David Tipling / Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) shot in wing and put down by vet, Birdlife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013
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David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013
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David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp 2013, Malta, April 2013
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David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, placed on newspaper which shows article about hunting, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp 2013, Malta, April 2013
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David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp 2013, Malta, April 2013
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David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp 2013, Malta, April 2013
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Colin Varndell / Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) on Michaelmas daisy flowers. Dorset, UK, October 2012.
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Researchers take skin sample from wing of Myotis bat probably a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentoni) for DNA testing, near Faversham, Kent, UK, September 2010
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Researchers taking a skin sample from wing of a Myotis bat probably a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentoni) for DNA testing. Near Faversham, Kent, UK, September 2010
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Researchers looking at wing of myotis bat species probably Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentoni), near Faversham, Kent, UK, September 2010
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Researchers taking a skin sample from wing of a Myotis bat probably a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentoni) for DNA testing, near Faversham, Kent, UK, September 2010
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Researchers taking measurements of wing bone of Myotis bat probably a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentoni) near Faversham Kent, UK, September 2010
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Researchers inspecting wing of a Myotis bat, probably a Daubentons bat (Myotis daubentoni) near Faversham, Kent, UK, September 2010
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / RF- Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) backlit in evening light. Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK. June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / RF- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) emerging from water with fish prey. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Paul Hobson / Barn owl (Tyto alba) in flight, hunting behaviour, Lincolnshire, UK May
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / RF- Eastern white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) taking off from water, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / RF- Fritillary butterfly (Melitea sp.) North Velebit National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia, June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed o...
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Ross Hoddinott / Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) at rest, Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon, UK. July.
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Ross Hoddinott / Broad bodied chaser dragonfly (Libellula depressa), close up of wing detail, Cornwall, UK
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / RF- Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), resting on dew covered reed, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall/Devon border, UK. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / RF- Bannded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), resting on buttercup, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall/Devon border, UK. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Tim Fitzharris / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) male feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador
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Tim Fitzharris / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) male feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador
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Loic Poidevin / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) female scratching its wing. Breton marsh, West France, September.
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Loic Poidevin / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) female scratching its wing. Breton marsh, West France, September.
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Markus Varesvuo / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) gliding above the sea, Madeira August
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Mark Carwardine / Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) - close up of wing feathers, Rio Negro, Amazon Basin, Brazil Wild
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Mark Carwardine / Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) hanging from branch with one flying showing veins in wing membrane and the finger bones well, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa
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Marie Read / Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) male in breeding plumage, preening its wing, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, June.
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Marie Read / Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), female in breeding plumage, stretching its wing and foot, perched on small tufa outcrop in the water, Mono Lake, California, USA, July.
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Marie Read / Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) pair perched on floating vegetation, male stretching its wing and leg, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA. March
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Andy Trowbridge / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) adult and chick under wing on nest. Nest 'frame' is manmade. Ostersund, Sweden. June.
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) female sheltering chick from harsh sunlight, shading with wing, in nest on top of shrub near beach, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Paul D Stewart / Tiger complex mimics, (Heliconids), an old collection of butterflies in the famous 'tiger complex'. This is a group of around 200 species of mostly toxic South American species which share a similar p...
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David Pattyn / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) looking under its wing while preening, Camargue, France July
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Tui De Roy / Blue wing mountain tanagers (Anisognathus somptuosus) on a feeder, Bellavista cloud forest private reserve, 1700m altitude, Tandayapa Valley, Andean cloud forest, Tropical Andes, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) in classic cormorant wing-spread pose to dry plumage. Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.
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MYN / Matt Cole / Seven Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) with wing-case open, taking off from a Daffodil leaf. Suburban garden, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, UK, March. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / RF- Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male in flight in snow. Glenfeshie, Scotland, February. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Brent Stephenson / Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in flight low over the water with wing tip cutting the water, off Madeira, North Atlantic. May.
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Paul Williams / Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) in flight, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil, digital composite to add tips to right wing
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LYNN M. STONE / Florida Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pratensis), stretching a wing and a leg in shallow water. Sarasota County, Florida, USA, April.
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Andy Rouse / RF- Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male displaying. Wales, UK March. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Alex Hyde / Purple Emperor Butterfly (Apatura iris) male, close up of wing showing iridescent purple scales. Captive, UK.
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Alex Hyde / Bud Wing Mantis (Parasphendale affinis) juvenile (left) next to recently shed skin (right), against a white background. Captive, originating from Africa.
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) Hospital President Jenny Maclean stretches out the wing of a bat, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland. January 2008.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man measuring Long tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) wing, caught in net for ringing in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man measuring Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) wing length, caught in net in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man measuring Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) wing length, caught in net in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released
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David Tipling / 2020VISION / Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) male in flight showing wing plumage. Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire Fens, England, March.
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow wing(Chelidoptera tenebrosa) standing on ground, lowland Atlantic Rainforest, Estao Veracel Natural Private Heritage Reserve (RPPN Estao Veracel) municipality of Porto Seguro, Southern Bahia S...
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow wing(Chelidoptera tenebrosa) with insect in the beak, Campo Nativo ecosystem (Native Field) of Vale Natural Reserve, municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastern Brazil.
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow wing(Chelidoptera tenebrosa) feeding the chick in the nest in the ecosystem Campo Nativo (Native Field) of Vale Natural Reserve, municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastern Brazil.
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Danny Green / 2020VISION / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) stretching its wing, Worlaby Carr, Lincolnshire, England, UK, December
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Mark Payne-Gill / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) hibernating in log pile. Wings closed to show defensive camouflaged wing underside. Studio. Bristol, UK, March.
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Mark Payne-Gill / Grayling Butterfly (Hipparchia semele) in profile, showing camouflage wing colouration. Mills Marshalling yard, West Yorkshire, July.
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Mark Payne-Gill / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) hibernating in log pile. Wings open to show warning eye pattern on wing topside. Studio. Bristol, UK, March.
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Andy Sands / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male preening wing with muddy bill, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March.
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Andy Sands / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male preening wing on mossy branch, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March.
Mike Wilkes / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) stretching wing in snowy field, Warwickshire, UK, February
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Brent Stephenson / White-capped albatross (Thalassarche steadi) skimming the water with wing, off Stewart Island, New Zealand, November.
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Markus Varesvuo / Black vulture (Aegypius monachus) portrait, with outstretched wing, Spain, April
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Pete Oxford / Saturniid Moth (Saturniidae) false eyespots on wings, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Painted Beauty (Batesia hypochlora) butterfly wings and body, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador
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Jouan & Rius / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) drake stretching wing on frozen lake, Picardy, Aisne, France February
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Martin Willis / Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) female in diversion display, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Dr. Axel Gebauer / Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis) looking at reflection in a driving wing mirror, Melli, West Bengal, India
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Gerrit Vyn / Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) in breeding plumage wing stretching on a tundra pond, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA June
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Gerrit Vyn / Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) in breeding plumage wing stretching on a tundra pond, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA June
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Alex Hyde / Assam silkmoth (Antheraea assamensis) close up of eye spot on wing, originating from India, Burma and Sundaland. Captive.
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Stephen Dalton / Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) flying from Betony flowers, note the strong aerodynamic forces on the wing during this manoeuvre, UK
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Great skua (Stercorarius skua) wing feather detail with water droplets, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, July
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Great skua (Stercorarius skua), wing feather detail with water droplets, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, July
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Brent Stephenson / Close-up of Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) plumage of mantle, wing, and flanks. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.
Mike Read / Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) stretching wings, Pennington Marshes Reserve, Hampshire, UK February
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Steve Gettle / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird, Costa Rica
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Steve Gettle / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly wing with false eyespots, Ecuador
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Steve Gettle / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly wing with false eyespots, Ecuador
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Steve Gettle / Atreus Owl (Caligo atreus) butterfly wing with false eyespot, Ecuador
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Ann & Steve Toon / Peregrine falcon chick (Falco peregrinus) with Ornithologist extending one wing, Northumberland National Park, UK, June 2011. Captive.
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Alex Hyde / Close-up of scales on underside of Red admiral butterfly wing (Vanessa atalanta), Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, August.
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Alex Hyde / Close-up of wing scales of African moon moth (Argema mimosae) orginating from Africa. Captive.
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Alex Hyde / Japanese owl moth (Brahmaea japonica) close up of scales on wing.
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) wing-stretching, winter plumage, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, February
