Mike Read / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair silhouetted on nest at sunset near Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, February.

Mike Read / Cranes (Grus grus), imprinted from hatching to fly with a microlight. Hampshire County Show near Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, July 2008.

Mike Read / Coastal farmland near Rosais. Sao Jorge, Azores, September 2004.

Mike Read / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) standing on a sandy beach, Falkland Islands

Mike Read / Magellanic oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus) Falkland Islands

Mike Read / Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) calling, Falkland Islands

Mike Read / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on branch, near Ringwood, Hampshire, England, February

Mike Read / Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) two males and two females on shallow water, Catcott Lows, Somerset, England, February

Mike Read / Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) on Ivy (Hedera helix) growing on English / Pendunculate oak (Quercus robur) tree, Hampshire, England, March

Mike Read / Monte Padru (2390m) + Corsican pine woodland, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica

Mike Read / Barn owl with wood mouse prey entering barn {Tyto alba} UK

Mike Read / Barn owl, darker continental form {Tyto alba} captive UK