Jabruson / Hammer Headed bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in gloved hand - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 12...

Nick Upton / Brown big-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) flying into a mist net set in the entrance to Box Mine by the Wiltshire Bat Group, part of a population survey, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Bats (Myotis) circling in Box Mine during the autumn swarming period, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Recorded during a licensed survey with Wiltshire bat Group.

Nick Upton / Member of Wiltshire Bat Group extracting a small Bat (Myotis) from a mist net set in woodland, Box Mine, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Model released.

Nick Upton / Member of Wiltshire Bat Group extracting a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) from a mist net set in woodland, Box Mine, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Model released.

Nick Upton / Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) flying into a harp trap set during an autumn swarming survey undertaken by members of Wiltshire Bat Group, Box Mine, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Model released...

Karine Aigner / Scientist Nathan Cooper detangles an endangered Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) from the mist net. This bird was caught for tagging during research into migration and behaviour. Cat Isla...

Karine Aigner / Nathan Cooper and Stephen Caird play the call of a Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) to elicit a response from wild warblers. This is so they know where to set up a mist net to capture the...

Karine Aigner / Scientist Nathan Cooper detangles and endangered Kirtland's Warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) from the mist net. This bird was caught for tagging during research into migration and behaviour. Cat Isl...

Karine Aigner / Biologists researching song birds, weighing and banding birds caught in mist nets. Here birds are kept in breathable fabric bags while they are waiting to be examined. Block island, Rhode Island, US...

Karine Aigner / Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) caught in a mist net. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Matthew Maran / Bird ringer removing Dunnock (Prunella modularis) from mist nets in reedbeds on the Otter Estuary, Devon, England, UK. May.

Matthew Maran / Bird ringer removing Dunnock (Prunella modularis) from mist nets in reedbeds on the Otter Estuary, Devon, England, UK. May.

Matthew Maran / Catching a Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) caught in mist bed reedbeds on the Otter Estuary to improve understanding of their ecology and life cycle. Devon UK

Matthew Maran / Bird ringer setting up mist nets in the Otter Estuary to catch birds, Devon, England, UK, May.

Nick Hawkins / Researcher removing a Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) captured in the mangrove forests of Costa Rica during a mist net during a study of migratory birds. January.

Nick Hawkins / Researcher placing a leg band on Chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Researcher removing a Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Nick Hawkins / Chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) captured in a mist net during a study of migratory birds in Costa Rica, January.

Bence Mate / Researcher removing Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) from mist net, Koros-Maros National Park, Hungary.

Cyril Ruoso / Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) caught in mist net, ready to be ringed, measured and released. Pitou, France.

Cyril Ruoso / Researcher trapping Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) in mist net, at Ebakken, Nigeria.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) captured in a mist-net during scientific research. Little Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September. Introduced species in New Zealand.

Jabruson / Hammer Headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) female - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 128 people...

Jabruson / Hammer Headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) female - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 128 people...

David Tipling / Game Fund anti trapping team with seized trapping equipment including limesticks, sound devices and mist nets Cyprus, September 2011

David Tipling / Sovereign Base Area Police at Deleleia with seized illegal trapping equipment from dawn raids, Cyprus, September 2011

David Tipling / Police officer dismantles illegal mist nets in olive grove in Dekelia Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus, Birds would have been trapped and sold as the food delicacy ambelopoulia. September 2011.

David Tipling / Police officer dismantles illegal mist nets in olive grove in Dekelia Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus. Birds would have been trapped and sold as the food delicacy ambelopoulia. September 2011.

David Tipling / Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) caught in trappers illegal mist net, with an officer from the British Sovereign Base Police at Dekeleia removing birds, Cyprus, September 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) caught in mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man removing Long tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) from mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Great tit (Parus major) caught in mist net for ringing with a man removing another bird behind, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Great tit (Parus major) caught in mist net for ringing with a man behind, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Long tailed tit (Aegihalos caudatus) caught in mist net for ringing, in allotment, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Man removing birds from mist net caught for ringing, in a allotment garden, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010, model released

Philip Stephen / Trawler hauling a large catch of Saithe alongside in foggy conditions on the North Sea. July 2010. Property released.

Michael D. Kern / Mist nets set for trapping and ringing birds, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Project, California, USA, November 2007

Michael D. Kern / Mist nets set for trapping and ringing birds, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Project, California, USA, November 2007

Philip Stephen / Trawler "Harvester" taking a large catch of Saithe onboard in misty conditions on the North Sea. Property released.

Mike Read / Dunnock caught in mist nest for ringing {Prunella modularis} UK

Grant Maslowski / Fieldworkers removing New Zealand rock wrens (Xenicus gilviventris) from a mist-net on mountainside, Haast Range, West Coast, New Zealand. January, 2018. Endangered.

Christian Ziegler / Pallas' Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) researchers setting mist nets at night, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

David Perpinan / Slow motion shot of Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) in a mist net, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain, June.

David Perpinan / Man removing Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) from mist net, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain, June.

David Perpinan / Man removing Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) from mist net, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain, June.

David Perpinan / Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) in mist net, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain, June.

David Perpinan / Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) in mist net, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain, June.

David Perpinan / Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) in mist net, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain, June.

David Perpinan / Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) caught in mist net, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain, June.

Wendy Shattil / Wildlife biologist from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department carrying bird caught in mist net prior to ringing. Southmost Preserve, The Nature Conservancy reserve, Brownsville, Texas, USA. July 2019.