Andy Sands / Blue mason bee (Osmia caerulescens) male emerging from bee hotel or insect box in garden, Hertfordshire, England, UK. April
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Mike Wilkes / Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) sitting on blackthorn eating sloes, Warwickshire, England, UK, October.
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Mike Wilkes / Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) sitting on blackthorn eating sloes, Warwickshire, England, UK, October.
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Erlend Haarberg / Stoat (Mustela erminea) in white winter coat, looking from behind a birch tree and licking its nose, Vauldalen, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, April.
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Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) resting, with snow on head, West Fjords, Iceland, April.