Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...
01364837
Stephen Dalton / Chinese emmenopterys tree (Emmenopterys henryi) a very rare tree from China that flowers every few decades. This specimen from Wakehurst Place, Sussex, flowered in 2011 - the first time since 1987
01372428
Andy Rouse / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) young male 'Einion' in flight. The bird is wearing a radio tracker. Dyfi Estuary, Wales, August. It is the first time ospreys have bred at this location for 400 years.
01372420
Andy Rouse / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) newly fledged young on perch. Dyfi Estuary, Wales, August. It is the first time ospreys have bred at this location for 400 years.
01372424
Andy Rouse / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) youngster landing in grass. Dyfi Estuary, Wales, August. It is the first time ospreys have bred at this location for 400 years.
00761265
Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) five week old cub playing with adult male after being introduced to pride for the first time, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
00761264
Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) five week old cub approaches adult male after being introduced to pride members for the first time, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
01596610
Ashley Cooper / Van with solar panels attached at a protest against fracking at a farm site at Little Plumpton, near Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, where the council for the first time in the UK, has granted planning per...
01596609
Ashley Cooper / Truck with solar panels attached at a protest against fracking at a farm site at Little Plumpton near Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, where the council for the first time in the UK, has granted planning pe...
01591562
Ashley Cooper / Protest banner against fracking at a farm site at Little Plumpton near Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, where the council for the first time in the UK, has granted planning permission for commercial frackin...
01591561
Ashley Cooper / Women protestors with a protest banner against fracking at a farm site at Little Plumpton near Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, where the council for the first time in the UK, has granted planning permissio...
01591560
Ashley Cooper / Protest banner against fracking at a farm site at Little Plumpton near Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, where the council for the first time in the UK, has granted planning permission for commercial frackin...