Angelo Gandolfi / White stork (Ciconia ciconia), nesting colony to provide alternative nesting area whilst the building they normally nest on is under repair. Extremadura, Spain, April.

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Repair to footpath damage caused by erosion, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Repair to footpath damage caused by erosion, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Repair to footpath damage caused by erosion, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November

Gary K. Smith / Boat repair yard, Venice, Italy, April.

Constantinos Petrinos / Small shipyard used to construct or repair traditional wooden Greek fishing boats called caique. Spetses Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Mediterranean, August 2013

Constantinos Petrinos / Small shipyard used to construct or repair traditional wooden Greek fishing boats called caique. Spetses Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Mediterranean, August 2013

Constantinos Petrinos / Small shipyard used to construct or repair traditional wooden Greek fishing boats called caique. Spetses Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Mediterranean, August 2013

Staffan Widstrand / Fisherman mending the nets, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Fisherman mending nets, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Roland Seitre / Kagus (Rhynochetos jubatus) with ranger repairing track, Parc Provincial de la Riviere Bleue / Blue River Provincial Park, Yate, South Province, New Caledonia, August 2012. Endangered species

Roland Seitre / Kagus (Rhynochetos jubatus) with ranger repairing track, Parc Provincial de la Riviere Bleue / Blue River Provincial Park, Yate, South Province, New Caledonia, August 2012. Endangered species

Claudio Contreras / Man repairing plastic fishing nets, Batasan Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Men repairing nylon fishing nets, Batasan Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Men repairing nylon fishing nets, Batasan Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras / Men repairing nylon fishing nets, Batasan Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Pat Tuson / Three people sitting around a vintage sewing machine on a table outdoors. A label on the front says 'DIY Mending and Styling!' Hackney City Farm, London, England UK, March 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Houses in Gospic, damaged by the Bosnian war, now slowly repaired, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia June 2012

Pat Tuson / Bright Sparks sign, Islington Repair and Reuse Shop for small electrical items, London UK

Chris Mattison / Turkish gecko, (Hemidactylus turcicus) with re-grown tail, captive, occurs Mediterranean region.

Chris Mattison / Turkish gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus), captive, occurs the Mediterranean, with re-grown tail.

Merryn Thomas / 1930s Hilliard boat "Puffin" being renovated. Underfall Yard, Bristol, March 2009.

Merryn Thomas / 1930s Hilliard boat "Puffin" being renovated. Underfall Yard, Bristol, March 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Scaffolding to repair planking on Replica of John Cabot's caravel "The Matthew", undergoing maintenance at Underfall Yard in Bristol's Floating Harbour, UK. April 2009.

Merryn Thomas / 1930s Hilliard boat "Puffin" being renovated. Underfall Yard, Bristol, March 2009.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" on slipway for repair work, Skagen, Denmark. March 2010, Property released.

Nick Upton / Wooden fishing boats on quayside awaiting repair and maintenance at Molyvos / Mithymna harbour with town and 13th century castle on the hill in the background. Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, August 2010

David Woodfall / Dry dock at Bulls Pit. Severn Estuary. England, August 2009

David Woodfall / Barge in dry dock at Bulls Pit. Fred Larkham, Gloucestershire boatman. Severn Estuary. England, August 2009

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Terry Andrewartha / Vehicles delivering sand to repair beach defences, Snettisham, N Norfolk, UK

Kim Taylor / Tree termite workers repair tunnel up tree trunk. Sequence 2/3. E Africa.

Kim Taylor / Tree termite workers repair tunnel up tree trunk. Repair almost complete Sequence 3/3. E

Kim Taylor / Termite {Mastotermes darwiniensis} soldiers and workers repair damaged tunnel.

Kim Taylor / Tree termite workers repair tunnel up tree trunk. Tunnel before damage. Sequence 1/3. E

Nick Upton / Professor Edward O. Wilson breaking into a Termite (Nasutitermes sp) nest to show how quickly they can repair it, on production for a BBC Natural World film 'The Little Creatures Who Run the World'. T...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of 'Beagle laid ashore, River Santa Cruz'. Copperplate engraving, art by Conrad Martens, engraved by T. Landseer. Published by H. Colburn 1838. Plate from 'The Narrative of the Surveying...

Philip Stephen / Rock-hopper fishing net on quayside for repair.

Philip Stephen / Trawler propeller and tail-shaft being removed for repair. Peterhead shiplift, May 2005.

Rick Tomlinson / Lisa Macdonald and Anna Drougge carrying out repair work on board "EF Language" during the Whitbread Round The World Race, 1997-98.

Rick Tomlinson / Repair work for "Team EF Language" after the mast snaps just above the first set of spreaders during Leg 5 from New Zealand to São Sebastião in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-98. ^^^ Re...

Rick Tomlinson / Lisa Macdonald and Anna Drougge carrying out repair work on board "EF Language" during the Whitbread Round The World Race, 1997-98.

Gary K. Smith / Overgrown garden with traditional conservatory, UK

Terry Andrewartha / Vehicles delivering sand to repair beach Oystercatchers Snettisham N Norfolk UK

Ashley Cooper / Walkers on the Three Peaks footpath next to piles of stone being used for repair work, Ingleborough, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, UK. April, 2021.

Ashley Cooper / Stone slabs used for repair work, piled up along the extremely popular Three Peaks footpath, Ingleborough, Yorkshire Dales National park, Yorkshire, UK. April, 2021.

Ashley Cooper / Mechanical digger used to carry out repair work to the extremely popular Three Peaks footpath, Ingleborough, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, UK. April, 2021.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Generator repair shop in the street, Xia Shan area in the Zhan Jiang city, Guangdong, China, November.

Nigel Cattlin / Workers repairing mud irrigation levies for small individual, experimental, trials plots in paddy rice (Oryza sativa), Luzon, Philippines

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Balls of mud used by Somba family to repair their traditional mud house, Land of the Batammariba, Benin, 2020.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Somba family using mud to repair their traditional house, the Land of the Batammariba, Benin, February 2020

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Somba family using mud to repair their traditional house, the Land of the Batammariba, Benin, February 2020

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Somba man using mud to repair wall of family's takyenta, a traditional mud house. Land of the Batammariba, Benin, 2020.

Erwan Quéméré / Sardine fishing net repair kit and nets. Concarneau, South Brittany, France.