December 2021 Highlights Gallery

Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) feeding on sunflower seeds in a field that could

Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) feeding on sunflower seeds in a field that could not be cut due to high water levels, Lower Silesia, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021, Category Winner - Wild emotions; Vogelwarte Fascinating Bird Photography Competition, second place; Nature Conservancy Photo Competition 2021 Runner up; GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2021 - Highly commended

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Mixed group of Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Great white egret (Ardea alba

Mixed group of Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Great white egret (Ardea alba) and Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) on misty morning in shallow pond, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August

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Animal, Animalia, Ardea, Ardea Alba, Ardea Cinerea, Ardeidae, Ardeinae, Aves, Bird, Birds, Calm, Casmerodius Albus, Colour, Common Spoonbill, Egretta Alba, Eurasian Spoonbill, Europe, European Spoonbill, Feeding, Foraging, Freshwater, Great Egret, Great White Egret, Great White Heron, Grey, Grey Heron, Heron, Holland, Jalohaikara, Large Egret, Mist, Mixed Species, Mood, Morning, Mornings, Nature, Nature Reserve, Netherlands, Pelecaniformes, Platalea, Platalea Leucorodia, Plataleinae, Pond, Reflection, Spoonbill, The Netherlands, Threskiornithidae, Typical Heron, Vertebrate, Water, Western Europe, White Spoonbill, Wildlife

Close-up detail of the eye of a Red Irish lord fish (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus

Close-up detail of the eye of a Red Irish lord fish (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) showing distinctive corneal chromatophores (pigment-containing structures). Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Actinopterygii, Animal, Animal Eye, Animalia, Bony Fish, British Columbia, Bullhead, Canada, Circle, Close Up, Colour, Colourful, Cottidae, Cottus Hemilepidotus, Eyes, Fish, Hemilepidotus, Hemilepidotus Hemilepidotus, Iridescence, Iridescent, Marine, North America, Osteichthyes, Ray Finned Fish, Red, Red Irish Lord, Scorpaeniformes, Sculpin, Shape, Vancouver Island, Vertebrate, Wildlife