June 2021 Highlights Gallery

Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting cooperatively by driving Amberstripe

Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting cooperatively by driving Amberstripe scad fish (Decapterus moruadsi) from open sea to small cove, with Brown pelicans (Pelecanus urinator) and sharks opportunistically feeding. Bainbridge Rocks, Santiago Island, Galapagos

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Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Biodiversity Hotspot, Carnivora, Carnivore, Coastal Waters, Cooperation, Eared Seal, Ecuador, Endangered, Endangered Species, Galapagos, Galapagos Islands, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Sealion, Group, Hunting, Interesting, Latin America, Mammal, Mammalia, Marine, Ocean, Otarid, Otaridae, Otary, Pacific Ocean, Pinniped, Pinnipedia, Predation, Saltwater, Santiago Island, Sealion, South America, Teamwork, Threatened, Tropical, Unesco World Heritage Site, Vertebrate, Water, Wildlife, Zalophus, Zalophus Wollebaeki

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) walking over tidal mudflats in low winter

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) walking over tidal mudflats in low winter sunshine.
Holy Island (Lindisfarne) tidal mudflats, Northumberland, England, UK. December

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Animal, Animalia, Aves, Bird, Birds, Charadriiformes, Common Pied Oystercatcher, England, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Europe, European Oystercatcher, Foraging, Great Britain, Haematopodidae, Haematopus, Haematopus Ostralegus, Mud Flat, Mud Flats, Mudflat, Mudflats, Northern Pied Oystercatcher, Northumberland, Oystercatcher, Shorebird, Uk, Vertebrate, Wader, Western Europe, Wildlife

Red knots (Calidris canutus) in winter plumage feeding co-operatively on tidal mudflats

Red knots (Calidris canutus) in winter plumage feeding co-operatively on tidal mudflats.
Holy Island (Lindisfarne), Northumberland, England, UK December

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Animal, Animalia, Aves, Bird, Birds, Calidris, Calidris Canutus, Charadriiformes, Cooperation, England, Europe, European Knot, Foraging, Great Britain, Knot, Lesser Knot, Mud Flat, Mud Flats, Mudflat, Mudflats, Northumberland, Red Knot, Reflection, Sandpiper, Scolopacidae, Shorebird, Two, Uk, Vertebrate, Wader, Western Europe, Wildlife