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Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)_Dinant (Belgium) |
Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)_Dinant (Belgium) |
Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)_Dinant (Belgium) |
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)_Urzelina (Sao Jorge) |
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)_Urzelina (Sao Jorge) |
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)_Urzelina (Sao Jorge) |
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)_Urzelina (Sao Jorge) |
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)_Urzelina (Sao Jorge) |
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)_Urzelina (Sao Jorge) |
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)(1st winter male)_Lighthouse Valley (Corvo) |
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)(1st winter male)_Ribeira de Cancelas (Corvo) |
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)_High Fields (Corvo) |
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)_High Fields (Corvo) |
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)_Faja Grande (Flores) |
Faja Grande (Flores Is.) |
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)_Old Harbour, Vila do Corvo (Corvo) |
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)_Old Harbour, Vila do Corvo (Corvo) |
Redhead (Aythya americana)_Paul da Praia (Terceira) |
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) _New Harbour, Vila do Corvo (Corvo) |
Corvo Island |
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)_Fields below Fojo (Corvo) |
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)_Middle Fields (Corvo) |
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)_Lighthouse Valley (Corvo) |
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)_Ribeira de Poço de Agua (Corvo) |
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)_Ribeira de Poço de Agua (Corvo) |
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)_Bottom of Mountain Reservoir (Corvo) |
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)_Lighthouse Valley (Corvo) |
Sora (Porzana carolina)_Ribeira da Ponte (Corvo) |
Top view of the Caldeira on Corvo Island |
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)(adult summer)_Lagoa das Furnas (Sao Miguel) |
Tricoloured Heron (Egretta tricolor)_Ribeira Quente (Sao Miguel) |
Tricoloured Heron (Egretta tricolor)_Ribeira Quente (Sao Miguel) |
Tricoloured Heron (Egretta tricolor)_Ribeira Quente (Sao Miguel) |
Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)_Skane (Sweden) |
Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)_Skane (Sweden) |
Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)_Skane (Sweden) |
Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)(male)_Widooie, Tongeren (Belgium) |
Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)(male)_Widooie, Tongeren (Belgium) |
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)(1st winter) with Dunlins_Vejbystrand, Skane (Sweden) |
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)(1st winter) with Dunlins_Vejbystrand, Skane (Sweden) |
Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)_Freetown Golf course (Sierra Leone) |
Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)_Freetown Golf course (Sierra Leone) |
Royal Tern (Thallasseus maximus albidorsalis)_Bureh Beach, Freetown Peninsula (Sierra Leone) |
Royal Tern (Thallasseus maximus albidorsalis)_Bureh Beach, Freetown Peninsula (Sierra Leone) |
Royal Terns (Thallasseus maximus albidorsalis)_Bureh Beach, Freetown Peninsula (Sierra Leone) |
Royal Terns (Thallasseus maximus albidorsalis)_Bureh Beach, Freetown Peninsula (Sierra Leone) |
Royal Terns (Thallasseus maximus albidorsalis)_Bureh Beach, Freetown Peninsula (Sierra Leone) |
Dwarf Bittern (Ardeirallus sturmii)_Barranco de Rio Cabras, Fuerteventura (Canary Is.) |
Dwarf Bittern (Ardeirallus sturmii)_Barranco de Rio Cabras, Fuerteventura (Canary Is.) |
Dwarf Bittern (Ardeirallus sturmii)_Barranco de Rio Cabras, Fuerteventura (Canary Is.) |
Dwarf Bittern (Ardeirallus sturmii)_Barranco de Rio Cabras, Fuerteventura (Canary Is.) |
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Monteiro's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)(ssp. borealis)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)_Bank of Fortune (Graciosa) |
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)_Middle Fields, Vila do Corvo (Corvo) |
View of Flores Is. from high fields below Reservoir (Corvo) |
Small Button-quail (Turnix sylvatica)_Oualidia, Casablanca (Morocco) |
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)(immature)_Castletownbere, Co. Cork (Ireland) |
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)(immature)_Castletownbere, Co. Cork (Ireland) |
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)(adult)_Castletownbere, Co. Cork (Ireland) |
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)(adult)_Castletownbere, Co. Cork (Ireland) |
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)(adult)_Castletownbere, Co. Cork (Ireland) |
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)(adult) with HG & GBBG_Castletownbere, Co. Cork (Ireland) |
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)(female)_North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands (Scotland) |
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)(female)_North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands (Scotland) |
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)(female)_North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands (Scotland) |
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)(female)_North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands (Scotland) |
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Group photo including our local Ladakhi guides_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Buddhist wall paintings_Thikse Monastery near Leh (Ladakh) |
Statue of Maitreya Buddha_Thikse Monastery near Leh (Ladakh) |
Thikse Monastery near Leh (Ladakh) |
Thikse Monastery near Leh (Ladakh) |
Brandt's Mountain Finch (Leucosticte brandti)_Rumbak village_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Streaked Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)_Rumbak village_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Robin Accentor (Prunella rubeculoides)_Rumbak village_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Güldenstädt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
Güldenstädt's Redstarts (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
White-capped Water Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus)_Leh (Ladakh) |
Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)_Indus River near Leh (Ladakh) |
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrrysaetos)(subadult) & Bearded Vulture (immature)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrrysaetos)(subadult) & Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Bearded Vulture (immature)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Ladakh Pika (Ochotona ladacensis)_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Himalayan landscape_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Himalayan landscape_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Himalayan landscape_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Himalayan landscape_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Local shepherd with domestic yaks_Hemis NP (Ladakh) |
Monastery overhanging Leh (Ladakh) |
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)(ad.)_Old harbour (Corvo) |
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)(juv./1st-winter)_Old harbour (Corvo) |
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)(1st-winter)_Grassland around caldeira lake (Corvo) |
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)(1st-winter)_Grassland around mountain reservoir (Corvo) |
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmatus)(ssp. inornatus)_ETAR (São Miguel) |
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmatus)(ssp. inornatus)_ETAR (São Miguel) |
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmatus)(ssp. inornatus)_ETAR (São Miguel) |
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmatus)(ssp. inornatus)_ETAR (São Miguel) |
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmatus)(ssp. inornatus)_ETAR (São Miguel) |
Western Willet (Tringa semipalmatus)(ssp. inornatus)_ETAR (São Miguel) |
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)(ssp. borealis)_Santa Cruz (Flores) |
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)(1st-winter)_Lagoa Azul (São Miguel) |
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)(1st-winter)_Lagoa Azul (São Miguel) |
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)(1st-winter) with Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)_Lagoa Azul (São Miguel) |
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)(1st-winter)_Lagoa Azul (São Miguel) |
Top view of the Caldeira (Corvo) |
After sunset (Corvo) |
Evening view of Flores Is. (Ponta de Albarnaz lighthouse) from the south-western shore of Corvo |
Evening view of Flores Is. (Ponta Delgada and Ponta de Albarnaz lighthouse) from the south-western shore of Corvo |
Western Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)(ssp. semenowi)_Taurus Mountains, Antalya (Turkey) |
Western Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)(ssp. semenowi)_Taurus Mountains, Antalya (Turkey) |
Western Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)(ssp. semenowi)_Taurus Mountains, Antalya (Turkey) |
Western Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)(ssp. semenowi)_Taurus Mountains, Antalya (Turkey) |
Western Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)(ssp. semenowi)_Taurus Mountains, Antalya (Turkey) |
Western Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)(ssp. semenowi)_Taurus Mountains, Antalya (Turkey) |
Western Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)(ssp. semenowi)_Taurus Mountains, Antalya (Turkey) |
Western Brown Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)(ssp. semenowi) with Trout_Taurus Mountains, Antalya (Turkey) |
Desertas Petrel (Pterodroma deserta)_off Deserta Grande (Desertas Is.) |
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)(ssp. borealis)_off Funchal Harbour (Madeira) |
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)_off Funchal Harbour (Madeira) |
Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus)_off Funchal Harbour (Madeira) |
Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus)_off Funchal Harbour (Madeira) |
Deserta Grande (Desertas Is.) |
Deserta Grande (Desertas Is.) |
Deserta Grande (Desertas Is.) |
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)_Villaseca (Spain) |
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)_Villaseca (Spain) |
Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) at breeding colony_Helgoland (Germany) |
Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) at breeding colony_Helgoland (Germany) |
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) at breeding colony_Helgoland (Germany) |
Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) at breeding colony_Helgoland (Germany) |
Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) at breeding colony_Helgoland (Germany) |
Solar Eclipse_Bertrix (Belgium) |
Solar Eclipse_Bertrix (Belgium) |
Solar Eclipse_Bertrix (Belgium) |
Solar Eclipse_Bertrix (Belgium) |
Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) with Black-headed Gulls (Ch. ridibundus)_Bisceglie, Puglia (Italy) |
Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) with Black-headed Gulls (Ch. ridibundus)_Bisceglie, Puglia (Italy) |
Mixed Elegant x Sandwich Tern breeding pair (Thalasseus elegans & Sterna sandvicensis)_île de Noirmoutier (France) |
Reeve's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)(male)_Forêt d'Hesdin (France) |
Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)(juv/imm.)_Gal'on, Judean Plains (Israel) |
Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)(juv/imm.)_Gal'on, Judean Plains (Israel) |
Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)(juv/imm.)_Gal'on, Judean Plains (Israel) |
Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)(juv/imm.)_Gal'on, Judean Plains (Israel) |
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)(male)_Osobita, West Tatras (Slovakia) |
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)(adult)_Osobita, West Tatras (Slovakia) |
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)(adult)_Osobita, West Tatras (Slovakia) |
Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)(adult)_Zvolen (Slovakia) |
Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)(adult)_Zvolen (Slovakia) |
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla)(adult)_Kalinkovo, Bratislava (Slovakia) |
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla)(adult)_Kalinkovo, Bratislava (Slovakia) |
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla)(adult)_Kalinkovo, Bratislava (Slovakia) |
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla)(adult)_Kalinkovo, Bratislava (Slovakia) |
American Herring Gull (Larus smithonianus)(adult)_Lires, Galicia (Spain) |
American Herring Gull (Larus smithonianus)(adult)_Lires, Galicia (Spain) |
Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)(adult)_San Cibrao, Galicia (Spain) |
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)(3cy)_Burela, Galicia (Spain) |
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)(2cy)_Burela, Galicia (Spain) |
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)(2cy)_Burela, Galicia (Spain) |
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)(2cy)_Burela, Galicia (Spain) |
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)(1st winter)_Cabo Udra (Bueu), Galicia (Spain) |
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)(1st winter)_Cabo Udra (Bueu), Galicia (Spain) |
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)(1st winter)_Cabo Udra (Bueu), Galicia (Spain) |
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)(1st winter)_Cabo Udra (Bueu), Galicia (Spain) |