Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) flock in flight a dawn, Barycz Valley Landscape Park, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021 Category Winner - Artistic.
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Mateusz Piesiak / Two Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) foraging in mud in thick fog, Lower Silesia, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021, Category Winner - Bird in all its states.
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Doug Gimesy / Greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii) flies over breaking waves on a stormy day, with a rainbow in the background, Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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Marie Read / Front view of an adult Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) in flight carrying a fish, Long Island, New York, USA. August.
Awarded a Judges Choice in the Birds category in the 2020 North American Nature As...
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Marie Read / Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) excavating nest scrape on beach by squatting and kicking backwards using its feet, Long Island, New York, USA, August.
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Marie Read / Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) brooding small chick in nest on beach, Long Island, New York, USA, August.
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Marie Read / Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) nesting, one adult feeds a fish to a small chick that emerges from underneath second adult, Long Island, New York USA, August.
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Doug Gimesy / Sub-Antarctic / Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) flying away with egg stolen from a Royal penguin colony (Eudyptes schlegeli), Macquarie Island, Australian Territory. December.
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John Chan / Elegant terns (Thalasseus elegans) gathering at mussel bed during breeding season, one hovering tern has a mussel clamped to its foot, a common mishap caused by stepping on an open mussel, Bolsa Chica...
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John Chan / American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) foraging in a tidal basin, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, October.
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Markus Varesvuo / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in flight over water, multiple reflections in sea. Iceland. June.
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Alex Mustard / Puffins (Fratercula arctica) swimming underwater. Puffins spend most of their lives at sea and are excellent underwater swimmers, which is how they catch small fish, their main food. , Farne Islands,...
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Oscar Dewhurst / Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) being mobbed by black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) as it takes off with chick. Suffolk, England, UK. June
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David Tipling / Flock of Knot (Calidris canutus) chased by a Peregrine as they arrive to roost at high tide, Cormorants in foreground, Snettisham RSPB Reserve, The Wash, Norfolk, September.
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Pal Hermansen / Fishing boat surrounded by flock of Gulls, blurred image. Troms and Finnmark, Norway. November 2014.
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Pal Hermansen / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) landing on coast in midnight sun. Lofoten, Norway. July.
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Guy Edwardes / Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) taking off along shoreline. Fort De Soto Park, Florida, USA. April.
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David Tipling / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) group of three, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK July
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John Cancalosi / Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis), adult in flight, New York, USA
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Danny Green / European brown bear (Ursus arctos) reflected in forest pond in evening mist with gull in flight, Finland, June
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Andy Sands / Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) female walking along ditch at edge of road, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, May
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Dave Bevan / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) returning to nest site, falls over, Yorkshire, England, UK, May.
Andres M. Dominguez / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) Danube Delta, Romania. July
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Andres M. Dominguez / Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) adult in flight. Batsfjord. Norway. March
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Andres M. Dominguez / Guillemots (Uria aalge) in flight over snow, Vardo, Norway, March.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Guillemots (Uria aalge) in flight over snow, Vardo, Norway, March.
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Danny Green / Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) colony in mist, many birds in flight and nesting on cliffs. Svalbard, Norway, July 2018.
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Fred Olivier / Tracking shot of a Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) breeding colony, nesting on cliff ledges, Alkefjellet, Svalbard, Norway.
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Fred Olivier / Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) nesting on cliff ledges, Alkefjellet, Svalbard, Norway.
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Fred Olivier / Alkefjellet cliffs at dusk, with Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) breeding colony, Alkefjellet, Svalbard, Norway, 2016.
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Fred Olivier / Tracking shot of large numbers of Brunnich's guillemots (Uria lomvia) on the water and in flight, Alkefjellet, Svalbard, Norway, 2016.
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Fred Olivier / Tracking shot of a Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) breeding colony, Alkefjellet, Svalbard, Norway, 2016.
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George Sanker / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) landing, wings outstretched. Machias Seal Island, off the coast of Maine, USA. July. This island is disputed between USA and Canada.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man sorting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge) into egg boxes, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being raised up cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Espen Bergersen / Gulls and Killer whales / orcas (Orcinus orca) feeding on herring. Kvaloya, Troms, Norway October
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Espen Bergersen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) diving. In background a diving boat and 3 divers visible in the water. Kvanangen, Troms, Norway. November
