Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), in breeding plumage, on riverbank, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) in flight, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

World's largest colony of Frigate Birds (Fregata magnificens) in the lagoon, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight in partial breeding plumage, Salton Sea, California, United States of America, North America

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Thrush, Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Willet (Tringa semipalmata) in breeding plumage stretching its wings, Antelope Island State Park, Utah, United States of America, North America

A male pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura), in breeding plumage in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), Overton Wildlife Management Area, Overton, Nevada, United States of America, North America

The proud look of a black woodpecker with its sharp peak and its red crown, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Two-banded courser (double-banded courser) (Rhinoptilus africanus), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Caspian tern (Sterna caspia) in breeding plumage in flight, Salton Sea, California, United States of America, North America

Indian Peacock (Pavo Cristatus) plumage display in the grounds of Barcelona Zoo, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Male pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus), The Pond, Amado, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Great egret (Ardea alba) in breeding plumage, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

White-Tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus) in mixed plumage, Mount Evans, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Red Wattled Lapwing, Vanellus indicus, bird in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Female mute swan, Cygnus olor, and her cygnet in Southrop in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Indian Black Kite raptor bird, Milvus Migrans, in the sky above Lake Pichola in first light of early morning, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Indian Rufous Treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda, bird in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

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

Female mute swan, Cygnus olor, and her cygnet in Southrop in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Indian Black Kite raptor bird, Milvus Migrans, in the sky above Lake Pichola in first light of early morning, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Male mute swan, Cygnus olor, known as a cob, in Southrop in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Female mute swan, Cygnus olor, and her cygnet in Southrop in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Shikra Hawk bird of prey, Accipiter Badius, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Shikra Hawk bird of prey, Accipiter Badius, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Common myna bird, Acridotheres tristis, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Female Osprey on bare branch of tree, Daintree River, Queensland, Australia

Blue-footed Booby bird protecting her eggs on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Noisy Mynah bird, Royal Botanical Gardens, Australia

Female pheasant perched in tree, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Blue-footed Booby juvenile bird on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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

Australian White Ibis, Sydney, Australia

Great Tit holding an insect in its beak rests on a bird box, England

Southern Cassowary bird, Queensland, Australia

Budgerigar perched on branch, Queensland, Australia

Male pheasant, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

African Jacana bird walking on river cabbage, Grumeti, Tanzania, East Africa

African Jacana bird walking on river cabbage, Grumeti, Tanzania, East Africa

Hoatzin birds at Lake Sandova, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) is a medium-sized eagle in the bird family Accipitridae, resident in Sub-Saharan Africa, in captivity in the United Kingdom, Europe

White-Breasted Kingfisher bird, Halcyon smyrnensis, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian Rufous Treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda, bird in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Male pheasant, Cotswolds, England

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

Female hen pheasant perched on a fence, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

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

Black Drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus, bird in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

European starling (sturnus vulgaris) in winter plumage, perched on branch, bulgaria

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

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) male displaying at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

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

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) male displaying at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

A Black Browed Albatross; Thalassarche melanophrys, flying in the Drake Passage, Sub-Antarctica.

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 Snowy Sheathbill, Chionis albus, in a King Penguin colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, flying in the Drake Passage, Sub-Antarctic.

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.

A Common Starling, Sturnus vulgaris in Seahouses, Northumberland, UK, moulting from Juvenile to adult plumage.

A Common Starling, Sternus vulgaris in Seahouses, Northumberland, UK.

A young Song Thrush in a woodland in Kirkoswold, Eden Valley, Cumbria, 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 Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

King Penguins on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, with passengers from an expedition cruise.

A Southern Giant Petrel, Macronectes giganteus, flying in the Drake Passage, Sub-Antarctic.

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

A female Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) amongst oil spilled from fishing boats in Seahouses harbour, Northumberland, UK.

King Penguins on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

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

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

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

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

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

A juvenile Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) on the coast in Northumberland, UK

Long-tailed duck (clangual hyernalis) adult male in summer breeding plumage, taking off from water, varanger, norway

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) portrait of adult in breeding pluamge, bill pouch extended, lake kerkini, greece

King Penguins head out to sea on a fishing trip past ice at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

King Penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, with passengers from an expedition cruise.

White pelican (pelecanus onocrotalus) portrait of adult in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) male at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) at rest on water, in breeding plumage, lake kerkini, greece

A male Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) in Seahouses harbour, Northumberland, UK.

King Penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

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

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

King Penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, with passengers from an expedition cruise.

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) males displaying at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

Ruff (philomachus pugnax) male displaying at lek, in breeding plumage, varanger, norway

Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus) adult in breeding plumage on water, lake kerkini, greece

A free range chicken and eggs in an animal sanctuary near Alston, United Kingdom, Europe

A Guillemot (Uria aalge) covered in oil on a black sand volcanic beach at Vik, on Iceland's south coast, Iceland, Polar Regions

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias), Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Florida, United States of America, North America

Sun Conures (Aratinga solstitialis) at Bird World in Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, Pacific