Jabruson / Hammer Headed bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in gloved hand - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 12...

Nick Upton / Brown big-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) flying into a mist net set in the entrance to Box Mine by the Wiltshire Bat Group, part of a population survey, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Bats (Myotis) circling in Box Mine during the autumn swarming period, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Recorded during a licensed survey with Wiltshire bat Group.

Nick Upton / Member of Wiltshire Bat Group extracting a small Bat (Myotis) from a mist net set in woodland, Box Mine, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Model released.

Nick Upton / Member of Wiltshire Bat Group extracting a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) from a mist net set in woodland, Box Mine, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Model released.

Nick Upton / Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) flying into a mist net during an autumn swarming survey by the Wiltshire Bat Group, Box Mine, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Model released.

Nick Upton / Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) flying into a harp trap set during an autumn swarming survey undertaken by members of Wiltshire Bat Group, Box Mine, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Model released...

Karine Aigner / Scientist Nathan Cooper detangles an endangered Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) from the mist net. This bird was caught for tagging during research into migration and behaviour. Cat Isla...

Karine Aigner / Scientists Nathan Cooper and Stephen Caird play the call of a Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) to elicit a response from wild warblers. This is so they know where to set up a mist net to...

Karine Aigner / Nathan Cooper and Stephen Caird play the call of a Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) to elicit a response from wild warblers. This is so they know where to set up a mist net to capture the...

Karine Aigner / Nathan Cooper and Stephen Caird play the call of a Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) to elicit a response from wild warblers. This is so they know where to set up a mist net to capture the...

Karine Aigner / Scientist Nathan Cooper detangles and endangered Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) from the mist net. This bird was caught for tagging during research into migration and behaviour. Cat Isl...

Karine Aigner / Woman releasing a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) from a mist net. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Karine Aigner / Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) caught in a mist net. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Karine Aigner / Golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa) in a mist net. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Karine Aigner / Research study assistant helping release a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) from a mist net. The Thrush might be a possible cohort individual for a study on fat gain and antioxidants in diet before m...

Karine Aigner / Research study assistant helping release a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) from a mist net. The Thrush might be a possible cohort individual for a study on fat gain and antioxidants in diet before m...

Karine Aigner / Volunteer, helping release a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) from a mist net. The Thrush might be a possible cohort individual for a study on fat gain and antioxidants in diet before migration. Bloc...

Matthew Maran / Bird ringer removing Dunnock (Prunella modularis) from mist nets in reedbeds on the Otter Estuary, Devon, England, UK. May.

Matthew Maran / Bird ringer removing Dunnock (Prunella modularis) from mist nets in reedbeds on the Otter Estuary, Devon, England, UK. May.

Matthew Maran / Catching a Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) caught in mist bed reedbeds on the Otter Estuary to improve understanding of their ecology and life cycle. Devon UK

Matthew Maran / Bird ringer setting up mist nets in the Otter Estuary to catch birds, Devon, England, UK, May.

Nick Hawkins / Researcher measuring the wing length of a Chestnut-sided warbler, (Setophaga pensylvanica) captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Researcher measuring the wing length of a Chestnut-sided warbler, (Setophaga pensylvanica) captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Researcher removing a Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) captured in the mangrove forests of Costa Rica during a mist net during a study of migratory birds. January.

Nick Hawkins / Researcher placing a leg band on Chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Researcher removing a Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Bence Mate / Researcher removing Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) from mist net, Koros-Maros National Park, Hungary.

Nick Upton / Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) being extracted from a mist net set across a cave entrance during an autumn swarming survey run by the Wiltshire Bat Group, near Box, Wiltshire, UK, September. Model...

Nick Upton / Mist net being set across a cave entrance for bats during an autumn swarming survey run by the Wiltshire Bat Group, near Box, Wiltshire, UK, September. Model released.

Nick Upton / Manuel Arzua prepares to extract a Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) from a mist net set across a cave entrance during an autumn swarming survey run by the Wiltshire Bat Group, near Box, Wiltshi...

Cyril Ruoso / Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) caught in mist net, ready to be ringed, measured and released. Pitou, France.

Cyril Ruoso / Researcher trapping Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) in mist net, at Ebakken, Nigeria.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) captured in a mist-net during scientific research. Little Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September. Introduced species in New Zealand.

Jabruson / Hammer Headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) female - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 128 people...

Jabruson / Hammer Headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) female - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 128 people...

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirunda rustica) researcher Pierfrancesco Micheloni collecting migrating individuals for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) caught in mist net set by researchers trying to determine the decline of swallow populations, Picardie, France

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) pair caught in mist net set by researchers who tag, weigh and measure the birds and release them the next morning before sunrise, Poitou, France

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Ridley's Bat (Myotis ridleyi) biologist Tim Salzman retrieving bat from mist net for metabolic analysis research, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

David Tipling / Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) caught in mist net for ringing, Ghadira Nature Reserve, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta Spring

David Tipling / Game Fund anti trapping team with seized trapping equipment including limesticks, sound devices and mist nets Cyprus, September 2011

David Tipling / Police officer dismantles illegal mist nets in olive grove in Dekelia Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus, Birds would have been trapped and sold as the food delicacy ambelopoulia. September 2011.

David Tipling / Police officer dismantles illegal mist nets in olive grove in Dekelia Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus. Birds would have been trapped and sold as the food delicacy ambelopoulia. September 2011.

David Tipling / Person cutting Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundiaceus) from an illegal mist net in olive grove, the bird would have been killed and sold as a delicacy to restaurants, known as ambelopoulia. Cypr...

David Tipling / Officer from the British Sovereign Base Area Police anti trapping unit at Dekeleia holding a Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) rescued from a trappers mist nest in Cyprus, September 2011

David Tipling / Officer from the British Sovereign Base Police at Dekeleia Cyrus extracting an illegally trapped Great Reed Warbler from a mist net in olive grove. Bird would be used to serve as a delicacy in resaura...

David Tipling / Christakis an officer from the British Sovereign Base Police at Dekeleia Cyprus, extracting an illegally trapped Blackcap from a mist net in olive grove. Bird would be used to serve as a delicacy in r...

David Tipling / Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) caught in trappers illegal mist net, with an officer from the British Sovereign Base Police at Dekeleia removing birds, Cyprus, September 2011

David Tipling / Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) cut out from a trappers illegal mist net Cyprus, September 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) caught in mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man removing bird from mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man removing birds from mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man removing Long tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) from mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man looking at Great tit (Parus major) caught in mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Great tit (Parus major) caught in mist net for ringing with a man removing another bird behind, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Great tit (Parus major) caught in mist net for ringing with a man behind, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Long tailed tit (Aegihalos caudatus) caught in mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man removing birds from mist net caught for ringing, in a allotment garden, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Philip Stephen / Trawler hauling a large catch of Saithe alongside in foggy conditions on the North Sea. July 2010. Property released.

Tim Laman / Chris Milensky extracts a bat from a mist net at the Lower Camp at 1200 m elevation. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program expeditio...

Tim Laman / Bat captured in a mist net. Chris Milensky extracts another bat in the background. Foja Mountains Expedition, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program...

Tim Laman / Foja Mountains RAP expedition field assistant Bastian Tawane removes a female Black Pitohui (Pitohui nigrescens) from a mist net. Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid...

Pete Oxford / Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis) caught in mist net to be studied for avian pox, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis) caught in mist net to be studied for avian pox, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Philip Stephen / Trawler "Harvester" taking a large catch of Saithe onboard in misty conditions on the North Sea. Property released.

Michael Durham / Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) caught in mist net set by researchers at night, Rogue River National Forest, Oregon

Mark Moffett / Owl caught in mist net, Kerman, Iran

Benjamin Olson / Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) being removed from mist net during white-nose syndrome study, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Benjamin Olson / Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) in mist net during white-nose syndrome study, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Benjamin Olson / Biologist, Morgan Swingen, setting up mist net to capture bats during white-nose syndrome research, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Benjamin Olson / Biologist, Morgan Swingen, setting up mist net to capture bats during white nose syndrome research, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Benjamin Olson / Biologist setting up mist net to capture bats during white nose syndrome research, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo Rustica) with mist nest for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migrating flock caught in mist net at elephant grass roost for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirunda rustica) researcher Pierfrancesco Micheloni collecting migrating individuals for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirunda rustica) researcher Pierfrancesco Micheloni collecting migrating individuals for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) collected by researcher for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) caught in mist net collector for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirunda rustica) collected by ornithologist Pierfrancesco Micheloni for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) researcher and ornithologist Pierfrancesco Micheloni and assistant erecting mist net to collect migrating birds for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) researcher and ornithologist Pierfrancesco Micheloni and assistant erecting mist net to collect migrating birds for banding, Ebakken, Nigeria

Christian Ziegler / Bat researcher Sergio Estrada removing bats caught in mist net, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bat researcher Sergio Estrada releasing bat after catching it in mist net, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bat researcher Sergio Estrada taking Great Stripe Faced Bat (Vampyrodes caraccioli) out of mist net, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bat researcher Sergio Estrada approaches a Great Stripe Faced Bat (Vampyrodes caraccioli) caught in mist net, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Aspiring biologist holds owl caught in mist net in the guest house, Kerman, Iran

Grant Maslowski / Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) head portrait, hand-held after being caught in a mist-net for bat surveying, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Controlled conditions.

Grant Maslowski / Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) nose and mouth detail, hand-held after being caught in a mist-net for bat surveying, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Controlled conditions.

Grant Maslowski / A research assistant and a volunteer using a mist-net to catch New Zealand rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) on mountain, Tamatea Peak, Lake Roe, Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand. March, 2019.