Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Falconer with bird Al Areen Park, Manama, Bahrain

Benoit Stichelbaut / Imoca 60' Bahrain Team "Pindar" (Skippered by Brian Thomson) at the start of the Vendee Globe 2008/2009, Les Sables d'Olonne, 9 November 2008.

David Shale / Nubian ibex silhouetted at dawn {Capra ibex nubiana} Bahrain, Middle East

Mark Payne-Gill / Black crowned sparrow / finch lark {Eremopterix nigriceps} chicks in nest, sheltering from sun, Bahrain

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra Cormorant {Phalacrocorax nigrogularis} in flight, Hawar Island, Bahrain.

Francis Abbott / Oil pollution on rocky shore from the Iran/Iraq War, 1980-1988, Bahrian

Mark Payne-Gill / Desert lantern bush / Arta (Calligonum comosum) in flower, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Addax {Addax nasomaculatus} endangered, Hawar Is, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Arabian oryx {Oryx leucoryx} Hawar Is, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Arabian oryx {Oryx leucoryx} Hawar Is, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Arabian gazelle {Gazella gazella arabica} Hawar Is, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Nubian ibex {Capra ibex nubiana} Hawar Is, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Nubian ibex {Capra ibex nubiana} Hawar Is, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Nubian ibex {Capra ibex nubiana} Hawar Is, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Addax {Addax nasomaculatus} endangered, Hawar Is, Bahrain

Mike Potts / Addax {Addax nasomaculatus} endangered, Hawar Is, Bahrain

David Shale / Aerial view of Socotra cormorant nesting colony {Phalacrocorax nigrogularis} Hawar Is, Bahrain - photographed during making of BBC Planet Earth series

David Shale / Socotra cormorant nest colony, Hawar Island Bahrain - photographed during making of BBC Planet Earth series

Mark Payne-Gill / Desert hyacinth / Broomrape {Orobanchaceae} parasitic plant Bahrain

Francis Abbott / Persian gulf pearl oyster {Pinctada radiata} Bahrain

Francis Abbott / Sea pen on sea floor {Sarcoptilus genus} Bahrain Arabian Gulf

Mark Payne-Gill / Three Dromedary camels {Camelus dromedarius} Desert, Bahrain, Middle East

Francis Abbott / Pharaoh cuttlefish portrait. Bahrain (Sepia pharaonis) Arabian Gulf

Francis Abbott / Painted crawfish close-up. (Panulirus versicolor) Bahrain. Abuthama reef.

Francis Abbott / Painted crawfish. (Panulirus versicolor) Bahrain. Abuthama reef.

Francis Abbott / Painted crawfish in reef. (Panulirus versicolor) Bahrain. Abuthama reef.

Francis Abbott / Staghorn coral (Acropora sp} Bahrain, Red Sea.

Francis Abbott / Painted crawfish in reef. Abuthama reef, Bahrain

Mark Payne-Gill / Triops tadpole shrimps breeding in pool after rains {Triops cancriformis} Bahrain. Eggs lie dormant until it rains when they hatch and breed in short period before pool dries out again.

Francis Abbott / Finger coral {Porites lutea} Bahrain, Persian Gulf

Francis Abbott / Finger coral {Porites nodifera} Persian Gulf

Francis Abbott / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Abuthania Reef, Bahrain Arabian Gulf

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) colony on beach at Hawar Island, Bahrain, October

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) standing on gravel with two eggs. Hawar Island, Bahrain, October

David Shale / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) colony on a beach at Hawar Island, Bahrain

David Shale / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) colony on a beach at Hawar Island, Bahrain

David Shale / Aerial view of Socotra cormorant {Phalacrocorax nigrogularis} colony, Hawar Is, Bahrain

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Four Socotra cormorants (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) in flight against blue sky over Hawar Island, Bahrain, October

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) in flight against blue sky over Hawar Island, Bahrain, October

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) standing in shallow water, Hawar Island, Bahrain, October

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) in flight against blue sky over Hawar Island, Bahrain, October

Mike Potts / Curlew Sandpipers (Calidris ferruginea) and a Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) wintering in the Hawar Islands, Bahrain, UAE

Mark Payne-Gill / Caterpillar larva of Striped hawkmoth {Hyles / Celerio livornica} dark phase, Bahrain

Mark Payne-Gill / Caterpillar larva of Striped hawkmoth {Hyles / Celerio livornica} dark phase, Bahrain