Wildlife Photos

9 hours ago

@BBCBigBlueLive from #California sea otters from my recent trip #elkhornslough @iNatureUK

Dommelfei ‏@Dommelfei  

Long-tailed Blue laying egg. #butterfly

Robert Quadling ‏@eastengland2014 

15/08/2015 SWT Carlton Marshes Araneus Quadratus Spider with a fly. @SWTBroadsWarden @TwOWildlifepics

Sparrowhawk

Gower Wanderer ‏@Gowerwanderer  

Sparrowhawk at Horton @iNatureUK @NatureUK

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

 @savebutterflies @wildlife_uk #moth

@FinlaysonGib: Black Kite (Milvus migrans) #WildlifePhotography

Penny Sarchet ‏@PennySarchet Aug 14

Shock training + surgery: the extreme efforts bringing California condors back from the brink https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28049-extreme-measures-put-california-condors-on-brink-of-recovery/ …

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 14

A lucky escape for this Plain Prinia in @guardianeco's week in wildlife pictures http://bit.ly/1Pcz5st

Sedge Warblers and other migrant birds are in a feeding frenzy http://bit.ly/1PclJfP
via @daily_express

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 13

MT @Interior: A blackbird attacking a hawk at DeSoto & Boyer Chute #WildlifeRefuge 

by Mike White

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 13

New @PLOSONE study confirms that endangered Cape Parrot is a distinct species http://bit.ly/1TvFRQJ 

via @guardian

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 13

Are birds being sarcastic about us? 

http://on.wsj.com/1P9tC5D 

via @WSJ

BBC Springwatch ‏@BBCSpringwatch Aug 13

Wing Tips: A #Springwatch guide to identifying our birds of prey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/entries/dcd6c3da-9952-40c2-884f-15cfdbabc9bd …

#Raptors #BirdOfPrey

The Condor ‏@CondorJournal Aug 12

Also new today: eastern Golden Eagles show leapfrog migration pattern. http://aoucospubsblog.org/2015/08/12/migratory-patterns-of-eastern-golden-eagle-population-revealed/ …

#ornithology

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 12

RT @audubonsociety: 10 avian superstars http://ow.ly/JAQMU 

#birds #recordbreakers

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 12

Fantastic Barn Owl from below by Roy Rimmer wins @birdguides photo of the week

  http://bit.ly/1P6SqeD 

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 12

A fascinating feature on the Kingfisher for today's @UniCambridge Animal Alphabet series http://bit.ly/1P6QDX5 

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 12

Deceptive woodpecker uses mimicry to avoid competition http://bit.ly/1P6Lj5P
via @physorg_biology @AukJournal

BTO ‏@_BTO Aug 12

New study @UniCambridge shows Jackdaws can recognise individual human faces http://bit.ly/1TqnFYv 

via @physorg_com

A flamingo and chicks await being fitted with identity rings at a lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve near Malaga, southern Spain, in August. Around 600 flamingo chicks were tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon, one of the largest flamingo colonies in Europe.

Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

BBC Springwatch ‏@BBCSpringwatch Aug 12

A great photo from Neil Rolph to highlight the differences between Kestrel and Sparrowhawk... 

Seal, just kicking back on the beach.