This month's highlights starts in the north with Pal Hermansen's imaginative Scandinavian imagery and Tony Wu's appealing flying squirrels. Then we head to Antarctica for a bold set of emperor penguin images from Stefan Christmann's new book. But there is also a summery feel with Lorraine Bennery's colourful portfolio on European orchids and some unusual insect coverage, including scientists studying the catastrophic decline in insect populations. And you will also find desert landscapes and burrowing owls from Jack Dykinga and Bryan Alexander's portraits from his Changing Face of the Arctic project.
Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) chick in its second week out of the burrow, testing its wings, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA . May.
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Pal Hermansen / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) resting, portrait. Svalbard, Norway. July.
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Tony Wu / Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) male sitting in tree, portrait. Hokkaido, Japan. March
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Pal Hermansen / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on ice, reflected in water. Svalbard, Norway. May.
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Pal Hermansen / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) female and twin fawns walking one behind the other through snow, in forest. Buskerud, Viken, Norway. March.
