Ismaele Tortella / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, chick climbing back into nest, with the midnight sun, Norway, July
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Lucas Bustamante / Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga). Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador
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Terry Whittaker / Man collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being raised up cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man sorting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge) into egg boxes, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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John Shaw / Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) male at nest site, with gular sac inflated to attract females. Genovesa Island, Galapagos, May.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Aerial view of nesting Gannets (Morus bassanus) and swirling seas, Hermaness, Shetland, Scotland, UK, October.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) diving for fish, split level shot, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) diving for fish, split level shot, Shetland, Scotland, UK, September.
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Bernard Castelein / Darter ( Anhinga melanogaster) drying wings, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India
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Marie Read / Abstract patterns of reflected sky and clouds on the ocean with a silhouetted Red-faced cormorant (Phalarocorax urile) in flight, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA, July.
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David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from a fisherman coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July
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David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from fishermen coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July
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David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from fishermen coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July
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Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), two on rock. Bird drying wings in foreground with other sitting on nest in background. Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), group of eight diving into sea to fish. Punta Gavilanes, Fernandina Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), group fishing underwater. Itabaca Channel, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) diving towards sea, folding wings. Northeast coast, Santiago Island, Galapagos. Sequence 1/2.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) landing. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) coming in to land. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) perched on rock at coast. Santa Fe Island, Galapagos. August 2015.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), pair in courtship display. Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos. April 2017.
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Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), five diving into sea. Espumilla Beach, Santiago Island, Galapagos.
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Tui De Roy / Red-footed booby (Sula sula), pair nest building in tree. Darwin Bay, Genovesa Island, Galapagos.
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Philippe Clement / Wide-angle shot of Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) nesting in a breeding colony, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in breeding colony, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) sitting on nests made with plastic, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) preening, sitting on nests made with plastic, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) preening at breeding colony, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) bringing twig to nest in breeding colony, Belgium, March.
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Sandesh Kadur / Wide angle shot of a pair of Blue footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) displaying, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Guy Edwardes / Reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) perched on termite mound, Khwai, Botswana.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) silhouetted, Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos
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Guy Edwardes / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), feeding frenzy, Noss NNR, Shetland, Scotland, UK
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Fred Olivier / Large flock of Guanay cormorants (Phalacrocorax bougainvilli) flying to feed, Ballestas Islands, Peru.
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Fred Olivier / Large flock of Guanay cormorants (Phalacrocorax bougainvilli) flying to feed, Ballestas Islands, Peru.
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Fred Olivier / Wide angle shot of a large flock of Blue footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) taking off from the sea and diving on a bait ball, Isla Lobos de Terra, Peru.
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Fred Olivier / Wide angle shot of a large flock of Blue footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) taking off from the sea and diving on a bait ball, Isla Lobos de Terra, Peru.
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Fred Olivier / Pair of Blue footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) courting, with the male picking up and offering grass, Isla Lobos de Terra, Peru.
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Ingo Arndt / Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) adult resting, close up portrait, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January. Finalist in the Birds Category of the GDT Awards 2015.
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Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti) portrait, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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Tui De Roy / Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) male displaying inflated gular sac, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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Claudio Contreras / Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) departing from nest, San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve / Archipielago de Revillagigedo UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site (Socorro Isl...
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Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, USA, September
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Markus Varesvuo / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) swallowing perch prey, Hungary, January
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Jack Dykinga / Wrecked ship with cormorant colony, on Namibia's skeleton coast, Dorob National Park, Namibia. July 2013.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.
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Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of Ame...
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Neil Aldridge / Portrait of an African darter (Anhinga rufa) on the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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David Pattyn / Gannet (Morus bassanus) coming in to land in the colony in evening light, Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, June
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Bence Mate / Three Pygmy cormorants (Microcarbo pygmeus) drying themselves, one by shaking off water, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary
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Bence Mate / Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) squabbling over fish, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, November.
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Bence Mate / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with fish prey, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. March.
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Bence Mate / Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting over fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting with Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) over fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) squabbling over fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Two Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) squabbling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Erlend Haarberg / European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) sitting at the entrance of a cave with flock of Common guillemots (Uria aalge) and Gulls (Laridae) flying past cave, Hornoya and Reinoya Nature Reserve, Finnm...
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Brent Stephenson / Australasian gannet (Morus serrator) flying with waves breaking below, Muriwai, Auckland, New Zealand, October.
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Wim van den Heever / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) diving for fish during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa. June.
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Angelo Gandolfi / Gannets (Morus bassanus) courtship behavior on nest on abandoned boat, La Spezia Gulf, Italy. Mediterranean Sea. July.
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Andy Rouse / Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) group flying against cloudy sky, Galapagos.
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Andy Rouse / Galapagos flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) diving for fish underwater, Galapagos.
George Sanker / Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) with large Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) prey, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, March.
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Michele Westmorland / Booby (Sula nebouxii) looking at camera underwater, Galapagos Island.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) feeding on sardines, Port St Johns, Transkei, South Africa.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Shy Albatros (Thalassarche cauta) swimming at surface with Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) below, Cape Point, South Africa.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape Gannets (Morus capensis) feeding on sardines, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape Gannets (Morus capensis) feeding on sardines, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Ben Hall / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with perch in its beak, Cheshire, UK, October. Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.