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Puffin - in flight about to land


Puffin - in flight about to land,


Puffin - in flight, Farne Isles


Puffin - 2 birds in flight


Puffin - pair resting on rock


Puffin - pair on rock, one bird drying its wings


Puffin - single in flight


Red-Breasted Goose - feeding on field


Red-Crested Pochard - drake swimming on lake


Red-Crested Pochard - 4 drakes feeding on lake


Red-Crested Pochard - close - up study of drake's head


Red-Legged Partridge - male calling from meadow


Red-Legged Partridge - male calling from fence post


Red / Argentinian Shoveler - swimming on lake


Ringed Teal - drake swimming on lake


Rosy-billed Duck - drake


Ruddy Duck - drake, close-up study of head and bill


Marbled Teal - pair swimming on lake


Masked Duck - drake courtship displaying on lake


Masked Duck - pair swimming on lake


Meadow Pipit - on meadow


Meadow Pipit - on meadow,


Meadow Pipit - on post with food in bill


Meadow Pipit - on post singing


Meadow Pipit - on plant, with ring on its leg


Meadow Pipit - on plant singing, with ring on leg


Moorhen - parent bird tending 2 chicks in a stream


Moorhen - 2 chicks huddled together in a stream


Oystercatcher - three birds in flight carrying out piping ceremony


Oystercatcher - two birds fighting in territorial dispute


Oystercatcher - bird calling alarm cry


Oystercatcher - stretching its wing on salt meadow


Partridge - male alert on field


Partridge - male preening itself on field


Pheasant - male crossing road


Hooded Merganser - male resting on branch in lake


Hooded Merganser - male and female on lake


House Sparrow - juvenile on blossoming blackthorn branch


Kittiwake - 2 birds in flight against blue sky


Kittiwake - in courtship flight, against blue sky


Kittiwake - pair resting on unfinished nest at coastal cliff breeding colony


Kittiwake - pair courtship displaying at coastal cliff breeding colony


Kittiwake - in flight against blue sky


Kittiwake - birds in nesting colony on coastal cliff


Kittiwake - in courtship flight, against blue sky


Kittiwake - landing on coastal cliff breeding colony, calling


Kittiwake - in flight


Lapwing - parent bird sheltering two chicks from cold weather


Lesser Black-Backed Gull and Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), In flight over sea


Lesser Black-Backed Gull - in flight over sea


Wild Rabbit - young animal sitting in front of burrow


Wild Rabbit - young animal sitting in front of burrow


Wild Rabbit - young animal yawning


Wild Rabbit - young animal with adult animal on field


Wild Rabbit - animal sitting cleaning its paws


Wild Rabbit - 2 young animal sitting together


Wild Rabbit - young animal alert


Wild Rabbit - 3 young animal sitting in front of burrow


Wild Rabbit - young animal with black fur sitting in front of burrow


Roe Deer - buck sticking its tongue out


Roe Deer - doe on the alert between bushes


Howick Scar - lichen covered rocks on coastline, south of Craster


Inner Farne Island - showing lighthouse and church


Lighthouse on the Farnes - twilight over the North Sea, from beach at Dunstan Steads, looking towards Farne Isles


Lindisfarne, Holy Island - Lobster pots in front of monasty ruins


Lindisfarne, Holy Island - view of harbour, village and monastry


Lindisfarne, Holy Island - view of castle taken from the beach at low tide


Lindisfarne, Holy Island - view of moon, castle and lichen covered rocks, taken from the beach


Lindisfarne, Holy Island - stacked lobster pots and view of castle


Simonside Hills - view north from hills, from River Coquet Valley


Howick Scar - at low tide


Perfoliate Honey Suckle - in flower covering sand dunes


Howick Scar - flowering gorse in spring-time, south of Craster on the coast


Lichen mosaic on boulder / stone - Cow Green Reservoir


Rosebay Willowherb - flowering plant


Highland Cattle - standing in lake to cool down in summer


Highland Cattle - Bull and cow standing in lake to cool down in summer


Highland Cattle - standing in lake with Greylag geese, to cool down in summer


Highland Cattle - Bull and cow standing in lake, to cool down in summer


Highland Cattle - cow standing in lake to cool down in summer


Highland Cattle - cow walking through lake,


Sheep, Border Leicester - ewe with lamb on meadow


Black-faced Sheep - Ewe suckling two lambs on meadow,


Herring Gull - landing at nest calling


Herring Gull - parent bird with 2 chicks


Herring Gull - chick begging to parent bird to be fed. Note pecking red 'blood' spot


Herring Gull - in courtship display flight


Herring Gull - in courtship display flight


Grey Heron - flying over twilight lite estuary


Evening rain storm in spring, over Hadrian's Wall, view point Plenmeller Common, looking north towards wall


European Hare - resting in dew covered meadow


Goldfinch - perched on gorse bush feeding


Goldfinch - perched on gorse bush


Great Black-Backed Gull - In flight,


Great Black-Backed Gull - In courtship flight


Great Black-Backed Gull - In courtship flight


Great Black-Backed Gull - pair courtship displaying on fence


Great Black-Backed Gull - In courtship flight


Great Black-Backed Gull - In courtship flight


Great Black-Backed Gull - In courtship flight,


Grey Heron - resting on meadow


Grey Heron - shaking itself after preening, on meadow


Grey Heron - resting on meadow


Greylag Goose - in flight against blue sky


Guillemot - nesting colony


Guillemot - nesting colony


Guillemot - nesting colony


Giant Hogweed - flowering plants against blue sky


Eider Duck - Male and females resting on coastline


Eider Duck - Male preening itself on rocky coastline


Eider Duck - Male standing on rocky coastline


Eider Duck - Male drying wings on rocky coastline


Eider Duck - Male swimming on waves along coastline


Fulmar - in flight above coastal cliff, against blue sky


Fulmar - soaring in flight against blue sky


Fulmar - soaring in flight against blue sky


Fulmar - hovering in flight against blue sky


Fulmar - pair and rival courtship displaying on coastal cliff,


Fulmar - pair courtship displaying on coastal cliff


Fulvous Whistling Duck - pair swimming on lake


Dunstanburgh Castle - view from the north of castle on whin Sill, from basalt boulder strewn beach


Cauldron Snout waterfall - Cow Green reservoir


Canvasback - drake swimming on lake


Canada Goose - 3 geese feeding on meadow


Canada Goose - resting on meadow


Buffelhead - drake swimming on lake


Gorse Blosssom - bushes growing along coastline


Black-necked Swan - parent bird transporting 2 cygnets on its back


Black-necked Swan - parents with cygnets on lake,


Black Grouse - male emerging from snow chamber, to retain body temperature in winter


Greylag Geese, Feral / Urban / Town / Rock Pigeons / Rock Dove, Mallard - being fed in park


Cauldron Snout waterfall - Cow Green reservoir


Chaffinch - male singing in spring


Chaffinch - male at bird table eating seed


Chilean Flamingo - detailed study of neck and head


Chiloe Wigeon - drake swimming on lake


Collard Dove - perched on TV aerial, crooning


Common Gull - sitting on chimney


Common Gull - sitting on chimney, calling


Common Tern - courtship displaying with sandeel in beak


Common Tern - in flight with sandeel in beak


Common Tern - feeding juvenile biird, on the wing


Common Tern - feeding juvenile bird, on the wing


Coscorba Swan - swimming on lake


Curlew - calling alarm to warn chicks, in nesting territory


Curlew - singing in flight over nesting territory


Barrow's Goldeneye - detailed study of drake's head


Bahama Pintail - flapping its wings on lake


Bahama Pintail - swimming on lake


Avocet - resting on seashore


Arctic Tern - sitting on post


Arctic Tern - attacking tourist during breeding season


Arctic Tern - attacking tourists during breeding season


Arctic Tern - attacking tourists during breeding season, Farne Islands


Arctic Tern - attacking tourists during breeding season


Arctic Tern - in flight showing aggression


Arctic Tern - in flight hovering, Farne Islands


Alnwick Castle - illuminated at night-time


African Comb Duck - swimming on pond


African Comb Duck - detailed study of head


Baltimore Oriole / Northern Oriole - Male


Northern Cardinal - Male, sitting in bush in Spring


Male Northern Cardinal - sitting in huisache tree, Spring


Western Bluebird - Male, with worm or larva it has caught to feed young, Spring


Western Bluebird - Male, bringing insect back to young in nest box.


Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Male feeding on sunflower seeds at feeder.


Northern Cardinal - Female,


Western Bluebird - Male, May.


White-crowned Sparrow - on backyard fence


Northern / Baltimore Oriole - Male


House Finch - male, with male American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)


Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly - Summer, nectaring on butterfly bush.


Tiger Swallowtail - male on phlox, Summer


Western Tiger Swallowtail - on Indian Paintbrush.


Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Queen Anne's Lace flower.


Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly


Grizzly Bear


Grizzly Bear - face.


Grizzly Bear


Moose - male


Moose - male


Bumblebee Nest Box - in garden


Bumblebee Nest Box - in garden


Bumblebee Nest Box - in garden


Dog - Yellow Labrador lying down


Dog - Yellow Labrador lying down


Dog - Yellow Labrador lying down with tongue sticking out


Dog - Yellow Labrador sitting down with tongue sticking out


Dog - Yellow Labrador sitting down with tongue sticking out


Dog - Yellow Labrador with tongue sticking out


Dog - Yellow Labrador lying down


Dog - Yellow Labrador with tongue sticking out


Dog - Yellow Labrador with tongue sticking out


Dog - Yellow Labrador


Dog - Yellow Labrador


Dog - Yellow Labrador


Dinosaurs - Horned dinosaurs (Ceratopsians) Triceratops Late Cretaceous. Montana, USA


Green Python - Coiled


Green Python - Close-up of head


Antiguan Racer - Eating anole


Brown Water Snake - On dead tree above water


Western Diamondback Rattlesnake - Eating a packrat


Western Diamondback Rattlesnake - Coiled up showing head and tail.


Black-tailed Rattlesnake


Claret Cup Cactus Blossom


Cattle Egrets - Nesting in tree above lake


Cattle Egrets - Nesting in tree above lake


Pin Cushion Cactus Blossum - With Native Bee


Giant Panda - Feeding


Owl Butterfly - Tropical dry forest


Scorpion with young on back


Watt's Anole Lizard - on agave


Speckled Tanager - Tropical Rainforest


Red-billed Tropicbird - In flight


Cape Sugarbird - Male on Pincushion (Laucospermum spp.)


Cape Sugarbird - Male on Pincushion (Laucospermum spp.)


Jackass Penguin - Grooming


Cape Buffalo - Showing teeth. With Red-billed Oxpecker on back.


Klipspringer - Standing on rocks


Greater Kudu - Drinking


Mute Swan


Mute Swan - Aggressive Display


Fossil Dragonfly - Green River Formation


Fossil Fish - Jurassic


Blackbird - Female on nest with nestlings


Blackbird - Female on nest with nestlings


Blackbird - Female on nest with nestlings


Spotted Owls - Young perched on branch


Spotted Owl with Young


Spotted Owl - Young perched on branch


Spotted Owls - Young perched on branch


Pika / Cony - Yawning


Pika / Cony


Pika / Cony - On rock


Pika / Cony - Colorado


Pika / Cony - With leaves in mouth


Pika / Cony - Calling


Pika / Cony - Calling


Pika / Cony - Leaf in mouth, storing vegetation to be used as food in winter, stores food in small piles of "hay" beneath boulders


Bones dropped by Bearded Vultures / Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)


Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - Feeding on carcass bones


Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - Next to carcass


Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - With carcass bone in beak


Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - Feeding


Wattled Crane


Wattled Crane


Common Warthog


Common Warthog - Running


Wattled Crane


Cape Sugarbird - Male on Pincushion Flower (Laucospermum spp.)


Malachite Sunbird - Perched on flower


Malachite Sunbird - Perched on flower


African Penguin - Two together


Cape Mountain Zebras - Mother with young


Cape Mountain Zebras - Two together


Common Warthog


Cape Mountain Zebra - Running


Mountain Zebras


Mountain Zebras - Mother and baby


Leopard Tortoise


Impala


Hartebeest / Kongoni - Pair mating


Hartebeest / Kongoni - Fighting


African Elephant Baby


Cape Vulture - Perched on rock


Cape Vulture - In flight


Cape Vulture - Two perched on rock


Cape Vulture - On ground


Cape Vulture - With skeleton bone


Bontebok - Subspecies, now extinct as wild animals


Mountain Zebras - Two together


Boy - age 6 - holding orphaned hedgehog


Boy - age 7 - Holding Slimy Salamander


Boy - age 7 - observing American Alligator on the grass


7 year old boy with Pickerel Frog in hand


Boy - age 7 - with Labrador Retriever Dog


Natterjack Toad


Natterjack Toad


Konik Ponies


Konik Pony


Konik Pony


Konik Ponies


Konik Ponies


Konik Ponies


Konik Ponies


Konik Pony


Konik Pony


Konik Pony - With windmill in background


Konik Ponies - Two together


Konik Pony - two


Konik Pony - In long grass


Black Pine Snake


Black Vulture


Black Pine Snake


Boy holding Eastern Box Turtle


Boy with captive Ball Python


Western Screech-Owl - In Saguaro Cactus


Roundtail Ground Squirrel


Roundtail Ground Squirrel


Northern Cardinal - Female


Mourning Dove - On prickly pear cactus


Katydid - On prickly pear cactus


Green Lynx Spider - On prickly pear with prey


Desert Cottontail Rabbit


Desert Cottontail Rabbit,


House Finch - On ocotillo


Green Lynx Spider - On prickly pear with captive prey


Green Lynx Spider - On prickly pear with captive prey


Green Lynx Spider - On prickly pear


Common Ground Dove - On nest in prickly pear cactus


Buckhorn Cholla Cactus


Tasmanian Devil - with mouth wide open


Red Deer - Stag rutting


Red Deer - Stag rutting with bracken on antlers


Red Deer - Stag rutting


Red Deer - Stag in muddy puddle


Red Deer - Stag in muddy puddle


Red Deer - Stag with leaves in mouth


Red Deer - Stag stamping


Red Deer - Stag rutting


Red Deer - Stags rutting, UK


Red Deer - Stag rutting with bracken on antlers


Red Deer - Stag rutting with bracken on antlers


Red Deer - Stag rutting with bracken on antlers


Red Deer - Stag rutting


Red Deer - Stag rutting


Red Deer - Stag tongue out


Red Deer - Female


Mute Swan Chicks


Mute Swan - Rear of adult with young


Killdeer - On nest with eggs


Canada Goose on nest with young


Greater Roadrunner - Catching rattlesnake


Boy holding and observing Corn snake


Boy holding and observing Corn snake


Blackbird - Female on nest with nestlings


Blackbird - Female on nest with nestlings


Black-necked Stilt - In water.


Black-necked Stilt - In water


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - Sitting in tree with mouth open


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - Adult with young in tree


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - Parents with young and town in background


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - Adult asleep on log with young


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - Young in arms of adult


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - Sitting on railings


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - Young in adults arms


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - With mouth open


Northern Gannet - In flight coming in to land


Northern Gannets - In flight over sea


Northern Gannet - Close up of head of young gannet


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - Fencing - Pair bonding display performed when couple is reunited


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - In flight over colony with other Gannets in background


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - In flight


Northern Gannet - In flight - Six foot wingspan


Northern Gannet - In flight - Six foot wingspan


Northern Gannet


Northern Gannet


Eastern Grey Kangaroos - Hopping across grassland


Western Grey Kangaroos - males sparring


Red-necked Wallaby / Bennett's Wallaby - In snow


Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Joey in mother's pouch


Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby


Red-necked Wallaby / Bennett's Wallaby


Western Grey Kangaroos


Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby


Red-necked Wallaby / Bennett's Wallaby - In snow


Red-necked Wallaby / Bennett's Wallaby


Red-necked Wallaby / Bennett's Wallaby - With young in pouch sticking head out


Western Grey Kangaroos - Mother and joey hugging


Western Grey Kangaroos - Mother and joey


Quokka - Eating from shrubby bush


Red-necked / Bennett's Wallaby - With mouth open


Quokka


Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Mother and joey


Western Grey Kangaroos - Mother and joey in pouch


Spanish Ibex - Male courting female in rut


Spanish Ibex - Males in rut fighting


Fallow Deer - Male in rut on Lek


Red Deer - Stag in rut


Spanish Ibex - Male courting female in rut


Red Deer - Stag in rut


Common Collared Lizard


Indian Boy - Maya La Candon


Mallee Ringneck


Mulga Parrot


Laughing Kookaburra - with legless lizard in mouth


Mulga Parrot


Pink Cockatoo / Major Mitchell - In tree


Apophylite (green) and Stilbite (pink)


Cavansite


Marcasite - Kursk - Russia


Thomsonite


Malachite and Azurite - Copper minerals from Liu Feng Mine Shan Mine


Smothsonite var. Cuprian Carbonate


Rhodochrosite - Argentina


Lapis Lazuli


Pyromorphite - lead mineral


Malachite Stalactites - "The Anemones"


Cornetite


Fluorescent Mineral Calcite Charcas


Fluorescent Minerals Willemite and Calcite


Cristobalite on Rhyolite - "Picture Rhyolite"


Apatite


Titanite - Yates Mine


Fluorite - simple Halogenides no H2O variety (Botrydoidal)


Fluorescent Mineral Meionite - Quebec - Canada


Fluorescent Mineral Manganocalcite


Fluorescent Minerals Fluorite and Calcite


Fluorescent Minerals Willemite and Calcite


Fluorescent Minerals Willemite and Calcite


Selenite - "Desert Rose"


Selenite - "Desert Rose"


Psilomelane - Langenberg - Schwarzenberg


Hematite (Fe203)


Seymchan Meteorite - Eastern Russia


Seymchan Meteorite


Permian Stramatolite - Wave Hill Northern Territory - Australia - monn moontajenni formation


Ammonite (Parkinsonia) - Southern France - mid-Jurassi


Malachite and Azurite - Copper minerals from Oujda Morocco


Opal - Mined in Yowah - Queensland Australia


Opal - Mined in Yowah - Queensland Australia


Opal - Mined in Yowah - Queensland Australia


Fluorite - Xianghua Ling Mine - China


Mammoth Tusk - Cross section


Fossil Fish - Holzmaden - Germany - Jurassic


Opalized Wood - Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine


Opalized Belemnite Fossil (Neohilobites sp)


Dragonfly Fossil


Fossil Fern - Ceara - Brazil


Cricket Fossil


Dragonfly Fossil - Ceara - Brazil


Pseudoscorpion Fossil


Sea Urchin Fossils (Pennsylvannian)


Trilobite Fossil (Hoplolichoides conicotuberculatus)


Trilobite Fossil


Trilobite Fossil - Yakutia Russia


Fossil Fish with Shrimp (Carpopenaus)


Fossil Stingray - Lebanon - Cretaceous


Petrified Wood (Peanut Wood)


Fossil Mososaurus Teeth - Morocco


Fossil Fish


Fossil Gar - with Knightia (smaller fish)


Fossil Salamander


Rainbow - Lamar Valley


Malachite and Azurite


Gold Specimen


Millerite on Arsenian Pyrite


Native Copper - Elko County-Nevada - USA


Malachite and Chrysocolla


Platinum Crystals - Eastern Siberia


Gold Nuggets


Cornetite Rare Copper Ore


Marcassite - France


Picture Jasper - Rocky Butte


Fossil Sea Urchins (Soutella)


Fossil Crinoid (Cephocrinitis) - Erfoud South Morocco


Fossil Ammonite Cross section (Speetoniceras)


Fossil Ammonite (Speetoniceras)


Fossil Amphibian (Branchiosaurus)


Fossil Bird Archaeopteryx Cast - Original specimen in Berlin - Germany


Fossil horseshoe crab - (Limulus)


Fish Fossil - Phareodus Aspiration - Phareodus eating Knightia


Coelacanth Fossil - Germany


Fossil fly in Amber - Dominican Republlic


Fossil Centipede in Amber - Dominican Republlic


Fossil Mantis in Amber - Dominican Republlic


Malachite and Chrysocolla - Copper minerals from Bagdad Copper Mine


Malachite and azurite mined from Bagdad Copper Mine


Malachite and azurite mined from Bagdad Copper Mine


Malachite mined from Bagdad Copper Mine in Bagdad


Crystalline Gold Specimen - 96 ounces


Alluvial gold specimen with rosy quartz


Crystalline Gold in volcanic - Andesite Olinghouse Mine


Meteorite Cross-section


Gold Specimen - Bendigo


Natural Gold Specimen - Dendritic crystals


Kangaroo Rat - Emerging from hole in sand


Kangaroo Rat - Emerging from hole in sand


Kangaroo Rat - Emerging from hole in sand


Kangaroo Rat - Emerging from hole in sand


Kangaroo Rat - Emerging from hole in sand


Northern Cardinal - Perched on cactus


House Finch - Perched on cactus


Gambel's Quail - Arizona


Curve-billed Thrasher - On cactus


Brown Towhee - Perched on cactus


Curve-billed Thrasher - On cactus


Pyrrhuloxia - On cactus - Male


Pyrrhuloxia - Male perched on branch


Abert's Towhee Perched on branch


Northern Cardinal - Female


Curve-billed Thrasher


Kangaroo Rat - Close-up of head and face, coming out of hole.


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - Feeding on cactus.


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - Sniffing cactus


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - Feeding on cactus


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - on cactus


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - On cactus.


Cactus Mouse


Cactus Mouse


Cactus Mouse


Cactus Mouse - Close-up of face


Curve-billed Thrasher - On cactus


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - on cactus.


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - On cactus.


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - Nibbling on cactus


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel


Harris' Antelope Squirrel / Yuma Antelope Squirrel - On cactus


Ord's Kangaroo Rat


House Finch - On cactus


Pyrrhuloxia - Male


Curve-billed Thrasher - On cactus


Mourning Dove


Pyrrhuloxia - Male


Mourning Dove


Curve-billed Thrasher


Mourning Dove


Northern Cardinal - Male


House Finch - On cactus


Mourning Dove - On nest in Saguaro Cactus


Curve-billed Thrasher


Gambel's Quail


White-crowned Sparrow


Pyrrhuloxia - Male


Cactus Wren - In Cholla cactus (Opuntia spp.) -Often nests in cactus to avoid predators


Curve-billed Thrasher - The most common desert thrasher


Witchetty / Witjuti grub - wood moth larva


Rocky Goby


Halequin Bass


Floating FERN


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


DOG - Border Collie - at sheepdog trial


Cardinal BUTTERFLY (Fritillary)


White-Letter HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY - On bramble


Sooty Copper BUTTERFLY


Dryad BUTTERFLY


Idas Blue BUTTERFLY - Mating pair


Spanish Festoon BUTTERFLY


Rhinoceros Aucklet - with fish


Rhinoceros Aucklet - washing


Mature PEAR TREE - In blossom


Yellow-rumped Warbler - female


USA - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone


USA - Sheepeater Cliffs


Mammoth Hot Springs


Liberty Cap - a dormant hot spring cone in Yellowstone National Pak


Yellowstone national park, 15 years after fires


People watching wolves in Yellowstone National Park


Willet - in winter


Willow Flycatcher


Western Screech Owl


Australian Painted Lady Butterfly - on Echinacea purpurea flower


Blue Triangle Butterfly - on yellow Lantana, wings outspread Sydney, New South Wales, Australia


Common Crow Butterfly - male at Pentas flower New South Wales, Australia.


Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog - Puppy sitting down wearing Christmas hat


Golden Retriever Dog - x3 puppies 8 weeks old, 2 wearing Christmas hats.


Golden Retriever Dog - x2 puppies 7 weeks old, under mistletoe


Golden Retriever Dog - puppy 7 weeks old, Wearing Christmas hat.


Giant Otter


Hippopotamus yawning in the afternoon


Domestic Duck - Three young together


Blizzard. Churchill. Manitoba. Canada


Chital / Spotted Deer - Two in headlock, with others behind


Cape Eagle Owl - Close-up of head


Chital / Spotted Deer


Chital / Spotted Deer


Jungle Cat - In grass


Tundra. Churchill . Manitoba. Canada


Tundra. Churchill . Manitoba. Canada


Brasvell 's Glacier. 200 km long


Brasvell 's Glacier. 200 km long


Polar Bear female and baby


Black-winged Kite - Portrait.


Svalbard Reindeer


Hippopotamus yawning in the afternoon





Floating ice in water.


Bottlenose Dolphin - With head out of water and ball in mouth


Cape Weawer - By nest


Bottlenose Dolphin - With head out of water


Bottlenose Dolphin - Swimming through water


Cape Weaver - By nest


Bottlenose Dolphin - With head out of water and ball in mouth


Bottlenose Dolphin - With head out of water


Bottlenose Dolphin - Swimming underwater


Bottlenose Dolphin - With head out of water


Bottlenose Dolphin - With head out of water and mouth open


Bottlenose Dolphin - With head and body out of water


Bottlenose Dolphin - Swimming underwater


Bottlenose Dolphin - Swimming underwater


Remains of buffalo after lion attack


Tourists - on aerial boardwalk over mangroves at Mida Creek


Ornithologist ready to release ringed bird at A Rocha Study Centre


African ornithologist measuring bird caught in mist net


Ornithologist measuring bird caught in mist net


African ornithologist attaching ring to bird caught in mist net


Barbel - feeding at surface at Mzima Springs


Barbel - swimming underwater at Mzima Springs


Damage to baobab by elephant


Damage to baobab by elephant


Artificial wetland - Pond with Lilies


Tourist - photographing scenery from veranda at Ngulia bandas in Tsavo West National Park


Yellow-barked Acacia or Fever Trees at Mzima Springs


Wooden carvings at entrance gate Tsavo West National Park,


Volcanic cones in Chyulu hills


Ngulia escarpment in Tsavo West National Park


Kenya - Panoramic view of typical scenery in Tsavo West National Park taken from Nguia bandas


Land recently cleared for sisal plantation with baobab trees remaining


Shitani lava flow with Chyulu Hills behind.


Fence - surrounding The Black Rhino Sanctuary


Gate Entrance to The Ngulia Black Rhino Sanctuary in Kenya's Tsavo West National Park


Rangers at The Ngulia Black Rhino Sanctuary


Red mangroves at Mida Creek


Prop roots of Red mangroves along coastline


Red mangroves - along coastline


Red mangroves - along coastline


Red mangroves - along coastline


Lesser kudu


Tree - Candelabra euphorbia


Elephants competing for food strip bark off trees


Elephants competing for food strip bark off trees in the Ngulia Black Rhino Sanctuary


Elephants competing for food strip bark off trees in the Ngulia Black Rhino Sanctuary


Elephant - man showing tree damage caused by Elephants in Ngulia Black Rhino Tsavo National Park West.


African Elephant - female / cow with 4 month old calf which she has just rescued from a water hole in Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary


African Elephant - female / cow rescuing her very young calf which has fallen into a water hole in Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary


African Elephant - female / cow trying to rescue her very young calf which has fallen into a water hole in Ngulia Rhino Sancturay


African elephant - female / cow angry at not being able to rescue her very young calf which has fallen into a water hole in Ngulia Rhino Sancturay


Desert Rose - close-up of flowers


Notice on Tree trunk - 'Please do not engrave your name on my trunk'.


Cattle - Carcass of dead cow in drought region near Voi.


Volcanic - Chaimu lava flow with volcanic cones in background Tsavo National Park


Scots pine trees - silhouetted against evening sky at dusk.


Scots pine trees - silhouetted against evening sky at dusk.


Africa - Vehicles and passengers disembarking from MV Kilindini ferry at Likoni Mombasa


Kenya - Traditional style thatched house on waterfront


Africa - Ruins of Great Mosque Gedi in the Arabuko-Sokoke forest


Recycling - wall built out of wine bottles


Common shelduck - feeding


Cotoneaster plant - with abundant red berries


Farm - Typical sheep farm at foot of Cotswold escarpment near Stratford


Compost - woman tipping variety of kitchen waste including vegetable peelings paper and fruit into black plastic composting bin


Global Warming - Campaigners in tiger costume protesting against global warming at Climate Change March


Black Swan - Young cygnet.


People - Crowds of holidaymakers enjoying sunshine on Blackpool Sands


Petrol Station Sign - showing prices and global diesel containing 5% biodiesel for sale at Green Shop


Global diesel containing 5% biodiesel for sale at Green Shop, Bisley, Gloucestershire, UK


Leaves showing range of autumn colours, Cotswolds, UK


Cat - Black and White Kitten - standing on hind legs wearing Christmas hat


Cat - Black and White Kitten wearing Christmas hat - lifting paw


Pyrenean Sheepdog


Cat - Black and White Kitten - standing on hind legs


Cat - Black and White Kitten - lifting paw


Dog - Pyrenean Sheepdog yawning


Pyrenean Sheepdog - lying down


Pyrenean Sheepdog


Dog - Berger De Picard / Picardy Shepherd - with football


Dogs - Kuvasz / Hungarian Kuvasz - puppy sitting


Virginia's Warbler


Sharp-shinned Hawk - diving


Sharp-shinned Hawk


Sharp-shinned Hawk


Sharp-shinned Hawk


Sharp-shinned Hawk


Snail Kite


Snail Kite


Snow Bunting - female


Snow Bunting - female


Greater Sage Grouse


Red-winged Blackbird


Red-shouldered Hawk - immature


Red-shouldered Hawk - immature


Red-shouldered Hawk - immature


Red-shouldered Hawk - immature


Red-naped Sapsucker


Red-naped Sapsucker


Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Red-bellied Woodpecker


Pine Grosbeak


This Weeping Willow was found on a tributary of the Medway, near Tonbridge


This Weeping Willow was found on a tributary of the Medway, near Tonbridge


Sweet Chestnut - Some fine examples in Knole,


Sweet Chestnut - Some fine examples in Knole


Sweet Chestnut - Trunk.


Maidenhair / Ginkgo Tree - Bedgebury Pinetum


Leaves of the Maidenhair / Ginkgo Tree.


A group of Maritime / Corsican Pine in Bedgebury Pinetum


A group of Douglas Fir in Bedgebury Pinetum, Goudhurst, Kent.


Douglas-Fir - Bedgebury Pinetum


An early flowering variety of daffodil - long established in this East Sussex garden


Helleborus orientalis "Red x Pink" - a hybrid variant on the original orientalis.


Helleborus orientalis - "White Spotted" - garden hybrid.


Helleborus orientalis - a garden hybrid - a hardy semi- evergreen perennial.


Hellebore - a garden hybrid - a hardy semi- evergreen perennial.


Group of white crocuses with golden stigmas


A bunch of Golden Crocuses - long established garden originals at a Kent garden


A bunch of Golden Crocuses - long established garden originals at a Kent garden


Male catkins of Corkscrew Hazel or cobnut.


Winter aconite - Kent garden


Anthurium - common name "Tail Flower" - evergreen, erect perennial.


Snowdrops - after a modest fall of snow


Snowdrops - after a modest fall of snow


Snowdrops - after a modest fall of snow


Whooper Swan - Coming in to Land


Whooper Swan - Flying Toward Wind Turbines


Whooper Swan - Coming in to Land


Whooper Swan - Drinking


Whooper Swan - Drinking


Whooper Swan


Puffins


Great Frigatebird catching Red-Footed Booby (Sula sula) by thetail at Sunset


Tufted Duck - Landing


Peregrine Falcon - Two birds playing in the air


Great Black-Backed Gull - With fish


Snow Geese - Coming in to land


Sandill Cranes in flight at dawn


Fulmar - Coming in to land on sea


Atlantic Puffin


Fulmar - running across water


Rufesent Tiger Heron - Leaping from Marsh


Ross's Gull - On Breeding Grounds


Nazca / Masked Booby - landing


Moorhen / Common Gallinule - Fighting


Moorhem and Coot (Fulica atra) fighting


Blue Tit


Great Tit - with Hazel Catkins


Great Tit


Great Tit


Great Tit


Robin


Robin


Great-Spotted Woodpecker


Great Cormorants - On power lines at Sunset


Jay - With Acorn


Jay


Shelduck in flight


Long-tailed Duck or Oldsquaw - Washing


Moorhen - Fighting


Common Eider Duck - Drake washing


Common Eider Duck - Drake


White-Headed Duck


Streamlets running through moss covered shaded North side of Mountain Slope


Stream flowing through Subalpine Meadows on a misty morning


Mountain Stream running through flower filled subalpine meadows


Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius) & Scarlet Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)


Moss Covered Trees


Moss Covered Trees


Two Adult Trees growing from 'Nurse Log'


Fallen Tree with person to indicate size


Moss Covered Trees


Moss Covered Trees


Ferns growing in Cliff Face crack


Rosy Spirea


Magenta Painbrush


Pearly Everlasting growing on rock face


Broadleaf Lupin


Bluebells of Scotland


Cascade Penstemon


Scarlet Paintbrush


Waves breaking on Rialto Beach


Western Toad - mass of Tadpoles


Moss Covered old growth forest


Sitka Spruce / Octopus Tree. Cape Mears, Oregon Coast, USA


Old Growth Pine Forest


Forest Stream - bog


Moss Covered old growth forest


Moss Covered Coastal Forest


Moss Covered Coastal Forest


Pine Forest in coastal fog - (Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock)


Moss Covered old growth forest


Moss Covered old growth forest


'Big Cedar' Tree - Western Red Cedar


'Big Cedar' Tree - Western Red Cedar


Early Morning Coastal Fog over Strait of Juan de Fuga


Christine Falls


Myrtle Falls. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA


Backlit Conifers


Edith Creek Falls. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA


Olympic Mountains with Lupins in foreground


Mount Rainier and low cloud


Mount Rainier and alpine meadows


Mount Rainier in the early morning


Mount Rainier and alpine meadows


Cascade Range from Sunset - Mount Rainier National Park - Washington State, USA


Mount Rainier and alpine meadows


Mount Rainier and alpine meadows


River Red Gum - sunset, recent rains have turned the surrounding desert claypan into a temporary swamp.


Uluru (Ayers Rock) - framed by Desert Oak Trees at sunset


River Red Gums


Tea-tree - source of tea-tree oil; leaves


Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) - and Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)


Tea-tree - source of tea-tree oil


River Red Gum


Tea Tree - flowers


River Red Gums


Hercules Moth - female. By wing area, the female is the largest moth in the world with a wingspan of at least 25cm.


Caucasian / Nordmann's FIR


Wych ELM - Autumn foliage


CAROB tree - Fodder and food tree


FIG tree - In Orchard


Snow covered high altitude LARCHES


Maritime PINES


Quince - in flower, edible fruit.


Sunflower - a close detailed study


Sunflower - against blue sky


Sunflower and Bumble Bee - against blue sky


Sunflower - against blue sky


Sunflower - against blue sky


Sunflower - against blue sky,


Sunflower - against blue sky


Sunflower - against blue sky


Blue Pine / Himalayan White Pine Tree - sometimes erroneously called Bhutan Pine


Bulldog - puppies under mistletoe


European Brown Bear - Male. Resting after playing in snow, wearing Christmas hat.


Paricutin Volcano


Chinstrap Penguin - view of rookery


Man setting humane trap 'Belisle trap' - animals are caught alive, mostly fox but also Martens


Siberian Iris - found in the black peaty soil.


Siberian Iris - found in the black peaty soil.


Red-backed Shrike - being weighed in bag prior to being ringed


Crows - caught in cage by means of bait for live study purposes


Spider & Cobweb - in morning dew


Spider & Cobweb - in morning dew


Blackcap - captured in netting so it can be ringed.


Common poppies - mass


Common poppies - mass


Red-backed Shrike - caught, woman taking notes before it is ringed.


Red-backed Shrike - having wing measured


Chaffinch - adult male having wing measured


Middle-Spotted Woodpecker - captured, being held


Blackbird - identifying and making notes on captured bird


Golden Oriole - female. Man putting ring on Oriole and making notes about it


European Rabbit


Short-toed Treecreeper - caught in netting


Short-toed Treecreeper - being held


Blackcap - having ring put on leg.


European Rabbit - amongst flowers


European Rabbit - eating grass


European Rabbit - amongst flowers


European Rabbit - amongst flowers


European Rabbit - amongst flowers


European Rabbit


European Rabbit - baby - 12 days old


European Rabbit - babies - 12 days old


European Rabbit - babies - 12 days old


European Rabbit - babies - 12 days old


European Hedgehog - drinking milk from plate


Mandarin Duck - male


Mandarin Duck - male


Mandarin Duck - male


Red Squirrel - jumping through snow


Red Squirrel - in snow being hand fed


Red Squirrel - on tree trunk


Red Squirrel - on tree trunk being hand fed


Hooded Crow


Red Squirrel


Mallard - drake walking on ice


Rook - in snow


Mallard - walking on ice


Mallard - pair in resting in snow


Cape Eagle Owl


African Goshawk - perched on person's hand


African Goshawk - with woman


African Goshawk


African Goshawk


Black-winged / Black-shouldered Kite


African Goshawk - perched on person's hand


Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dophin - in water


Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dophin - with ball in mouth


Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dophin - with ring around nose


Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dophin - underwater


Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dophin - two underwater


Barn Owl - in flight


Grass / Ringed Snake - coiled around eggs


Wild Cherry leaves in autumn.


Wild Cherry 's leaves in autumn.


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - vet making notes on tranquilized Macaque.


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - vet tattooing identification tag / tattoo on leg.


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - with tranquilizer dart


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - with identification tag / tattoo


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - being given injection by vets.


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - two grooming


Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - two grooming.


Swift - young which has fallen from nest and is unable to fly.


Swift - young which has fallen from nest and is unable to fly


Swift - young which has fallen from nest and is unable to fly


Frailejone.


Frailejone


Spectacled / Andean Bear - in tree


Spectacled / Andean Bear.


Spectacled / Andean Bear


Spectacled / Andean Bear.


Spectacled / Andean Bear.


Spectacled / Andean Bear.


Red mangrove


Red mangrove


Scarlet Ibis - two chicks in nest.


Cattle Egret - eggs in nest


Black-crowned Night-Heron - eggs in nest.


Black-crowned Night-Heron - two chicks at nest.


White-bellied / Long-Haired / White-fronted Spider Monkey


Frailejone


Frailejone


Andean Cock of the rock


Andean Condor


Andean Condor


Andean Condor


Andean Condor


Andean Condor.


Tree Sparrow


Brambling


Blackbirds - two fighting


Blackbird.


Waxwing


Waxwing - in snow.


Waxwing


Waxwing - in snow


Waxwing


Waxwing - flock taking off from branch


Waxwing


Siskin - feeding on birdfeeder.


Waxwing - flock resting on wires.


Waxwing - flock feeding on berries of Celtis occidentalis.


Waxwing - flock on ground in snow feeding on berries of Celtis occidentalis.


Waxwing - flock in tree


Waxwing - flock in tree


Waxwing - with berry in beak


Waxwing


Waxwing


Fieldfare - in snow feeding on apple


Fieldfare - in snow


Fieldfare - in snow.


Fieldfare - in snow feeding on apple


Fieldfare - in snow


Fieldfare


Fieldfare.


Fieldfare


Fieldfare - in snow


Fieldfare - in snow feeding on apple


European Starling - in snow feeding on apple.


Fieldfare - in snow


European Starlings - in snow feeding on apple


European Starling - in snow sitting on apple


European Starlings - in snow squabbling over apple.


European Starlings - in snow feeding on apple


European Starlings - in snow feeding on apple


European Starling - in snow feeding on apple


European Starling - in snow feeding on apple.


European Starling - group in ivy bush


European Starling - in snow


European Starling - in snow - fluffed up against cold


European Starling - in snow


European Starling - in snow feeding on apple


Goldfinch and Serin (Serinus serinus) - at birdfeeder.


Goldfinch - at birdfeeder.


European Starling - in snow


Dunnock - in snow.


Volubilis / Morning Glory - close-up.


Ornithologist / Birdwatchers and photographers in Montier en Der.


Olive Tree - close-up of fruits


Olive Tree - close-up of fruits


Olive Tree - close-up of fruits.


Ornithologist / Birdwatchers and photographers in Montier en Der.


Common Crane - flock in flight on migration - silhouetted against sky.


Common Crane - flock in flight on migration - silhouetted against sky.


Common Crane - flock in flight on migration - silhouetted against sky.


Common Crane - flock in flight on migration - silhouetted against sky.


Common Crane - flock in flight on migration - silhouetted against sky.


Crane - flock in flight on migration silhouetted against sky.


Montpelier Maple fruits.


Montpelier Maple fruits


Montpelier Maple fruits


Montpelier Maple fruits - Dispersion in the wind, winged seeds


Lemons growing on tree


Sunset in Montier en Der


Clouds at sunset in Montier en Der


Sunset colours reflecting on clouds.


Domestic Cat - outside house


Dog - Girl kissing French Bulldog puppy.


Ethiopia - Tableland of Sanetti ( 4000 m altitude ) with sign requesting give way to animals.


Ethiopia - Tableland of Sanetti ( 4000 m altitude ) with Silver Everlasting. Asteraceae Aster.


Trotter / Teff - Annual bunch grass specific to Ethiopia.


Ethiopia - Tableland of Sanetti ( 4000 m altitude ) with Silver Everlasting. Asteraceae Aster.


Warthog.


Sign giving information on the Ethiopian Wolf / Abyssinian Wolf / Simien Jackal / Simien fox.


Mountain Nyala - male


Giant Mole-rat.


Giant Mole-rat


Lichens - Tableland of Sanetti .


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