Flying Collection (page 6)

Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) flying to Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July

Whale headed stork (Balaeniceps rex) taking off, Lake Albert, Uganda, East Africa

Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) about to take off to roosting site, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula Mexico, January

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) hunting / hovering, Somerset, UK, trained bird
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) hunting/hovering, Somerset, UK, trained bird

Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus) landing, Kuusamo, Finland, January

Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus) alighting on a branch. Hamra, Sweden, September

Two Common ravens (Corvus corax) in flight through snow, Finland, April

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying through a rainbow. Aviemore, Scotland, July

Yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella) coming in to land of a sheaf of oats in winter. Perthshire, Scotland, February

Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) male flying through Beech woodland in spring, digital composite, Surrey, UK

Barn owl {Tyto alba} female landing on fence post. Captive UK

Great egret (Ardea alba) flying across lake, Ranthambhore National Park, India

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight, coming into land with beak full of sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus). Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July

Sword billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) in flight, Guango, Napo, Ecuador

Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) male inflight, carrying mouse prey back to nest, Budo-Sungai Padi National Park, Thailand

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) pair chasing a Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) as it emerges from a nest box the birds want to nest in which is already occupied by the squirrel and its mate

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) hovering above a nest box it wants to nest in which a Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and its mate have occupied, with the squirrel threatening the bird, Wiltshire, UK

Ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) in flight, Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) juvenile flying, Parainen Uto, Finland. September

Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) flying in snow, Mainua Kajaani, Finland. March

Annas hummingbird (Calypte anna) male dancing in flight and displaying his bright pink throat feathers to a female, Montana, USA. June

Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light trails of males in forest at dusk, Bavaria, Germany. July

Dusky leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros ater) flying out of daytime cave roost in a sandstone escarpment, Kimberley, Western Australia

Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) flying, Ordesa National Park, Pyrenees, Spain

RF - Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) flying, Hornoya, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Common swift (Apus apus) flying low to water while hunting, Norfolk, England, UK, July. Winner of Animal Behaviour Category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2019. Photographer

White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying over water with male Common eider prey (Somateria mollissima), Uto, Parainen, Finland, April

Male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) in flight. Kuusamo, Finland, April

Buzzard (Buteo buteo) landing on branch, winter, Lorraine, France, February

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male, after diving, taking off from water with fish, a Common Roach (Rutilus rutilus) Lorraine, France, July

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying over water with fish in talons. Norway. August

Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) in flight in woodland during snowfall. Kuusamo. Finland. February

Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) soaring over Los Mallos de Riglos, Huesca province, Aragon, Spain

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) swoops to catch a freshly caught fish, dropped by a Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) after being pressurised to do so by the eagle

Taiwan blue magpie, (Urocissa caerulea) flying, in Taipeh, Taiwan, endemic species

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight with open beak. The Netherlands. May

California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) landing, forest in background. Bird with tags on wings. Near San Pedro Martir National Park, Northern Baja California, Mexico. 2017

RF - Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloropterus) two with one taking off, Buraco das Araras (Sinkhole of the Macaws), Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. September

European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) one taking off another perched, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May

Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) in flight, Pantanal, Brazil. August

Southern Carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) returning to nest hole in river bank, Luangwa River, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, October

Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) about to land on Elmleaf blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) plant, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Southern Spain, January

Common tern (Sterna hirundo) flying low over water. Hjalstaviken, Uppland, Sweden

Great white egret (Egretta / Ardea alba) Pusztaszer protected landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May

Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) flying, head on, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. May

Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, Kuusamo, Finland, March

Black-veined white (Aporia crataegi) butterfly pair, in flight and nectaring on Thistle. Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. June

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