2019 June Highlights Gallery

Recently hatched White stork (Ciconia ciconia) chicks begging for food in their nest

Recently hatched White stork (Ciconia ciconia) chicks begging for food in their nest. In captive breeding colony raising young birds for UK White Stork reintroduction project at the Knepp Estate. Cotswold Wildlife Park, Oxfordshire, UK, April 2019. Property released

Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animal Home, Animalia, Aves, Baby, Begging, Behaviour, Behavioural, Bird, Birds, Captive Breeding, Chick, Ciconia, Ciconia Ciconia, Ciconiidae, Ciconiiformes, Conservation, England, Europe, European White Stork, Great Britain, Nest, Reintroduced, Reintroduction, Restoration, Rewilding, Species Recovery Programs, Stork, Sussex, Uk, Vertebrate, Western Europe, White Stork, Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation, Young Animal

White stork (Ciconia ciconia) male landing with nest material and joining his mate

White stork (Ciconia ciconia) male landing with nest material and joining his mate on their nest in an Oak tree at sunset, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds of years

Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animal Home, Animalia, Aves, Behaviour, Behavioural, Bird, Birds, Ciconia, Ciconia Ciconia, Ciconiidae, Ciconiiformes, Conservation, England, Europe, European White Stork, Great Britain, Male Female Pair, Nest, Nest Building, Nesting Behaviour, Restoration, Returned, Returning, Rewilding, Stork, Sussex, Two, Uk, Vertebrate, Western Europe, White Stork, Wildlife

Mangroves on Tupeti Island, Southern Lagoon, Forgotten Coast, Lagoons of New Caledonia

Mangroves on Tupeti Island, Southern Lagoon, Forgotten Coast, Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems UNESCO World Heritage Site. New Caledonia

Biodiversity Hotspot, Biodiversity Hotspots, Blue Sky, Coast, Coastal, Coastal Wetland, Landscape, Mangrove, New Caledonia, Oceania, Protected Area, Sky, Unesco World Heritage Site