poinsettia "flower" showing flower head supported by large scarlet bracts.

Poinsettia "flower" showing flower head supported by large scarlet bracts.

Passion Flower / Trilobed Passion Flower / Twelve-petaled Passion Flower.

Passion flower.

Giant Grenadilla / Badea.

Passion flower.

Blue Passion Flower / Blue Crown Passion Flower / Common Passion Flower

Gazania flowers

Gazania flower closed for the night.

Gazania flower

Five-cornered Euphorbia - with top cut to show inside and juice

Red mangroves showing stabilising prop roots

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in breeding plumage

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in breeding plumage

Tri-coloured Heron in breeding plumage

Tri-coloured Heron in breeding plumage

Ruddy Turnstone

Red-legged Thrush

Red-legged Thrush.

Purple Gallinule

Muscovy Duck with recently hatched ducklings sheltering beside water.

Magnificent Frigatebird flying above Fort Jefferson

Least Tern nest with eggs

Laughing Gull in flight, adult plumage.

Boat-tailed Grackle female

Boat-tailed Grackle female

Black-collared Barbet emerging from nest in nesting box made from sisal stem

Black-collared Barbet removing debris from nest in nesting box made from sisal stem

Black-collared Barbet at entrance to nest in nesting box made from sisal stem.

Black-collared Barbet - bringing insect to young in nest in nesting box made from sisal stem

Black-collared Barbet attending nest in nesting box made from sisal stem.

Black-collared Barbet - attending nest in nesting box made from sisal stem

Anhinga - female showing yellow webbed feet.

Anhinga - female drying wings after swimming.

Anhinga - female with wings outstretched drying them in the sun after swimming. Distinguished from male by buffy neck and breast.

American Redstart male in first spring plumage pursuing insects amongst seaweed along shoreline

South-eastern Lubber Grasshopper. Flightless

Queen Butterfly - male, distinguished from female by black spot on hindwing.

Orange-eyed Longhorn

Orange-eyed Longhorn

Brown-spotted Yellow-wing dragonfly

Tree Nymph Butterfly

Tree Nymph Butterfly

Rusty-tipped Page Butterfly resting on leaf

Piano Key butterfly

Piano Key butterfly

Owl butterfly.

Orange-banded Shoemaker Butterfly resting on leaf

Madiera butterflies mating

Madiera butterflies mating

Madiera butterfly visiting flower

Red Lacewing Butterfly.

Tiger Heliconian Butterfly

Tiger Heliconian Butterfly

Hecales Longwing Butterfly courtship

Hecales Longwing Butterfly

Hecales Longwing Butterfly.

Hecales Longwing Butterfly

Green Longwing Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterflies emerging from pupae in butterfly house

Brown Clipper Butterflies - resting on leaf.

Blue Morpho Butterfly - resting, showing underwing pattern.

Great white Pelican - in flight over the Atlantic

Golden WATTLE

Californian NUTMEG leaves

Tamarind Tree - close-up of leaves

JUDAS tree - In flower

Ancient PIPAL tree

Loquat Fruit Tree

PEACH blossom - In orchard

Sweet BAY tree - In flower. Pot herb

Wolf Fish

River Red Gum - flooded

Mountain Clouded Yellow Butterfly

Mountain Clouded Yellow Butterfly

Tiger - 16 month-old female, showing markings

Blue Indian Peafowl / Peacock - Displaying to Hanuman Langurs (Presbytis entellus)

Blue Indian Peafowl / Peacock - Displaying feathers

Tiger - Male portrait, showing markings

Tiger - Female resting in water

Tiger - Female drinking from pool

Tiger

Tiger - In open landscape near water pool

Tiger - Dragging Spotted Deer kill (Axis axis)

Tiger - Dragging Spotted Deer kill (Axis axis)

Tiger - Dragging Spotted Deer kill (Axis axis)

Tiger - Feeding off Spotted Deer kill (Axis axis)

Tiger - Female walking past herd of Spotted Deer (Axis axis)

Tiger - Walking past alert Sambar (Cervus unicolor)

Tiger - Walking past alert Sambar (Cervus unicolor)

Tiger - Female feeding on Spotted Deer kill (Axis axis)

Spotted Deer carcass - Killed then abandoned by a leopard that fled from a tiger.

Golden / Asiatic Jackal feeding on Spotted Deer (Axis axis)

Tiger - Female drinking in pool

Tiger - Female drinking in pool

Tiger - Female resting in pool

Tiger - Female resting in pool

Sambar - Drinking at pool

Raven

Nightingale - Male perched on branch.

Magpie - Perched on plant-pot in garden

Carrion Crow - in winter.

Great Tit - On branch with frozen berries

Blue Tit - on branch in garden

Woodpigeon - On garden lawn

Bullfinch - Male perched on tree in garden

Jackdaw - Sitting on farm fence post

Linnet - Male sitting on twig.

Tree Sparrow - Perched on Guelder Rose bush in garden, winter-time.

Robin - On tree-top, by frosty weather, winter.

Whitethroat - Male displaying to female

Chiffchaff - singing in nesting territory

Feral / Urban / Town / Rock PIGEONS / Rock Dove - Perched on 'Made in England' post.

Siberian / Arctic Husky Dog

Reed Warbler - At nest.

Lemon Cichlid

Siskin - Perched on branch.

Great Spotted Woodpecker in snow.

Chaffinch - male on branch of appletree with blossoms.

Coal Tit - on moss covered stump

Jay - Perched on rotting tree trunk

Golden Retreiver Dog - puppies wearing Christmas hats

Greenfinch on a branch

American Cocker Spaniel Dog - 2 Puppies lying down together

American Cocker Spaniel Dog - 2 Puppies lying down together, wearing Christmas hats.

Bernese Mountain Dogs - 2 puppies lying down together, wearing Christmas hats

Gentoo Penguin - pair 'holding hands'

Long-Tailed Tit. Watercolour effect

Blue Tabby & Seal Tabby Birman Cats - kittens asleep on check material

Yellow Labrador Dog - 9 weeks old, wearing Christmas hat.

Tabby Cat - x2 kittens, one grooming the other.

Tabby Cat - kitten with rose

Tabby Cat - x2 one whispering to the other

Cat - 2 kittens lying down together

Cat - 2 kittens

Beagle Dog - Puppies

Cat - Chinchilla Kittens

Bulldog - x2 puppies

Bulldog - x2 puppies

Bulldog - x2 puppies wearing Christmas hats

Wren - on post.

Starling - perched on post.

Chinchilla Cat - Kittens wearing Christmas hats

Goldfinch - On bird table.

Grey Cat - kitten, 11 weeks old. Under Mistletoe looking up

Golden Reriever Dog - puppies 7 weeks old

Golden Reriever Dog - puppies 7 weeks old, wearing Christmas hats.

Golden Retriever Dog - x2 puppies 7 weeks old, one wearing Christmas hat.

Cuckoo - Adult perched on branch

Crested Tit - Perched on branch.

Marsh Harrier

Garden Warbler - at water.

Blackbird - Perched on branch

Spinner Shark

Spinner Shark

Camouflage Rockcod

Honeycomb cod - common along most coral reefs.

Barramundi cod - juvenile

Fingered Dragonet - Male.

Potato Cod - this fish are generaly found in family groups living in a chosen area which makes them a fine fish for divers to interact with.

Ambon scorpionfish

Buttetfly Wing Scorpionfish

Zebra Scorpionfish

Ambon Scorpionfish

Smallscale Scorpionfish

Dwarf Lionfish

Bat fish

Humpback Scorpionfish

Clearfin Turkeyfish

Twinspot Lionfish

Dwarf lionfish

Stone fish

Stone fish

Waves - rolling on to beach at twilight

Waves - rolling on to beach at twilight

Wren - nest built amongst ropes in garden shed

West Rigg Open Cut-old iron ore mine, SSSI, beside Westgate

Mist covered meadows at dawn

Arctic Tern - attacking warden during the breeding season

Sunset over North Sea - silhouettes of ships on the horizon

Farne Isles - tourists observing birdlife on Staple Island in May

Staple Island - showing seabird colony and lighthouse

Common Periwinkle - grazing on algae at low tide

Seaweed - Kelp frond on seashore at low tide

Beadlet Anemone - in rock pool on sea shore

Lugworm - cast and holes on sandy beach

Lightning and thunder clouds - over woodland at night

Common Sandpiper - sitting on stone wall

Sandwich Tern - with fish in beak, about to land

Sandwich Tern - birds in nesting colony

Sandwich Tern - 2 birds fighting over sandeels

Sandwich Tern - pair courtship displaying

Sandwich Tern - pair mating on edge of nesting colony

Sandwich Tern - in flight with fish in beak

Shag - male in breeding plumage, calling

Shag - male in breeding plumage

Short-eared Owl - hunting over rough pasture land

Siskin - male on top of gorse bush

Skylark - preening itself on stone wall in windy conditions

Smew - male swimming on lake

Snipe - perched on stone wall

Snipe - calling from stone wall

Spoonbill - bird in flight

Spoonbill - two birds in flight

Swallow - parent bird on the wing, feeding Juvenile

Swallow - 2 juvenile birds on fence, waiting to be fed from parents

Swallow - parent bird on the wing, feeding Juvenile

Trumpeter Swan - pair courtship displaying on lake

African Yellow-billed Duck - swimming on lake

Puffin - in flight,

Puffin - single bird on rock

Puffin - single bird on rock

Puffin - single bird on rock

Puffin - in flight with sandeels in beak

Puffin - in flight about to land

Puffin - in flight about to land