Best of Spring 202055

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Our video shooters have been busy over the last few months. Fred Olivier, Dave Bevan, Derek Galan and Richard Sidey have supplied clips from a wide range of locations, including Greenland, the US Canyonlands, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands.

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Dave Bevan / Male European tree sparrow (Passer montanus) feeding chicks in nest under ridge tiles, Yorkshire, England, UK, May.

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Dave Bevan / Tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) landing on a Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) with caterpillar prey in its beak, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

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Dave Bevan / Male Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) flying to nesthole, female takes caterpillar, he enters and they both exit, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.

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Dave Bevan / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) perched on a gorse bush (Ulex) on way to nest, with flies in its beak, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, April.

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Dave Bevan / Male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) flying to nest and feeding nestlings, followed by a female who also feeds nestlings then settles to brood, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, April.

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Dave Bevan / Great tit (Parus major) flying to and leaving nest hole in a tree, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, April.

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Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a Tawny owl (Strix aluco) leaving nest hole in an Alder tree (Alnus glutinosa), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, April.

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Fred Olivier / Male Great bower bird (Chlamydera nuchalis) adjusting bower, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia.

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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Violet tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) hummingbird drinking nectar from a Cavendishia flower, near Mindo, Ecuador.

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Fred Olivier / Black chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) feeding, Castle Valley, Utah, USA.

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Fred Olivier / Inca tern (Larosterna inca) preening on a moving rope, with juvenile nearby, Chile.

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Fred Olivier / Three Inca terns (Larosterna inca) standing on rope, one with fish, Chile.

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Fred Olivier / Yellow billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) removing parasites from a Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), giraffe shakes and oxpecker takes off, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

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Fred Olivier / Close-up of a Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) chewing, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

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Fred Olivier / Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) grooming, anchored in kelp, Kachemak Bay, Alaska, USA.

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Fred Olivier / Close-up of a Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) sleeping, with paws over eyes, Kachemak Bay, Alaska, USA.

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Fred Olivier / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on melting pack ice, Svalbard, Norway.

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Fred Olivier / Rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) returning to burrow, Castle Valley, Utah, USA.

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Fred Olivier / Two Black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto) venting in a tree, Ord river, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia.

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John Cancalosi / Timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) at nest site with young, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Fred Olivier / Thorny devil (Moloch horridus)walking around flowering Parakeelya (Calandrinia polyandra), Shark Bay, Western Australia.

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Fred Olivier / Tawny hermit crab (Coenobita rugosus) emerging from its shell, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory.

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Derek Galon / Timelapse of a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica), Dominica, Lesser Antilles.

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Fred Olivier / Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) swimming towards camera, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Black tip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming with a Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) pilot fish, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Humbug dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus) swimming around a coral head (Acropora), with a Cleaner wrasse (Labroides) nearby, Nusatupe Lagoon, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / School of Blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii), Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Mixed shoal of Gold banded sea perch (Lutjanus carponotatus) and Goldband fusiliers (Pterocaesio chrysozona), Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) and Three spot damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus) swimming around anemone (Stichodactyla), Nusatupe Lagoon, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Wide shot of a coral reef, backlit by sunset light, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Close-up of a Green chromis (Chromis viridis) and a Lemon damsel (Pomacentrus mollucensis) swimming near coral, Nusatupe Lagoon, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) living in association with a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni), Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Tracking shot of a Common reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) hunting, changing colour for camouflage, and wrapping coral heads to capture prey, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Common reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) hunting, with Coral trout (Plectropomus) following to pick up scraps, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Watchman goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus) and alpheid shrimp mutualism, the goby keeps watch while the shrimps dig and clean a shared burrow in the sand, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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Fred Olivier / Close-up of a Common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.

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Fred Olivier / Pustulose wart slug (Phyllidia pustulosa) moving on coral at night, showing bioluminescence, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.

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John Cancalosi / Juvenile Timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) massed together at nest site, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Richard Sidey / Extreme close-up of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), with eye looking directly at the camera as the whale turns, Antarctic Peninsula.

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Richard Sidey / Drone shot of five Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble-net feeding, cooperatively hunting Krill (Euphausiidae), Antarctic peninsula.

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Richard Sidey / Drone shot of four Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble-net feeding, cooperatively hunting Krill (Euphausiidae), Antarctic peninsula.

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Richard Sidey / Drone shot of two Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble-net feeding, cooperatively hunting Krill (Euphausiidae), Antarctic peninsula.

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Richard Sidey / Drone shot of four Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble-net feeding, cooperatively hunting Krill (Euphausiidae), Antarctic peninsula.

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Fred Olivier / Timelapse of an Engelmann's prickly pear (Opuntia Engelmannii) flowering, Castle Valley, Utah, USA, 2018

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Derek Galon / Timelapse of a Passionflower (Passiflora edulis) opening, Dominica, West Indies. Controlled conditions.

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Derek Galon / Timelapse of Walking iris (Neomarica caerulea) flowers opening. Controlled conditions, native to Brazil.

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Fred Olivier / Tracking shot of fjord and reflections, Sabine Land, East Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, 2016.

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Fred Olivier / Arched iceberg, Scoresby Sound, Greenland, 2016.