WILDLIFE

Great crested newt Triturus cristatus male studio shot Ringwood Hampshire England UK
9-J-20 Great crested newt
American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos in flight, Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, Great Bend, Kansas, USA, September 2023
04AD1143 American white pelican
Owlfly Libelloides coccajus resting on a grass stem, near the Col de Menee, Vercors Regional Natural Park, France, June 2019
6MD00347 Owlfly
Blue emperor dragonfly Anax imperator male in flight over a pond, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England
5MD00049 Blue emperor dragonfly

Below is a list of 'wildlife' galleries.  Click on any to head straight to that gallery where you will find a larger selection of photographs of that group.  I will soon be building more wildlife gallery pages.

Needless to say, there are some subjects I like to photograph more than others and therefore I have many more pictures of those subjects (e.g. Birds) .  Molluscs and Arachnids for instance I have just a few pictures of these groups.  The latter I find difficult to locate or identify sometimes, while the molluscs need a very fast shutter speed and I can never keep up with them !!  I hope you enjoy browsing my wildlife galleries and I soon hope to add a general 'search' facility and lots more searchable images.

 

BIRDS

FLORA

MAMMALS

BUTTERFLIES

OTHER INSECTS

AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

DRAGONFLIES

FUNGI AND SEAWEEDS

MOLLUSCS AND ARACHNIDS

MOSSES AND LICHENS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burgundy drop bonnet Mycena haematopus group growing on fallen Beech Fagus sylvatica in deciduous woodland, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, October 2023
01ED0668 Burgundy drop bonnet
Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae resting showing underside, Alners Gorse Reserve, Butterfly Conservation Reserve, near Kings Stag, Dorset, England, UK, August 2021
1MD00792 Brown hairstreak
Common garden snail Helix aspersa moving across a lawn Hampshire England
2MD00008 Common garden snail
Golden specklebelly lichen Pseudocyphellaria crocata on hazel, Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, on the slopes of Beinn Churalain beside Loch Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, (A European RED LIST species) April 2024Golden specklebelly lichen Pseudocyphellaria crocata on hazel, Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, on the slopes of Beinn Churalain beside Loch Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, (A European RED LIST species) April 2024
01HD0137 Golden specklebelly lichen
Mountain pansy Viola lutea on a grassy bank, Strathdearn, Upper Findhorn Valley, Highland Region, Scotland, UK, June 2005
01BD0271 Mountain pansy