Ostrich, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) on a beach near South Head on the Tasman Sea, North Island, New Zealand

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

White-fronted tern Sterna Striata) in full flight over a beach near South Head on the Tasman Sea, North Island, New Zealand

Heron at Lake Sandoval, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

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

Hoatzin birds at Lake Sandova, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Tiger Heron on Lake Sandova, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Hoatzin birds at Lake Sandova, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Superb Starling, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa

Blue-footed Booby juvenile birds on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in flight with fish in beak, across the Hauraki Gulf off the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

Bateleur Eagle, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa

Hoatzin birds at Lake Sandoval, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Juvenile Tiger Heron on the prow of a boat on Lake Sandoval, Peruvian Rainforest, South America

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) on a beach near South Head on the Tasman Sea, North Island, New Zealand

Black-winged Lapwing, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

Kori Bustard, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

Ostrich, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

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

European Eagle Owl,Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) on a beach near South Head on the Tasman Sea, North Island, New Zealand

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

Male pheasant, Cotswolds, England

Grey Crowned- Crane, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

Malachite Kingfisher, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa

Chaffinch perches on post against snowy slope, Oxfordshire

Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, UK

Goldfinch on a birdfeeder loaded with thistle / niger seeds, Cotswolds, England

Starling on a birdfeeder in a garden pecking at peanuts, Cotswolds, England

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

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) calling on a rock near South Head on the Tasman Sea, North Island, New Zealand

Kelp Goose, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Black-Headed Ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Little Bee-eater, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) in winter plumage calling from tree branch, St. James's Park, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Brolga, Queensland, Australia

Gray-backed Fiscal (shrike), Grumet, Tanzania, East Africa

Lesser Flamingo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa

Great Spotted Woodpecker on a birdfeeder pecking at peanuts, Cotswolds, England

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in breeding plumage in captivity, Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Kelp Goose, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Goldfinch perches by snowy slope in winter in The Cotswolds, UK

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

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Gray-backed Fiscal (shrike), Grumet, Tanzania, East Africa

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Kelp Goose, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Gray-backed Fiscal (shrike), Grumet, Tanzania, East Africa

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) on a beach near South Head , North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted terns (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

Usambiro Barbet, Grumet, Tanzania, East Africa

Grey Crowned Crane, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

White-fronted tern (Sterna Striata) in North Island, New Zealand

African Stonechat, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, East Africa

Guard, Vatican, Vatican City.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Female ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus), moulting from winter plumage in April, Cairngorm, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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

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

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

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