Marie Read / Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) male flies in to feed on nectar from Eastern red columbine flower (Aquilegia canadensis), Freeville, New York, USA, June.
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Lewis Jefferies / Motion timelpase looking down on waterfall in Glenfeshie, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK, June.
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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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David Pattyn / Juvenile Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in early morning light, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. August.
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David Pattyn / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in early morning light removing its own feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. August.
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Bruce Thomson / Crucifix toad / Holy cross frog (Notaden bennetti) sitting in shallow water after heavy summer rain, Westmar, Queensland, Australia.
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David Tipling / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) doe with fawns in stubble field after harvest, mid summer, North Norfolk, UK. July.
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Michael W. Richards / Little owl (Athene noctua) pair perched on beam inside barn, mutual preening before one adult flies away, Brompton Ralph, Somerset, UK, February.
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Terry Whittaker / Two Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) cubs playing together near den, Hornvik, Hornstrandir Nature reserve, Iceland, July.
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Terry Whittaker / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) cubs playing with feather, playfighting and chasing each other near den, Hornvik, Hornstrandir Nature reserve, Iceland, July.
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Eduardo Blanco / Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo), swarming in the millions on street at night, appearing like snow. Mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain, August.
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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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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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Nick Upton / Heath sand wasp (Ammophila pubescens) excavating a nest burrow in a bare sandy patch of heathland, flying back and forth, carrying away balls of sand between its mandibles and its raised front legs, D...
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult in a heavy summer rainstorm. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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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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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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Sven Zacek / Brimstone butterfly(Gonepteryx rhamni) male and female during mating flight, early spring. Tartumaa county, Southern Estonia. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Species rich alpine meadow with Orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum), Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) and Yellow rattle (Rhinathus sp). View towards Campitello di Fassa and mountains, Fassa Valley, Dolomit...
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera), drinking water on hot summer day, Germany.
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Guy Edwardes / Barn amongst network of meadows and drystone walls, on summer morning. Wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May.
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Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male in a late summer garden setting, Coreopsis sp. flowers around the perch, New York, USA, August.
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Terry Whittaker / Arctic fox cub (Alopex lagopus) portrait in grass with summer flowers, Hornvik, Hornstrandir, Westfjords, Iceland. July.
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Terry Whittaker / RF - Arctic fox cub (Alopex lagopus) at den. Hornvik, Hornstrandir, Westfjords, Iceland. July. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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John Shaw / Barn and wheat field in the Palouse farming area of southeastern Washington, USA, August
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Guy Edwardes / Gorse (Ulex europaeus)on cliffs above St Oswald's Bay, Dorset, England, UK, May.
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Ernie Janes / Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) feeding on scabious flowers in hay meadow, Wensum Valley, Norfolk, England, UK, July.
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Ernie Janes / Alpine flower meadow landscape - Seiser Alm with mountains of Langkofel Group in the background. Dolomoites, South Tyrol, Italy. July 2019.
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Klein & Hubert / European ground squirrel / Souslik (Spermophius citellus) standing in a carpet of flowers of Stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium) and holding in his paws a Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower before eating it,...
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Klein & Hubert / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) in cornfield with Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in summer, France, Controlled conditions.
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Klein & Hubert / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) in cornfield with Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in summer, France, Controlled conditions.
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Klein & Hubert / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) climbing between grass stems in summer, France, Controlled conditions.
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Klein & Hubert / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) climbing between grass stems in summer, France, Controlled conditions.
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Klein & Hubert / Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawn in summer, Wyoming, USA.
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Klein & Hubert / Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawn in summer, Wyoming, USA.
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Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, April.
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Erlend Haarberg / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) with single Dandelion (Taraxacum sp) Innlandet, Norway, June.
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Nick Upton / Three Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Guy Edwardes / Landscape of farmland with Cypress trees, Tuscany, Italy. May 2019.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) Danube Delta, Romania. July
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Andres M. Dominguez / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on sunflower, Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, July
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Andres M. Dominguez / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. Southern Spain. July
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Andres M. Dominguez / Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. Southern Spain. July
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Andres M. Dominguez / Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) on lichen-covered branch, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Southern Spain. July
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Andres M. Dominguez / European hare (Lepus europaeus), Danube Delta, Romania. July.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) flying over water, Danube Delta, Romania. July.
