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

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

White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) in the nest, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) flying with sticks for nest building, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Tigers Nest Monastery (Taktshang Goempa), Bhutan

Traditional beehive house of the Dorze people made entirely from organic materials, Chencha mountains, Ethiopia, Africa

Stone beehive huts, Skellig Michael, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

Beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Local woman in front of her beehive house built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Donkey beside beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Kids playing on the beach surrounded by the turquoise Caribbean sea, The Nest, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

A night time light show at the Birds Nest National Stadium during the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China, Asia

Wasps making a wood pulp nest on oak beams, United Kingdom

Eagle's Nest, Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's lair at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, Germany

Eagle's Nest, Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's lair at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, Germany

Moorhen's nest, with seven eggs laid, made with twigs among iris plants in a pond in Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Common wasps, Vespula vulgaris, yellowjacket, with wasp nest, in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Moorhen's nest, with seven eggs laid, made with twigs among iris plants in a pond in Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

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

2008 Olympic Games gold Bird's Nest Stadium model in souvenir shop, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Male Frigate bird with inflated pouch, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tak Tsang Tiger's Nest Buddhist Monastery, Bhutan

Tak Tsang Tiger's Nest Buddhist Monastery, Bhutan

Female mute swan building her nest, Donnington, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Moorhen's nest, with seven eggs laid, made with twigs among iris plants in a pond in Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Female mute swan asleep on nest of moss and twigs, Donnington, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom

Bhutanese woman, Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Kids playing on the beach surrounded by the turquoise Caribbean sea, The Nest, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

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

Man on donkey in front of beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Indian Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, in tree nest in village of Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Shag on nest, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sheep being milked in front of beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Bhutanese man with cell phone, Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Inside The Birds Nest National Stadium, designed by Herzog and de Meuren, during the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China, Asia

Construction at Olympics site, The Beijing National Stadium, The Bird's Nest, China

The Tak Tsang (Tiger's Nest) Buddhist monastery nestled on the granite cliffs above Paro, Bhutan.

Looking out to the Water Cube National Aquatics Center from The Birds Nest National Stadium designed by Herzog and de Meuren in the Olympic Green, Beijing, China, Asia

Traffic on motorway passes Olympics site of The Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest), China

The Tak Tsang (Tiger's Nest) Buddhist monastery nestled on the granite cliffs above Paro, Bhutan.

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

Kittiwake with young on nest, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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

Beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Inside the Birds Nest National Stadium during the 2008 Olympic Games, athletics competition, Beijing, China, Asia

Buddhist prayer flag, Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Termite nest on a palm tree at Lake Sandoval,Peruvian Rainforest, South America

Clsoe-up of a Wandering Albatross on nest, Prion Island, South Georgia, Atlantic

Woman in doorway of a 200 year old beehive house in the desert, Ebla area, Syria, Middle East

A monk walking through prayer flags, Tigers Nest, Taktsang Goemba, Paro Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Olympic Stadium (The Bird's Nest), Beijing, China, Asia

Crow flying over Eagle's Nest, Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's lair at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, Germany

Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Woman smiling showing the typical colors of the island, The Nest, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Wren's nest nestled secretly hidden among ivy leaves on a wall in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Eagle's Nest, Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's lair at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, Germany

Olympic Stadium (The Bird's Nest), Beijing, China, Asia

Two European white storks (Ciconia ciconia) and their nests on a convent bell tower, against a blue sky, Santo Domingo, La Rioja, Spain, Europe

The Quiet Nest villa with minaret, The Palace of Queen Marie, Balchik, Black Sea coast, Bulgaria, Europe

Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Bird nest soup, Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Nesting black-browed albatross, Steeple Jason island, Falkland Islands, South America

Eagle Nest House, Ute Mountain Tribal Park, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Eastern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus flavirostris) at its nest, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Isle of Lunga, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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

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

Little spotted kiwi with eggs, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

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.

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

A Black Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) sitting on a nest in a mixed nesting colony of albatross's and Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) on Westpoint island in the Falkland Islands off argentina, in South America. Albatrosses are globally thratened by long line fishing boats who are responsible for killing thousands of birds.

White stork, stork, ciconia ciconia, weissstorch, storch, female standing in its nest, spring, oetwil am see, zuerich, switzerland

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

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.

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) pair perched on sand bank at nest hole, Bulgaria

Adult Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) and chick on nest, with mountains and glaciers in background, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

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.

Little spotted kiwi with eggs, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

A pair of Black Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) Allopreening to reinforce the pair bond in a nesting colony on Westpoint island in the Falkland Islands off Argentina, in South America. Albatrosses are globally thratened by long line fishing boats who are responsible for killing thousands of birds.

A Black Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in a nesting colony of albatross's and Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) on Westpoint island in the Falkland Islands off argentina, in South America. Albatrosses are globally thratened by long line fishing boats who are responsible for killing thousands of birds.

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

White storks (Ciconia ciconia) nest on the roof of the El Badi Palace in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

A pair of Black Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) Allopreening to reinforce the pair bond in a nesting colony on Westpoint island in the Falkland Islands off Argentina, in South America. Albatrosses are globally thratened by long line fishing boats who are responsible for killing thousands of birds.

Red-rumped Swallow ( Hirundo daurica) gathering mud for nest building, Bulgaria

White stork, ciconia ciconia, couple building its nest, spring, oetwil am see, zuerich, switzerland

A Black Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) chick sitting on a nest in a mixed nesting colony of albatross's and Rockhopper Penguins

A mixed Black Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) and Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) nesting colony on Westpoint island in the Falkland Islands off Argentina, in South America, being watched by a group on a wildlife tourist trip.

Little Auks or Dovekie (Alle alle) at a nesting colony at Sallyhamna (79¬851‚Äôn 11¬823‚Äôe) on the north coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. These small Auks are specialist Arctic birds and only nest in the far north.

An Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) in Longyearbyen, Svalbard driving off an intruder near its nest.

A pair of Black Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) Allopreening to reinforce the pair bond in a nesting colony on Westpoint island in the Falkland Islands off argentina, in South America. Albatrosses are globally thratened by long line fishing boats who are responsible for killing thousands of birds.

White stork, ciconia ciconia, couple standing in its nest, courtship, spring, oetwil am see, zuerich, switzerland