Bence Mate / Great white egret (Ardea alba) group of three in winter, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. Winner of the Bird Category of Nature Photographer of the Year Awards 2018.
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Bence Mate / European roller (Coracias garrulus) peering out of nest with feather, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) fighting with necks intertwined, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Juvenile White tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) fighting for fish in mid air, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Group of Little egrets (Egretta garzetta) displaying its ornamental feathers, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) interacting with Great egret (Ardea alba) Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) mobbing Buzzard (Buteo buteo) Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) group of five at water's edge, with very out of focus egret in foreground. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / White tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) juveniles in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) watching Great warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) with prey, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) mobbing White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) with fish prey, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. March.
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Bence Mate / Two Buzzards (Buteo buteo) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Flock of Great egrets (Ardea alba) at twilight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) in winter, and Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) with flock of other birds flying above, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) with fish in beak , Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Gull mobbing White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) with fish prey, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. March.
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Bence Mate / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) juvenile feeding on fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / White tailed sea eagle (Halieetus albicilla) juvenile and adult calling on lake shore, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) at twilight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. July.
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Bence Mate / White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / White tailed sea eagle (Halieetus albicilla) head portrait beak open calling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Great white egret (Ardea alba) fighting with Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) squabbling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) at twilight with other herons in the background, including Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hun...
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Bence Mate / Caspian gulls (Larus cachinnans) juveniles fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. March.
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Bence Mate / Great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) feeding Cuckoo chick (Cuculus canorus) Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, June.
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Bence Mate / Blackbird (Turdus merula) fighting, splashing water, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, April.
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Bence Mate / Hoopoe ( Upupa epops) in flight with blurred wings, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Jay (Garrulus glandarius) jumping into the air, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, November.
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Bence Mate / Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) squabbling over fish, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, November.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Graylag gosling (Anser anser) resting under parent's wing, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / European roller (Coracias garrulus) carrying snake prey, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. July.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) two fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) one taking off another perched, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / DUPLICATE Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) squabbling, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) with fish prey, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Graylag gosling (Anser anser) resting under parent's wing, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) squabbling for fish in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with fish prey, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. March.
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Bence Mate / Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) pair mating, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Juvenile White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)in flight, with Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) mobbing it, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Male Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) with rodent for fledgling, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. August.
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Bence Mate / Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) pair mating, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and Little egret (Egretta garzetta) Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) landing, with lizard prey, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. March.
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Bence Mate / White tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) two juveniles fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up with large fish in beak, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) with lightning storm at night. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May 2012.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Spoonbilll (Platalea leucorodia) portrait, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Spoonbilll (Platalea leucorodia) feeding, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Lightning storm over Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May 2012.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) squabbling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Graylag gosling (Anser anser) with parent, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. April.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) two fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) and Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) squabbling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting, one grabbing the leg of another in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) sky pointing, sizing each other up before fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) hunting from reed, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, June.
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Bence Mate / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting over fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up of feathers, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up of neck and eye, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up with fish in beak, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) group with one shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, October.
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Bence Mate / Black-winged stilt (Himanthopus himantophus) in rain, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, July.
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Bence Mate / European Roller (Coracias garrulus) fighting with Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in flight, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) shaking off water, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, June.
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Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) two at water's edge, one shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, October.
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Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) group in shallow water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, October.
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Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) with fish prey, with water splashing around, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July.
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Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) two fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) with large carp fish in beak, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) group, with one shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) feeding on fish, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / European otters (Lutra lutra) feeding at water?s edge with splashing water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting with Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) over fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in water, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Water rail (Rallus aquaticus) reflected in water, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) fighting in mid-air, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / European otters (Lutra lutra) at water's edge, one shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) flying, splashing water behind, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. June.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) juvenile feeding on fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with fish prey, with head feathers raised, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with Great egret (Ardea alba) in the background, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Group of Great egrets (Ardea alba), Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) and Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) at night with stars and moon. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in rain with another heron behind, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Flock of Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) taking off, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. December.
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Bence Mate / Two European otters (Lutra lutra) one shaking off water and the other feeding on fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. October.
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Bence Mate / Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) squabbling over fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) face to face in lake, at night with stars, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. July.
