Little owl (Athene noctua), Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

White tern, Bird Island, Tikehau, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, Pacific Islands, Pacific

Nazca booby (Sula granti), Hispanola Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Little owl (Athene noctua), Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult silvery grebe (Podiceps occipitalis), Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Adult male magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

St. James's Park, Horse Guards and London Eye, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) landing on branch in snowfall, Finland, Europe

Black stork (Ciconia nigra) with a fish, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Reed cormorants (Microcarbo africanus) drying wings, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Adult Stewart Island weka (Gallirallus australis scotti), Ulva Island, off Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa, Africa

Red-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorynchus), Zimanga game reserve, South Africa

Adult dark morph red-footed booby (Sula sula), Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) on white rhino (Ceratotherium simum), Zimanga game reserve, South Africa

Close-up of the head of a bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, Chateau de Beaucaire, Gard, France, Europe

White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Spotted eagle owl (Bubo africanus) with its eyes open, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Adult dark morph red-footed booby (Sula sula), Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Portrait of a great grey owl (Strix nebulosa), captive, United Kingdom, Europe

Little owl (Athene noctua) perched in stone barn, captive, United Kingdom, Europe

A bird's eye view of an idyllic island and healthy fringing reef in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This tropical area in the Lesser Sunda Islands is known for its marine biodiversity as well as its infamous Komodo dragons.

Magdalena Island, Magallanes Region, Punta Arenas, Chile, South America

Black browed albatross snuggling in nest, Falkland Islands, South America

Graffiti in Eyre Street, Galway, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Adult Magellanic oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus) on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands

Little owl baby (Athene noctua), captive, United Kingdom, Europe

Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) with an insect, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Puffin (Fratercula), Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Largest Asian Stupa, Boudhanath Stupa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

A bird's eye view shows the rugged landscape of Komodo Island in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This tropical area in the Lesser Sunda Islands is known for its marine biodiversity as well as its infamous Komodo dragons.

Bird's eye view of the city Kalabaka, Trikala, Thessaly, Greece, Europe

Bird's eye view of the city of Berat, Albania, Europe

Bird's eye view of the city of Berat, Albania, Europe

Adult Swallow-Tailed Gull, showing breeding season red rimmed eye, a nocturnal equatorial seabird, found almost exclusively in the Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Graffiti wall painting in Eyre Street, Galway, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Adult Magellanic oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus) on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands

Adult Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) atriceps) exhibiting intense breeding plumage, New Island, Falkland Islands

Great Kiskadee, (Pitangus Sulphuratus), a passerine bird common in Central and South America, Bermuda, Atlantic, North America

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), on Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

A pair of hooded orioles (Icterus cucullatus), in courtship, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Heermann's gulls (Larus heermanni), quarreling at breeding colony on Isla Rasa, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North Anerica

A female house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), on flower, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) flipping a grasshopper, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) (Monkey-eating eagle), Davao, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Southern ground-hornbill (ground hornbill) (Bucorvus leadbeateri), male, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Rupellss griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Yellow-footed gull (Larus livens), on its nest on Isla San Esteban, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) (Japanese or Mountain white-eye), a small passerine bird with olive and yellow colouration, Gunung Lokon, Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pigeons and prayer flags on Boudha Stupa (Chorten Chempo), Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Majestic peacock displaying vibrant blue and green plumage, with a blurred green background at Kew Gardens, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Little owls (Athene noctua) perched in stone barn, captive, United Kingdom, Europe

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) with a fish, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions

A wild adult bare-legged owl (Margarobyas lawrencii), endemic to Cuba, Zapata National Park, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca), Savuti Marsh area, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) (Monkey-eating eagle), Davao, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Clark County, Nevada, United States of America, North America

Pigeons and prayer flags on Boudha Stupa (Chorten Chempo), Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) adult and ckick, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Bird's eye view of two combined tractors mowing a yellow meadow in two different rows, Italy, Europe

Grey Heron bird, Ardea cinerea, taking flight from the River Thames in Berkshire, UK

Brown Pelican, Islamorada, Florida Keys, USA

Red-legged partridge also known as French partridge on dry stone wall in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Pied Curraway bird (Magpie family) in the Blue Mountains National Park, Australia

Goose, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Free-range birds may be at risk if Avian Flu (Bird Flu Virus) spreads

Southern Cassowary bird, Queensland, Australia

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo eating vegetation, Australia

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Australia

Hoatzin birds at Lake Sandova, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Golden eagle, Highland region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Golden eagle (aquila chrysaetos) close-up of face, scotland, captive

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) portrait of adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

Golden eagle (aquila chrysaetos) close-up of eye, scotland, captive

Pink-backed pelican (pelecanus rufescens) native of africa and middle east (captive bristol zoo)

A South Georgia Pintail, Anas georgica georgica, a small species of duck that is endemic too and only found on South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) close-up of face, adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

A Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica, at Hannah Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic. Behind the penguin is lots of greenery, plants that are expanding as the Antarctic Peninsular warms as a result of climate change,

Red,legged seriema (cariama cristata) close,up of head showing eye, captive, brazil.

Large bull Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, fighting at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Antarctica, in a King Penguin colony.

King penguins (aptenodytes patagonicus) st andrews bay, south georgia, small group in snowy landscape, fish-eye view

Golden eagle (aquila chrysaetos) portrait, scotland, captive

Golden eagle (aquila chrysaetos) close-up of face, scotland, captive

Jackass penguin (spheniscus demersus) portrait, native of southern africa (captive bristol zoo).

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

Verreauxs (black) eagle (aquila verreauxii) portrait, captive, south africa

European eagle owl (bubo bubo) close-up of face, abstract image, scotland, captive

Victoria crowned pigeon (goura victoria) native of indonesia, papua new guinea (captive bristol zoo

Eurasian eagle owl, bubo bubo, portrait, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv