2019 June Highlights Gallery

White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair mating on their nest at sunset, Knepp estate, Sussex

White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair mating on their nest 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, Copulation, England, Europe, European White Stork, Great Britain, Male Female Pair, Mating Behaviour, Nest, Reproduction, Restoration, Returned, Returning, Rewilding, Stork, Sussex, Two, Uk, Vertebrate, Western Europe, White Stork, Wildlife

Coral formations at low tide in Prony Bay in the Southern Lagoon, Lagoons of New Caledonia

Coral formations at low tide in Prony Bay in the Southern Lagoon, Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems UNESCO World Heritage Site. New Caledonia

Animal, Biodiversity Hotspot, Biodiversity Hotspots, Coast, Coastal, Coral, Coral Reef, Coral Reefs, Forest, Landscape, Marine, New Caledonia, Oceania, Plant, Protected Area, Reef, Reefs, Saltwater, Tree, Tropical, Unesco World Heritage Site, Water

Injured Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) swimming in a small creek after unsuccessfully

Injured Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) swimming in a small creek after unsuccessfully attempting to jump across it. This muntjac was unable to get out of the creek himself, and was later rescued by the photographer. Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan province, China

Animal, Animalia, Artiodactyla, Asia, Cervidae, China, Chinese Muntjak, Deer, East Asia, Even Toed Ungulates, Formosan Reeves Muntjac, Mammal, Mammalia, Muntiacus, Muntiacus Reevesi, Muntjac, Muntjac Deer, Muntjak, Muntjak Deer, Protected Area, Reeves Muntjac, Reevess Muntjac, Reserve, Ruminant, Ruminantia, Sichuan, Sichuan Province, Stuck, Swimming, True Deer, Vertebrate, Wildlife