Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene) roosting on Hard fern (Blechnum spicant) fiddlehead. Marsland Valley Wildlife Trusts Reserve, Cornwall, England, UK. June.
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Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on Devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis). Devon, England, UK. August.
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Andy Rouse / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) in winter garden, Wales, UK, January
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Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in snowy garden, Wales, UK, January.
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Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in frosty garden, Wales, UK, January.
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George Sanker / Elk (Cervus canadensis) bull and cow sniffing noses, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. September.
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Maxime Aliaga / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female with infant. The female Marconi had been rehabilited by SOCP program. She had a baby in 2017 born in the forest of Jantho, Aceh province where she was been rel...
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Maxime Aliaga / Flanged male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) male, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra
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Franco Banfi / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) accompanied by pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) swimming near the surface. Vulnerable. Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean
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Franco Banfi / Atlantic spotted dolphins, (Stenella frontalis), Formigas Islet dive site, Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean
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Cyril Ruoso / Tropical rainforest. Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
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Cyril Ruoso / Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) in woodland clearing. Population naturalised after escaping from an animal park. Rambouillet forest, Ile-de-France, France. October 2019.
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Ben Cranke / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) pressurises a Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) into dropping a freshly caught fish, so that it can be stolen for a meal. Liuwa Plain National...
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Male melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus) at night, under a starry sky. Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Communication Arts Annual 62 Competition 2021 Winner Book Category; Sony World Photographer Awa...
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Guy Edwardes / Amethyst deceiver fungus (Laccaria amethystina) amongst moss. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.
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Guy Edwardes / Bonnet mycena fungus (Mycena galericulata) and Holly (Ilex aquifolium) seedling, New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.
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Guy Edwardes / Pinwheel mushroom (Marasmius rotula). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.
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Guy Edwardes / Magpie inkcap fungus (Coprinopsis picacea). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.
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Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.
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Guy Edwardes / Parrot waxcap fungus (Gliophorus psittacinus), close up of gills, Duncliffe Wood Woodland Trust Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Oak-stump bonnet cap fungus (Mycena inclinata). New Forest National Park, England, UK. November
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Guy Edwardes / Amethyst deceiver fungus (Laccaria amethystina). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.
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Guy Edwardes / Fungus (Mycena sp) at night. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.
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Stephen Dalton / Indian leaf butterfly (Kallima paralekta) in flight.
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Stephen Dalton / Barn owl (Tyto alba) in flight approaching bell-tower, carrying rodent prey to young in nest. Sussex, UK.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Banyan fig tree (Ficus benjamina), one single individual tree, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Golden Birdwing butterfly (Troides aeacus) Sheding Forest park, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) pair perched amongst pink blossom, Alishan National Scenic Area, Taiwan. Endemic species
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) pair perched amongst pink blossom, Alishan National Scenic Area, Taiwan. Endemic species
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Oriental / Crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) feeding on honeycomb surrounded by bees, Chayi, Taiwan. Controlled conditions
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Stephen Dalton / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male in flight amongst Lady's smock or Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis),England.
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Stephen Dalton / Black witch moth (Ascalapha odorata) in flight, Venezuela. This large moth has a 7 inch wingspan. Wingscales being shed during flight.
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Stephen Dalton / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) leaping from dustbin,
Sussex, England.
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Stephen Dalton / Leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) leaping from pond. Contolled conditions.
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Shane Gross / Dugong (Dugong dugon) feeding on Tapegrass (Halophila stipulacea), accompanied by juvenile Golden trevally fish (Gnathanodon speciosus). Marsa Alam, Egypt.
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Shane Gross / Dugong (Dugong dugon) male and juvenile Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) shoal swimming over Turtlegrass (Halophila stipulacea) seagrass bed. Marsa Alam, Egypt.
Hermann Brehm / Lion (Panthera leo), females interacting, with cub, Masai Mara, Kenya
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Hermann Brehm / Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) wading with yellow Water-lily flowers, Hungary
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flock gathering above trees before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February.
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flock pursued by Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February 2020.
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flocks gathering above trees before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February 2020.
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flock gathering above trees before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February.
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David Fleetham / Close up at the dental plates of Three color parrotfish (Scarus tricolor) as it comes in for a bite of hard coral, Fiji.
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Doug Gimesy / Ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) licks water droplets from a train station bench at night.
Gardenvale train station, Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia. September.
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Jack Dykinga / Moran Point with snow on the pinnacles, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Horseshoe Bend of the Salt River with Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea), Arizona, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA.