2009 Highlights Collection (page 4)

Remarkable Rock site, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

Morning fog in eucalypt forest, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Barley field and view of countryside, Snowshill, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK. June 2008

Amazilia hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia) flying to Agave flower to feed on it, Chaparri Ecological Reserve, Peru, South America

Young European lynx {Lynx lynx} Laponia / Lappland, Finland Captive

Aerial view of saltmarsh at low tide near Cadiz, Spain, February 2008

Moose (Alces alces) in Taiga woodland, Laponia / Lappland, Finland

Magpie {Pica pica} coming to drink at a pool, Alicante, Spain

Mountain road with rainbow in Glen Etive, Argyll, Scotland, UK, October 2007

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious cub in newly forming pack ice checks out the photographer as the mother sits on shore, Arctic Alaska

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming in the water in front of an iceberg, Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean, Alaska

Red panda {Ailurus fulgens} resting on branch in snow, China, captive

Matrincha (Brycon sp. ) in flooded forest, waiting on surface for insects. Rio Tabajos
Matrincha (Brycon sp.) in flooded forest, waiting on surface for insects. Rio Tabajos, Amazon, Brazil

Looking up at Three toed / Pale throated sloth {Bradypus tridactylus} swimming across mangrove channel, South America

Grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) swinging from branch in rainforest and using foot to grip plant vine, Mount Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Orchid flower, Mount Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Orangutan {Pong pygmaeus} portrait, Sungai Kinabatangan, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) baby being carried by mother, Pantanal NP, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) on Fleabane flowers, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) covered in dew at dawn, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) Male at rest wings closed, on flower, Captive

Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) in host anemone. Papua New Guinea

Shoal of pygmy sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonetti), Andaman Sea, Thailand

Two semi wild Przewalski horses interacting, greeting (Equus ferus przewalskii), Parc du Villaret, Causse Mejean, Lozere, France

Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) swimming, captive, from Pantanal, Brazil, IUCN Endangered

Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) hanging on web with shadow behind, Belgium

Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) sitting in grassland, Brasschaat, Belgium

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) female feeding from Datura flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Matterhorn at dawn, Zermatt, Swiss Alps, Switzerland

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

Dwarf puff adder / Peringueys Sidewinding Adder (Bitis peringueyi) moving over the loose sand in typical mode of locomotion, Namib desert, Namibia

Stonehenge at sunrise on the 21st September, the autumn equinox, Wiltshire, UK

5000 year old tree stumps in Deadvlei dried up salt pan, with red Sossusvlei sand dunes rising in the background, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia

Web-footed gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) on sand dune in the Namib Desert, Namibia

Desert scorpion {Parabuthus villosus} Namib desert, Namibia

Grey seal {Halichoerus grypus} two adolescents interact among the breaking waves, Lincolnshire, UK

Gentoo Penguin {Pygoscelis papua} on snowline. Antarctica

Two Adelie Penguins {Pygoscelis adeliae} on iceberg, Antarctica

Multicoloured / Asian / Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) feeding on ivy flowers, UK

Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) roosting in early morning sun, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Northern lights (Aurora borealis) Northwest territories, March 2008, Canada

Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) captive, France

Jaguar (Panthera onca) portrait, Costa Rica, Captive

Bonobo {Pan paniscus} portrait, looking thoughtful. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, Dyrehaven, Denmark

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stag silhouetted in mist, Dyrehaven, Denmark

Underwater landscape beneath ice in Aare river tributary Spring Creek, Canton of Berne, Switzerland, January

Underwater landscape with turbulence around rocks in shallow water, Verzasca river, Ticino, Switzerland, November

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