Nick Garbutt / Mango fruits displayed for sale {Mangifera indica} Mauritius Port Louis market

Nick Garbutt / Lychee fruit {Litchi chinensis} Mauritius Port Louis market

Nick Garbutt / Mauritius kestrel shortly after hatching {Falco punctatus} Gov't aviaries, Mauritius

Nick Garbutt / Mauritius kestrel chick beginning to hatch from egg {Falco punctatus} Goernment aviaries, Mauritius

Nick Garbutt / Pink pigeon chick in hand {Columba mayeri} Government Aviaries, Mauritius

Mark Payne-Gill / Pink pigeon pair {Columba mayeri} Pigeon Is, Mauritius

Nick Garbutt / Pink pigeon (Columba mayeri) Mauritius

Nick Garbutt / Pink pigeon (Columba mayeri) Mauritius. Endangered

Nick Garbutt / Dodo model {Raphus cucullatus} Port Louis museum, Mauritius

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and Mauritius parrot; woodblock print with later handcolouring from the Penny Magazine (London, June 1, 1833). Print after similar painting by C. Edwards 1750...

Roberto Rinaldi / Hindu ceremony, Mauritius. 2002

Roberto Rinaldi / Hindu ceremony, Mauritius. 2002

Roberto Rinaldi / Preparing to parasail, Mauritius. 2002

Roberto Rinaldi / Stonefish (Synanceja genus) on shipwreck, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Street scene, Mauritius. 2002

Roberto Rinaldi / Touessrock hotel swimming pool beside beach, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Man in his workshop with plans, building a model multi-rigged tall ship, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tuessrock hotel beach with thatched umbrella sun-shades, loungers and palm trees, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Man selling shells, corals and starfish at a stall in Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Mouth of a tube anemone (Cerianthus sp.), Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Motorboats pulled up on beach, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Man with model multi-rigged tall ship, Mauritius. Warship "Soleil Royal".

Roberto Rinaldi / Creole dancers, Mauritus.

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view of the east coast of Mauritius and the Touessrok fivestar resort.

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view towards Grand Port and the south east coast of Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Ile aux Fouquets / Île du Phare lighthouse. The 26 m (85 ft) masonry tower is now inactive. Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Waterfall, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tamarind falls, Black River, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Ile aux Fouquets / Île du Phare lighthouse. The 26 m (85 ft) masonry tower is now inactive. Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Stream in the Black River area, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / People working on a plantation, Mauritus.

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view of coast and reefs off Mauritius east coast above Domaine du Chasseur nature reserve.

Roberto Rinaldi / Landscape with waterfall, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysogaster), Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Le Touessrock 5 star resort accommodation and swimming pool, Mauritus.

Roberto Rinaldi / Two young girls standing on rocks, Mauritius. 2002

Roberto Rinaldi / Landscape near the coast of south east Mauritius from Domaine du Chasseur nature reserve.

Roberto Rinaldi / A model ship maker working from detailed plans to recreate traditional sailing ships, Mauritius

Julian Hume / Illustration of Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) adult and chick - head detail. Extinct since the mid to late 17th century, endemic to Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves.

Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria),Columbidae,male calling over the the Anse Quitor Valley,Rodrigues, Mauritius. Extinct since 1761. Flightless member of pigeon family and close...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritius dawn showing extinct species. A Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) - extinct c 1730 - awaits the warmth of the morning sun,while the Thirioux's grey parrot (Psitt...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Thirioux's grey parrot (Psittacula bensoni) - extinct 1764 - at a harbour on Mauritius,c1602. The woodcut on which this reconstruction is based constitutes the only known image of Thir...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Reunion Island skink (Leiolopisma ceciliae) - extinct. Closely related to the extant Telfair's skink (Leiolopisma telfairi) from Mauritius. May have died out due to predation from intr...

Julian Hume / Illustration of extinct rails. Clockwise from top right: Mauritius red rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) extinct 1700,Mauritius,Mascarenes; San Cristobel gallinule (Gallinula silvestris) - extinct 1929,San...

Julian Hume / Illustration of nesting seabirds and other species,Ile Fregate,Rodrigues. Dugongs (Dugong dugon) (endangered/threatened species) once thrived in lagoons on Ile Fregate,while seabirds breed in huge num...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues high-backed carosse tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri ) - extinct 1795 - (left); Rodrigues domed tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) - extinct 1795 - (centre). Leguat's rails (Er...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Tafforet's lizard-owl / Leguat's owl / Rodriguez little owl (Mascarenotus murivorus) - extinct 1761 - pouncing on giant night gecko (Nactus sp.) (centre bottom),the largest of the Masc...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues parrot (Necropsittacus rodericanus) - extinct 1761 - perched on Bois dolive (Cassine orientale). Island of Rodrigues (Rodriguez), a dependency of Mauritius.

Julian Hume / Illustration of Lienard's giant day-gecko (Phelsuma gigas) (extinct 1841) raids a Rodrigues fody (Foudia flavicans) (endangered/threatened species),nest,which hangs from a bough of Scyphochlamys revol...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues starling (Necropsar rodericanus) - extinct 1761 - attacking hatchling green turtles (Chelonia midas) - threatened/endangered species. A lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) fli...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritian lowland dry forest with extinct species. Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) - extinct 1688 - in a woodland of black ebony (Diospyros tesselaria),Tambalacoque Sideroxylon grandiflorum,...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritius blue pigeon / Pigeon Hollandais (Alectroenas nitidissima) - extinct 1835 - perched on ebony (Diospyros egrettarum) critically endangered. Endemic to Mauritius, Indian Ocean.

Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues night heron (Nycticorax megacephalus) - extinct 1750 - and Newton's day gecko (Phelsuma edwardnewtoni) - extinct 1917 - on a Rodrigues spindle palm (Hyophorbe verschaffelti...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Reunion's pigeons in a gorge above St Louis, Mauritius. Malagasy / Madagascar turtle dove (Nesoenas picturata) (top left - extant); Reunion pink pigeon (Nesoenas duboisi) (centre left)...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Dubois's kestrel (Falco duboisi) - extinct 1674 - hunting a Manapany day gecko (Phelsuma inexpectata) (left,on trunk),while grey tomb bats (Taphozous mauritianus) (left,below) roost in...

Julian Hume / Illustration of the large, flightless Dubois's wood rail (Dryolimnas augusti) - extinct 1674 - feeds among Reunion tortoises (Cylindraspis indica) - extinct 1800 - in a grove of screw pines (Pandanus...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritius fruit bat / Black-spined fruit bat (Pteropus niger) flying over red latan palm (Latania commersoni); the only fruit bat still to occur on the island of Mauritius; endangered...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Tafforet's lizard-owl / Leguat's owl / Rodriguez little owl (Mascarenotus murivorus) - extinct 1761. Endemic to the Island of Rodrigues (Rodriguez),a dependency of Mauritius, in the In...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Reunion solitaire / Reunion sacred ibis (Threskiornis solitarius) - extinct - on the side of the Piton des Neiges volcano,island of Reunion, Mauritius.

Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues pigeon (Columba rodericanus) - extinct 1761 - perched on the critically endangered Zanthoxylon paniculatum,above the Anse Quitor Valley,island of Rodrigues (Rodriguez),a depe...

Julian Hume / Illustration of snakes,lizards and tortoises on Mauritius. Keel-scaled boa (Casarea dussumieri) - threatened/endangered species; burrowing boa (Bolyeria multicarinata) - extinct 1975; Gnther's gecko (...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) - extinct Flightless bird endemic to Mauritius, extinct since the mid to late 17th century.

Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues high-backed carosse tortoise / Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) - extinct 1795 - feeding on the fruit of Rodrigues spindle palm (Hyophorbe versc...

Julian Hume / Illustration of breeding pair of Oiseaux bleus / Swamp hen on the Plaine Caffres,Reunion (extinct 1700). This species is known from only a few reliable accounts, and appears to have been a large galli...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Broad billed parrot / Raven parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritianus) - extinct 1674 - male right,female left,with echo parakeet (Psittacula echo),the only surviving Mascarene parrot (critic...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritian birds. Mauritius pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) (centre left); Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) (centre right); Mauritius olive white-eye (Zosterops chloronothos) feeding on the...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritius domed giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) - extinct 1720. Mauritius,Mascarenes, Indian Ocean.

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritius red hen (Aphanapteryx bonasia) - extinct 1690. Didosaurus (Leiolopisma mauritiana) - extinct 1600 - basking on Pandanus sp.,sits next to a blue-tailed day gecko (Phelsuma cep...

Julian Hume / Illustration of blue morphs (usually green) of Rodrigues parakeet / Newton's parakeet (Psittacula exsul) - extinct 1874. Feeding on hibiscus lilliflorus (above) and Syzygium balfouri (below). Island o...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Reunion harrier (Circus maillardi) being mobbed by Mauritius merle (Hyspipetes olivaceus) (bottom) and a male Mauritius cuckoo-shrike (Coracina typica) (top right) (threatened/endanger...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Giant tortoises,late 17th century,Mauritius,Rodrigues above present-day Port Mathurin. As described by Francois Leguat,the land was covered with tortoises for up to a hundred paces. Is...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) - extinct Dodo endemic to Mauritius. Mauritius red rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) and giant tortoise (Cylindraspis sp) in background. All these species are exti...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritius saddleback giant tortoise (Cylindraspis triserrata) - extinct 1720. Mauritius, Mascarenes.

Julian Hume / Illustration of extinct birds from Mauritius. Mauritian sheldgeese (Alopochen mauritianus ) (left) (extinct 1690) feed in a lakeside forest with Mascarene teal (Anas theodori) (bottom right) (extinct...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Reunion crested starling (Fregilupus varius) - extinct 1850. Reunion Island,Mascarenes, Indian Ocean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Woman washing clothes in river, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Port Louise, capital of Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Woman washing clothes on flat stones, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view towards Grand Port and Lion Mountain, south east coast, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tamarind falls, Black River, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tamarind Falls, Black River, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Aerial view of Mauritius with a boat travelling up river.

Roberto Rinaldi / Seven coloured earth / sand. The colours and undulations come from natural erosion of the volcanic rocks, Chamarel, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Two open boats moored close to the beach, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tamarind falls, Black River, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Young boy drinking coconut milk from a straw, Mauritius.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tamarind falls, Black River, Mauritius.

Nick Garbutt / Pink pigeon squab 18-day-old {Columba mayeri} Government Aviaries, Mauritius

Mark Payne-Gill / Pink pigeon {Columba mayeri} Pigeon Island Mauritius

Nick Garbutt / Mauritius kestrel chick being hand fed {Falco punctatus} Mauritius 12-days-old

Nick Garbutt / Mauritius kestrel fledglings (Falco punctatus) Mauritius 50-days-old

Nick Garbutt / Latan palms {Latania loddigesii} Hurrican palms. Round Is Mauritius

Nick Garbutt / Male Mascarene frog in breeding pool {Ptychadena macareniensis} Mauritius

Nick Garbutt / Mauritius parakeet in aviary {Psittacula echo} Mauritius

Nick Garbutt / Bottle palm {Hyophorbe amaricauli} bent over by wind Round Is Mauritius.

Nick Garbutt / Mauritius kestrel fledglings. (Falco punctatus) Mauritius 55-days-old