Darwin Finch bird feeding while on a rock, Santa Cruz, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

DarwinFinch bird, Santa Cruz, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Beak detail of Blue-footed Booby bird on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Yellow Warbler bird on rock, Santa Cruz, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Darwin Finch bird perched on branch, Santa Cruz, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Striated Caracara bird, Johnny Rook,elephant seals behind, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Brown Pelican bird in flight in clear blue sky, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Cormorant bird perched on a branch in Lake Sandoval , Peruvian Rainforest, South America

African Fish Eagle bird perched on trees in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Darwin Finch bird, Santa Cruz, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Brown Pelican bird in flight in clear blue sky, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

A bird resting on the back of a Common Plains Zebra (Grant's), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Brown Pelican bird in flight in clear blue sky, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Java green peafowl (Pavo muticus), Bali Bird Park, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Java green peafowl (Pavo muticus), Bali Bird Park, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Rock Shag bird, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

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

Spotted Flycatcher bird, with a wasp in its beak, on a branch in Oxfordshire, England

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

Juvenile Blue-footed Booby bird on the Galapagos Islands

Male pheasant, Cotswolds, England

Great White Egret, Ardea alba, also known as the Great Egret or Common Egret on Anna Maria, Island, Florida, USA

A striated Caracara bird on Sea Lion Island - part of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean

Yellow Warbler bird, Santa Cruz, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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

Common Babbler bird on fencepost at Chattra Sagar nature reserve at Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Peacock, Buchlovice, South Moravia, Czech Republic, Europe

Snowy egret (egretta thula) florida, usa, standing in water, feathers ruffled, showing red facial colour of breeding adult

Macaroni penguin (eudyptes chrysolophus) hercules bay, south georgia, close-up showing crest feathers.

King penguins (aptenodytes patagonicus) right whale bay, south georgia, lying down on rocky ground, close-up

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

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

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Capercaillie / western capercaillie / wood grouse, tetrao urogallus, adult male, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Eurasian eagle owl, bubo bubo, portrait, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Claws of bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Victoria crowned pigeon (goura victoria) native of indonesia, papua new guinea (captive bristol zoo

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

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.

A Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica, at Hannah Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic. Behind the penguin is lots of greenery, plants that are expanding as the Antarctic Peninsular warms as a result of climate change,

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.

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

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

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

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.

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) drake, close-up of blue wing feathers, oxfordshire, uk

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) male perched on twig with wet feathers, Bulgaria

Snowy egret (egretta thula) florida, usa, portrait against blue sky

King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

King penguin (aptenodytes patagonicus) right whale bay, south georgia, close-up of head and neck

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) male stretching wings, showing colouration, slimbridge, uk

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Peregrine falcon (falco peregrinus) ruffling feathers, scotland, captive

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

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

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

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

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) standing on ground showing wing feathers, oxfordshire, uk

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, Switzerland

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Feather. White feather with waterdrops; in green tundra vegetation; closeup

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

A guinea-fowl chick.