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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
ADDER or VIPER - Vipera berus - venomous, poisonous, asp, black zig-zag pattern, reptile, cold blooded, basking in sun, coiled in defencive posture, 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
Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Lagomorpha, burrows, warren, long ears, long hind legs, brown, mammal, fur, grassland, alert, hunted, prey, Andy Purcell, introduced, food, Andy Purcell