Immature Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) bathing after rain, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Immature Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus) bathing after rain, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

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

A young Giraffe (Giraffa), in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Young Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), bulls mock fighting at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic, Polar Regions

A young black-collared hawk (Busarellus nigricollis), Rio Negrio, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

A young great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in the nest on North Seymour Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, South America

Swan in Richmond Park, at Pen Ponds at sunrise, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A young White-faced Egret strolls through woodland near Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

A young red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), on a sign near Whitewater Draw, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Portrait, nicaragua. Ribas, carazo. A young woman with a bird on her shoulder

A young Green Heron (Butorides Virescens) fishing by a pond, Bermuda, Atlantic, North America

Bluetit bird feeding hungry young nestling in a garden bird box, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Spotted Owlet bird, Athene brama, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Bluetit hungry young nestling bird cheeping in a garden bird box, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Female Canada Goose, Branta canadensis, with young goslings, on River Windrush at Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, UK

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Bluetit bird feeding hungry young nestling in a garden bird box, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Bluetit hungry young nestling bird awaits feeding in a garden bird box, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Great Spotted Woodpecker makes nesting hole in Poplar tree , Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

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

Baby buzzard in barn, Asthall, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Blue-footed Booby bird on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador with a pair of young birds

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

King penguin chicks and bird watching tourists on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island, Antarctica

Great Spotted Woodpecker makes nesting hole in Poplar tree , Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

Female Osprey and juvenile perched on bare branches of tree, Daintree River, Queensland, Australia

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

Young man holding parrot, Kauai, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, United States of America, Pacific, North America

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.

Mute swan (cygnus olor) family of cygnets on nest, abbotsbury, uk

Mute swan (cygnus olor) egg about to hatch, abbotsbury, uk

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 young Song Thrush in a woodland in Kirkoswold, Eden Valley, Cumbria, UK.

Mute swan (cygnus olor) cygnet on mothers back, abbotsbury, uk

King Penguins in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

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

A female Goosander, Mergus merganser,with young ducklings hitching a ride on her back on the river Brathay, Ambleside, Lake District, UK,

Mute swan (cygnus olor) cygnets asleep on mothers back, abbotsbury, uk

Mute swan (cygnus olor) cygnets on mothers back, abbotsbury, uk

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

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

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

Mute swan (cygnus olor) adult turning eggs on nest, abbotsbury, uk

White stork, stork, ciconia ciconia, mother and young standing in nest, spring, oetwil am see, zuerich, switzerland

Mute swan (cygnus olor) egg about to hatch, abbotsbury, uk

Mute swan (cygnus olor) resting head on its back, close-up view, abbotsbury, uk

Mute swan (cygnus olor) cygnets on mothers back, abbotsbury, uk

Mute swan (cygnus olor) adult on nest turning eggs, abbotsbury, uk

Wandering albatross (diomedea exulans) prion island, south georgia, chick exercising wings

Baby chick, freshly hatched sitting on eggs, studio, switzerland

Mute swan (cygnus olor) cygnet asleep on mothers back, abbotsbury, uk

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

Baby chick, freshly hatched sitting on eggs, studio, switzerland

Gentoo penguin. Pygoscelis papua. Royal bay, south georgia, antarctica

White stork, stork, ciconia ciconia, weissstorch, storch, mother and young standing in nest, spring, oetwil am see, zuerich, switzerland

Mute swan (cygnus olor) cygnet resting on the water, seen from above, oxfordshire, uk

Gentoo penguin. Pygoscelis papua. Chick. Wiencke island. Antarctica

Gentoo penguins. Pygoscelis papua. Juvenile gentoos hanging around a pool. Antarctica

Mute swan (cygnus olor) cygnets on mothers back, abbotsbury, uk

Mute swan (cygnus olor) cygnet on mothers back, abbotsbury, uk

Mute swan (cygnus olor) close-up of cygnet, abbotsbury, uk

A guinea-fowl chick.

Baby chick, freshly hatched sitting on eggs, studio, switzerland

A pair of Mute Swans with a new cygnet in the Lake District Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A pair of young Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink and dog salmon on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA

A parent and chick Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on Paulet Island on the Northeast side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Adelie penguin chick (Pygoscelis adeliae) fledging its downy feathers for the adult feathers underneath on Devil Island, Antarctica.

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chicks covered with mud and guano on Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) tobogganing near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) chick in the nest in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Juvenile great frigate bird (Fregata minor) nesting and breeding site on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

A leucistic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) adult feeding its "normal" colored chicks on Devil Island near the Antarctic Peninsula

Curious king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colony at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup (often called "weaners" once their mothers stop nursing them) on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Adult Antarctic Shag, (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) from breeding colony on the Antarctic Peninsula

A young Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink and dog salmon on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colony on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean.

South Georgia pintail (Anas georgica georgica) chick on South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in flight in Takatz Bay on Baranof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in Antarctica

Grave site at the abandoned former whaling station at Port Foster inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

A young striated heron (Butorides striata) fishing along the lava shore in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent feeding downy chick on Pleneau Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) chick (head detail) at Devil's Nose on New Island in the Falkland Island Group, Falklands.

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent with downy chick on Petermann Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

The Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), Argentina, South America

The Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), Argentina

Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) leaving nest in bark after feeding young still holding an insect. Argyll, Scotland, UK

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick, Hannah Point, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

King Penguin (Aptenodytes Patagonicus) protecting its chick. Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island, Subantarctic Australia.

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) - hatchling returning to the sea only hours old. Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean (RR)

Young eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) fishing in a shallow bay on Isla Danzante in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico.