Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) defacating by hanging from thumbs the 'right way up', Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia, April.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) aggressive mating behaviour (wrestling, biting) male eventually moves away, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia, April.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) male involved in courtship / mating behaviour including licking female's genitalia; male grooming his own penis, bickering and female climbing away, Yar...
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Robert Thompson / A fallen Sweet chestnut fruit (Castanea sativa) lying on the woodland floor, with a tree trunk covered in Textured lungwort (Lobaria scrobiculata) lichen, UK. October.
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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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Graham Eaton / Barn owl (Tyto alba) flying at night over track between trees, Pwllheli, Wales, UK. April. Runner-up in Nature and Wildlife category of Monivisions Photography Awards 2021.
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Eduardo Blanco / Snow covered trees in the Sotos del Alfaro Natural Reserve, Alfaro, La Rioja province, Spain. January.
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In the run up to COP26, we have launched a new showreel 'Our Changing World' which focuses on our environmental and conservation content.
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Eduardo Blanco / Tree silhouetted against volcanic eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands, September 2021.
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Oriol Alamany / Trees silhouetted against erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano at night, La Palma, Canary Islands, September 2021
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Paul Williams / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) high up in tree, Costa Rica, Central America, 2016. Filmed for the BBC series 'Big Cats'.
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Richard Hopkins / Two European badgers (Meles meles) foraging at the base of a tree, Gloucestershire, UK, July.
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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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Derek Galon / Aerial shot of tropical forest canopy located in volcano crater, Dominica, West Indies, 2019.
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John Chan / Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) chicks sitting in nest, pestering parent for food before the parent feeds one of the chicks, California, USA, May.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Male Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) displaying at lek in tree, Ecuador
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John Chan / Great blue herons (Ardea herodias) engaging in twig transfer during nest building, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, February.
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John Chan / Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) grooming its fledgling, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, March.
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Rose Summers / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) swimming over to a willow, it clambers on to a branch before beginning to feed on the surrounding leaves, Devon, England, UK.
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Guy Edwardes / Rydal Cave, Rydal, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK. December 2020
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Ashley Cooper / Houses flooded by the River Severn after Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis, the wettest February recorded in the UK. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK, February 2020.
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Ashley Cooper / Bus station flooded by the River Severn after Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis lead to the wettest February recorded in the UK. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK, February 2020.
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Tony Wu / Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) gliding through snowy forest, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Solvin Zankl / Female Acorn weevil (Curculio glandium) boring into oak tree acorn to lay eggs, Lower Saxonian Elbe Valley Reserve, Germany, September.
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Brian Bevan / Melanistic grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) searching for, finding and eating chestnuts amongst autumn leaves, Bedfordshire, UK, October.
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Shane Gross / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagules / plantlets which become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree to drift away and establish a new tree. Bahamas.
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Pal Hermansen / An aerial shot of an autumnal birch forest swaying in strong wind, Rondane, Viken, Norway, September.
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Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of a mountain area newly opened with road construction for housing development, threatening the mountain landscape, Viken, Norway, August.
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Guy Edwardes / Bonnet mycena fungus (Mycena galericulata) on deadwood in ancient broadleaved woodland, sun shining through trees. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Banyan fig tree (Ficus benjamina), one single individual tree, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
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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, 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 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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Jack Dykinga / New snow on Pinyon pines ( Pinus edulis) in morning light. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
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Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) silhouetted in mixed beech-Douglas fir forest. Freiburg, Black Forest National Park, Germany, October.
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Ben Hall / Langur monkey (Semnopithecus) climbing tree in misty forest at dawn, India, November.
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Mateusz Piesiak / Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) pack in snow, forest in Bialowieza National Park. Poland. January 2019. Received Honour award at the Mont Photo 2020 Competition.
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David Allemand / Snow-covered taiga forest in Finland. Honoured in the MontPhoto awards 2020.
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Oliver Wright / Aurora over lone pine tree in Abisko National Park, Abisko, North Sweden. February 2020.
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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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Shane Gross / Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) trying to feed on the leaves of a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). As pups, the sharks have to learn to hunt for themselves and sometimes make mistakes....
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Pal Hermansen / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) silhouetted in forest at night. Finland. August.
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Jack Dykinga / Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) of the Mojave Desert at dawn encircled with flowering lupines. (Lupinus sp,) Mohave County, Castaneda Wash, Arizona, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest with twisted limbs of Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) at dawn on the White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA.
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Sergey Gorshkov / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) female territorial marking by rubbing cheek against ancient Manchurian fir tree, Land of the Leopard National Park, Far East Russia, November. Taken with remo...
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Lucas Bustamante / Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) flying during a warm morning. When the overwintering period draws to an end large numbers become active. Michoacan, Mexico, February.
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Edwin Giesbers / Three Long-eared owls (Asio otus) looking down from a tree in autumn, Wijchen, The Netherlands, December. Birds in their Habitat Category winner, Expos Photos Aves Emotion'Ailes Competition 2020.
