Nature and wildlife

Images of nature and wildlife seen around the world.

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Giant panda searching for bamboo
Captured at Vienna Zoo in February 2015.
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Lone Grey seal in the water.
Grey seal in the calm waters in a channel at Cley, Norfolk.

The Wash is home to both Common Seals as well as these Grey Seals & this seal was captured in a narrow channel of water off the coast of Blakeney, home to a long spit of land which the seals use to breed.
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Humboldt penguin squawking.
Captured at the Welsh Mountain Zoo in April 2015.
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Blades of grass covered in dew.
Captured during the spring of 2015.
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Portrait of a Ring-tailed lemur
Portrait of a Ring-tailed lemur as it sits in the long grass during the summer of 2017.
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Polar bear playing in deep water
Captured at Vienna Zoo in February 2015.
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Goat peering through a gate.
Captured at the Oasis Camel Park in July 2105.
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Malayan sun bear wonders towards the camera
A closeup of a Malayan sun bear as it nears my camera. This bear is also known as the honey bear, such is its appetite for honeycombs and honey.
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Asian small-clawed otter feeding itself
Asian small-clawed otter clasping its hands on a fish on the waters edge during the late autumn in Merseyside.
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Baby Barbary macaque playing with its parent.
Seen at the Trentham Monkey Forest in June 2015.
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Humpback whale crashes to the surface of the ocean after breaching
Seen from a boat in Culebra Bay off the coast of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
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Adult Barbary macaque grooming one another in the long grass.
Seen at the Trentham Monkey Forest in June 2015.
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Family of Swans on the water.
Captured on the Norfolk Broads during the summer of 2015.
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Red Panda resting in a tree
Red Panda captured up a tree resting in Gloucestershire during the summer of 2018.
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Up close with a Kestrel.
Captured at the Raptor Foundation (Cambridgeshire) during July 2015.
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Afircan lions laying in the long grass at Knowsley Safari Park.
Captured at Knowsley Safari Park in May 2015.
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Burnet moth on a thistle flower
A pretty Burnet moth explores the purple flower on a thistle searching for nectar in the Lancashire countryside.
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Ring-tailed lemur in a tree
A Ring-tailed lemur high up on a tree soaking up the sun.
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Grey Eagle Buzzard downing its catch.
Captured at the Raptor Foundation (Cambridgeshire) during July 2015.
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White Stork wading
White Stork captured in Gloucestershire during the summer of 2018.
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Greater one-horned rhinoceros
A greater one-horned rhinoceros fills the frame after feeding late one afternoon. This is also known as the great Indian rhinoceros.
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Snow Leopard in the sun
A lone Snow Leopard lying high up on the rocks soaking up the spring sunshine at the South Lakes Zoo in Cumbria.
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Red Panda with its tongue out
Close up of a Red Panda with its tongue out in Norfolk during the spring of 2019.
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Prairie marmot feeding
A prairie marmot standing on its hind legs feeding, seen at the South Lakes Safari Zoo during the summer of 2016.
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Burnet moths mating on a bright yellow flowers.
Seen along the walkways & sand dunes of the Sefton Coastline near Liverpool.
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Ring-tailed lemurs fighting
A couple of ring-tailed lemurs captured fighting at the South Lakes Safari Zoo during the summer of 2016.
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Ring-tailed lemur sunbathing on a tree
A ring-tailed lemur stretches out on a tree to warm its belly on the sun - seen at the South Lakes Safari Zoo during the summer of 2016.
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A white faced capuchin perches on a branch
Close-up of a white faced capuchin sat on a branch in a dry forest of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
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West African giraffe chewing
West African giraffe seen chewing during the summer of 2016 at the South Lakes Zoo.
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Green spiny lizard on a tree
A Green spiny lizard seen basking in a tree on the coast of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
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Pair of Polar bears call out
Two Polar bears siblings call out whilst sat side by side on a grass bank in England.
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Close-up of a black & white chicken.
Captured at the Welsh Mountain Zoo in April 2015.
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Long way down
A giraffe stretches out its front legs to chew on the grass at the South Lakes Zoo in Cumbria.
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Reaching out for leaves
A howler monkey reaches out for a branch full of lush green leaves in a forest in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
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Portrait of a beautiful Kestrel.
Captured by http://www.jasonwells.co.uk
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Giraffe trio
Three giraffes wonder away from the camera at the South Lakes Zoo in Cumbria.
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Portrait of a white faced capuchin
A white faced capuchin fills the frame as it sits on a branch in the treetops of a dry forest in Costa Rica.
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Square crop of a howler monkey
A howler monkey seeking out lush green leaves in a forest in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
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Mushroom macro
Seen on the forest floor at Brockholes wetland and woodland nature reserve near Preston, Lancashire.
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Southern two-toed sloth
Up close & personal with a sloth hanging upside down.
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Barbary macaque high up in a tree
Portrait of a Barbary macaque seen half the way up a tree in a forest in Staffordshire, England - seen in the summer of 2017.
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Pair of African elephants foraging for food.
Captured at Knowsley Safari Park in May 2015.
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Long grass bending under weight
A long piece of grass bending under the weight of waterdrops at Brockholes wetland and woodland nature reserve near Preston, Lancashire.
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Mother and baby Barbary macaques
A mother Barbary macaque sits by its baby's side as it picks up things on the forest floor in Staffordshire, England.
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Portrait of an African spoonbill
Portrait of an African spoonbill as it gazes into the distance, side on to the camera during the summer of 2017.
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Red crowned crane feeding its chick
Close up of a Red-crowned crane (sometimes called a Manchurian crane) feeding its young chick by the side of a lake during the summer of 2017.
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Portrait crop of a giraffe chewing on food
A giraffe seen chewing on grass as it lies on the floor in the sunshine - seen in Norfolk during the summer of 2017.
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Meerkats on the look out
A group of meerkats seen on top of a rock looking out for signs of danger.
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