Composite image of Mute Swan, Cygnus olor, splashing down at London Wetland Centre
Viviparous Lizard, Lacerta vivipara, sunning itself on boardwalk across bog, Thursley Common
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Fighting Moorhens, Gallinula chloropus, Kennet & Avon Canal, Bradford-on-Avon
The two males fought for several minutes, locking together twice with feet
pressed on to each other's chests,
and ending by swimming side by side, heads down and wings raised in threat to
define an invisible boundary in the water.
The two females stayed close by.
Aerobatic Ravens, Corvus corax, St Justinian's, Wales
The pair flew round and round at speed, sometimes buzzing each other, sometimes upside-down.
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros, Dordogne
The nose-leaf, and the wings wrapped around the body, are characteristic.
Common Lizard Lacerta vivipara crushing a Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae, cf Oxypleurus nodieri), Dordogne
O. nodieri is a "rare Mediterranean longhorn beetle found on pine
trees" in Spain, France, and Greece.
This beetle was found out of the
Mediterranean zone, but in mixed Sweet Chestnut / Maritime Pine woodland in
France, so perhaps it was indeed that species.
Ringed Plovers, Charadrius hiaticula (and Dunlin, Calidris alpina), Shellness, Kent
Track of Curlew (Numenius arquata) - Prints of Feet and Beak, circling and probing in soft sand, Shellness, Kent
European Freshwater Crayfish, cf Astacus astacus, Dordogne
The picture was taken in 50 cm of murky water.
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, heraldic at take-off. Barnes
Wasp Spider on dew-laden Web, Sheppey
Common Frog, Rana temporaria
Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea, London
Tracks of Garden Snail, Helix aspersa, London
Composite image of Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis, 'parachuting' down to
its tree perch (shown) in its song flight.
Thursley Common
© Ian Alexander
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