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