Images Dated 2021 December

Common tern (Sterna hirundo) catching a mayfly, Hjalstaviken, Uppland, Sweden

Common tern (Sterna hirundo) catching a mayfly, Hjalstaviken, Uppland, Sweden. Nordic Nature Photo Competition 2021 Highly Commended - Nordic Bird Photo of the Year category

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Animal, Animalia, Aves, Bird, Birds, Charadriiformes, Common Tern, Contrasts, Copy Space, Europe, Feeding, Flying, Gull, Negative Space, Nordic Countries, North Europe, Northern Europe, Photography Award, Reflection, Scandinavia, Seabird, Side View, Sterna, Sterna Hirundo, Sternidae, Sterninae, Sweden, Swooping, Tern, Uppland, Vertebrate, Wildlife, Wing, Wings Spread, Wingspan

Lava flow and ash from erupting volcano passing close by the village of Los Llanos de Aridane, Volcano Cumbre en Vieja, La Palma, Canary Islands. November, 2021

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Atlantic Islands, Canary Islands, Colour, Danger, Dramatic, Erupting, Fire, Geology, Hot, La Palma, Lava, Lava Flow, Luminosity, Night, Orange, Scare, Scary, Settlement, Smoke, Temperature, Unpredictable, Village, Volcanic Features

Mexican fiddler crab (Leptuca crenulata) small male displaying with larger individual

Mexican fiddler crab (Leptuca crenulata) small male displaying with larger individual behind, Morua Estuary, near Rocky Point (Puerto Penasco), Gulf of California, Mexico, June

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Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Arthropod, Arthropods, California Fiddler Crab, Camera Focus, Central America, Coast, Coastal, Crab, Crenulated Fiddler Crab, Crustacean, Crustracea, Decapod, Decapoda, Display, Estuary, Fiddler Crab, Gulf Of California, Invertebrate, Latin America, Leptuca Crenulata, Low Depth Of Field, Malacostraca, Male Animal, Marine, Mexican Fiddler Crab, Mexico, Mud Flat, Mud Flats, Mudflat, Mudflats, Notched Fiddler Crab, Ocean, Ocypodidae, Pacific Ocean, Proportion, Saltwater, Scale, Selective Focus, Shallow Depth Of Field, Size, Two, Uca, Uca Crenulata, Water, Wildlife