Alex Hyde / Red algae living just below the surface of snow, known as 'Red Snow'. The red pigment provides protection from ultra-violet light. Austrian Alps, 2800 metres above sea level, June 2009.
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Violet limodore / bird's nest orchid (Limodorum abortivum) widespread in open woodlands throughout the Mediterranean region, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Simon Colmer / Garden pansy (Viola sp) eaten by slugs and snails, UK
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LYNN M. STONE / Violet / Variable dancer damselfly (Argia fumipennis) on Ironweed (Vernonia altissima) flower, Durham, Connecticut, USA, August
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LYNN M. STONE / Violet / Variable dancer damselfly (Argia fumipennis) on Ironweed (Vernonia altissima) flower, Durham, Connecticut, USA, August
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding on nectar of Bromeliad (Pitcairnia commixta) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Heath (Cavendishia bracteata) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Heath (Cavendishia bracteata) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Heath (Cavendishia bracteata) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Damophila julie) male on Gesneria (Kohleria sp) flower, western Ecuador
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Damophila julie) male taking flight, western Ecuador
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Colin Varndell / Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) in flower. Dorset, UK, April.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Blue Anemone (Hepatica nobilis) with orange background, Norway, May.
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Kerstin Hinze / Large blue alkanet / Italian bugloss (Anchusa azurea) Europe, June
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LYNN M. STONE / Purple violet (Viola sororia sororia/ Viola papilionacea) Kane County, Illinois, USA
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Colin Varndell / Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata) in bloom. Hod Hill, Dorset, UK, July.
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Philippe Clement / Wood Violet / Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) in flower. Luxembourg, April.
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Inaki Relanzon / Pyrenean Violet / Ramonda (Ramonda myconi), Ordesa National Park, Pyrenees, Spain, June.
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Stephen Dalton / Violets (Viola riviniana) in flower. Sussex, UK, April.
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Ernie Janes / Purple Sandpiper (Caldris maritima) on shoreline, Norfolk, UK
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Ernie Janes / Purple Sandpiper (Caldris maritima) running along beach, Norfolk, UK
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Ernie Janes / Pots of Yellow and Mauve pansies (Viola sp) on shelving, UK
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Gary K. Smith / Sweet Violet (Viola odorata) close up view of blooms in wildlife garden. Norfolk, UK, April.
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Colin Varndell / Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on meadow cranesbill flower. Somerset, UK, May.
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Nature Production / Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris orientis) amongst (Corydalis ambigua) and Dog's tooth violet flowers, Hokkaido, Japan, May
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Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Clossiana / Boloria selene) on leaf of Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana), UK, July
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Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Clossiana / Boloria selene) on leaf of Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana), UK, July
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Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Clossiana / Boloria selene) on leaf of Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana), UK, July
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Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Clossiana / Boloria selene) on leaf of Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana), UK, July
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Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) feeding on leaf of Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) UK, July
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Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) on Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) leaf, UK
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Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) feeding on Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) leaf, UK
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Steve Nicholls / Violet helleborine (Epipactis purpurata) flowering in ancient deciduous forest, Lower Woods Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, August
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Steve Nicholls / Violet helleborine (Epipactis purpurata) flowering in ancient deciduous forest, Lower Woods Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, August
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Inaki Relanzon / Montseny's Violet or Pensament del Montseny (Viola bubanii). Montseny Nature Reserve, Catalonia, Spain, May.
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Simon Colmer / Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Boloria / Boloria selene) caterpillar on foodplant, Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) Sussex, UK, July
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Simon Colmer / Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) caterpillar, on violet leaf, Sussex, UK, June
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Simon Colmer / Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) caterpillar, on violet leaf, Sussex, UK, June
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Pete Oxford / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird flying, Ecuador
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Juergen Freund / Close up of fluorescent corals. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Close up of fluorescent corals. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Close up of fluorescent corals. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Murray Cooper / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird feeding on nectar, Andes, Ecuador
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Juergen Freund / Fluorescent corals viewed under a UV light, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January
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Nick Upton / Fairies thimbles / Fairy thimble bellflowers (Campanula cochleariifolia) growing from crevice in karst limestone rock face at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Dwarf alpine columbine (Aquilegia einseliana) a rare montane species of Columbine, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Alpine calamint / rock thyme (Acinos alpinus) among karst limestone rocks at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Rod Williams / Female Amethyst / Violet Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) perched on branch. Captive. Occurs tropical Africa.
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Tui De Roy / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) hummingbird, Guango, Papallacta, Ecuador
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Mike Potts / Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) feeding among rocky pools on a falling tide. Rhos on Sea, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK, January
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Mike Potts / Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) feeding among rocky pools on a falling tide. Rhos on Sea, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK, January
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Nick Upton / Male Violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) with tatty wings feeding on Scotch / Cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium), Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
Murray Cooper / Brown Violet-ear (Colibri delphinae) hummingbird displaying, Ecuador
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Murray Cooper / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) male, Ecuador
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Murray Cooper / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) male, Ecuador
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Murray Cooper / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) male, Ecuador
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Murray Cooper / Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Damophila julie) male, Ecuador
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Marie Read / Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) male using its bill to preen its feathers, while perched on tufa, Mono Lake, California, USA
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Marie Read / Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) portrait of male facing camera, perched on tufa, Mono Lake, California, USA
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Marie Read / Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) male perched on tufa formation, Mono Lake, California, USA
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Marie Read / Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) female perched on tufa formation. This species nests in holes in the tufa formations. Mono Lake, California, USA.
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Alan Williams / Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) running on rocky shore, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK, March
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Alan Williams / Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) walking on rocky shore with splashing waves, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK, March
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Alan Williams / Purple Sandpipers (Calidris maritima) two feeding on rocky shore at high tide, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK, March
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Alan Williams / Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) showing flexible beak while roosting on rocks on shore at high tide, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK, March
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Alan Williams / Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) on rocky shore at high tide, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK, March
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Pete Oxford / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) male, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) male, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) male, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador