Bios Photo 10/2023

Red legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) on rock

Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) on a shrub

Woodlark (Lullula arborea) on the ground

Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in flight over a low mountain pasture.

Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) on a branch

Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) Male on a branch, Evros delta, Greece

Eastern black and white wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) female on a rock with an insect in her beak, Nestos Delta, Greece

Crested lark (Galerida cristata) on rock, Navarre, Spain

Common linnet (Linaria cannabina), male at waterhole

Banded darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum) male on a leaf

Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) male on a shrub

Red darter (Crocothemis erythraea) female on a twig

Roughtail Rock Agama (Stellagama stellio), on a rock, Turkey.

Black Kite (Milvus migrans) arriving in flight to land on a rock.

Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) female on a shrub

European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) standing on its hind legs in a field, Danube delta, Romania

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) in an apple tree in autumn, Normandy, France

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in an apple tree, Normandy, France

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) on a stake, Baie de l'Aiguillon, Poitou Charente, France

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting in a cut meadow, Brenne Regional Nature Park, France

Southern Damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale) on a leaf, Sologne, France

Capricornbeetle (Cerambyx scopolii) on an Orchid, Charente, France

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in a ploughed field, Mont Saint Michel Bay, Normandy, France

Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) on a leaf, Sologne, France

Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), male in a wet meadow, Marais Breton, Pays de la Loire, France

Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) in flight over the colony, Polder de Sébastopol Nature Reserve, Ile de Noirmoutier, Vendée, France

Female Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) on a shrub, Alpilles, Provence Alpes Côte-d'Azur, France

Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) in a marsh, Baie d'Audierne, Finistère, Brittany, France

White stork (Ciconia ciconia) nesting pair, Normandy, France

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight, Marais Breton Vendéen, Pays de la Loire, France

Redshank (Tringa totanus) on a stake in spring, Brière Regional Nature Park, Loire Atlantique, France

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) on a stake in Baie de l'Aiguillon, Poitou Charente, France

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) protecting its 2-day-old chicks, Guérande salt marsh, Loire-Atlantique, France

Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia) on a branch, Camargue, France

Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) resting group. Crocodile Farm, Drôme, France

West African Crocodile (Crocodylus suchus) portrait, La Ferme aux Crocodiles, Drôme, France

Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) juvenile on a branch, Drôme, France

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight been chase by a yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella), England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight, England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) landing on a barbed wire, England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight, England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched on a post amongst poppies, England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) flying over poppies (Papaver rhoeas), England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) on a barbed wire, England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight, England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) begging food to reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), England

Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) standing on a post, England

Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) standing on a post, England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched in an hawthorn tree, England

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched on a gate post, England