Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...
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Nick Upton / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a clump of Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a clump of Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Feral horse (Equus caballus) walking on a remote sandy beach, near Arta, Mallorca, Spain, August.
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Nick Upton / Forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta) feeding on a Gypsy moth caterpillar (Lymantria dispar) it has killed in a Holm oak tree, Bacu Goloritze ravine, Baunei, Sardinia, Italy, May.
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Nick Upton / Sand-loving / Square-headed wasp (Tachysphex costae) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.
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Nick Upton / Captive reared juvenile White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight over the Knepp Estate soon after release, Sussex, UK, August 2019.
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Nick Upton / Captive reared juvenile White stork (Ciconia ciconia) with a GPS tracker on its back in flight over the Knepp Estate soon after release, Sussex, UK, August 2019.
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Nick Hawkins / North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) tail fluke, diving to feed in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Endangered species. July
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Nick Hawkins / Juvenile Pollock (Pollachius virens) school within the protective fronds of kelp near Port Joli, Nova Scotia, Canada. August
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Nick Hawkins / Underneath view of a North American beaver (Castor canadensis) swimming under the ice of a frozen river. Quebec, Canada. October.
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Nick Hawkins / Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar) under river ice. Quebec, Canada. October.