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Photos by Kim Taylor |
WP00033 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) pouncing a running mouse.
WP03205 Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri) flying over and drinking from a woodland pool.
WP11145 European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) on snow-covered rose hips. Europe.
WP10697 European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) singing on snowy Cotoneaster.
WP11180 European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) on frosty bramble. Europe.
WP11146 European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) males confronting each other. Europe.
WP11144 European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) on snowy bramble. Europe.
WP10831 European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) with frosty sedge. Europe.
WP09360 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) singing from its perch on a flowering Wild Cherry.
WP09365 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) pair on European Larch (Larix decidua) in spring. Europe.
WP09358 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) with Snowdrops. Europe.
WP09364 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) with Wood Anemone, Bluebell and Moschatel in spring. Europe.
WP09362 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) watching a Honey Bee from flowering Sycamore in spring. Europe.
WP09357 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) about to alight among Poplar catkins in spring. Europe.
WP09363 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) on male Goat Willow (Salix caprea) in spring.
WP09356 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) singing from its perch on Flowering Currant. Europe.
WP06673 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) drinking on the wing form a lily pond.
WP04722 Blackbird (Turdus merula) bathing. Europe.
WP04428 Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding young. Europe.
WP03349 Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding its chick in garden. Europe.
WP03098 Great Tits (Parus major) at tree hole.
WP03088 Blue Tits (Parus caeruleus) fighting in mid air.
WP03085 Coal Tit (Parus ater) flying in to take a caterpillar from a twig.
WP00138 Great Tit (Parus major) flying off with a peanut.
WP00006 Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata).
WP11414 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) homing in on a House Mouse (Mus musculus). Worldwide.
WP10816 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) at moonrise. Worldwide.
WP01468 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) alighting on fence post.
WP00007 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) alighting on a fencepost.
WP00356 Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo) calling in flight.
WP00135 Merlin (Falco columbarius) male taking off.
WP09535 Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) cob taking off. Europe, Asia and N. America.
WP10313 Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) about to alight.
WP06576 Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) male in flight. Europe.
WP03294 Black-throated Mango Hummingbird (Anthracothorax nigicollis) female.
WP00370 Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) female flying up with Ten-spined Stickleback in its beak.
WP06804 Gecko (Gekko vittatus) raising the tips of its toes in readiness to run.
WP05931 Southern Rock Agama (Agama atra) male. South Africa.
WP03431 Jackson's Chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksoni) using a its tongue to take a fly from a flower.
WP05352 Edible Frog (Rana esculenta) leaping to catch a passing damselfly.
WP05351 Edible Frog (Rana esculenta) leaping to catch a passing white butterfly.
WP00171 Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) males in breeding colours leaping a waterfall in Scotland.
WP00087 Large White Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) taking off from a Spear Thistle. Nine images at 20 millisecond intervals.
WP06054 Heliconius Butterfly (Heliconius species). Central & South America.
WP01281 Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) taking off from shallon.
WP03104 Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) on a Hazel (Corylus avellana) twig.
WP00143 Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus) alighting. North America.
WP03907 Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) taking off from Ragwort, three images.
WP03908 Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) taking off from Creeping Thistle, three images.
WP03876 Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) taking off from Creeping Thistle.
WP06111 Wood Ant (Formica rufa) worker curling its tail ready to eject formic acid at an intruder.
WP06927 Red Mason Bee (Osmia rufa) bringing wet mud to construct the walls of her cells.
WP06801 Solitary Wasp (Eumenidae). Australia.
WP06493 Garden Bumblebees (Bombus hortorum) visiting Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare). Europe.
WP06412 Bee-killer Wasp (Philanthus triangulum) female flying low over ground with honey bee prey, searching for its burrow.
WP00114 Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) workers approaching a Rosebay flower.
WP03424 Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) worker banking to avoid another carrying debris from nest.
WP04686 Mosquito (Theobaldia annulata) male. Sequence showing emergence of the imago from an aquatic pupa.
WP03300 Giant Lacewing (Osmylus fulvicephalus) taking off.
WP00237 Mosquito (Culex pipiens) female, emerging from its aquatic pupa.
WP09669 Southern Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) male. Close-up of eyes. Europe.
WP06559 Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly (Libellula depressa) after rain. Europe including Britain.
WP06413 Common Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna juncea) portrait showing eyes. Europe.
WP06407 Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly (Libellula depressa) dew-covered. Europe.
WP04011 Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly (Libellula depressa) flying over glistening water. Europe.
WP04127 Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum) male leaping from an acorn. Europe.
WP04129 Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) male.
WP03450 Japanese Mantis (Paratenodera ardifolia) adult in flight.
WP03611 Dew-covered spider's web.
WP08777 Tadpole Shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) immature.
WP05815 Common Prawn (Leander serratus) eggs showing the eyes of developing larvae.
WP05835 Water Flea (Daphnia) in a water drop held by a grass head.
WP05572 Sand crab (Ocypode species) at the mouth of its burrow. East Africa.
WP04852 Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) eggs with hatched and hatching nauplius larvae.
WP05651 Water Fleas (Daphnia magna).
WP05613 Volvox colonies photographed at 40x magnification.
WP05643 Impressions in ice caused by oak leaves absorbing warmth from the sun. Surrey, England.
WP02293 Sheet ice viewed by polarised light.
WP10308 A water drop falling onto the surface of a pond throws up a spike of water which then collapses into a series of droplets,.
WP10292 Thin streams of water falling vertically soon break up into droplets.
WP07770 Drops falling into still water.
WP06756 A jet of water eventually breaks into drops.
WP05276 Water drop forming spike.
WP04789 A water drop falling onto the surface of still water forms a spike.
WP04787 Sequence showing how a water drop, falling from height, forms a bubble when it strikes the surface of a still pond,.
WP02843 A water drop forms a spike when it strikes the surface of a still pool.
WP06587 Setting sun at spring equinox, 52 degrees latitude. Time lapse shot at 6 minute intervals. Surrey, England.
WP04317 Ginger Cat bounding multiple exposure.
WP00392 Multiple image of a Sorrel Abyssinian cat in mid leap.
WP04311 Red Burmese cat leaping: 8 strobe images (7 images + ghost).
WP04769 White cat Pyramus leaping onto a table. 3 images taken at 50 millisecond intervals.
WP00199 Falling ginger-and-white cat rights itself and lands on its feet. Multi-image strobe shot.
WP00340 Falling ginger-and-white kitten rights himself and lands on his feet. Multi-image strobe shot.
WP04898 Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie Bess attacking half brother Border Collie Bobby.
