Pink-footed geese in the sky at sunset over Holkham saltmarshes, North Norfolk, UK

Public garden commemorating first migrants who reached Israel by sea, with memorial in shape of a boat and David tower in the background, London Square, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, Middle East

Migratory Lapwings at Thames Estuary. It is feared that Avian Flu (Bird Flu) could be brought to Britain from Europe by migrating birds.

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering near Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Wildebeest migration trail, Grumeti, Tanzania

Summer migration of Kazaks, Altay Mountains, northeast Xinjiang, China, Asia

Bridge over the Rio Grande on the border of Mexico at Nuevo Laredo and the U.S.A. at Laredo, Texas, United States of America, North America

Ghetto on main road, Iraklion, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Migratory Starlings at Thames Estuary. It is feared that Avian Flu (Bird Flu) could be brought to Britain from Europe by migrating birds.

Pink-footed geese in the sky at sunset at Burnham Thorpe near Holkham, North Norfolk, UK

Pink-footed geese in the sky at sunset over Holkham saltmarshes, North Norfolk, UK

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

Migration of butterflies, Chimmini Sactuary, Thrissur, Kerala, India, Asia

Hyde Park Barracks, originally an Immigration Depot for single female immigrants seeking work as domestic servants, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on Krill in Wilhelmena Bay, Antarctic Peninsular and surfacing wth a metre of a zodiak. The whales migrate here in the summer to feed on the Krill. Krill numbers have declined by over 50%. They feed on algae that grows on the underside of sea ice, As the sea ice melts, both algae and krill decline. This shot has penguins resting on an iceberg in the background.

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.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on Krill in Wilhelmena Bay, Antarctic Peninsular. The whales migrate here in the summer to feed on the Krill. Krill numbers have declined by over 50%. They feed on algae that grows on the underside of sea ice, As the sea ice melts, both algae and krill decline. An expedition cruise ship in the background

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on Krill in Wilhelmena Bay, Antarctic Peninsular. With passengers from an expedition crusie in Zodiaks. The whales migrate here in the summer to feed on the Krill. Krill numbers have declined by over 50%. They feed on algae that grows on the underside of sea ice, As the sea ice melts, both algae and krill decline.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on Krill in Wilhelmena Bay, Antarctic Peninsular. The whales migrate here in the summer to feed on the Krill. Krill numbers have declined by over 50%. They feed on algae that grows on the underside of sea ice, As the sea ice melts, both algae and krill decline.

Black Headed Gulls fedding on Seaweed flies that are being flushed out of the seaweed on the strand line at high tide, at Boulmer, Northumberland, UK.

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

Red Knot, (Calidris canutus) flocking on salt marsh on morecambe Bay, Cumbria, UK, a high tide.

An Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea, that has been ringed, on Inner Farne, on the Farnes Islands, off Seahouses in Northumberland, UK.

Greylag Goose (Anser anser) in flight, Slimbridge, UK

Village life, paraguay. Near the paraguay-brazil border. A family of german people who have settled in the area

Usa murals depicting migration and contrast between north and south, el paso, texas

Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus), three adults land to join many others and roosting Avocets (Recurvirostra avocetta) on Kallini salt pans during the autumn migration period, Isle of Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother and calf in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) carcass on Isla Tiburon, Sonora, Mexico.

Beached California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf stranded by gill net around flukes on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Curious California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother and calf approach boat in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico. (Restricted Resoluion - pls contact us)

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother being touched underwater in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico. (Restricted Resoluion - pls contact us)

Adult California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing (note barnacles and whale lice) in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Adult bull California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) penis display (courtship behaviour) in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico. (Restricted Resolution - pls contact us)

Curious California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf approaches boat in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico. (Restricted Resoluion - pls contact us)

Camerman Peter Scoones filming Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) underwater with remote camera, San Ignacio lagoon, Baja California, Mexico

Beached California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with Turkey Buzzards feeding on carcass on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) baleen (detail showing exterior side) on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, amongst normally coloured animals, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Leucism is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair or feathers . This results in either the entire surface or patches of the body surface having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf underwater in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) fluke-up dive - note extreme scarring and damage to right fluke - in Bahia Magdalena on the Pacific side of the Baja Penninsula. Pacific Ocean.

Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Leucism is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair or feathers . This results in either the entire body surface or patches of the body surface having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.

The Indian summer colours the tree line along the coast indicating the oncoming winter. A sign that Minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) should start their migration south to unknown waters. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Common or Eurasian crane (Grus grus) flocks flying from roost site at sunrise, silhouetted against dawn sky, autumn migration period, Rugen-Bock-Region, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Beached female California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) carcass in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing near whale watchers in Magdalena Bay along the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Pacific Ocean.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping near whale watchers in Magdalena Bay along the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with both pectoral fins in the air in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Free diving with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in clear waters off Island of Bimini. Here dolphins come to rest and socialist between feeding sessions. Isla

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Canadian Snow Goose Migration, Chen caerulescens, Canadian Snow Geese, Bosque del Apache, New Mexico

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing (note eye and mouthline) in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Curious California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf approaches boat (eye detail) in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing (note eye and mouthline) in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf surfacing in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) underwater (eye detail) in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Whooper swans at Martin Mere bird reserve near Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Juvenile gull landing on the back of a California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Whooper Swans and ducks being fed at Martin Mere in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping in Magdalena Bay along the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Pacific Ocean.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping near whale watchers in Magdalena Bay along the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Common or Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) family of 3 flying from roost at dawn, silhouetted against sky, autumn migration period, Rugen-Bock-Region, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail-slapping off Mala Wharf in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) adult spy-hopping in Magdalena Bay on the Pacific side of the Baja Penninsula. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Beached California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf stranded by gill net around flukes on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Whooper Swans and ducks being fed at Martin Mere in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) fluke-up dive - possible courtship behavior - in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing near whale watchers in San Ignacio lagoon along the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Pacific Ocean.

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) tail lobbing in breeding lagoons along Baja Peninsular, Mexico

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) baleen (detail showing interior side) on Isla Tiburon in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Mother and calf California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing to blow near boat. Yellowish barnacles and mottled pigmentation typical of this species. Baja California, Mexico

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping near the town of Puerto Lopez Mateos, BCS along the Pacific side of the Baja Penninsula. Pacific Ocean.

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping near whale watchers in Magdalena Bay along the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Pacific Ocean.

Floating California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) carcass being scavenged by gulls in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

Brent geese flying over their Norfolk wintering grounds, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in Dallmann Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Two adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up diving side-by-side in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Five Common or Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) flying from roost, silhouetted against blue sky, autumn migration period, Rugen-Bock-Region, Mecklenberg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching off Mala Wharf in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Two adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up diving side-by-side in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

A waxwing feeding on rowan berries

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive side-by-side in the AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Waxwings feeding on a tree in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Olive ridley turtle hatchling, Lepidochelys olivacea, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil (South Atlantic)

Olive ridley turtle hatchling, Lepidochelys olivacea, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil (South Atlantic)

Cemetery, Barbate, Cadiz, Spain