Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.
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Stephen Dalton / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) leaping from dustbin, Sussex, England.
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Dimitris Poursanidis / Abandonded fishing gear in seagrass meadow, with red sea squirt (Halocynthia papillosa), Samaria National Park, Chania, Crete, Greece
Oscar Dewhurst / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) scavenging for food in a rubbish skip. London, UK. November
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of mining waste and other toxic by-products collected in dry stacks and a big pond, in a large copper mining and hydrometallurgical process plant complex near Gerena, Seville, Spain, Augu...
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Tony Wu / Plastic bottles and other rubbish, found on a beach in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Jurgen Freund / Moral eels, Urchins, Cuttlefish, Shrimp and other marine life living within a discarded tyre and fishing net under a ships' harbour, Maluku, Indonesia. November.
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Ernie Janes / Sea asters (Aster tripolium) in discarded car tyres, Norfolk, England, UK. September.
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Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) playing with litter, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
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Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) sitting on nests made with plastic, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) preening, sitting on nests made with plastic, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.
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Jurgen Freund / Blue-lined fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) hiding in a plastic container, they usually hide in deserted worm tubes or other small holes, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Jurgen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) swimming past a mass of plastic moving in the current, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish washed ashore from the sea in Glen Brittle, Isle of skye, Scotland, UK. May 2012
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Espen Bergersen / Time lapse of people emptying plastic bags full of marine litter to show what has been collected during a beach clean, Tussoya, Troms, Norway, 2017.
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Mick Jenner / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding on plastic, West Sussex, England, UK.
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Five Films / Slow motion clip of waves breaking on marine plastic pollution washed up on the shore, Svalbard, Norway, August 2017.
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Seth Patterson / A compilation of items found washed up along a half mile stretch of the high tide line of South Padre Island, Texas. October 2016. Some of the plastic bottles and bags of signs of nip marks from hun...
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Laurie Campbell / Discarded plastic rope and commercial fishing netting washed up on shore at Luskentyre, South West Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 2016
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Claudio Contreras / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) trapped in fishing net, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, May, Third Place in the third National Contest 'Visions of our nature' organised by Mexico'...
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Terry Whittaker / Slow motion close-up of a large group of Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) feeding from a fish processing plant outfall, Grundafjordur, Iceland, March.
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Bence Mate / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking off with foot caught in discarded coat hanger, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Luis Quinta / Imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis) sheltering under discarded fishing ropes drifting off Pico island, Azores, Portugal, May.
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Franco Banfi / Genius River Bridge, made with marine debris by artist Tico 'Pancho', Chatham Bay, Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. September 2012.
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Cyril Ruoso / Pollution washed up in mangroves, Sungei Buloh Natural Park, Singapore. Non-ex
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Andy Sands / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker carrying rubbish, flying out of nest in air brick, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July
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Sam Hobson / Young urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing in front of Bristol City Council dustbins. Bristol, UK, September.
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Jabruson / Non biodegradable rubbish in abandoned forest camp. Lokoue, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2004.
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Pal Hermansen / Young wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in an old abandoned car in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden
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Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) with grub prey on the dashboard of an abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, July
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Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks at nest in old abandoned car, in a 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden
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Pal Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blackbird (Turdus merula) nest with eggs in motor of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, May
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Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June
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Pal Hermansen / Meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) and brambles (Rubus) growing on the dashboard of the abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, July
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Pal Hermansen / Old abandoned car in 'car graveyard' surrounded by trees in winter, Bastnas, Sweden, December
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Pal Hermansen / Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) growing in the boot of an old abandoned car in 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition...
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Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June
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Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) chasing away and Black tit (Periparus ater) in car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, December
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Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Car covered in a tangle of lichen covered branches in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden. March
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Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden
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Pal Hermansen / Silhouette of a Blue tit (Cyanistes / Parus caeruleus) seen through the windscreen of an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, December. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of...
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Pal Hermansen / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, January. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Natur...
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Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) with food in its beak at the entrance to its nest in the exhaust pipe of an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, June. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013...
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Pal Hermansen / Wood ants (Formica rufa) around the edge of a broken window in an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in...
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Floris van Breugel / Glass beach at sunset - a former dump site, in which the glass has now become pebbles of sea glass. MacKerricher State Park. California. USA. January 2013
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Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Discarded nets, bangka canoe and other garbage at the beach, Guindacpan Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013