David Woodfall / Little tern (Sterna albifrons ) feeding sand eel (Hyperoplus spp) to young chick. Gronant Dunes, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) with sandeel. Inner Farne, Northumberland, UK. July.
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Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) with wings out stretched with a beak full of sand eels. Close-up portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.
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Andy Trowbridge / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight, coming into land with beak full of sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus). Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.
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Duncan Usher / Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) flying with sand eel in beak, Texel, Holland
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David Tipling / 2020VISION / Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) with sand eel in beak. Farne Islands, Northumberland, July.
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Sue Daly / A shoal of Sand Eels (Ammodytes tobianus) against surface light. Channel Islands, UK, August.
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Juergen Freund / Clown / Napoleon snake eel (Ophichthus bonaparti) emerging from sand, Batangas, Philippines.
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Pete Oxford / Galapagos garden eels (Heteroconger / Taenioconger klausewitzi) on seabed, Galapagos Islands
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Andy Rouse / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) by burrow, carrying unpalatable pipefish for chick due to Sand eel over-fishingm, Fair Isle, Shetland, UK
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Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) landing carrying Sand eels in beak, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK
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Graham Eaton / Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) fishing for sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) feeding on sandeel, underwater shot, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, June
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Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Black-finned Snake Eel (Ophichthus melanochir) buried in sand, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Pascal Kobeh / Common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila) searching in the sand for a prey with a pearly razorfish / cleaver wrasse (Xyrichtys novacula). On the right, we can make out a flounder laying on the sand and bro...
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Pascal Kobeh / Brown garden eels (Heteroconger longissimus) in the sand, Canary Islands
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Pascal Kobeh / Henshaw's snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi) burried in the sand, Sulu sea, Philippines
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Pascal Kobeh / Henshaw's snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi) buried in the sand, Sulu sea, Philippines
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David Woodfall / Two little tern (Sterna albifrons), one with sand eel landing at the nest amongst Black Oats growing on shell rich sands Machair , Indicator bird of climate change because of its dependence on sand ee...
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David Woodfall / Little tern (Sterna albifrons ) with newly hatched chick, feeding sand eel-Hyperoplus spp.Indicator of climate change as Little terns are only able to feed in top layer of sea water , and as sea warms...
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David Woodfall / Little tern (Sterna albifrons ) feeding sand eel (Hyperoplus spp) to young chick. Gronant Dunes, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, June.
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David Woodfall / Little terns (Sterna albifrons ) feeding sand eel (Hyperoplus spp) to young chick. Gronant Dunes, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, June.
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David Woodfall / Little tern (Sterna albifrons ) feeding sand eel (Hyperoplus spp) to young chick. Gronant Dunes, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Pascal Kobeh / Black finned snake eel (Ophichthus melanochir) buried in the sand, Sulu Sea, Philippines
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David Fleetham / Freckled snake eel (Callechelys lutea) head poking out of sand with rest of body buried. Hawaii.
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Ashley Cooper / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) one with a beak full of Sand Eels. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, July 2014
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Tony Wu / Snake eel (Ophisurus macrorhynchos) waiting to ambush prey, head poking out of sand. Sue, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Honshu, Japan. February.
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Franco Banfi / Crocodile snake eel (Brachysomophis crocodilinus) hiding in sand, Pura Vida House Reef, Dumaguete, East Negros Island, Central Visayas, Philippines, Pacific Ocean.
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Nick Hawkins / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) with Sand eel prey in beak, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, July.
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Mike Potts / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) an adult with a Sand Eel to feed to it's nearby chick.The Skerries, off Hollyhead, North Wales, UK. July.
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Mike Potts / Sandwich tern (Sterna sandvicensis) returning to colony with Sand Eel, Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, North Wales, UK. July.
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Constantinos Petrinos / White-edged moray (Gymnothorax albimarginatus) moving over sand to hunt, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Barred sand conger eel (Ariosoma fasciatum) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Sue Daly / Shoal of Lesser sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus), Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.
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Georgette Douwma / Napoleon snake eel (Ophichthus bonaparte) swimming over sand. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Atlantic puffin (fratercula arctica) with Sand eels, amongst thrift, Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July.
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Pascal Kobeh / Bonapart's / Napoleon snake eel (Ophichthus bonaparti) head sticking out of sand, Sulu Sea, Philippines
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Pascal Kobeh / Barred sand conger (Ariosoma fasciatum or Poeciloconger fasciatus) head sticking out of burrow in sea floor, Sulu Sea, Philippines
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Lynn M Stone / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) with what is probably a sand eel, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
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Jeff Rotman / Fisherman holds Sand eel (Gonorynchus greyi) on deck of fishing dragger. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic Ocean.
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Alex Hyde / Lesser Sand Eel (Ammodytes marinus) photographed in mobile field studio against a white background. Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. June.
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Mick Jenner / Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) stunning and eating sand eel prey, River Looe, Cornwall, England, UK, June.
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Alex Mustard / Marbled snake eel (Callechelys marmoratus) thrusts its head out of sand, stiring up the sediment. Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.
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Andy Trowbridge / RF- Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with beak full of Sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus) portrait. Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July. (This image may be licensed either as rights manage...
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Andy Trowbridge / RF- Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight, coming into land with beak full of sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus). Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July. (This image may be licensed eith...
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Duncan Usher / Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) flying with sand eel in beak, Texel, Holland
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Alex Mustard / Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) perched on a rock, one has a beak filled with sand eels (Ammodytes marinus). Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, UK. North Sea.
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Norbert Wu / Mangrove (Rhizophoraceae) and Eelgrass (Zostera sp) provide shelter for young fish, Bahamas, Caribbean
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Norbert Wu / Mangrove (Rhizophoraceae) and Eelgrass (Zostera sp) provide shelter for young fish, Bahamas, Caribbean
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Graham Eaton / Shoal of Lesser Sand Eel (Ammodytes tobianus / marinus) Cardigan Bay, Wales, July.
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Nick Upton / Shoal of Sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus) swimming in a rockpool past kelp fronds, North Berwick, East Lothian, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Shoal of Sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus) swimming in a rockpool past kelp fronds, North Berwick, East Lothian, UK, July.
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David Tipling / 2020VISION / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) in flight with sand eel. Farne Islands, Northumberland, July.
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Alan Williams / Sandwich tern (Sterna sandvicensis) in flight carrying a large Sand eel, North Wales, UK, July
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Spear fisherman swimming through a school of Sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus) Rosehearty, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK
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Andrew Parkinson / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) adult with some sand eel food for its growing chick, July, Farne Islands, UK. July
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Sue Daly / A shoal of Sand Eels (Ammodytes tobianus) against surface light. Channel Islands, UK, August.
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Juergen Freund / Banded / Harlequin snake eel (Myrichthys colubrinus) out of its hole, swimming along the sea bed. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Banded / Harlequin snake eel (Myrichthys colubrinus) emerging from its hole in the sea bed. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Mike Potts / Razorbill (Alca torda) standing on lichen covered cliff ledge, with Sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus) in bill, Puffin Island. off Anglesey, North Wales, UK, June
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Mike Potts / Razorbill (Alca torda) standing on lichen covered cliff ledge, with Sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus) in bill, Puffin Island. off Anglesey, North Wales, UK, June
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Alan Williams / Razorbill (Alca torda) flapping wings on clifftop with Sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus) in beak, Puffin Island, North Wales, UK, June 2010 0441
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Alan Williams / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) in flight with sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus) prey for chicks, Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, North Wales, UK, June 2010
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Alan Williams / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) in flight with Sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus) prey for chicks, Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, North Wales, UK, June 2010
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Steve Knell / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) flying with Sand eel (Ammodyttes tobianus) in bill, Iceland, June
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Michele Westmorland / Spotted snake eel (Ophichthus ophis) buried in sand, Dominica, West Indies, Caribbean.
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Graham Eaton / Common tern (Sterna hirundo) flying low over water, having just caught sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, July
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Graham Eaton / Common tern (Sterna hirundo) fishing for sandeels, Anglesey, Wales, July
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Graham Eaton / Common tern (Sterna hirundo) fishing, with sandeel in beak, Anglesey, Wales, July
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Sue Daly / Black-finned snake eel (Ophichtus melanochir) hidden in sand with head exposed, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Bernard Castelein / Sandwich Tern ( Sterna sandvicensis) carrying sandeel in beak, Europe
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Laurie Campbell / Lesser Sandeels (Ammodytes tobianus) dropped by Puffin, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, July
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Andy Rouse / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) carrying unpalatable pipefish for chick due to Sand eel over-fishing, Fair Isle, Shetland, UK
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) fishing for sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) feeding on sandeel, underwater shot, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) fishing for sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Shoal of Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, July 2009
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Graham Eaton / Two Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Arctic Tern ( Sterna paradisaea) fishing for sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) feeding on sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Group of Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) fishing for sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) fishing for sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) fishing for sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) fishing for sandeel, Anglesey, Wales, UK, July
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Sandwich Tern (Sterna / Thalasseus sandvicensis) fishing for sandeel (Ammodytes sp) Anglesey, Wales, UK, June
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Graham Eaton / Shoal of Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, July 2009
