Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) attacking an Arctic Fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) protecting its nest site, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Highly commended, MAMMALS, GDT 2011 competition
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David Weiller / Slug moth caterpillars (Acharia hyperoche) shedding skin on a palm leaf, Golfito, Costa Rica, March.
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David Weiller / Slug moth caterpillar (Acharia nesea) walking beside two Ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae spp.) cocoons with the remains of two parasitised caterpillars on a palm leaf, Golfito, Costa Rica, March.
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Marie Read / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male feeding on Winterberries (Ilex verticillata) before flying off, Freeville, New York, USA, January.
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Marie Read / American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) calling / booming in a cattail marsh to mark territory, Salt Alkaline Lake, Kidder County, North Dakota, USA, June.
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Lewis Jefferies / Motion timelpase of river and sun setting through trees at Kennall Vale nature reserve, Ponsanooth, Cornwall, UK, January.
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Lewis Jefferies / Motion timelpase looking down on waterfall in Glenfeshie, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK, June.
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Brian Bevan / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citronella) male singing from bramble then flies away, Bedfordshire, UK, June.
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Terry Whittaker / White-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus) singing on old bicycle wheel, River Mersey, Greater Manchester, UK.
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Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) with three chicks in nest at top of an Oak tree, gaping in hot sunshine with one exercising its wings, Knepp Estate, Sussex, UK, June.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Male Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) displaying at lek in tree, Ecuador
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Ismaele Tortella / Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) swimming with snow on its back, calling, Norway
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Pal Hermansen / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks huddling beside their parent, one chick calling, Snow Hill Island, Antartica, October.
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Pal Hermansen / Two adult Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) accompanying a small group of chicks walking towards camera, the chicks pause and the adults move past them, with one leaving the frame, Snow Hill Isl...
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Pal Hermansen / Close up of a Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) face looking around and towards camera, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, October.
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Brian Bevan / Male European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) trying to mate with a decoy female, used as part of a scientific study, Bedfordshire, England, UK, May.
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Brian Bevan / Male European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) calling to another male from branch, flies off, Bedfordshire, England, UK, May.
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Brian Bevan / Male European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) trying to mate with a decoy female, used as part of a scientific study, Bedfordshire, England, UK, May.
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Brian Bevan / Male European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) calling to another male, before flying off in response to a female, Bedfordshire, England, UK, May.
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Konrad Wothe / Macgregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) singing in rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Konrad Wothe / Macgregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) decorating his bower in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Konrad Wothe / Static shot of rain falling in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Konrad Wothe / Macgregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) at his bower in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Konrad Wothe / Male Lawes' parotia bird of paradise (Parotia lawesii) displaying in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Konrad Wothe / Male Lawes' parotia bird of paradise (Parotia lawesii) displaying in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Konrad Wothe / Male Lawes' parotia bird of paradise (Parotia lawesii) cleaning its display ground in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Konrad Wothe / Two male Lawes' parotia birds of paradise (Parotia lawesii) hopping on its display ground, with females watching nearby, Papua New Guinea.
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Alex Mustard / Light patterns on the seabed and fluffy cumulus clouds in the sky in a split level image. North Sound, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
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Fred Olivier / Close-up of a Common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.
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Fred Olivier / Close-up of a Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) sleeping, with paws over eyes, Kachemak Bay, Alaska, USA.
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Nick Upton / Close-up of a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a clump of Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a clump of Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) and a Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) nectaring on a clump of Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea s...
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Nick Upton / Two Dark green fritillary butterflies (Argynnis aglaja) and a Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet moth (Zygaena lonicerae) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland...
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to and catching a fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigirs) tigress, stopping due to sound from camera while patrolling, Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.
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Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) mating on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds...
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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 / 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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David Gallan / Cameratrap video of a male Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) courting female on display mound, Australia, July.
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John Chan / Male California least tern (Sternula antillarum browni) presenting fish offering to female during mating, Huntington Beach, California, USA, May.
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John Cancalosi / American toads (Anaxyrus americanus), several males competing to mate with female, Maryland, USA, April.
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John Cancalosi / Rain storm in the Sonoran desert, with Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea), near Tucson, Arizona. 2018.
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Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball, showing a mass of males clustered around a female recently emerged from her burrow, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Two Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs playing near the entrance to their den at dusk, Somerset, England, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elver migrating upstream, using an eel pass on the side of a weir, Somerset Levels, England, UK, July.
