BIRDS – Mike Read

Kea Nestor notabilis a parrot endemic to New Zealand at Arthur's Pass railway station South Island New Zealand

02AD1664 Kea portrait

Booted racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii at hummingbird feeder Tandayapa Bird Lodge Ecuador South America

867-A-6 Booted racket-tail

Sandhill cranes Grus canadensis at sunset Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge New Mexico USA

752-A-271 Sandhill crane flock at sunset

Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus threat display near a nest site Norfolk England UK

189-A-351 Stone curlew displaying

Great shearwater Puffinus gravis landing head first in the sea near Grand Manan Island Bay of Fundy Canada August 2016

03AD0495 Great shearwater landing on sea

Grey heron Ardea cinerea landing with nest material Parc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau Regional Nature Park of the Camargue France February 2016

03AD0091 Grey heron landing with stick

Falkland grass wren Cistothorus platensis falklandicus singing from Diddle-dee Empetrum rubrum Sea Lion Island Falkland Islands November 2015

02AD9726 Falkland grass wren singing

Striated caracara Phalcoboenus australis killing a Falkland skua Catharacta antarctica on a beach Sea Lion Island Falkland Islands November 2015

02AD9648 Striated caracara killing Falkland skua

Dickcissel Spiza americana singing from the top of an umbelifer plant Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area Barton County Kansas USA July 2015

02AD9121 Dickcissel singing

White-tufted grebe Rollandia rolland rolland adult feeding chick on pond near Gypsy Cove East Falkland Falkland Islands

02AD8353 White-tufted grebe feeding chick

Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua rushing out of sea to avoid predators Bleaker Island Falkland Islands

02AD8204 Gentoo penguin jumping from sea

King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus three adults about to go into the sea Volunteer Point East Falkland Falkland Islands

02AD8016 King penguins about to enter sea

Red-footed falcon Falco vespertinus pair mating near Tiszaalpar Kiskunsag National Park Southern Great Plain Hungary

02AD7750 Red-footed falcons mating

Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybridus landing at nest site amongst water-lilies near Tiszaalpar Kiskunsag National Park Southern Great Plain Hungary

02AD7706 Whiskered tern landing on water lilies

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes female feeding young near Tiszaalpar Southern Great Plain Hungary

02AD7561 Hawfinch adult feeding chick

European bee-eater Merops apiaster landing to join another bird on a branch nearTiszaalpar Southern Great Plain Hungary

02AD7465 European bee-eater landing

Blue tit Parus caeruleus approaching nest with food for young Ringwood Hampshire England UK

02AD4024 Blue tit flying to nest

02AD4282 Great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus on gently rippling water with blue sky and clouds reflected Blashford Lakes Hampshire

02AD4282 Great crested grebe

Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa group feeding at sunrise Salgados Pera Marsh Agarve Portugal

02AD4857 Black-tailed godwit at sunrise

European roller Coracias garrulus adult taking off from perch with food for young near Tiszaalpar Hungary

02AD6050 European roller in flight

Common eider Somateria mollissima male wing flapping Loch Scridain Isle of Mull Argyll and Bute Scotland UK

02AD6475 Common eider male

Common crossbill Loxia curvirostra pair drinking from muddy puddle Glen Feshie Highland Region Scotland UK

02AD6627 Common crossbills drinking

Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica adult wing stretching amongst Thrift Armeria maritima island of Lunga Treshnish Isles Inner Hebrides Argyll and Bute Scotland UK

02AD7410 Atlantic puffin among Thrift

Falkland steamer duck Tachyeres brachypterus pair walking into the sea displaying Falkland Islands

02AD2734 Falkland steamer ducks

Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua nesting colony at sunrise Sea Lion Island Falkland Islands

02AD2472 Gentoo penguin colony at sunrise

Northern giant petrel Macronectes halli fighting for food New Zealand

02AD1894 Northern giant petrels fighting

Wandering albatross Diomedia exulans in flight over sea Kaikoura New Zealand

02AD1777 Wandering albatross

Black stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae juvenile Mackenzie Basin South Island New Zealand

02AD1584 Black stilt juvenile

Australasian gannet Morus serrator nesting colony at Muriwai Beach North Island New Zealand

02AD1118 Australasian gannet colony

Little bustard Tetrax tetrax male amongst purple vipers bugloss in spring Alentajo region Portugal

01AD6352 Little bustard male among flowers

Great bustard Otis tarda in flght near Castro Verde Alentejo Portugal

01AD7859 Great bustard in flight

Northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita ringed individual part of reintroduction project Pera Marsh Algarve Portugal

01AD8062 Northern bald ibis reintroduced bird

Common starlings Sturnus vulgaris flighting to reed bed roost, Westhay Moor NNR Somerset England UK February 2002.

01AD2140 Common starlings flying to roost

Purple swamp-hen Porphyrio porphyrio flying over Quinta do Lago golf course pond Algarve Portugal

01AD8166 Purple swamp-hen in flight

Village weaver Ploceus cucullatus male displaying for mate at partly completed nest Scottsburg South Africa

01AD8904 Village weaver male displaying

Drakensburg rock-jumper Chaetops aurantius with food Lesotho

01AD9010 Drakensburg rock-jumper

Levaillant's cisticola Cisticola tinniens with food for young Darvill Bird Sanctuary

01AD9027 Levaillant's cisticola South Africa

Common redshank Tringa totanus in flight against a blue sky Iceland July 2009

01AD9804 Common redshank in flight

Razorbill Alca torda about to land at nest site Isle of May Firth of Forth Scotland

01AD4166 Razorbill in flight

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos female and ducklings crossing road Peak District National Park Derbyshire England

01AD2949 Mallard family crossing road

Corsican nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi in Corsican pine forest Asco Valley Corsica France

01AD0912 Corsican nuthatch

Sandhill cranes Grus canadensis at sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA

01AD0550 Sandhill cranes at dawn

Dartford warbler Sylvia undata taking off from blooming gorse New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England

01AD2634 Dartford warbler take off

Crested tit Parus cristatus in larch tree near Aviemore Highland Region Scotland UK March 2006

01AD2354 Crested tit

Barn owl Tyto alba on roadside fence post Avon Valley Ringwood Hampshire England UK

241-A-59 Barn owl and frost

Common guillemot Uria aalge at their breeding colony Isle of May Firth of Forth Scotland

01AD4281 Common guillemot colony

Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos at drinking pool near Tiszaalpar Hungary

02AD6301 Common nightingale reflected

Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus juvenile with male Blackbird Turdus merula prey Hampshire England

02AD0819 Eurasian sparrowhawk with Blackbird prey