A meerkat babysits the pups at a burrow while the rest of the group are out foraging. The rest of the group will return before sundown. Northern Cape, South Africa.
Meerkats digging for food in the sand, Northern Cape, South Africa.
A meerkat pup, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Golden jackal in Djoudj National Park, Senegal.
Juvenile orangutan, Sabah, Borneo.
Ornate shrub lizard, Sabah, Borneo.
Saltwater crocodile fitted with a GPS unit transmitting regular geographical fixes to Danau Girang Field Centre via satellite. Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo.
White-crowned hornbill, Sabah, Borneo.
Proboscis monkey, Sabah, Borneo.
Forest nymph butterfly, Sabah, Borneo.
Caterpillar of an arcteiid moth, Sabah, Borneo.
Whiskered myotis bat in a furled young leaf, Sabah, Borneo.
Hunting spider of unknown species, Sabah, Borneo.
Zanzibar red colobus, Jozani Forest, Zanzibar.
Mona monkey, Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana.
Kilombero reed frog, Kilombero Valley, Tanzania.
Canopy of beech woodland, Northumberland, England.
Bark bonnet, Northumberland, England.
Three young tawny owls, still dependent on their mother for food. Northumberland, England.
Red squirrel in the highlands of Scotland.
Red squirrel peering around a conifer tree. Red squirrels are under threat of extinction in the UK due to the rapid spread of the grey squirrel, a species introduced from America.
Red squirrels come to the ground to stash their food in the ground, ready for leaner times.
Ravens in Extremadura, Spain.
White storks making use of artifical nest platforms, Extremadura, Spain.
White storks making use of artifical nest platforms, Extremadura, Spain.
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Rock ptarmigan in winter plumage, Cairngorm mountains, Scotland.
Rock ptarmigan with the first few feathers of it's summer plaumage.
A female rock ptarmigan digging in the snow for heather while a male looks on.
Herring gulls in the early morning, Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland, England.
A skipper butterfly on lavender, France.
A rook on Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland, England.
Bar-tailed godwits breed on tundra and taiga in the Arctic but can be seen in Britain during the winter. This one is foraging along the shoreline at Bamburgh, Northumberland.
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Oystercatcher, Yorkshire coast, England
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A shag on Inner Farne, Northumberland.
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Poppies in a meadow in France.
Hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on lavender, France.
