SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Garden spider (Araenus diadematus) on web, wrapping prey, West Wales, UK, October.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Timelapse of filaments of Oscillatoria, a type of Blue green algae gliding over each other, filmed using differential interference contrast.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate protozoan (Blepharisma japonicum) swimming through clumps of bacteria.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Predatory protozoa moving through cilliate action. The protozoan has consumed photosynthetic diatoms, visible within the cell. The predator disgorges some of its prey.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Microscope footage of photosynthetic diatoms moving by cilliate action.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Preserved Coelocanth (Latimeria chalumnae) on public display at the Natural History Museum in London, found originally off the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean. In life they are a dark blue colour w...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from the Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Acellular Slime Mould, 'Many headed slime' (Physarum polycephalum) inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Light photomicrograph of Blue green algae / Cyanobacteria (Nostoc sp) capable of nitrogen fixation, and used for soil enrichment especially with rice cultivation. The long filaments are composed of in...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Phase contrast photomicrograph of Blue green alga / Cyanobacteria (Spirulina platensis) each algal filament or Trichome is 5 microns in diameter.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of a Trilobite (Olenellus / Olenellus gilberti Meek) from the Lower Cambrian period, Chisolm shale, Pioche formation, Half Moon mine, Pioche, Nevada, USA. Pete Lawrance collection

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Photomicrograph of fully embryonated (Neoascaris / Toxocara vitulorum) eggs containin larvae immediately prior to hatching. Parasitic nematodes which normally infect cattle, collected from Egyptian ca...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) in a Foxglove flower waiting for prey, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tunicate {Salpa maxima} plankton underwater, Mediterranean

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tunicate {Salpa maxima} Mediterranean

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Close-up of Emperor dragonfly eyes

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Emperor dragonfly at rest (Anax imperator). UK, Europe

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Adult round worms {Toxocara canis} parasitic nematodes, Magnified X 5

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hairyback / Gastrochich (Gastrotricha) a micropscopic organism, moving through sample of freshwater, from River Teifi, Wales, UK. October. Taken with Differential Interference Contrast microscopy.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Microscopic freshwater Ostracod crustacean (Cypris) in a freshwater sample from the River Teifi, Wales, UK. October.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) leaving Cornflower (Centaurea cyanea) and flying away over wildflower meadow. Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Bumblebee (Bombus) feeding in meadow, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Bumblebee (Bombus) foraging on Cornflower (Centaurea cyanea) , Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Plasterer bee (Colletes) flying through flower meadow, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Bumblebee (Bombus) foraging on flower, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Honeybees (Apis melifera) and hoverfly on Sedum flowers, UK, September.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Honeybees (Apis melifera) on Sedum flowers, UK September 2015

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Garden spider (Araenus diadematus) on web with prey, West Wales, UK, October.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Garden spider (Araenus diadematus) spinning web, West Wales, UK, October.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate Protozoan, a micropscopic organism. Slow motion footage of it spinning around in sample of freshwater, from River Teifi, Wales, UK. October. Taken with High Magnification Differential Interfer...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate Protozoan, a micropscopic organism. Slow motion footage of it moving through sample of freshwater, from River Teifi, Wales, UK. October. Taken with High Magnification Differential Interference...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate Protozoan, a micropscopic organism. Slow motion footage of it moving through sample of freshwater, from River Teifi, Wales, UK. October. Taken with High Magnification Differential Interference...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate Protozoan, a micropscopic organism. Slow motion footage of it moving through sample of freshwater, from River Teifi, Wales, UK. October. Taken with High Magnification Differential Interference...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate Protozoan, a micropscopic organism. Slow motion footage of it moving through sample of freshwater, from River Teifi, Wales, UK. October. Taken with High Magnification Differential Interference...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate Protozoan, a micropscopic organism. Slow motion footage of it moving through sample of freshwater, from River Teifi, Wales, UK. October. Taken with High Magnification Differential Interference...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tetrahymena feeding on bacteria

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Timelapse of filaments of Oscillatoria, a type of Blue green algae gliding over each other, filmed using differential interference contrast.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Timelapse of filaments of Oscillatoria, a type of Blue green algae gliding over each other, filmed using differential interference contrast.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Shield bug (Pentatomidae) taking off from leaf litter, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, May.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) nectaring on a Dandelion flower, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, May.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on a Dandelion flower, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, May.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on a Dandelion flower, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, May.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) nectaring on bramble flowers, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, August.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate protozoan (Blepharisma japonicum) swimming through clumps of bacteria.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate protozoan (Blepharisma japonicum) swimming through clumps of bacteria.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Timelapse of Hypsibius tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) eggs, showing movement of the developing embryo controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrades (Hypsibius dujardini) moving around and feeding on photosynthetic plant material, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) moving around, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrades (Hypsibius dujardini) moving around and feeding on photosynthetic plant material, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) moving around, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) walking along an algal filament, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Diatom (Closterium) with chlorophyll (green pigmentation) and mineral granules at tips moving through Brownian motion.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) landing on Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) flowers and feeding, Dorset, England, UK, April

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrades (Hypsibius dujardini) feeding on photosynthetic plant material, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) moving around, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) moving around, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) moving around, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Hypsibius tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) walking along an algal filament, controlled conditions.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Diatom (Closterium) with spherical chloroplasts (green pigmentation) and mineral granules at tips moving through Brownian motion. Other diatoms are visible.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Two Common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) landing on Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) flower and feeding, Dorset, England, UK, April

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Predatory protozoa moving through cilliate action. The protozoan has consumed photosynthetic diatoms, visible within the cell.

Will Watson / Photographer Sinclair Stammers filming pond life, Cors Caron, also known as Tregaron Bog, Ceredigion, Wales, August 2013.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) cuticle containing eggs.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini) cuticle containing eggs.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Underside or ventral surface of a trilobite (Acaste downingae) showing the biramous limb attachment points, from Silurian period, Wenlock limestone, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Preserved Coelocanth, (Latimeria chalumnae) found off the Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean. In life they are a dark blue colour with mottled white markings, these have been bleached out by the preserving...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Grapolite (Didymograptus murchisoni) from Ordovician, Upper Llanvirn shales. Found at the southern end of Abereiddy Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Graptolites (Diplograptus multidens) from Ordovician shale, Conway, North Wales

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Cattle biting louse (Damalinia bovis) on hairs, in temperate climates cattle may be infested with this species of Mallophaga. Length 3mm approximately

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Marrella splendens (Walcott) left and Burgessia bella (Walcott) right from the Burgess shale, British Columbia. At 505 million years old -Middle Cambrian- Burgess Shale fossils are preserved as a fil...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Cattle biting louse (Damalinia bovis) in temperate climates cattle may be infested with this species of Mallophaga. Length 3mm approximately

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from the Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Trilobite (Flexicalymene meeki) rolled showing defensive behaviour, from the Ordovician period, found in the Richmond Formation, USA

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite, Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) rolled in defensive position, from Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite, Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) rolled in defensive position, from Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from the Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Osprey Project Information Officer, Paul Stammers, building bird boxes with children during an event at the Lyndon Visitor Centre, Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Osprey Project Information Officer, Paul Stammers, building bird boxes with children during an event at the Lyndon Visitor Centre, Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April 2011

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Early stage of Common frog (Rana temporaria)tadpole development showing branching gills.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Early stage of Common frog (Rana temporaria)tadpole development showing branching gills.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) an external parasitic mite that attacks honey bees.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Common Water flea (Daphnia pulex) found in large numbers in a small shallow pond at Dolbryn Caravan site near Newcastle Emlyn, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tadpole of the Common / European Toad ( Bufo bufo) with front and back legs, on a submerged decaying leaf. Controlled conditions, from pond in Dolbryn, Wales, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tadpole of the Common / European Toad ( Bufo bufo) with front and back legs on a submerged decaying leaf. Controlled conditions, from pond in Dolbryn, Wales, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) an external parasitic mite that attacks honey bees

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Common Water fleas (Daphnia pulex) found in large numbers in a small shallow pond at Dolbryn Caravan site near Newcastle Emlyn, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Coastline at Penderi Cliffs nature reserve, Ceredigion, West Wales, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Bladderwrack Seaweed (Fucus vesiculosus) close-up of eponumous vesicles.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Two Tadpoles of the Common / European Toad (Bufo bufo) with front and back legs on a submerged decaying leaves. Controlled conditions, from pond in Dolbryn, Wales, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / View of coastline at Penderi Cliffs nature reserve, showing sediment layers which are devoid of fossils, Ceredigion, West Wales, UK, May 2010

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / 'Hanging Oak woodland composed mainly of Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) Penderi Cliffs nature reserve, Ceredigion, West Wales, UK, May 2010

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Two Tadpoles of the Common / European Toad (Bufo bufo) on a submerged decaying leaves. Controlled conditions, from pond in Dolbryn, Wales, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Common frog (Rana temporaria) young adult sitting on pond weed, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Common frog (Rana temporaria) young adult sitting on pond weed, UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Panoramic view of coastline at Penderi Cliffs nature reserve, showing sediment layers which are devoid of fossils, Ceredigion, West Wales, UK, April 2010