Habitat Collection (#9)

Red-footed booby (Sula sula), brown morph, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands

Collared earthstar (Geastrum triplex) fungus growing on forest floor. Spores are ejected when the fungus is disturbed, such as by falling raindrops. Peak District National park, Derbyshire. UK

Rowi or Okarito Brown Kiwi (Apteryx rowi) male called Scooter in rainforest habitat. Okarito Forest, Westland, South Island, New Zealand

Termite hill and acacia tree, Shaba National Reserve, North Kenya

Wild cat (Felis silvestris) sitting on rock surrounded by snow, Cantabrian Mountains, Spain. January

Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) trying to feed on the leaves of a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). As pups, the sharks have to learn to hunt for themselves and sometimes make mistakes

Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus), adult male on oak tree, Italy

Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) male foraging in forest understory. Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, Central India

RF - Mist hanging over Lowland Dipterocarp Rainforest just after sunrise. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

RF - African lioness (Panthera leo) using Umbrella acacia tree (Acacia tortillis) as a lookout. Ngorongoro Conservation Area / Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Tenerife wall gecko (Tarentola delalandii) endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands

Western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) female basking in habitat near a Cork Tree, Sicily, Italy

Common meadow-rue (Thalictrum flavum), locally rare plant, Chertsey Meads, Surrey, England, June

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) landing at its nest in a Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) draped with epiphytic Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA. April

Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) male silhouetted at sunset, living in the wild but owned by a camel herdsman, Turpan Basin, Gobi Desert, Xinjiang, China

Bull kelp canopy (Nereocystis luetkeana) floating on the surface providing protective habitat for juvenile Rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada

Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) male silverback from Sabyinyo group, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, July

Yellow tulip (Tulipa australis / Tulipa sylvestris ssp australis) Grande, Sibillini, Appennines, Umbria, Italy, May

Two Black woodpeckers (Dryocopus martius) males on tree trunk in territorial dispute, Peerdsbos, Braschaat, Belgium. April

Wolf giant tortoise (Chelonoidis becki) in habitat. Hybrids of mixed parentage with different shell shapes are scattered far and wide on the rugged west slope of Wolf Volcano

Green crested lizard (Bronchocela rayaensis) female, Khao Phra Thaew NP, Phuket, Thailand. Dry season

Feral domestic cattle, Puerto Fragata, Isabela Island, Galapagos

Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen about to land at her nest burrow in a garden lawn with loaded pollen sacs to provision grubs that will become future workers for her colony, Wiltshire

Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinnella septempunctata) just emerged from hibernation, sunning on a Honeysuckle leaf with buildings in the background, Wiltshire garden, UK, April

A vibrant Caribbean coral reef with two Reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) and Common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina) and sea plumes (Pseudopterogorgia sp)

Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes sp. ) growing in Sheldon Lagoon, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes sp.) growing in Sheldon Lagoon, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

Scots Pine forest in winter, Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, November 2010

Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) walking up dune, Swakopmund, Dorob National Park, Namibia

Umbrella thorn tree (Vachellia tortilis) in the Etosha pan with common ostrich (Struthio camelus) male. Etosha National Park, Namibia

Birds eye primrose (Primula farinosa) a plant confined in Britain to the Pennines of Durham and Yorkshire and Durhams coastal limestone. Widdybank Fell, Upper Teesdale, Durham, England, UK, June

Crested dragon (Ctenophorus cristatus) male basking on a fallen log in chenopod shrubland habitat near Balladonia, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia

Yellow whitlow grass (Draba aizoides) growing at Pennard Castle, South Wales, UK. March. In Britain into only occurs on the cliffs around the Gower Peninsula

Wood cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum) growing at Muker Meadows in Swaledale, Yorkshire, England, UK, June

White rock-rose (Helianthemum apenninum) a rare plant of a few coastal locations in Devon and Somerset, growing here on Brean Down near Weston, Avon, England, UK, June

Sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia) at Chappetts Copse, Hampshire, England, UK, May

Oxlip (Primula elatior) growing in Shadwell Woods Reserve, Essex, England, UK, April

Northern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella) at Teesmouth National Nature Reserve, North Gare near Hartlepool, Cleveland, England, UK, June

Muker Meadows National Nature Reserve with buttercups, Swaledale, Yorkshire, England, UK, June

Mountain pansy (Viola lutea) on Widdybank Fell in Upper Teesdale, Co. Durham, England, UK, June

Early spider orchid (Ophrys spegodes) growing on Samphire Hoe near Dover, Kent, England, UK, May

Dark red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens ), a rare orchid. 90% of the British population grow at this old quarry at Bishop Middleham, County Durham, England, UK. July

Dandelion fiowers (Taraxacum sp. ) in field near Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
Dandelion fiowers (Taraxacum sp.) in field near Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May

Primrose (Primula vulgaris) in Lower Woods, Gloucestershire, England, UK, March

Clarkes pool meadow, an unimproved lowland hay meadow managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, dotted with Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) in early spring

Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, May

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in snowy pine forest. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March. Highly commended in the Wild Woods Category of the BWPA Awards 2019

Catalina Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus catalinensis), Catalina (Santa Catalina) Island, Loreto Bay National Park, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico, May

Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) flock feeding at wall of clay lick, flying and perched in trees. Heath River, Tambopata / Bahuaja-Sonene Reserves, Amazonia, Peru / Bolivia border

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