Composite image of Mute Swan, Cygnus olor, splashing down at London Wetland Centre, April 2010
Viviparous Lizard, Lacerta vivipara, sunning itself on boardwalk across bog, Thursley Common, July 2010
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Fighting Moorhens, Gallinula chloropus, Kennet & Avon Canal, Bradford-on-Avon, May 2010
The two males fought for several minutes, locking together twice with feet
pressed on to each other's chests,
and ending by swimming side by side, heads down and wings raised in threat to
define an invisible boundary in the water.
The two females stayed close by.
Aerobatic Ravens, Corvus corax, St Justinian's, Wales, May 2009
The pair flew round and round at speed, sometimes buzzing each other, sometimes upside-down.
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros, Dordogne, July 2009
The nose-leaf, and the wings wrapped around the body, are characteristic.
Common Lizard Lacerta vivipara crushing a Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae, cf Oxypleurus nodieri), Dordogne, July 2009
O. nodieri is a "rare Mediterranean longhorn beetle found on pine trees" in Spain, France, and Greece. This beetle was found out of the Mediterranean zone, but in mixed Sweet Chestnut / Maritime Pine woodland in France, so perhaps it was indeed that species.
Ringed Plovers, Charadrius hiaticula (and Dunlin, Calidris alpina), Shellness, Kent, August 2009
Track of Curlew (Numenius arquata) - Prints of Feet and Beak, circling and probing in soft sand, Shellness, Kent, August 2009
European Freshwater Crayfish, cf Astacus astacus, Dordogne, July 2008
The picture was taken in 50 cm of murky water.
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, heraldic at take-off. Barnes, September 2009.
Wasp Spider on dew-laden Web, Sheppey, August 2008
Common Frog, Rana temporaria, August 2008
Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea, London, 2009
Tracks of Garden Snail, Helix aspersa, London, May 2009
Composite image of Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis, 'parachuting' down to
its tree perch (shown) in its song flight.
Thursley Common, May 2010
All photographs (c) Ian Alexander
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