Mike Wilkes / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) probing for worms, Warwickshire, UK, February

Mike Wilkes / Moorhen {Gallinula chloropus} tracks in snow, UK

Mike Wilkes / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) pecking at bark, searching for bugs under the bark, Warwickshire, UK

Mike Wilkes / Jay (Garrulus glandarius) feeding on acorn, Warwickshire, UK

Mike Wilkes / Tree sparrows {Passer montanus} perching on Bramble, Warwickshire, UK

Mike Wilkes / Great spotted woodpecker {Dendrocopos major} female, Warwickshire, UK.

Mike Wilkes / Song thrush {Turdus philomelos} breaking snail shell on anvil, St. Marys, Isles of Scilly, UK.

Mike Wilkes / Song thrush {Turdus philomelos} with snail shell, St. Marys, Isles of Scilly, UK.

Mike Wilkes / Oystercatcher at nest, Islay, Scotland {Haematopus ostralegus}

Mike Wilkes / Head portrait of American crocodile {Crocodylus acutus} Florida, USA

Mike Wilkes / Caspian terrapin with young {Mauremys caspica} Lesbos, Greec

Mike Wilkes / Exmoor pony mare {Equus caballus} and foal suckling. Exmoor National Park, UK.

Mike Wilkes / Tree sparrow {Passer montanus} on garden nut feeder. Warwickshire, UK.

Mike Wilkes / Exmoor pony with foal {Equus caballus} Exmoor National Park, Devon, UK

Mike Wilkes / Giant ground pangolin curled up (Manis gigantea) Tanzania.

Mike Wilkes / Albino white Reindeer in June (Rangifer tarandus) Sweden

Mike Wilkes / Exmoor ponies, mares and foals, grazing {Equus caballus} July, England, UK

Mike Wilkes / Wood pigeon drinking {Columba palumbus} Worcestershire UK

Mike Wilkes / Red deer stag {Cervus elaphus} roaring during the rutting season, UK.

Mike Wilkes / Woman and child cleaning fish, The Gambia

Mike Wilkes / Dunnock {Prunella modularis} UK

Mike Wilkes / Dartmoor pony {Equus caballus} Dartmoor NP, Devon, UK

Mike Wilkes / Brown rat with blackbird prey {Rattus norvegicus} Worcestershire, UK February

Mike Wilkes / Green Woodpeckers feeding young at nest in tree, UK

Mike Wilkes / Three Greater flamingos {Phoenicopterus ruber} Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Mike Wilkes / Little grebe on nest, England

Mike Wilkes / Greylag goose flying, Slimbridge WWT England, UK

Mike Wilkes / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). Aviemore, Scotland, UK, Europe

Mike Wilkes / Grey partridge calling, England

Mike Wilkes / Pheasant cock calling, England

Mike Wilkes / Five thrush species feeding at fallen fruit in snow, England UK. Clockwise from top: Fieldfare {Turdus pilaris} Song thrush {T. philomelos) Blackbird {T. merula} Redwing {T. iliacus} Mistle thrush {Tu...

Mike Wilkes / Rookery with nests at top of trees {Corvus frugilegus} Warwickshire, UK

Mike Wilkes / Great Crested Grebe on nest in water. England

Mike Wilkes / Secretary bird in tree top Masai Mara, Kenya

Mike Wilkes / Olive baboon (Papio anubis), male, displaying. Kenya, East Africa

Mike Wilkes / Great spotted woodpecker, UK

Mike Wilkes / Blackbird (Turdus merula) eating berries, seed dispersal. England, UK, Europe

Mike Wilkes / Male Blackbird eating sloes (Blackthorn berries) UK - seed dispersal

Mike Wilkes / Portrait, Yellowhammer on perch. UK

Mike Wilkes / Common Starling portrait. England UK Europe

Mike Wilkes / Grey seal male and female hauled up on beach, Humberside, UK (Halichoerus grypus)

Mike Wilkes / Starling feeding chick at nest (Sturnus vulgaris) Worcs, UK

Mike Wilkes / Magpie (Pica pica) perched on stone, Wales, UK.

Mike Wilkes / Wheatear male, Wales, UK

Mike Wilkes / Green Woodpecker feeding young at nest in tree, England, UK

Mike Wilkes / Green Woodpecker feeding young at nest in tree, England, UK

Mike Wilkes / Two Rooks perched on fence post (Corvus frugilegus) England

Mike Wilkes / Hippopotamus with baby in water, Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Mike Wilkes / Song thrush on berry laden tree, England, UK

Mike Wilkes / Kori bustard flying, Serengeti, Kenya

Mike Wilkes / Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). England, UK, Eruope

Mike Wilkes / Dunnock (Prunella modularis) singing. England, UK, Europe

Mike Wilkes / Little grebe at nest with chicks, England

Mike Wilkes / Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) on nest. England, UK, Europe

Mike Wilkes / Jackdaw England, UK.

Mike Wilkes / Brown rat at field edge. England

Mike Wilkes / Great tit perched in hawthorn tree, winter, England

Mike Wilkes / Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) eating pyracantha UK berries. Worcestershire

Mike Wilkes / Greenfinch and hawthorn berries. UK

Mike Wilkes / Robin perched in hawthorn bush, England

Mike Wilkes / Fieldfare eating hawthorn berry, autumn, England

Mike Wilkes / Senegal parrots pair at nest hole {Poicephalus senegalus} Gambia

Mike Wilkes / Snipe in field, Worscester, England, UK, Europe.

Mike Wilkes / Grass snake guarding its eggs, UK

Mike Wilkes / Barn Swallow feeding young in nest, UK

Mike Wilkes / Common / House sparrow male, UK

Mike Wilkes / Great Crested Grebe displaying on nest (Podiceps cristatus) UK

Mike Wilkes / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched in hawthorn bush with berries, England

Mike Wilkes / Greenfinch on flowering sallow (Carduelis chloris) Wiltshire UK

Mike Wilkes / Head of Grass Snake in grass (Natrix natrix) UK

Mike Wilkes / Common starling {Sturnus vulgaris} Warwickshire, UK

Mike Wilkes / Tree sparrow in Holly bush {Passer montanus} Worcestershire, England, UK

Mike Wilkes / Stoat {Mustela erminea} Warwickshire, UK

Mike Wilkes / Song thrush on berry laden tree, England, UK

Mike Wilkes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male. UK, Europe

Mike Wilkes / White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis) standing in water. Floreana, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) calling from rock. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) in flight. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) perched on coastal rock, yawning. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) stretching its wings. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) stretching its wings. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) perched on rock. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Red-billed Tropicbirds (Phaethon aethereus) in flight against blue sky. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on sand. Floreana, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli) feeding on crab. San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Large Painted Locust (Schistocerca melanocera) resting on rock. Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) drying wings. Isabela, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Lava Lizard (Tropidurus sp.) on back of Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus christatus). Fernandina, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) on rock calling. Bartolome, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) on rock calling. Bartolome, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Young Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) perched on rock. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) in flight silhouetted against sky. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) in flight silhouetted against blue sky. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight against blue sky. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) male (with red pouch) and female at nest. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.

Mike Wilkes / Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) female sunbathing. Genovesa, Galapagos Islands.