March 2021 Highlights Gallery

Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) accompanied by pilotfish (Naucrates ductor

Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) accompanied by pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) swimming near the surface. Vulnerable. Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

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Acanthopteri, Actinopterygii, Animal, Animalia, Atlantic Islands, Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Blue, Bony Fish, Carangidae, Caretta, Caretta Caretta, Chelonii, Cheloniidae, Colour, Endangered, Endangered Species, Fish, Gasterosteus Ductor, Hemitripteronotus Quinquemaculatus, Jack, Jack Fishes, Loggerhead Turtle, Marine, Nauclerus Abreviatus, Naucrates, Naucrates Ductor, Ocean, Osteichthyes, Perciformes, Percomorphi, Pilot Fish, Pilotfish, Ray Finned Fish, Reptile, Reptilia, Saltwater, Sea Turtles, Testitudine, Testudo Caretta, Testudo Marina, Testudo Nasicornis, Threatened, Tropical, Turtle, Underwater, Vertebrate, Water, Wildlife

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) swoops to catch a freshly caught fish

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) swoops to catch a freshly caught fish, dropped by a Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) after being pressurised to do so by the eagle. Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia

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Accipitridae, Accipitriformes, Africa, African Fish Eagle, Animal, Animalia, Aves, Bird, Bird Of Prey, Birds, Birds Of Prey, Eagle, Fish Eagle, Flying, Freshwater, Haliaeetus, Haliaeetus Vocifer, Landing, Liuwa Plain National Park, National Park, Protected Area, Raptor, Reserve, River Eagle, Sea Eagle, Southern Africa, Vertebrate, Water, Water Hole, Water Holes, Wetland, Wildlife, Zambia

Curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight, silhouetted at sunset

Curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, with the industrial buildings of Teeside in the background. Durham, UK. January

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Animal, Animalia, Aves, Back Lit, Bird, Birds, Charadriiformes, Common Curlew, County Durham, Curlew, Durham, Dusk, England, Eurasian Curlew, Europe, Flying, Great Britain, Industry, Numenius, Numenius Arquata, Sandpiper, Scolopacidae, Setting Sun, Shorebird, Silhouette, Sunset, Sunsets, Two, Uk, Vertebrate, Wader, Western Europe, Wildlife