Chien Lee / Minden / Black-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps) swallowing alive Harlequin Flying Tree Frog (Rhacophorus pardalis) prey, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia, sequence 1 of 4
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Sergey Gorshkov / Minden / Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feeding on Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) female in winter, Finland
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Neil Challis / Crimson-tailed marsh skimmer dragonfly (Orthetrum pruinosum) eating a bee on perch, Central Thailand, September.
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Neil Challis / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) foraging for food on muddy banks, Southern Thailand, March.
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Vishal Jadhav / Siberian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) female catching and eating an ant from its perch, Maharashtra, India, March.
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Neil Challis / Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) chasing a small fish jumping out of the water, before finally catching then eating it, Western Thailand.
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Neil Challis / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp.) attacking and pulling the legs of a Formicine ant (Polyrhachis proxima) on the forest floor, Western Thailand.
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Neil Challis / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp.) pulling apart a Kapok bug (Probergrothius nigricornis) and carrying it back to their nest, Western Thailand.
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Vishal Jadhav / Exhausted Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) surrounded by House crow (Corvus splendens) group at dawn, one crow dives down to attack, Maharashtra, India, April.
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Vishal Jadhav / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) stood surrounded by a group of House crows (Corvus splendens) trying to find weakness by snapping at its feathers, Maharashtra, India, April.
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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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Matt Roseveare / White-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus) de-shelling caddisfly larva (Trichoptera) then eating it, River Kennal, Cornwall, UK, February.
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Matt Roseveare / Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii) catching insect with tongue, Eastern rainforests of Madagascar, September.
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Oliver Wright / A female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) fishing through an ice hole in winter, emerging with prey in beak. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. January.
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Oliver Wright / A female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) fishing / diving into an ice hole in winter. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. January.
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Brian Bevan / Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male dives then catches loach fish, Bedfordshire, UK, April.
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Brian Bevan / Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male fishing from blackthorn branch, catches then eats fish, Bedfordshire, UK, April.
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Henley Spiers / Striped marlin (Kajikia audax) striking a shoal of baitfish during the largest known seasonal aggregation of Marlin, Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Pacific Ocean. November 2019
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Henley Spiers / Striped marlin (Kajikia audax) and California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) competing for food as they hunt down baitfish, Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.
Simon Littlejohn / Female American mink (Neogale vison) entering a Kingfisher (Alcedo atthias) nest and taking a chick, Stour River, Dorset, UK, July.
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Danny Green / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), juvenile, with its prey on fence post in late evening light. Hampshire, UK, June.
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Kim Taylor / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) cracking a Garden snail (Cornu aspersum) on stone 'anvil', Surrey, UK, June.
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Richard Hopkins / Slow motion shot of Short-eared owl (Asio flameus) taking off from the ground and flying out of frame, Gloucestershire, UK, March.
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Richard Hopkins / Slow motion shot of Short-eared owl (Asio flameus) flying over grassland searching for prey, before it dives into the grass and then flies away, Gloucestershire, UK, March.
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Neil Aldridge / Slow motion shot of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) diving for and flying off with fish, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.
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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 / Calliope hummingbird (Stellula calliope) chasing insects before returning to its perch, Southern California, USA, April.
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Hermann Brehm / Great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) perched on branch, retrieves and starts feeding on dead mouse stored in its 'larder' on branch, Bavaria, Germany, January.
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Simon Littlejohn / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) standing on rivers edge in heavy rain, swallowing a small Pike (Esox lucius),River Stour, Dorset, UK, September.
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Simon Littlejohn / Adult female European otter (Lutra lutra) standing with its pup (approximately 14 weeks old) on the edge of the river, the pup raises its front paws onto mum's neck and the female then heads into the...
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Simon Littlejohn / Adult female European otter (Lutra lutra) guarding and grooming its pup on riverbank as it eats a fish, River Stour, Dorset, UK, September.
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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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Brian Bevan / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) catching and swallowing a small perch, Cambridgeshire, UK, September.
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Markus Varesvuo / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in flight over water, multiple reflections in sea. Iceland. June.
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Charlie Summers / Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) leaving a Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) burrow whilst hunting for prey on snow covered prairie. Colorado, USA. January.
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Charlie Summers / Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at edge of Prairie dog (Cynomys sp) burrow, hunting for prey. A reintroduction programme is underway with approximately 300 individuals of this critically endang...
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Andy Murch / Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) mouth wide open, feeding in shallow water, surrounded by fish. South Bimini Island, Bahamas.
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Andy Murch / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) playing with Dark shyshark (Haploblepharus pictus) carcass, seal diving in background. False Bay, South Africa. May.
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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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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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Shane Gross / Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) swimming in mangrove habitat near blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), a prey species for the shark. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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Pal Hermansen / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feeding on prey, view through legs. Trondelag, Norway. December.
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Neil Aldridge / A lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) flying over grassland habitat at night. Devon, UK.
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Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) yellow female on Honesty flower, Bristol, UK, April
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Philippe Clement / Female Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) diving and catching a Nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) fish, stuns and eats it, Belgium, June.
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John Cancalosi / Captive corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) eating an Eastern chipmunk (Eutamias sp.). The chipmunk was found dead and fed to the captive snake. North America.
