Andy Purcell's Images

LONG TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus, small garden bird, pink, buff, black, white, perching on twig, eye, feathers, hedgerow, Andy Purcell

BITTERN - Botaurus stellaris, standing in reed bed, Great Bittern, booming Bittern, Large buff brown heron, black brown stripes, rare, schedule one, sharp pointed beak, bill, Andy Purcell

BITTERN - Botaurus stellaris, standing in reed bed, Great Bittern, booming Bittern, Large buff brown heron, black brown stripes, rare, schedule one, sharp pointed beak, bill, Andy Purcell

Blue tit - Parus caeruleus, bird, small, garden bird feeder visitor, holly twig, blue , yellow, looking, eye, grey legs, standing, Andy Purcell

NUTHATCH, Sitta Europaea, side-on, cold, cute, will feed on hand, griping, sharp nails, seed eating, garden bird feeder visitor, grey, pecking, bird, grey, feather, pointed sharp beak, eye stripe, woodland bird, hole nester, avian, Andy Purcell

GOLDFINCH

Mute Swan Cob Cygnus olor, cob, male, head, eye, beak, bill, white, black, orange, water droplets, blue background, looking, close-up, bird, wildfowl, avian, pool, pond, river, duck pond, Andy Purcell

BALD EAGLE Haliaeetus leucocephalus, head, facing, looking, hooked beak, yellow, bill, white, black, brown, eye, hunter, predator, talons, fish eater, Andy Purcell

BALD EAGLE Haliaeetus leucocephalus, head, side facing, looking, hooked beak, yellow, bill, white, black, brown, eye, hunter, predator, talons, fish eater, Andy Purcell, bird of prey; birds of prey; raptor; raptors, feathers; beak; talons; claws, national symbol USA, United States, hunting; flight; flying; soaring; gliding; animal; animals; bird; birds; wildlife

LAPWING - Vanellus vanellus, adult, summer plumage, red legs, wader, marsh, head plume, pee-wit, green plover, black bib, beak, bill, feathers, flock, farmland ground nester, Andy Purcell

GREY HERON - Ardea cinerea - Juvenile, young, baby, first year, standing still, bird, black, grey, white, pointed beak, bill, wader, waters edge, hunter, predator, long legs, feathers, plumes, Andy Purcell

PINTAIL Anus actua - pair, duck, bird, wildfowl, wetlands, marshland, long tail feathers, male and female swimming, avian, Andy Purcell

GADWALL Anas strepera - adult male, duck, wetlands, marshes, pools, ponds, grey brown winter plumage, black beak bill, Andy Purcell

COMMON WOOD PIGEON - Columba palumbus - adult head side on, bill, beak, eye, grey & white neck patch, arable farmland pest, damages crops, garden visitor, hedge row, bird, avian, wildlife, strong flight, hunted, Andy Purcell

BEWICKS SWAN - Cygnus Columbianus - head side on, bewick's, bird, avian, water proof feathers, white, head, eye, bill, beak, long neck, facing, staring, water droplets, winter visitor, wetlands, marshes, stubble fields, Andy Purcell

BEWICKS SWAN - Cygnus Columbianus - head on, bewick's, white, head, eye, bill, beak, long neck, facing, staring, water droplets, winter visitor, Andy Purcell

GREY SQUIRREL - Sciurus Carolinensis, in ivy leaves, eating hazel nut, introduced specie, mammal, grey, bushy tail, plantation pest, garden, urban, Andy Purcell

GREY SQUIRREL - Sciurus Carolinensis, in autumn leaves, eating hazel nut, introduced specie, mammal, grey, bushy tail, plantation pest, garden, urban, Andy Purcell

BARN SWALLOW - Hirundo rustica, chicks in nest, babies, young, open beaks, calling, bright orange gape, stretching, feeding time, barn, beams, roof, mud straw and grass nest. choir boys, Andy Purcell

Torymus nitens sp. - Chalscid parasitic Hymenoptera, female egg laying in host gall of Cynips divisa, gall wasp, insect, macro, very small, underside of oak leaf,

TINTERN ABBEY, flooded fields, flooded pasture land, River Wye after high tide flooding, looking down at Tintern Abbey from Devils Pulpit view point, Monmouth, Mon., Monmouthshire, Wales, river bank, river Wye, ruin, circa 1130 AD, monks, Wales, Welsh, Welsh Abbey, Gwent, Welsh Border, Tintern Abbey, Lower Wye Valley, Cadw, Welsh Heritage, House of God, Monks, Religion, Walter de Clare, Cistercian, William Wordsworth, Andy Purcell

SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY, Andy Purcell

GARDEN TIGER MOTH, Andy Purcell

ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH - Deilephila elpenor, adult, Hawk-Moth, hawk moth, insect, wing scales, strong flight, colourful, Andy Purcell, WHOBRW

PHEASANT COCK head on, Phasianus colchicus, male, adult, white neck collar, game bird, introduced, mainly Chinese species introduced at least since middle ages, possibly as early as in Roman times, farmland, parkland, hedge row shooting, nests on ground, colourful, game bird, hunted, woodland, Andy Purcell

COMMON REED BUNTING - Emberiza schoeniclus - adult male, cock, reed beds, pool side vegetation, low scrub, Andy Purcell

BROWN RAT - Rattus norvegicus, pest specie, farmyard, housing estates, rubbish bins, sewers, rubbish dumps, Muridae, wasteland, rodent, gnawing, almost naked long tail, large ears, Andy Purcell

BROWN RAT - Rattus norvegicus, pest specie, farmyard, housing estates, rubbish bins, sewers, rubbish dumps, Muridae, wasteland, rodent, gnawing, almost naked long tail, large ears, Andy Purcell

COMMON POCHARD - Aythya ferina - adult female, bird, duck, rust coloured head, grey back, pool, pond, duckpond, farm pond, lake, webbed feet, paddle, swimming, water, aquatic, wildlife, wetlands, marshes, Andy Purcell

COMMON POCHARD - Aythya ferina - drake, adult male, bird, duck, rust coloured head, grey back, pool, pond, duckpond, farm pond, lake, webbed feet, paddle, swimming, water, aquatic, wildlife, wetlands, marshes, Andy Purcell

ROBIN

COCK PHEASANT - Phasianus colchicus, COCK PHEASANT - Phasianus colchicus, side head, game bird, introduced, mainly Chinese species introduced at least since middle ages, possibly as early as in Roman times, farmland, parkland, hedge row shooting, nests on ground, colourful, game bird, hunted, woodland, Andy Purcell

COCK PHEASANT - Phasianus colchicus, male, side head, game bird, introduced, mainly Chinese species introduced at least since middle ages, possibly as early as in Roman times, farmland, parkland, hedge row shooting, nests on ground, colourful, Andy Purcell

NUTHATCH, Sitta Europaea, feeding on hand, griping, sharp nails, seed eating, garden bird feeder visitor, grey, pecking, bird, grey, feather, pointed sharp beak, eye stripe, woodland bird, hole nester, Andy Purcell

NUTHATCH, Sitta Europaea, fluffy, head-on, cold, cute, will feed on hand, griping, sharp nails, seed eating, garden bird feeder visitor, grey, pecking, bird, grey, feather, pointed sharp beak, eye stripe, woodland bird, hole nester, Andy Purcell

NUTHATCH, Sitta Europaea, feeding on hand, griping, sharp nails, seed eating, garden bird feeder visitor, grey, pecking, bird, grey, feather, pointed sharp beak, eye stripe, woodland bird, hole nester, Andy Purcell

NUTHATCH, Sitta Europaea, feeding on hand, griping, sharp nails, seed eating, garden bird feeder visitor, grey, pecking, bird, grey, feather, pointed sharp beak, eye stripe, woodland bird, hole nester, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, nuptial clasp, on pool side bank, female carries male, male with clasper warts for holding female, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, nuptial clasp, on pool side bank, female carries male, male with clasper warts for holding female, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON TOAD - Bufo bufo, pair in nuptial clasp, mating, spawning, female on bottom, male on top, male carried by female to spawning pool, flower pots, warty skin, amphibian, garden pool, gardeners friend, brown, green house, found under stones, in compost heaps, floating, spread eagle, amphibian, water life, pond life, croak, aquatic, swimming, garden pool, Andy Purcell

COMMON TOAD - Bufo bufo, pair in nuptial clasp, mating, spawning, female on bottom, male on top, male carried by female to spawning pool, flower pots, warty skin, amphibian, garden pool, gardeners friend, brown, green house, found under stones, in compost heaps, floating, spread eagle, amphibian, water life, pond life, croak, aquatic, swimming, garden pool, Andy Purcell

COMMON TOAD - Bufo bufo, pair in nuptial clasp, mating, spawning, female on bottom, male on top, male carried by female to spawning pool, flower pots, warty skin, amphibian, garden pool, gardeners friend, brown, green house, found under stones, in compost heaps, floating, spread eagle, amphibian, water life, pond life, croak, aquatic, swimming, garden pool, Andy Purcell

DRY ROT - Serpula lacrymans, Merulius lacrymans, Serpula lacrimans, Merulius lacrimans, on carpet, Dry-rot Fungus, rust-brown encrusting wrinkled patch, with cream margins, mycelium, under skirting board, in walls, damp house, fungi, fungus, dreaded, inedible, pseudo-porous, Any Purcell

DRY ROT - Serpula lacrymans, Merulius lacrymans, Serpula lacrimans, Merulius lacrimans, on carpet, Dry-rot Fungus, rust-brown encrusting wrinkled patch, with cream margins, mycelium, under skirting board, in walls, damp house, fungi, fungus, dreaded, inedible, pseudo-porous, Any Purcell

DRY ROT - Serpula lacrymans, Merulius lacrymans, Serpula lacrimans, Merulius lacrimans, on carpet, Dry-rot Fungus, rust-brown encrusting wrinkled patch, with cream margins, mycelium, under skirting board, in walls, damp house, fungi, fungus, dreaded, inedible, pseudo-porous, Any Purcell

SAND LIZARD - Lacerta agilis - Lacertidae, reptile, rare, endangered, protected, coastal, dunes, egg layer, field edges, railway embankments, compost heaps, shed their skins, slough, hibernate, hibernation, Andy Purcell

GREAT CRESTED NEWT - Triturus cristatus, Warty newt, female, Amphibian, pond life, wildlife, garden pool, hunter, under water, aquatic, under water, swimming, Andy Purcell

COMMON LIZARD - Lacerta vivipara, Lacertidae, in sand dunes, beach, live bearing, viviparous, reptile, heath land, woodland edges, compost heaps, hibernate, hibernation, sun loving, cold blooded, scales, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, froglet with tail, frog-let frog let, on lily pad, pool side, river bank, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, in nuptial clasp, on pool side bank, female carrying male, male holding female with clasper warts, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, in pool, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, in autumn leaves, pool, brown, green, compost heap, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, in pool plants, on pool side, head, eyes, bank, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, head, eyes, pool, side bank, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, head, big eyes, in autumn leaves, compost heap, pool side bank, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, head, eyes, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

ALBINO COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, on pool side bank, brown, green, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pond, amphibian, worm, slug and insect eater, frog spawn layer, tadpole, metamorphosis, Andy Purcell

SLOW WORM - Anguis fragilis - female with newly born young, fully developed, independent young, babies, baby, a legless snake like lizard, reptile, smooth shiny scales, liver bearer, live born, hibernating, hibernator, hibernation, tail tends to break off if harshly handled, Andy Purcell

PALMATE NEWT - Triturus helveticus, male, hunter, under water, in pond weed, pool, garden pond, pond life, pond dipping, small size, hind feet webbed, smooth crest and a filament projecting from tail-tip, amphibian, aquatic, Andy Purcell

PALMATE NEWT - Triturus helveticus, hunting a saucer bug, under water, in pond weed, pool, garden pond, pond life, pond dipping, small size, hind feet webbed, smooth crest and a filament projecting from tail-tip, amphibian, aquatic, Andy Purcell

GRASS SNAKE - Natrix natrix - head & tongue, pool side hunting frogs, reptiles, tasting air, Jacobson's's organ, eye, non venomous, harmless, rarely bites, hisses in defence, hunter, stealthy, scales, scaly skin, slither, yellow neck band, egg bearer, Andy Purcell

GRASS SNAKE - Natrix natrix - head & tongue, reptiles, tasting air, Jacobson's's organ, eye, non venomous, harmless, rarely bites, hisses in defence, hunter, stealthy, scales, scaly skin, slither, yellow neck band, egg bearer, Andy Purcell

COMMON TOAD - Bufo bufo, in flower pots, warty skin, amphibian, garden pool, gardeners friend, brown, green house, found under stones, in compost heaps, floating, spread eagle, amphibian, water life, pond life, croak, aquatic, swimming, garden pool, Andy Purcell

COMMON TOAD - Bufo bufo, in flower pot, green house, found under stones, in compost heaps, floating, spread eagle, amphibian, water life, pond life, croak, aquatic, swimming, garden pool, Andy Purcell

COMMON TOAD - Bufo bufo, floating, spread eagle, warty skin, amphibian, garden pool, gardeners friend, brown, found under stones, in compost heaps, green house, floating, spread eagle, amphibian, water life, pond life, croak, aquatic, swimming, garden pool, Andy Purcell

COMMON or SMOOTH NEWT Triturus Vulgaris - male in full courtship dress, dorsal crest, breeding condition, amphibian, under water, pond life, pond dipping, Spring, Andy Purcell

GREAT CRESTED NEWT - Triturus cristatus, Warty newt, male in courtship dress, Amphibian, pond life, wildlife, garden pool, hunter, under water, aquatic, Andy Purcell

COMMON TOAD - Bufo bufo, in flower pot, warty skin, amphibian, garden pool, gardeners friend, brown, green house, found under stones, in compost heaps, floating, spread eagle, amphibian, water life, pond life, croak, aquatic, swimming, garden pool, Andy Purcell

ALBINO COMMON FROG - Rana temporaria, white, cold blooded, hopping, slimy smooth skin, gardeners friend, garden pool, amphibian, unusual, rare albino, Andy Purcell

ADDER or VIPER - Vipera berus - venomous, poisonous, asp, black zig-zag pattern, reptile, cold blooded, basking in sun, coiled in defencive posture, Andy Purcell

LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY - Pieris brassicae - female, adult, cabbage white, garden & farmers pest, serious pests of cultivated brassicas, feeding on nectar, budlea, butterfly bush, Andy Purcell, insect, minute wing scales, Lepidoptera

GREY HERON - Ardea cinerea - eating Short-tailed field vole, microtus agrestis, soaring flight, Heronry, long legs, fisherman, fishing, pointed beak, hover, grey, predator, hunter, stalker, stealthy, fisherman, fishing, bird, wader, Andy Purcell

GREY HERON, Ardea cinerea, bird, black, grey, white, pointed beak, bill, feeding, eating a Short-tailed field vole, microtus agrestis, wader, waters edge, hunter, predator, long legs, feathers, plumes, Andy Purcell

GREY HERON - Ardea cinerea - coming to land, soaring flight, landing, open wings, hovering, flying, Heronry, long legs, fisherman, fishing, pointed beak, hover, grey, predator, hunter, stalker, stealthy, fisherman, fishing, bird, wader, Andy Purcell

WIGEON - Anas Penelope - pair flying in tandem, medium sized duck, Andy Purcell

GREY HERON - Ardea cinerea - in soaring flight, open wings, hovering, flying, Heronry, long legs, fisherman, fishing, pointed beak, hover, grey, predator, hunter, stalker, stealthy, fisherman, fishing, bird, wader, Andy Purcell

BLACKBIRD, Turdus merula, female, bird, black, feathers, beak, worms, ivy, garden, bird table, farm yard, song bird, wildlife, Andy Purcell

BLACKBIRD, Turdus merula, female, black, beak, worms, garden, bird table, avian, Andy Purcell

GREY SQUIRREL Sciurus Carolinensis, introduced specie, mammal, grey, bushy tail, plantation pest, garden, urban, Andy Purcell

GREY SQUIRREL Sciurus Carolinensis, introduced specie, mammal, grey, bushy tail, plantation pest, garden, urban, Andy Purcell

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major, female, pied woodpecker, bird, avian, black & white, red rump, woodland, drumming, Andy Purcell

JAY Garrulus glandarius, on garden bird bath, corvid, crow family, strong beak, woodland, gardens, farmland, stores acorns, Striking plumage, mainly pinkish grey, Andy Purcell

MAGPIE - Pica pica, bird, avian, feathers, black & white, long tail feathers, crow family, corvid, scavenger, garden visitor, woodland, builds roofed nest, urban areas, associated with man, noisy alarm call, Andy Purcell

GREY SQUIRREL Sciurus Carolinensis, introduced specie, mammal, grey, bushy tail, plantation pest, garden, urban, Andy Purcell

TINTERN ABBEY, Monmouth, Mon., Monmouthshire, Wales, river bank, river Wye, ruin, circa 1130, monks, Wales, Welsh, Welsh Abbey, Gwent, Welsh Border, Tintern Abbey, Lower Wye Valley, Cadw, Welsh Heritage, House of God, Monks, Religion, Walter de Clare, Cistercian, William Wordsworth, Andy Purcell

TINTERN ABBEY, Monmouth, Mon., Monmouthshire, Wales, river bank, river Wye, ruin, circa 1130, monks, Wales, Welsh, Welsh Abbey, Gwent, Welsh Border, Tintern Abbey, Lower Wye Valley, Cadw, Welsh Heritage, House of God, Monks, Religion, Walter de Clare, Cistercian, William Wordsworth, Andy Purcell

TINTERN ABBEY, Monmouth, Mon., Monmouthshire, Wales, river bank, river Wye, ruin, circa 1130, monks, Wales, Welsh, Welsh Abbey, Gwent, Welsh Border, Tintern Abbey, Lower Wye Valley, Cadw, Welsh Heritage, House of God, Monks, Religion, Walter de Clare, Cistercian, William Wordsworth, Andy Purcell

STONE FISH, STONE FISH, predator, camouflaged, hidden, algea, Mediterranean sea, food, fish, marine life, Andy Purcell

COMMON CUTTLEFISH - Sepia officinalis, calamari, head footed mollusc, cephalopod, marine life, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean sea, friendly, jet propulsion, under water, passing cloud pattern, eight tentacles, suckers, predator, cuttlefish bone, cuttle bone, diving, Andy Purcell

CRAWFISH or SPINY LOBSTER - Palinurus Vulgaris, marine life, Mediterranean Sea, langustine, sea food, crustacean, edible, under water, diving, Andy Purcell

WOODMOUSE Apodemus sylvaticus - Washing face, licking paws, facing, long-tailed field mouse, furry, cute, brown, mammal, rodent, whiskers, big ears, large eyes, woodland, garden, Andy Purcell

WOODMOUSE Apodemus sylvaticus - washing, licking, paws, long-tailed field mouse, furry, cute, brown, mammal, rodent, whiskers, big ears, large eyes, woodland, garden, Andy Purcell

SNOWDROP - Galanthus nivalis, winter flowering, white petals, damp woodland, bulb, perennial, low, short, flower, snow, small, nodding, bell-shaped, hanging, Andy Purcell

WOODMOUSE Apodemus sylvaticus - Washing face, long-tailed field mouse, furry, cute, brown, mammal, rodent, whiskers, big ears, large eyes, woodland, garden, Andy Purcell

WOODMOUSE Apodemus sylvaticus - Washing face, long-tailed field mouse, furry, cute, brown, mammal, rodent, whiskers, big ears, large eyes, woodland, garden, Andy Purcell

NUTHATCH, Sitta Europaea, pecking, bird, grey, feather, pointed sharp beak, eye stripe, woodland bird, Andy Purcell

NUTHATCH, Sitta Europaea, pecking, bird, grey, feather, pointed sharp beak, eye stripe, woodland bird, Andy Purcell

BLACKBIRD, Turdus merula, adult male, black, bird, feathers, yellow beak, ivy, Andy Purcell

MARSH TIT, Parus palustris, on tree stump, small, bird, titmouse, feathers, beak, black cap, Andy Purcell

Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Lagomorpha, burrows, warren, long ears, long hind legs, brown, mammal, fur, grassland, alert, hunted, prey, Andy Purcell, introduced, food, Andy Purcell