Bios Photo 10/2023

Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and jellyfishes in floating wastes, Procida Island, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena), coral and sea fan, Ischia Island, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea

Mauve stinger jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca) and bottle floating on the surface, Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean sea, Italy

campania, laguna di miseno, compact disc, star of the sea

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Group fishing in winter, Etangs de Blenod, Lorraine, France

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Adult flying over the surface of a pond in winter, Pont à Mousson area, Lorraine, France

Garden Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) flowers, in the maquis in spring, hillside near Hyères, Var, France

Plastic waste hanging in a tree in early spring, Pollution in the countryside near Hyères, Var, France

Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae) on Euphorbia (Euphorbia amygdaloides), Countryside near Hyères, Var, France

Flamingos and waders in the Redon marsh in spring, Etang forming part of the protected area of the Hyères salt marshes, Var, France

Loose-flowered Orchid (Anacamptis laxiflora) 2 plants in a meadow in spring, Countryside near Hyères, Var, France

Parrot Feather Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Invasive plant colonising ditches in the Lieurette LPO refuge area, Landscape of a ditch on the e...

Parrot Feather Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Invasive plant colonising ditches in the Lieurette LPO refuge area, Detail of flowers on the surf...

Parrot Feather Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Invasive plant colonising ditches in the Lieurette LPO refuge area, Detail of flowers on the surf...

Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) in a shrub in spring, Refuge LPO de la Lieurette in Hyères, Var, France

Pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Male in a shrub during a migratory stopover in spring Refuge LPO de la Lieurette à Hyères, Var, France

Argus (Lycaenidae sp) Mating in the grass in spring, Meadow near Hyères, Var, France

Argus (Lycaenidae sp) Mating in the grass in spring, Meadow near Hyères, Var, France

Robber fly (Asilidae sp) in the vegetation in spring, Countryside near Hyères, Var, France

Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe) foraging on a thistle flower in spring, Countryside near Hyères, Var, France

Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) Female on grass in spring, Gapeau riparian forest near Hyères, Var, France

Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) Group looking for food in a pond at the Lieurette LPO refuge in spring near Hyères, Var, France

Common Teal (Anas crecca) Male on the edge of a pond on frozen ground in winter on the banks of the Moselle, near Pont à Mousson, Lorraine, France

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Adult posed with open wings to dry on a tree in winter on the banks of the Moselle, Lorraine, France

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Couple with brooding female and male bringing back a branch to consolidate the nest at the end of winter on the banks of th...

Green wall with different plants in shades of green in a shopping centre patio, Nancy, Lorraine, France

Asian ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis) introduced for crop protection, hibernating together at the end of winter in the entrance to a pavilion, Lorraine...

Landscape of the Vieux Salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored ornithologically by the LPO PACA. View of one of the old b...

Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Footprints left on a mudflat in spring, Bassin des anciens salins Hyères, Var, France

Landscape of the Vieux Salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored by the LPO PACA View of one of the old basins with the Mau...

Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) and bank swallows (Riparia riparia) Staging group in a reedbed in spring, Etangs de l'espace nature à La Garde, Var, F...

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) on a shrub against a blue sky in spring, Espace nature de La Garde, Var, France

View of the Giens peninsula at sunset from Miramar beach in La Londe les Maures in spring. Seaside landscape near Hyères, Var, France

Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) flying against the light over a pond in the old salt marshes of Hyères in spring, Var, France

Landscape of the vieux salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored by the LPO PACA, view of one of the old basins with the Ma...

Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 2 adults staging in a basin of the old Hyères salt marshes in search of food in the mud in spring, Var, France

Seaside landscape on the Var coast in spring, view of the Argentière beach at La Londe les Maures, Var, France

Seaside landscape on the Var coast in spring, with the Isle of Levant on the horizon, seen from the Argentière beach in La Londe les Maures, Var, Fran...

Seaside landscape on the Var coast in spring, view of Pellegrin beach in Bormes les Mimosas, Var, France

Landscape of the Var coastline in spring, view of a small sandy beach with banks of posidonia with a choppy sea on a very windy day, Var, France

Landscape of the Var coastline in spring, view of the coastal path from the end of Estagnol beach, Bormes les Mimosas, Var, France

Landscape of the Var coastline in spring, view from the coastal path near the Estagnol island, Bormes les Mimosas, Var, France

Landscape of the Var coastline in spring, detail of Posidonia banks accumulating in a cove along the coastal path, near Bormes les Mimosas, Var, Franc...

Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon) foraging for butterfly lavender (Lavandula stoechas) in spring, Maures scrubland near Hyères, Var, France

Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, near Les Mayons, Var, France

Parasol pine (Pinus pinea) detail of a pine trunk burnt down in 2021, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France

Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, near Les Mayons, Var, France

Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, Surroundings of the Lac des Escarcets, V...

Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, Surroundings of the Lac des Escarcets, V...

Landscape of the Esterel coast towards Cap du Dramont in spring near Saint Raphaël, Var, France