Emperor penguin chick and adults (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), chick and adult, Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), chick and adults, Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), chick, Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), chicks in colony, Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chick (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chick and adult (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chick and adults (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chick (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chick and adult (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chick and adulta (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chick and adult (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adult on nest with young chicks on Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Four barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) chicks chirping, Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States of America, North America

Red-footed booby (Sula sula) chick, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) adult at nest with chick, Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

A black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) looking at its chick, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

Four barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) chicks chirp as parent approaches nest with food, Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States of America, North America

King penguin colony (rookery), South Georgia, South Atlantic

Coot (Fulica), young chick feeding, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) chick practising flight, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Nazca booby (Sula grantii) chick, Punta Suarez, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Gentoo penguins, Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Coot (Fulica) young chicks, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Male house sparrow (Passer domesticus) feeding a chick, near Saanich, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) chick, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Red-footed booby (Sula sula) chick, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

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

Nazca booby (Sula grantii) chick, Punta Suarez, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Adult osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with three chicks, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Nazca booby (Sula grantii) chick, Punta Suarez, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adult on nest with young chicks on Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Red-footed booby (Sula sula) chick, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Nazca booby (Sula grantii) chick, Punta Suarez, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) male with chicks, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

European eagle owl chicks (Bubo bubo), captive, United Kingdom, Europe

An adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua papua) looking at his chick, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

Chicks of Northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula ulula), native to Scandinavia and Eurasia, captive, World Owl Trust, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Barn owl (Tyto alba) chicks in captivity, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Nazca booby (Sula grantii) downy chick in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult and chick at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult and chick at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

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

Common Terns (Sterna hirundo), in their breeding colony in June, on Brownsea Island, a nature reserve in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) amongst chicks (okum boys) at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) chick at nest site on Prion Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Polar Regions

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chicks (okum boys) at nesting colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) amongst chicks at breeding colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), feeding chicks at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Mallard with duckling (Anas platyrhynchos), Martin Mere, Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Reserve, Burscough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii), on a small islet near Isla Salsipuedes, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Barn owl (Tyto alba) chicks, captive, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

First season king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica) chick stretching its wings, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin feeding chick, Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

King penguins with brown feathered chicks, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic

Black browed albatross chick, West Point Island, Falkland Islands, South America

King penguins with brown feathered chicks, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic

Ostrich (Struthio camelus), male with chicks, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Crowned plover or crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) adult with two chicks, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Gentoo penguin feeding large chick, Gourdin Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin feeding large chick, Gourdin Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

King penguin chick, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic

King penguin chick, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic

Blue-footed Booby bird on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador sheltering young chicks

Blue-footed Booby bird feeds juvenile on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

An adult King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) feeding its chick, Volunteer Point, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

Brown feathered king penguin chick, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic

King penguins with brown feathered chicks, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic

King penguins with brown feathered chicks, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic

Black browed albatross chick, West Point Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Gentoo penguin with young chicks, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin with young chicks, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin with young chicks, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin with young chicks, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

King penguins with brown feathered chicks, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic

King penguin chick, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic

Flightless steamer duck (tachyceres brachypterus) new island, falkland islands, group of chicks huddled together on the beach.

Flightless steamer duck (tachyceres brachypterus) new island, falkland islands, mother calling, with group of chicks sat on beach.

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.

Adult Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) and chicks on nest, Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin adult and chicks (Pygoscelis papua), Hannah Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin adult (Pygoscelis papua) feeding chicks, Hannah Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin adult and chicks (Pygoscelis papua) in colony, Hannah Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin adult and chicks (Pygoscelis papua), Hannah Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) feeding chick, Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) and chicks on nest, Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adult feeding chicks, Hannah Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Wandering albatross (diomedea exulans) prion island, south georgia, adult feeding chick

Upland goose (chloephaga picta) two chicks walking on sandy beach, new island, falkland islands.

Wandering albatross (diomedea exulans) prion island, south georgia, chick sat on nest, close-up

Flightless steamer duck (tachyceres brachypterus) new island, falkland islands, group of chicks with mother, sitting on the beach.