Mateusz Piesiak / Two Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) foraging in mud in thick fog, Lower Silesia, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021, Category Winner - Bird in all its states.
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Mateusz Piesiak / European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) two perched on branch, Lower Silesia, Poland.
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Simon Littlejohn / Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) perched outside its nest, opening its wings and beak in an aggressive display to a Common blackbird (Turdus merula) which eventually flies away, River Stour, Dorset,...
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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 / Male Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) unfolding its wings before taking off to fly away, Surrey, UK, May.
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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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Oscar Dewhurst / Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) landing on water. Gloucestershire, England, UK. March
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Rose Summers / Two Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) chicks sitting in entrance of nest hole in tree trunk, one chick begins flapping its wings to strengthen them, Devon, England, UK, June.
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Markus Varesvuo / Two male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) fighting at lek. Utajarvi, Finland, April.
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Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick stretching wings, watched by adult, at nest in breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June
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Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick stretching wings on nest in breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June
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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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Markus Varesvuo / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) flying directly overhead, Kuhmo Finland February.
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Guy Edwardes / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) landing on Lake Kerkini, Greece
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Guy Edwardes / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) in flight. Slovenia. February.
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Ross Hoddinott / Male common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) basking wings open on grass, Vealand Farm, Devon, UK. June.
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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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Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) with backlit wings, and water spray, Norway, October
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Tim Laman / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.
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Tim Laman / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from Flowering banana (Musa ornata), Lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on Little clamshell orchid (Prosthechea cochleata), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) flying near Teasel plants (Dipsacus fullonum) Captive.
Markus Varesvuo / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) hunting over snow, Kuhmo Finland, March.
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Markus Varesvuo / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, Kuusamo, Finland, March.
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Markus Varesvuo / Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) male in flight, Finland, February.
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Markus Varesvuo / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) adult female, Norway, October.
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Espen Bergersen / Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in front of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall, Iceland. May
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Espen Bergersen / Common Loon (Gavia immer) flapping wings in water, Iceland, May.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) Danube Delta, Romania. July
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Andres M. Dominguez / Common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) taking off, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. Southern Spain. September
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Andres M. Dominguez / Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male taking off, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. Southern Spain. September
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Hermann Brehm / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight, Germany, April. May
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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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Piotr Naskrecki / Termite (Macrotermes mossambicus) winged individual on pile of wings shed by other termites, with winged male Carpenter ants (Camponotus). Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Highly commended in the...
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John Chan / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chicks stretching and flapping their wings, Southern California, USA, May.
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Andy Rouse / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) stretching wings on water. In morning light, Wales, UK. February.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Hoatzin (Ophisthocomus hoazin) perched on wooden bar overlooking oxbow lake. Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru. September
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Phil Savoie / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) bringing Crab spider (Misumena vatia) prey to nest, Monmouthshire Wales, UK, May.
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Marie Read / Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea), two in flight over nesting colony in field of buttercups (Ranunculus sp.), Keflavik, Iceland. Digital canvas expansion.
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Marie Read / American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) two during aggressive (territorial) encounter, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, USA, May.
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Marie Read / Canada geese (Branta canadensis) two during territorial fight in early spring, Ithaca. New York, USA
