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01169712
Long-coated tricolour Chihuahua bitch, 1 year old, lying down

01169711
Beagle bitch, 18 months old, lying down

01169710
Beagle bitch, 18 months old, lying down.

01169709
Fawn brindle Boxer standing over her pup lying down.

01169708
Brindle fawn Boxer standing with her two pups.

01169707
Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi undocked dog, 9 months old, sitting

01169706
Tricolour Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi bitch sitting with her undocked dog puppy, 3 weeks old.

01169705
Cocker Spaniel pup sitting and raising paw

01169704
Two German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian pups, 5 weeks old, sitting and lying on a pillow

01169703
Two German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian pups, 5 weeks old, lying on a pillow

01169702
Red Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy, 6 weeks old, sitting down

01169701
Brindle Boxer mother lying with her two pups.

01169700
Brindle Boxer mother lying with pup.

01169699
German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian bitch lying with her two puppies.

01169698
German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian puppy lying with paws crossed.

01169697
German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian bitch lying with her two puppies.

01169696
Black German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian lying with his chin on the floor.

01169695
German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian with his chin on the floor.

01169694
Black German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian lying down.

01169693
Boxer pup, 11 weeks old, sitting and looking up

01169692
Golden Retriever pup lying with her chin on the floor.

01169691
Staffordshire Bull Terrier lying with chin on the floor.

01169690
German Shepherd Dog lying down with head up.

01169689
Boxer lying with head raised

01169688
Boxer lying with its chin on the ground.

01169687
Golden Retriever lying with its chin on the ground.

01169686
Golden Retriever bitch pup, 5 months old, lying down

01169685
Yorkshire Terrier lying with its chin on the ground.

01169684
Black Labrador dog lying with his chin on the floor.

01169683
Border Terrier portrait, head cocked to one side

01169682
Golden retriever bitch lying with two pups, 6 weeks old.

01169681
Two Collie x Spaniel pups, 8 weeks old, one licking the other

01169680
Two brindle Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppies, 6 weeks old, sitting together

01169679
Two red Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppies, 6 weeks old, sitting together

01169678
Red Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy, 6 weeks old, sitting.

01169677
Staffordshire Bull Terrier bitch.

01169676
Border Collie brothers mouth-fencing during vigorous play.

01169675
Portrait of Black-and-white Border Collie bitch

01169674
Golden Retriever puppy, 10 weeks old, sitting with a teddy bear.

01169673
Border Collie brothers play-fighting.

01169672
Long-coated tricolour Border Collie puppy, 8 weeks old, with toy and chin on paws.

01169671
Portrait of Black-and-white Border Collie bitch lying with chin on the ground.

01169670
Blue Roan Cocker Spaniel sitting.

01169669
Blue Roan Cocker Spaniel pup standing.

01169668
Three Dalmatian puppies, 8 weeks old. The pup with one blue eye is unilaterally deaf.

01169667
Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie scooting to relieve discomfort from its anal glands.

01169666
Yorkshire Terrier bitch sittig with one of her pups, 8 weeks old.

01169665
Domestic ferret standing upright on its hind legs.

01169664
Cocker Spaniel lying down

01169663
Apricot Pug, 2 years old.

01169662
Beagle bitch, 18 months old, standing.

01169661
Agouti Mongolian Gerbil standing up.

01169660
Golden Retriever sitting up with paws raised.

01169659
Border Collie mother licking a young puppy.

01169658
Tibetan Terrier-cross, 3 years old, sitting down

01169657
Sable Rough Collie, 2 years old sitting down.

01169656
Sable Border Collie with phantom pregnancy, has stolen her daughter's four-day-old pups.

01169655
Black Labrador bitch sitting down.

01169654
Australian Shepherd Dog bitch pup, 4½ months old.

01169653
Blue Roan Cocker Spaniel pup lying down, 14 weeks old.

01169652
Two Border Collies tied after mating.

01169651
Two Border Collies fighting.

01169650
Two Border Collies fighting

01169649
English Springer Spaniel pup sitting down

01169648
Osteopath working on foreleg of ex-racing Greyhound.

01169647
Examining an eye of Border Collie pup, 12 weeks old.

01169646
Yellow Labrador dog, regurgitating food after eating grass.

01169645
Golden Retriever dog sitting up and begging.

01169644
Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi dog walking, 9 months old

01169643
Pomeranian puppy in a Santa hat with a Santa Claus doll.

01169642
Dalmatian bitch lying next to spotted rabbit.

01169641
Pomeranian puppy in a Santa hat.

01169640
Pomeranian puppy, 10 weeks old.

01169639
Dalmatian lying with two pups.

01169638
Dalmatian lying with two pups.

01169637
Bassett pup standing on hind legs.

01169636
Boxer pup, 11 weeks old, standing on hind legs

01169635
Dalmatian mother suckling a litter of twelve pups.

01169634
Dalmatian licking two young pups between her paws.

01169633
Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie landing after jumping over a frame, sequence 4/4

01169632
Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie about to land after jumping over a frame, sequence 3/4

01169631
Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie in mid-air jumping over frame, sequence 2/4

01169630
Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie jumping over frame, sequence 1/4

01169629
Twelve-week-old Yellow Labrador pup, crying away from Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie guarding food

01169628
Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy lying on tricolour puppy, 8 weeks old.

01169627
Labrador x Golden Retriever, 17 weeks old, lying down and chewing a rawhide 'sausage roll'.

01169626
Two English Springer Spaniel pups sitting together

01169625
Golden Retriever and Saluki pup licking each other.

01169624
Sable Border Collie sitting beside her stainless steel bowl, looking up and waiting to be fed.

01169623
Back view of two sitting Siberian Husky pups, 6 weeks old, looking to one side

01169622
Dalmatian bitch licking one of her pups.

01169621
Sitting Labrador x Golden Retriever and standing Whippet Lurcher looking up eagerly.

01169620
Golden Retriever mother lying with three puppies.

01169619
Two English Springer Spaniel pups lying next to each other.

01169618
Two English Springer Spaniel puppies lying next to a standing Snowshoe kitten

01169617
Border Collie, Bobby, walking to heel on a sandy beach.

01169616
Eleven year old boy next to bike with German Shepherd Dog barking

01169615
Eleven year old boy holding treat up for German Shepherd Dog pup, 12 weeks old.

01169614
Dogue de Bordeaux pup, 15 weeks old.

01169613
Two children petting two Border Collies.

01169612
Sable Border Collie pup, 14 weeks old, chased by three dogs for the glove it is carrying.

01169611
Labrador x Golden Retriever and Whippet Lurcher sniffing each other.

01169610
Dog greeting - sniffing: Saluki Lurcher, 'Swift', meeting a strange dog.

01169609
Portrait of Yellow Labrador Retriever dog with head cocked to one side

01169608
1-year-old baby, 'riding' Golden Retriever bitch with two 6-week-old pups.

01169607
Pembrokeshire Welsh Corgi pup tugging Saluki Lurcher's tail.

01169606
Twelve-week-old Yellow Labrador pup, crying away from food-guarding Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie, 'Bess'.

01169605
Zebrastone rock slab, Western Australia

01169604
American wood stork / ibis {Mycteria americana} with young at nest, Venezuela

01169603
Bennett's / Red-necked Wallaby {Macropus rufogriseus} joey browsing with Mother, in snowy conditions, Australia

01169602
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe grooming tail, New York, USA

01169601
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} in woodland, New York, USA

01169600
Two White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} in woodland, New York, USA

01169599
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} young buck in woodland, New York, USA

01169598
Fossilised Trilobite {Cheiruridae Ordovician} 350 million years old, Morocco

01169597
Tricolored Heron {Egretta tricolor} on nest with egg, Louisiana, USA

01169596
Two male Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} fighting, Pyrenees, Spain

01169595
Male Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} courting female, Pyrenees, Spain

01169594
Male Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} courting female, Pyrenees, Spain

01169593
Snails {Helix sp.} clustered on prickly pear cactus during dry season, Spain

01169592
Snails {Helix spp} clustered on post during dry season, Spain

01169591
Western grey kangaroos {Macropus fuliginosus} young males sparring, South Australia

01169590
Yellow-footed Rockwallaby {Petrogale xanthopus} South Australia

01169589
Yellow-footed Rockwallaby {Petrogale xanthopus} on rocks, Southern Australia

01169588
Timber Rattlesnake {Crotalus horridus} with young Pit vipers, North-eastern USA Note - Legally protected in 8 of 32 states in which it occurs

01169587
Owl butterfly pupa {Dynastor darius} Tropical dry forest, Costa Rica, mimics snake head.

01169586
Owl butterfly {Caligo atreus} resting on trunk, Costa Rica

01169585
Owl butterfly caterpillar {Dynastor Darius} on Bromelia, Costa Rica

01169584
Owl butterfly caterpillar {Dynastor darius} on Bromelia, Costa Rica

01169583
Mount Graham Red Squirrel {Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis} USA, Endangered species, known only in the Graham Mountains of Arizona

01169582
Two Great egrets {Casmerodius albus} in breeding plumage, Louisiana, USA

01169581
Western grey kangaroos {Macropus fuliginosus} mating, South Australia Note - In captivity western males may produce hybrids from eastern females (never in reverse)

01169580
Kit Fox {Vulpes macrotis} with young, Arizona, USA

01169579
Aboriginal cave painting of a Kangaroo, Queensland, Australia

01169578
Fossil of Crinoid {Jimbacrinus bostocki} from Permian era, Gascoyne River, Western Australia

01169577
Mute swan {Cygnus olor} France

01169576
North american pika {Ochotona princeps} carrying vegetation to be used as food in winter, Colorado, USA

01169575
Greater Roadrunner {Geococcyx californianus} attacking Western diamondback rattlesnake {Crotalus atrox} Arizona, USA

01169574
Whimbrel {Numenius phaeopus} with beak wide open, UK

01169573
Mute swan {Cygnus olor} with gosling at nest, France

01169572
White / Dall sheep {Ovis dalli} ram in snow, Yukon, Canada

01169571
Male Northern cardinal {Cardinalis cardinalis} perching on Ocotilla cactus, Arizona, USA

01169570
North american pika {Ochotona princeps} carrying vegetation to be stored and used as food in winter, Colorado, USA

01169569
Gila woodpecker {Melanerpes uropygialis} feeding on nectar from Aloe Vera blossoms, Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA

01169568
Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} male displaying in rut with tongue out, Pyrenees, Spain

01169567
Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} running, Pyrenees, Spain.

01169566
Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} ewes grooming, Pyrenees, Spain

01169565
Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} male courting female, Pyrenees, Spain

01169564
Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} male courting female, Pyrenees, Spain

01169563
Great plains toads {Bufo cognatus} mating, Arizona, USA

01169562
Fossilized shrimp {Eryon Arctiformis} Cretaceous era, Solnhofen, West Germany

01169561
Fossilized moth {Lepidoptera} from the cretaceous era, Brazil

01169560
Fossilized Horsetail {Equisetum sp} Italy

01169559
Fallow deer {Dama dama} male running, UK

01169558
Great Egrets {Casmerodius albus} with young on nest, Louisiana, USA

01169557
Great Egrets {Casmerodius albus} with young on nest, Louisiana, USA

01169556
Cattle egret {Bubulcus ibis} adult, Louisiana, USA

01169555
Two Male Adders {Vipera berus} sunning, UK

01169554
Male Wild turkey {Meleagris gallopavo} New York, USA

01169553
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe, New York, USA

01169552
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe, New York, USA

01169551
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169550
Male Wild turkey {Meleagris gallopavo} New York, USA

01169549
Male Wild turkey {Meleagris gallopavo} New York, USA

01169548
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169547
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe, New York, USA

01169546
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169545
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} young buck portrait, New York, USA

01169544
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe, New York, USA

01169543
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} young buck, New York, USA

01169542
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe, New York, USA

01169541
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} young buck portrait, New York, USA

01169540
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} young buck portrait, New York, USA

01169539
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169538
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe, New York, USA

01169537
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169536
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe, New York, USA

01169535
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe, New York, USA

01169534
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} rear view of doe, New York, USA

01169533
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169532
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169531
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169530
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} fawn portrait, New York, USA

01169529
White tailed deer {Odocoileus virginianus} doe portrait, New York, USA

01169528
Trumpet chanterelle (Canthrellus tubaeformis) edible growing in woodland, Bristol, November 2006

01169527
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) flocks going to roost in reedbeds, Westhay, Somerset, UK January 2007

01169526
Magic mushrooms (Psilocybe semilanceata) growing in grass, Devon, UK

01169525
Magic mushrooms (Psilocybe semilanceata) growing in grass, Devon, UK

01169524
Magic mushrooms (Psilocybe semilanceata) growing in grass, Devon, UK

01169523
Magic mushrooms (Psilocybe semilanceata) growing in grass, Devon, UK

01169522
Painted lady (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) (right) and Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) butterflies on Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) Devon, UK 2005

01169521
Painted lady (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) (left) and Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) butterflies on Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) Devon, UK

01169520
Mixed harvest of edible wild mushrooms including Hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum), Trumpet chanterelle (Canthrellus tubaeformis), Meadow waxcap (Hygrocybe pratensis) and Bay bolete (Boletus badius) Bristol November 2006

01169519
Migrant hawker {Aeshna mixta} mature male, Somerset, UK

01169518
Close up of spines or gills of Hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum) UK

01169517
Hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) harvested locally in Bristol, November 2006

01169516
Sloe / Blackthorn {Prunus spinosa} close up of berries, Somerset, UK

01169515
Sloe / Blackthorn {Prunus spinosa} berries, Somerset, UK

01169514
Blackberries (Rubus fructicosus) close up of fruit, Somerset, UK

01169513
Ripening blackberries on Bramble bush (Rubus fructicosus) Somerset, UK

01169512
Blackberry / Bramble bush (Rubus fructicosus) with fruit in hedge, Somerset, UK

01169511
Bramble bush (Rubus fructicosus) with ripe blackberries in hedge, Somerset, UK

01169510
Tufted Duck {Aythya fuligula} male in flight, Gloucestershire, UK

01169509
Tufted Duck {Aythya fuligula} male in flight, Gloucestershire, UK

01169508
Tufted Duck {Aythya fuligula} Two males in flight, Gloucestershire, UK

01169507
Green winged teal {Anas crecca} male on water, Gloucestershire, UK

01169506
Tawny Owl {Strix aluco} sitting on side of hawthorn, winter woodland, Derbyshire, UK

01169505
Tawny Owl {Strix aluco} sitting on metal fence in woodland, Derbyshire, UK

01169504
Tawny Owl {Strix aluco} on green fence post, woodland, Derbyshire, UK

01169503
Tawny Owl {Strix aluco} perched on grave stone in churchyard, Derbyshire, UK

01169502
Tawny Owl {Strix aluco} perched on grave stone in churchyard, Derbyshire, UK

01169501
Nothern shoveler {Anas clypteata} coming in to land, Gloucestershire, UK

01169500
Shelduck {Tadorna tadorna} adult coming into land on water, Gloucestershire, UK

01169499
Shelduck {Tadorna tadorna} adult coming into land on water, Gloucestershire, UK

01169498
Shelduck {Tadorna tadorna} adult in flight, Gloucestershire, UK

01169497
Grey Seal {Halichoerus grypus} Two seals playing in the surf, Lincs Coast, UK

01169496
Grey Seal {Halichoerus grypus} pup with white coat on its back in the early sun, Lincs Coast, UK

01169495
Rook {Corvus frugilegus} in flight, Wales

01169494
Red Kite {Milvus milvus} adult sitting in oak tree, Wales, UK

01169493
Flock of Red Kites (Milvus milvus), Ravens and Buzzards above Gigrin Farm, Powys, Wales, UK which is the official Red Kite feeding station.

01169492
European pochard {Aythya ferina} female taking off from water, Gloucester, UK

01169491
Killer Whale {Orcinus orca} Vancouver Island, Canada

01169490
Killer Whales {Orcinus orca} whale watching from a boat, Vancouver island, Canada

01169489
Killer Whales {Orcinus orca} pod surfacing, Vancouver Island, Canada

01169488
Killer Whales {Orcinus orca}, whale watching from boat, Vancouver island, canada

01169487
Killer Whales {Orcinus orca} Vancouver island, Canada

01169486
Killer Whales {Orcinus orca}, Vancouver island, Canada

01169485
Killer Whales {Orcinus orca} Vancouver island, Canada

01169484
Killer Whales {Orcinus orca}, Vancouver Island, Canada

01169483
Mute Swan {Cygnus olor} landing on water, Glocs UK

01169482
Moorhen {Gallinula chloropus} swimming across pond, Peak Disrtict, UK

01169481
Red-breasted merganser {Mergus serrator} male, winter, Norfolk, UK

01169480
Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos} homosexual mating, Glos, UK

01169479
Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos} male in flight, Glos, UK

01169478
Harvest Mouse {Micromys minutis} among willow catkins, S Yorks, UK captive

01169477
Harvest Mouse {Micromys minutis} among willow catkins, S Yorks, UK captive

01169476
Harvest Mouse {Micromys minutis} among willow catkins, S Yorks, UK captive

01169475
Harvest Mouse {Micromys minutis} among reeds in wetland, Yorkshire, UK captive

01169474
Grizzly Brown bear {Ursus arctos} adult females play fighting, Canada

01169473
Grizzly Brown bear {Ursus arctos} adult females play fighting, Canada

01169472
Grizzly Brown bear {Ursus arctos} adult females play fighting, Canada

01169471
Grizzly Brown bear {Ursus arctos} adult females play fighting, Canada

01169470
Greylag Goose {Anser anser} in flight, Lancs, UK

01169469
Greylag Geese {Anser anser} in flight, Lancs, UK

01169468
Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis} among willow catkins, Peak District, UK

01169467
Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis} on Holly with red berries, Peak District, UK

01169466
Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis} on Holly with red berries, Peak District, UK

01169465
Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis}, on dead Sorrel, Peak District, UK

01169464
Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis} on dead Sorrel, Peak District, UK

01169463
Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis} in spring blossom, Peak District, UK

01169462
Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis} in oak tree, Peak District, UK

01169461
Golden Eagle {Aquila chrysaetos} adult male on white Mountain hare kill, Scotland, UK - captive bird

01169460
Coot {Fulica atra} swimming aggresivly with its head low, Gloucester, UK

01169459
Canada Goose {Branta canadensis} taking off from water, Gloucester UK

01169458
Canada Goose {Branta canadensis} taking off into flight from water, Gloucestershire, UK

01169457
Canada goose {Branta canadensis} mating in water, Gloucestershire, UK

01169456
Black Bear {Ursus americanus} adult male eating bones on shore, Canada

01169455
Bewick swan {Cygnus colombianus} landing, Gloucester, UK

01169454
Athabascar / Athabasca glacier, Jaspar NP, Alberta, Canada

01169453
Athabascar / Athabasca glacier, Jaspar NP, Alberta, Canada, 2006

01169452
Canadian Rockies, nr Athabascar / Athabasca Glacier, Jaspar NP, Canada, July 2006

01169451
Columbian ground squirrel {Spermophilus columbianus} Rockies, BC, Canada

01169450
Columbian ground squirrel {Spermophilus columbianus} Rockies, BC, Canada

01169449
Columbian ground squirrel {Spermophilus columbianus} adult in snow, Rockies, BC, Canada

01169448
Bighorn Sheep {Ovis canandensis} Rockies, BC, Canada

01169447
Elk {Cervus canadensis}, Male, Canada

01169446
Kelp washed up on seashore, Vancouver Island, Canada

01169444
Black Bear {Ursus americanus} mother and cub, Knig