Konrad Wothe / Cairns birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera priamus) male on fern leaf and Blue Mountain Swallowtail butterfly in flight, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Tønning / Halerbach / Haupeschbach flowing between large moss covered rocks with Male ferns (Dryopteris filix mas) growing, Beaufort, Mullerthal, Luxembourg, May 2009
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Oscar Dewhurst / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag pursuing hind through the bracken. Bushy Park, London, UK. September
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Oscar Dewhurst / Fallow deer (Dama dama) stag standing in bracken at sunrise. Richmond Park, London, UK. January
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Oscar Dewhurst / Fallow deer (Dama dama) stag walking through long grass at sunrise. Richmond Park, London, UK. January.
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David Woodfall / Male Fern (Dryopteris felix mas) in oak woodland, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK, June
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Steven David Miller / A male Australian King parrot (Alisterus scapularis) standing in a tree fern, Cania Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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Paul Hobson / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male resting on fern. Yorkshire, England, UK. April.
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Nick Upton / Male Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) sun basking on a Bracken leaf (Pteridium aquilinum), Studland Heath, Dorset, UK, July.
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Russell Cooper / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing. Surrey, UK, October.
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Chris Mattison / Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) Drumnadrochit, Inverness, Scotland, UK, August.
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Chris Mattison / Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) Drumnadrochit, Inverness, Scotland, UK, August.
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Colin Varndell / Male Scorpion fly (Panorpa germanica) at rest on fern, Dorset, UK June.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) in Senda Fluvial del Nansa, Nansa Valley, Cantabria, Spain, Europe. May 2015.
Mike Read / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes venatus) male on Bracken (Pteredium aquilinum) Dartmeet, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, July.
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Adrian Davies / Scaly male fern (Dryopteris pseudomas) unfurling frond. Surrey, England, UK, May.
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Pascal Tordeux / Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) medicinal plant against white background.
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David Tipling / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag with bracken in its antlers during rut, Richmond Park, London, UK, September.
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David Tipling / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in bracken, bellowing during rut, Richmond Park, London, UK, September.
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Alex Hyde / Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) abstract, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. June.
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Adrian Davies / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, Richmond Park, Surrey, England, January.
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Chris Mattison / Scaly Male Fern (Dryopteris affinis), unfurling fronds, Lancashire, UK, April.
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Chris Mattison / Scaly Male Fern (Dryopteris affinis), unfurling fronds, Lancashire, UK. April.
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John Waters / Wide angle view of Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) with spreading rosette of fronds, growing in leafless deciduous woodland in Devon, UK, December 2013.
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John Waters / Wide angle view of Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) with spreading rosette of fronds, growing in leafless deciduous woodland in Devon, UK, December 2013.
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John Waters / Wide angle view of Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) with spreading rosette of fronds, growing in old railway cutting near Ilfracombe, Devon, UK, December 2013.
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Brent Stephenson / Adult male Yellowhead (Mohoua ochrocephala) hanging on the side of a tree fern whilst foraging. Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand, February. Endangered species.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana) second generation male on fern, southern Finland, August.
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Chris Mattison / Spore capsules from male Basket ferm (Dryopteris filix-mas)
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Chris Mattison / Spore capsules from male Basket ferm (Dryopteris filix-mas)
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male fern (Dryopteris filixmas) and bracken in autumn, Glen Affric, Scotland, UK, October
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male fern (Dryopteris filixmas) and bracken in autumn, Glen Affric, Scotland, UK, October
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MYN / Niall Benvie / Male fern (Dryopteris filix mas) unfurling, Scotland, UK, May meetyourneighbours.net project
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Ross Hoddinott / Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) backlit among bluebell carpet. West Woods, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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James Christensen / O'Shaughnessy's Anole (Anolis gemmosus) camouflaged male on fern, Mindo, Ecuador
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James Christensen / O'Shaughnessy's Anole (Anolis gemmosus) male on fern, Mindo, Ecuador
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James Christensen / O'Shaughnessy's Anole (Anolis gemmosus) male on fern, Mindo, Ecuador
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Robert Thompson / Club-tailed dragonfly (Gomphus vulgatissimus) male, on unfurling fern frond, Gloucestershire, UK
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Niall Benvie / MYN / Close up of single frond of Golden scaled Male fern (Dryopteris affinis) unfurling, Scotland, UK
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Ingo Arndt / Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) in autumn forest, Hessen, Germany
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Ross Hoddinott / RF- Scaly male fern (Dryopteris affinis) Cornwall, UK. August. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Thomas Marent / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) male on fern, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
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Chris O'Reilly / Male fern {Dryopteris filix mas} frond unfurling in woodland, Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK
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Chris O'Reilly / Male fern {Dryopteris filix mas} frond unfurling in woodland, Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK
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Michael Durham / Grasshawk Dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) male on a fern frond, Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia
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Niall Benvie / Unfurling fronds of Male fern (Dryopteris filix mas) Scotland
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Duncan Mcewan / Male Fern (Dryopteris filix mas) Sori on underside of frond, Scotland
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Michael Pitts / Huli man at market with fern headress, Tari, Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea
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Niall Benvie / Scaly male fern (Dryopteris pseudomonas) on hill side, Glen Finglas, Scotland UK. May 2006
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Niall Benvie / Scaly Male Fern (Dryopteris pseudomonas) unfurling, Scotland UK. May 2006
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Philippe Clement / Male fern {Dryopteris filix mas} showing spores / sori on underside of frond, Belgium
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Niall Benvie / Scaly male fern unfurling in spring {Dryopteris pseudomonas} Scotland, UK
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Paul Hobson / Male Orange tip butterfly {Anthocharis cardamines} resting on fern. England
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Duncan Mcewan / Male Fern - sori on underside of frond (Dryopteris filix mas) Scotland
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Kim Taylor / Male fern {Dryopteris filix mas) prothallus, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Male fern {Dryopteris filix mas) frond showing sporangia underneath, UK.
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GRAHAM HATHERLEY / Southern hawker dragonfly male on fern, England, UK
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Duncan Mcewan / Scaly male fern unfolding fronds, Scotland
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Duncan Mcewan / Scaly Male Fern unfolding fronds, Scotland
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Duncan Mcewan / Male fern - sori / spores on underside of frond. Scotland
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D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) male feeding, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia
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Ingo Arndt / Photographer Ingo Arndt in fern blind while staking-out Bro wn Gardeners Arfak Mountains, Indonesia
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Konrad Wothe / Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) new growth of fiddleheads, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Premaphotos / Stag beetle (Dorcus occipitalis) male on a fern frond in rainforest, Malaysia
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Pal Hermansen / Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) and Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) KIRLIAN image, Norway.
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Danny Green / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, standing among Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) roaring, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, UK. October.
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Danny Green / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, standing among Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) roaring, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, UK. October.
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Danny Green / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, standing among Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) roaring, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, UK. October.
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Richard Flack / Blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) male, perched on fern, Roselands Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
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Will Watson / Golden scaly fern (Dryopteris affinis) male, fronds, Atlantic temperate rainforest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. November.
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Roland Seitre / Mascarene paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone bourbonnensis) male, perched on a fern frond, Reunion.
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Andy Sands / Pair of Flesh flies (Sarcophagidae sp.) mating where male is unusually large in comparison to female. Buckinghamshire, England, September. Focus Stacked.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing and laying down in bracken (Pteridium) on a misty morning, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing and laying down in bracken (Pteridium) on a misty morning, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag close up of head bellowing in early morning mist, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing and laying down in bracken (Pteridium) on a misty morning, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing and laying down in bracken (Pteridium) on a misty morning, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag standing in bracken (Pteridium) bellowing with early morning mist moving past, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag standing in bracken (Pteridium) bellowing with morning mist moving past and another stag in background, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag standing in bracken (Pteridium) bellowing with morning mist moving past and another stag in background, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag standing in bracken (Pteridium) bellowing with morning mist moving past, Bushy Park, Surrey, UK, October.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa pacifica) male eating a fern leaf, Wildlife Center of the North Coast. Captive.
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Danny Green / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag amongst ferns, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, UK. October.
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Kristel Richard / Wild Welsh pony colt standing alert among ferns on top of the Carneddau Mountains, Snowdonia, Wales, UK. June.
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Kristel Richard / Wild Welsh pony colt walking among ferns, Carneddau Mountains, Snowdonia, Wales, UK. June.
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David Tipling / Male Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) perched on dried fern fronds, Thursley Common, Surrey, UK. April.
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Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male silhouetted on a fern, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. July.
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Bruce Thomson / Cairns birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion) male resting on fern, large butterfly endemic to wet tropics in far north Queensland, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
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Bruce Thomson / Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) male in partial display perched in Tree fern (Cyatheales) in wet eucalypt forest, Lakes Entrance Rainforest, Victoria, Australia.
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Bruce Thomson / Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) male in partial display in profile on ground under Tree ferns (Cyatheales) in wet eucalypt forest, Lakes Entrance Rainforest, Victoria, Australia.
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Bruce Thomson / Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) male in partial display perched in Tree fern (Cyatheales) in wet eucalypt forest, Lakes Entrance Rainforest, Victoria, Australia.
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Bruce Thomson / Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) male displaying and calling on ground under Tree ferns (Cyatheales) in wet eucalypt forest, Lakes Entrance Rainforest, Victoria, Australia.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) male singing from bracken fern. Richmond Park, London, England, UK. May
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Ross Hoddinott / RF - Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx spendens) male resting on fern and silhouetted against the rising sun, Lower Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK. June . (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or...
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Morley Read / Male Fringed leaf frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus) calling while sitting on a fern leaf in understory of lowland tropical rainforest, Napo province, Ecuador, May.