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Charlie Hamilton-James / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) male, standing under Acacia (Acacia sp.) tree at dawn, with tourists in jeep close by, Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya, Africa.
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Orsolya Haarberg / Eurasian elk (Alces alces) feeding on Mountain birch (Betula pubescens) in snow, Tjamotis, Lapland, Sweden. March.
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Orsolya Haarberg / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees covered in frost, Calonda, Harghita county, Transylvania, Romania. April.
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Ben Hall / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) coming in to land on flowering Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Yorkshire, UK. September.
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Tim Laman / Orbiculate Cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis) school sheltering amongst roots of mangroves (Rhizophora sp.) Gam Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Guy Edwardes / Two Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) roosting on Hemlock water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata), River Stour, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK, June.
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Guy Edwardes / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) in bloom in broadleaf woodland with sun rays through the trees, near Milton Abbas, Dorset, England, UK. May.
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Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over an abandoned Rose (Rosa sp.) garden covered with Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. May.
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Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over an abandoned Rose (Rosa sp.) garden covered with Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. May.
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David Fleetham / A sprouting coconut floating in the sea close to the shore, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Alex Hyde / False-coloured scanning electron micrograph produced at the University of Derby of stomata on the underside of an Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) leaf, 0.16 millimetres across in real life, Peak District Nat...
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Alex Hyde / Male Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) resting on Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) flower, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.