Mark Bowler / Inca tern {Larosterna inca}in flight, Paracas National Park, Peru

Mark Bowler / Belcher's / Peruvian band-tailed gull (Larus belcheri) calling, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Tui De Roy / The rainless coast of the Atacama Desert is bordered by rich Humboldt Current upwelling, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

JIM CLARE / Common vampire bat feeding on young sealion blood, Paracas NP Peru

Mark Bowler / Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater) prising open a mussel. Paracas National Reserve, Peru.

Mark Bowler / Guanay Cormorant / Shag (Phalacrocorax / Leucocarbo bougainvillii) on water. Paracas National Reserve, Peru, August.

Mark Bowler / Portrait of an Inca Tern (Larosterna inca). Paracas National Reserve, Peru.

Mark Bowler / Portrait of an Inca Tern (Larosterna inca). Paracas National Reserve, Peru.

Mark Bowler / Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus) perching on boat. Paracas National Park, Peru.

Mark Bowler / Black Mongrel dog resting on beach, Paracas national reserve, Peru

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) two cubs in water, Paracas National Park, Peru, Endangered

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs, Paracas National Park, Peru, Endangered

Mark Bowler / Paracas National park, Peru Atacama Desert, Pacific Coast of Peru, August 2007

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / La Cathedral from the inside, just before its collapse in the 2007 Earthquake, where the Atacama desert meets the Pacific Ocean, Paracas National Park, near Pisco, Ica, Peru, June 2007

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female with fish, Paracas National Park, Peru, Endangered

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs, Paracas National Park, Peru, Endangered

Mark Bowler / 'La Cathedral' Rock formation, Paracas National Park, Peru, 6th August 2007, days before the Earthquake and Tsunami of 15-08-07

Mark Bowler / Paracas National Park, Peru, 6th August 2007, days before the Earthquake and Tsunami of 15-08-07

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) cub on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / South american fur seal (Otaria flavescens) resting on cliff ledge, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs in the sea, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Dead Smooth hammerhead shark {Sphyrna zygaena} held by fisherman, Paracas national reserve, Peru

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Red-legged cormorant / Chuita {Phalacrocorax gaimardi} perched on narrow cliff ledge, Paracas National reserve, Peru

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cub on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Mark Bowler / Marine otter (Lontra felina) female and cubs on coastal rocks, Paracas National Reserve, Peru, Endangered species

Eric Baccega / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) Paracas peninsula, Paracas National Desert, Peru. Endangered species

Eric Baccega / Peruvian pelicans (Pelecanus thagus) flying over the desert, Paracas peninsula, Paracas National Desert, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Pacific coast, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Pacific coast, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Pacific coast, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Rock arch on Pacific coast, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Pacific coast, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Stacks on the Pacific coast, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Pacific coast, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Juan Manuel Borrero / Coastal desert landscape, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

JIM CLARE / Aerial view of coastal fishing village, Laguna Grande, Paracas NP, Peru, South America

JIM CLARE / Le Catedral rock formation, Paracas NP, Peru, South America

JIM CLARE / Coastal fishing village, Laguna Grande, Paracas NP, Peru, South America

JIM CLARE / Peruvian boobies {Sula variegata} at nest site on cliff, Paracas NP, Peru. Note build up of guano used for fertiliser

Tui De Roy / The rainless coast of the Atacama Desert is bordered by rich Humboldt Current upwelling, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Tui De Roy / Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) male soaring over desert coast, Paracas Reserve, Peru

JIM CLARE / Trepanned skull, Paracas culture. Paracas NP, Peru

JIM CLARE / Pre-Inca sand drawings of man with llama, Paracas NP, Peru

JIM CLARE / 'El Candelabro' Paracas NP, Peru, South America - an 180-metre high ancient carving

Hermann Brehm / South American / Patagonian sealions on coast {Otaria flavescens} Paracas NP, Peru

Tui De Roy / Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) male soaring over desert coast in search of seal carcasses, Paracas Reserve, Peru