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Little owl {Athene noctua) pair perched, courtship behaviour, Spain
Pair of European grey wolves (Canis lupus) interacting, Tromso, Norway, captive, April
Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) courting pair, South coast, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos
Green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) pair perched on branch, facing opposite directions. Karnataka, India
Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) bill rubbing, Skomer Island, Wales, UK, April
Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) basking in the morning light, Vealand Farm, Devon, UK. July
Portrait of a Mandarin duck (Aix sponsa) male animal and female. UK. Introduced species
Mating pair of chalkhill blue butterflies (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) pair flying with claws linked during courtship flight, Homer, Alaska, USA, March
Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in tree with pair of Nazca boobies (Sula granti) showing mating behaviour, Genovesa Island, Galapagos
Australasian crested grebe pair (Podiceps cristatus australis) in courtship display. Ashburton Lakes, Canterbury, New Zealand. August
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) performing their weed dance during courtship. Den Oever, The Netherlands. July
Leopard (Panthera pardus) female fighting off male after he tries to mate with her. Londolozi Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa
Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) pair bill rubbing, part of ritual courtship, Skomer Island, Wales, UK, May
Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus) pair preening each other, perched in tree. Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Illuminated netdevil (Linophyne arboritera), male anglerfish attached to much larger female, captive from deep sea
Red Deer stag and hind (Cervus elaphus) silhouetted at sunset, Holkham Park, Norfolk, UK, December
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) pair, male passing Dragonfly prey to female, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing the weed dance, a spectacular part of their elaborate courtship ritual, Derbyshire, UK, March
Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) performing courtship ritual at dawn, Cheshire, UK April
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing courtship displaying at dawn, backlit and surrounded by mist, Cheshire, UK, April
Arctic wolf (Canis lupus) male and female, captive
Reticulated glass frogs (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi) pair in amplexus, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Elk (Cervus canadensis) bull and cw sniffing noses, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. September
Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) male female pair, Yuyuantan Park, Beijing, China
Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) pair, male on left. Galapagos, Ecuador
African lion (Panthera leo) and lioness after mating, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) male offering wasp as nuptial gift, Hungary. June
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) engaged in courtship, with the male hovering above the female. Vava'u, Tonga, Pacific Ocean
Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) pair mating on lake. Shanghai Zoo, China
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) dog interacting with a vixen in an urban garden. North London, UK. June
Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) nocturnal birds roosting and nesting in along walls of deep, narrow gorge in farmland, Tandayapa Valley, 1500m altitude, Ecuador
Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) male female pair, Reddish Vale Country Park, Greater Manchester, UK. December
Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) male and female during courtship preening display, Norfolk, England, UK, August
Clarks grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) courting pair performing the Weed Ceremony in which they slowly circle breast to breast holding pond weed as nesting material, Lake Hodges, Escondido, California
Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her)
Black terns (Chlidonias niger), pair on a perch, vocalizing during courtship (termed Erect Posture display), Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA, May
Crested auklets (Aethia cristatella) pair interacting while perched on rock, St Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, USA, July
Horned puffins (Fratercula corniculata), one landing with outspread wings, to join its mate on cliff ledge, St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, USA, July
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
Red-footed booby (Sula sula), pair looking at one another on nest in tree. Egg is nest. Genovesa Island, Galapagos
Red-footed booby (Sula sula), pair perched in tree. Genovesa Island, Galapagos
Red-footed booby (Sula sula), pair nest building in tree. Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, Galapagos
Nazca booby (Sula granti), pair amongst Prickly pear (Opuntia sp) cacti at coast. Wolf Island, Galapagos. August 2016
Nazca booby (Sula granti), pair billing. Genovesa Island, Galapagos. May 2015
Red-collared lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) pair examining hole in Eucalyptus as a potential nesting hollow. Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) fighting Hungary, April
Northern raven (Corvus corax) pair perching on branch. Danube Delta, Romania, May
