Kim Taylor / Barn owl {Tyto alba} landing on fence post. Captive UK.
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Mark Payne-Gill / Sandhill cranes landing in field Platte river Nebraska USA {Grus canadensis} . march
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Vishal Jadhav / Red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva) male hunting flying insects from a rock, Maharashtra, India, February.
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Vishal Jadhav / Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) hunting insects from perch in the grass, Maharashtra, India, July.
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Oliver Wright / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) sequence showing landing and taking off from a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower. Yorkshire, UK. Digital composite.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) landing on water. Gloucestershire, England, UK. March
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Brian Bevan / Male Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) landing on branch after capturing fish then uses perch to stun prey before flying away, Bedfordshire, UK, July.
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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 in butterfly shape before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February.
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flock gathering above trees before landing at winter roost, blurred motion. The Netherlands. February.
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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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Andres M. Dominguez / Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) about to land on Elmleaf blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) plant, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Southern Spain, January.
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Requiem sharks (Carcharhinidae), including Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) and Spottail sharks (Carcharhinus sorrah) caught in the Andaman Sea by longline fishing. Laid in buckets, waiting to be tran...
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Jeff Foott / California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) landing, forest in background. Bird with tags on wings. Near San Pedro Martir National Park, Northern Baja California, Mexico. 2017.
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Pal Hermansen / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) landing on coast in midnight sun. Lofoten, Norway. July.
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Guy Edwardes / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) landing on Lake Kerkini, Greece
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Nick Upton / Greylag goose (Anser anser) landing with its wings and head raised to chase off another from its territory in a marshland pool, Gloucestershire, UK, January.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) landing on mating pair of Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburgh) Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos.
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John Shaw / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) landing at its nest in a Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) draped with epiphytic Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA. April.
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Guy Edwardes / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) in flight, Slovenia, February.
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Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus), Kuusamo, Finland, January.
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Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus) landing in snow, Kuusamo, Finland, December..
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Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Norway, November.
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Markus Varesvuo / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) adult female, Norway, October.
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Guy Edwardes / Barn owl (Tyto alba) in flight about to land on post in morning light, Hampshire, England, UK. July. Controlled conditions.
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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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Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) hunting, Tartumaa county, Southern Estonia.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a male Orchid bee (Euglossini) gathering nectar from an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower, Imbabura Province, Ecuador.
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Jack Dykinga / Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) landing into a tight packed flock on lake, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA. January.
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Jack Dykinga / Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) landing into flock, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, January.
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John Chan / California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) roosting on a mudflat, with a flock of Elegant terns (Thalasseus elegans) nearby, Southern California, USA May/2019
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Staffan Widstrand / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, about to land, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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John Shaw / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) in flight, about to land. Ecuador, May.
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Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) arranging nest material on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for...
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Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) male landing with nest material and joining his mate on their nest in an Oak tree at sunset, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of...
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David Gallan / Slow motion clip of a Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) landing in nest, Mimosa National Park, New South Wales, Australia , September.
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Michael Hutchinson / Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) flying and landing on a Buttercup (Ranunculus), Devon, England, UK, June.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) landing on coast next to flock. Cantabria, Spain, March.
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Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female on nest, male landing with twig in beak. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. April.
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Dave Bevan / Pair of Sand martins (Riparia riparia) feeding chicks, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a pair of Common swifts (Apus apus) approaching and entering a nest hole in limestone cliff, Norfolk, England, UK, May.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) landing. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) coming in to land. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.
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Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) landing in a Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower, Germany, June.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) male jumping, Yangxian Biosphere Reserve, Shaanxi, China
