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Barrow’s goldeneye – Bucephala islandica
is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This bird was named after Sir John Barrow. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek boukephalos, "bullheaded", from bous, "bull" and kephale, "head", a reference to the bulbous head shape of the bufflehead. The species name islandica means Iceland.
Jack Snipe – Lymnocryptes minimus
is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes. Features such as its sternum make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks.[
Mandarin duck – Aix galericulata
Ragworm
Atlantic puffin – Fratercula arctica
Bird’s-nest orchid – Neottia nidus-avis
Blyth’s reed warbler – Acrocephalus dumetorum
Caspian plover
Common spotted orchid
Creeping lady’s-tresses – Goodyera repens
Broad-leaved helleborine – Epipactis helleborine
Fen orchid – Liparis loeselii
Early marsh-orchid – Dactylorhiza incarnata
Cross spider – Araneus diadematus
Garden warbler – Sylvia borin
Bath white – Pontia daplidice
Dark-red Helleborine – Epipactis atrorubens
long-bracted green orchid – Coeloglossum viride
Orchis spitzelii
Narrow-leaved helleborine – Cephalanthera longifolia
Elder-flowered orchid – Dactylorhiza sambucina
Siberian stonechat – Saxicola maurus
Green-winged orchid – Anacamptis morio
Coltsfoot – Tussilago farfara
Twite – Linaria flavirostris
Green woodpecker – Picus viridis
black-throated thrush – Turdus atrogularis
Golden oriole – Oriolus oriolus
Syrian woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus
The horse – Equus ferus caballus
Small pasque flower – Pulsatilla pratensis
Glossy ibis – Plegadis falcinellus
Pulsatilla vulgaris subsp. gotlandica
Ferruginous duck – Aythya nyroca
Purple heron – Ardea purpurea
Water rail – Rallus aquaticusWater rail – Rallus aquaticus
Seatrout – salmo trutta
Dalmatian pelican – Pelecanus crispus
White-winged tern – Chlidonias leucopterus
White stork – Ciconia ciconia
Asian desert warbler – Sylvia nana
Pygmy cormorant – Microcarbo pygmaeus
Black tern – Chlidonias niger
Pike – Esox lucius
European river lamprey – Lampetra fluviatilis
Pale clouded yellow – Colias hyale
The Little bittern – Ixobrychus minutus
Black-winged stilt – Himantopus himantopus
Painted lady – Vanessa cardui
Common blue butterfly – olyommatus icarus
Narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth – Hemaris tityus
Broad-bordered bee hawk-moth – Hemaris fuciformis
Bedstraw hawk-moth – Hyles gallii
Hummingbird hawk-moth – Macroglossum stellatarum
Burnt orchid – Neotinea ustulata
Pallas’s Gull – Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Squacco heron – Ardeola ralloides
European Tree Frog – Hyla arborea
Great white pelican – Pelecanus onocrotalus
Whiskered tern – Chlidonias hybrida
Greater short-toed lark – Calandrella brachydactyla
Barbary ground squirrel – Atlantoxerus getulus
Spectacled warbler – Sylvia conspicillata
Trumpeter finch – Bucanetes githagineus
Cream-colored courser – Cursorius cursor
Spanish sparrow – Passer hispaniolensis
Lesser short-toed lark – Alaudala rufescens
Red-throated diver – Gavia stellata
Blackish oystercatcher – Haematopus ater
Rock shag – Phalacrocorax magellanicus
imperial shag – Leucocarbo atriceps
Patagonian crested duck – Lophonetta specularioides specularioides
The yellow-billed teal – Anas flavirostris
Upland goose – Chloephaga picta
Falkland steamer duck – Tachyeres brachypterus
Kelp goose – Chloephaga hybrida
Striated caracara – Phalcoboenus australis
Long-tailed meadowlark – Leistes loyca
Southern fulmar – Fulmarus glacialoides
Snow petrel – Pagodroma nivea
The South Georgia pipit – Anthus antarcticus
Turkey vulture – Cathartes aura
Southern royal albatross – Diomedea epomophora
White-chinned petrel – Procellaria aequinoctialis
Yellow-billed pintail – Anas georgica
Giant petrel – Macronectes
Antarctic fur seal – Arctocephalus gazella
Commerson’s dolphin – Cephalorhynchus commersonii
The snowy sheathbill – Chionis albus
The Cape petrel – Daption capense
Light-mantled albatross – Phoebetria palpebrata
Southern elephant seal – Mirounga leonina
The Antarctic tern – Sterna vittata
Cretzschmar’s bunting – Emberiza caesia
Antarctic prion – Pachyptila desolata
Southern rockhopper penguin – Eudyptes chrysocome
Wandering albatross – Diomedea exulans
Brown skua – Stercorarius antarcticus
Grey-headed albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma
Black-browed albatross – Thalassarche melanophris
Chinstrap penguin – Pygoscelis antarcticus
Macaroni penguin- Eudyptes chrysolophus
Gentoo penguin – Pygoscelis papua
King Penguin – Aptenodytes patagonicus
Northern brown argus – Aricia artaxerxes
Lesser marbled fritillary – Brenthis ino
Meadow brown – Maniola jurtina
Large white – Pieris brassicae
Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet – Zygaena lonicerae
Yellow-winged darter – Sympetrum flaveolum
Queen of Spain fritillary – Issoria lathonia
Scarce copper – Lycaena virgaureae
Long-billed dowitcher – Limnodromus scolopaceus
The small copper – Lycaena phlaeas
The plain swift – Apus unicolor
Wilson’s storm petrel – Oceanites oceanicus
Madeiran storm petrel – Oceanodroma castro
Cory’s shearwater – Calonectris borealis
Bulwer’s petrel – Bulweria bulwerii
Sabine’s gull – Xema sabini
Roseate tern – Sterna dougallii
Pallid harrier – Circus macrourus
Great shearwater – Ardenna gravis
Berthelot’s pipit – Anthus berthelotii
Pomarine skua – Stercorarius pomarinus
Fea’s Petrel – Pterodroma feae/deserta
Viviparous lizard – Zootoca vivipara
Grayling butterfly- Hipparchia semele
Purple emperor – Apatura iris
Cranberry blue – plebejus optilete
Turquoise blue – Polyommatus dorylas
Swallowtail – papilio machaon
Common hepatica – Anemone hepatica
Wood anemone – Anemone nemorosa
Tengmalm’s owl – Aegolius funereus
Black-tailed godwit – Limosa limosa
Common scoter – Melanitta nigra
Alpine chough – Pyrrhocorax graculus,
European roe deer – Capreolus capreolus
Damselflies – Zygoptera
Silver-spotted skipper – Hesperia comma
The black-necked grebe – Podiceps nigricollis
Bean goose – Anser fabilis
Domestic pigeon – Columba livia domestica
Smew – Mergellus albellus
Hobby – Falco subbuteo
Eurasian otter – Lutra lutra
Greater yellowlegs – Tringa melanoleuca
Landscape 2018
Pink-footed goose – Anser brachyrhynchus
Red-crested pochard – Netta rufina
Greater scaup – Aythya marila
Spoonbill – Platalea leucorodia
Best pictures 2018
Green-veined white – Pieris napi
European ground squirrel – Spermophilus citellus
Northern wheatear – Oenanthe oenanthe
Rabbit – Oryctolagus cuniculus
Marsh tit – Poecile palustris
Brent goose – Branta bernicla
Merlin – Falco columbarius
Firecrest – Regulus ignicapilla
Greater white-fronted goose – Anser albifrons
Rustic bunting – Emberiza rustica
Common cuckoo – Cuculus canorus
Little owl – Athene noctua
Mistle thrush – Turdus viscivorus
Miscellanous plants
Montagu’s harrier – Circus pygargus
Ruddy shelduck – Tadorna ferruginea
Corncrake – Crex crex
Pyramidal orchid – Anacamptis pyramidalis
European roller – Coracias garrulus
Turtle dove – Streptopelia turtur
Black-crowned night heron – Nycticorax nycticorax
Lady’s slipper – Cypripedium calceolus
Bearded seal – Erignathus barbatus
Ivory gull – Pagophila eburnea
Thick-billed murre – Uria lomvia
Little auk – Alle alle
Grey partridge – Perdix perdix
Broad-billed sandpiper – Calidris falcinellus
Sand martin – Riparia riparia
icterine warbler – Hippolais icterina
Temminck’s stint – Calidris temminckii
Fulmar – Fulmarus glacialis
Common rosefinch – Carpodacus erythrinus
White-winged scoter – Melanitta deglandi
Större korsnäbb – Loxia pytyopsittacus
Smooth newt – Lissotriton vulgaris
Walrus – Odobenus rosmarus
Black guillemot – Cepphus grylle
Polarbear – Ursus maritimus
Polarfox – Vulpes lagopus
Holly blue – Celastrina argiolus
Dark green fritillary – Argynnis aglaja
Common linnet – Linaria cannabina
Heath fritillary – Melitaea athalia
Ringlet – Aphantopus hyperantus
Essex skipper – Thymelicus lineola
Speckled wood butterfly – Pararge aegeria
Six-spot burnet – Zygaena filipendulae
Landscape 2017
Horned lark – Eremophila alpestris
Red Helleborine – Cephalanthera rubra,
Best Pictures 2017
Birds of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka blue magpie – Urocissa ornata
Green bee-eater – Merops orientalis
Sri Lanka frogmouth – batrachostomus moniliger
Toque macaque – Macaca sinica
Sri Lankan elephant – Elephas maximus maximus
Leopard – Panthera pardus
Sinharaja Rain Forest
Eurasian tree sparrow – Passer montanus
Snow bunting – Plectrophenax nivalis
Hume’s leaf warbler – Phylloscopus humei
Siberian accentor – Prunella montanella
Small heath – Coenonympha pamphilus
Black-veined white – Aporia crataegi
Wood warbler – Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Red Admiral – Vanessa atalanta
Common whitethroat – Sylvia communis
Common swift – Apus apus
Mediterranean gull – Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Whimbrel – Numenius phaeopus
Green sandpiper – Tringa ochropus
Small tortoiseshell – Aglais urticae
Eurasian woodcock – Scolopax rusticola
Yellow-legged gull – Larus michahellis
European hedgehog – Erinaceus europaeus
Western yellow wagtail – Motacilla flava
Yellow-browed warbler – Phylloscopus inornatus
Northern gannet – Morus bassanus
Tree pipit – Anthus trivialis
Eurasian skylark – Alauda arvensis
Brown hare – Lepus europaeus
Common crane – Grus grus
Grey plover – Pluvialis squatarola
Little stint – Calidris minuta
Buff-breasted sandpiper – Calidris subruficollis
Willow ptarmigan – Lagopus lagopus
Woodland brown – Lopinga achine
Broad-bodied chaser – Libellula depressa
Common sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos
Whinchat – Saxicola rubetra
Brambling – Fringilla montifringilla
Longwings – Heliconiinae
Little gull – Hydrocoloeus minutus
Little ringed plover – Charadrius dubius
Gyrfalcon – Falco rusticolus
Dotterel – Charadrius morinellus
white-throated robin – Irania gutturalis
Ortolan bunting – Emberiza hortulana
Redstart – Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Fallow deer – Dama dama
European beaver – Castor fiber
Song thrush – turdus philomelos
Early-purple orchid – Orchis mascula
Little egret – Egretta garzetta
River warbler – Locustella fluviatilis
Sedge warbler – Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Greenish warbler – Phylloscopus trochiloides
Great reed warbler – Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Grasshopper warbler – Locustella naevia
Kentish plover – Charadrius alexandrinus
Reed bunting – Emberiza schoeniclus
Red-breasted merganser – Mergus serrator
Serin – Serinus serinus
Cackling goose – Branta Hucthinsii
Chiffchaff – Phylloscopus collybita
Little bunting – Emberiza pusilla
Bluethroat – Luscinia svecica
Short-eared owl – Asio flammeus
Tawny pipit – Anthus campestris
Garganey – Anas querquedula
Common toad – Bufo bufo
Lesser black-backed gull – Larus fuscus
Common frog – Rana temporaria
European stonechat – Saxicola rubicola
Eurasian curlew – numenius arquata
Tundra swan – Cygnus columbianus
Sardinian warbler – Sylvia melanocephala
Black redstart – Phoenicurus ochruros
Eurasian stone curlew – Burhinus oedicnemus
Black kite – Milvus migrans
Cinereous vulture – Aegypius monachus
Bearded vulture – Gypaetus barbatus
Egyptian vulture – Neophron percnopterus
Griffon vulture – Gyps fulvus
Landscape 2016
Redfox – Vulpes vulpes schrencki
Japan – a skiweek on Hokkaido
Skipictures
Best pictures 2016
Common kingfisher – Alcedo atthis
Corn bunting – Emberiza calandra
Eurasian wigeon – Anas penelope
Bearded reedling – Panurus biarmicus
Fieldfare – Turdus pilaris
African buffalo – Syncerus caffer
Cheetah – Acinonyx jubatus
Mwanza flat-headed rock agama – agama mwanzae
Hoopoe – Upupa epops
Weavers – ploceidae
African bush elephant – Loxodonta africana
Lion – Panthera leo
Tanzania
Rook – Corvus frugilegus
Yellowhammer – Emberiza citrinella
Lesser whitethroat – Sylvia curruca
Blackcap – Sylvia atricapilla
Wolverine – Gulo gulo
Grey wolf – Canis lupus
Eurasian collared dove – Streptopelia decaocto
Wood lark – Lullula arborea
Goldcrest – Regulus regulus
Red-breasted flycatcher – Ficedula parva
Hawkers – (Aeshnidae)
Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos
Common pheasant – Phasianus colchicus
Common quail – Coturnix coturnix
Tufted duck – Aythya fuligula
Common kestrel – Falco tinnunculus
Large emerald – Geometra papilionaria
Barnacle goose – Branta leucopsis
Northern shoveler – Anas clypeata
Early marsh-orchid – Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp. ochroleuca
Common Twayblade – Listera ovata
western marsh orchid – Dactylorhiza majalis
Lesser butterfly-orchid – Platanthera bifolia
Military orchid – Orchis militaris
Heath spotted-orchid – Dactylorhiza maculata
Marsh Helleborine – Epipactis palustris
Greater Butterfly-orchid – Platanthera chlorantha
Fragrant orchid – Gymnadenia conopsea
Fly orchid – Ophrys insectifera
Common tern – Sterna hirundo
Great egret – Ardea alba
Hooded crow – Corvus cornix
Hooded crow - Corvus cornix
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Grey heron – Ardea cinerea
European bee-eater – Merops apiaster
Great cormorant – Phalacrocorax carbo
Black Stork – Ciconia nigra
Ruff – Calidris pugnax
Ruddy turnstone – Arenaria interpres
Red knot – Calidris canutus
Bar-tailed godwit – Limosa Lapponica
Sanderling – Calidris alba
Curlew sandpiper – Calidris ferruginea
Common snipe – Gallinago gallinago
Dunlin – Calidris alpina
Black woodpecker – Dryocopus martius
Barred warbler – Sylvia nisoria
Ringed plover – Charadrius hiaticula
Velvet scoter – Melanitta fusca
White wagtail – Motacilla alba
Eurasian rock pipit – Anthus petrosus
Razorbill – Alca torda
Arctic tern – Sterna paradisaea
Chaffinch – Fringilla coelebs
Mute swan – Cygnus olor
Common starling – Sturnus vulgaris
Spotted redshank – Tringa erythropus
Red-footed falcon – Falco vespertinus
Grey phalarope – Phalaropus fulicarius (called red phalarope in the US)
Meadow pipit – Anthus pratensis
Red-necked phalarope – Phalaropus lobatus
Dunnock – Prunella modularis
European golden plover – Pluvialis apricaria
Moose – Alces alces
Lapland Longspur – Calcarius lapponicus
Three-toed woodpecker – Picoides tridactylus
Rock Ptarmigan – Lagopus muta
Great snipe – Gallinago media
Redwing – Turdus iliacus
European pied flycatcher – Ficedula hypoleuca
Eurasian coot – Fulica atra
Caspian tern – Hydroprogne caspia
Arctic skua – Stercorarius parasiticus
Canada goose – Branta canadensis
Sandwich tern – Thalasseus sandvicensis
Kentsk tärna – Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Collared flycatcher – Ficedula albicollis
Lesser spotted woodpecker – Dryobates minor
Oystercatcher – Haematopus ostralegus
Marsh warbler – Acrocephalus palustris
Barn swallow – Hirundo rustica
Best pictures 2014
Wild Boar – Sus scrofa
Willow warbler – Phylloscopus trochilus
Nightingale – Luscinia megarhynchos
Greylag goose – Anser anser
Terek sandpiper – Xenus cinereus
Nightjar – Caprimulgus europaeus
Little tern – Sternula albifrons
Wood sandpiper – Tringa glareola
Brown bear – Ursus arctos
Blackthroated loon – Gavia arctica
Redshank – Tringa totanus
Wryneck – Jynx torquilla
Black grouse – Tetrao tetrix
Great crested grebe – Podiceps cristatus
Adder – Vipera berus
Ring Ouzel – Turdus torquatus
Common moorhen – Gallinula chloropus
Blackheaded gull – Larus ridibundus
Jackdaw – Corvus monedula
Green shank – Tringa nebularia
Northern Lapwing – Vanellus vanellus
Common goldeneye – Bucephala clangula
whooper swan – Cygnus cygnus
Eurasian eagle-owl – Bubo bubo
Northern hawk-owl – Surnia ulula
Eurasian pygmy owl – Glaucidium passerinum
Pintail – Anas acuta
Gadwall – Anas strepera
Teal – Anas crecca
Capercaillie – tetrao urogallus
Common gull – Larus canus
Herring gull – Laruts argentus
Grey wagtail – Motacilla cinerea
Red Squirrel – Sciurus vulgaris
Common shelduck – Tadorna tadorna
Common merganser – Mergus merganser
Pied avocet – Recurvirostra avosetta
Horned grebe – Podiceps auritus
Red-necked grebe – Podiceps grisegena
Great grey shrike – Lanius excubitor
Red-backed shrike – Lanius collurio
Bohemian waxwing – Bombycilla garrulus
European robin – Erithacus rubecula
Eurasian wren – Troglodytes troglodytes
Spotted nutcracker – Nucifraga caryocatactes
Grey seal – Halichoerus grypus
Mountain hare – Lepus timidus
Red fox – Vulpes vulpes
Eurasian magpie – Pica pica
Spotted flycatcher – Muscicapa striata
Long-tailed tit – Aegithalos caudatus
Penduline tit – Remiz pendulinus
Goldfinch – Carduelis carduelis
Stock dove – Columba oenas
Common blackbird – Turdus merula
Common wood pigeon – Columba palumbus
European greenfinch – chloris chloris
Hawfinch – Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Little grebe – Tachybaptus ruficollis
Common pochard – Aythya ferina
Night photography
Apollo – Parnassius apollo
Butterflies – Lepidoptera
Eurasian treecreeper – Certhia familiaris
Alpine accentor – Prunella collaris
White-throated dipper – Cinclus cinclus
Eurasian nuthatch – Sitta Europea
Raven – Corvus corax
Tawny Owl – Strix aluco
Eurasian siskin – Spinus spinus
Bullfinch – Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Blue tit – Cyanistes caeruleus
Great tit – Parus major
Coal tit – Periparus ater
Crested tit – Lophophanes cristatus
Reindeer – Rangifer tarandus
Eurasian jay – Garrulus glandarius
The Siberian jay – Perisoreus infaustus
Best pictures 2015
House sparrow – Passer domesticus
Long-tailed duck – Clangula hyemalis
Willow tit – Poecile montanus
Pine grosbeak – Pinicola enucleator
Common redpoll – Acanthis flammea
Great spotted woodpecker – Dendrocopos major
Grey-headed woodpecker – Picus canus
Purple sandpiper- Calidris maritima
Common guillemot – Uria aalge
Siberian tit (Poecile cinctus)
Great black-backed gull – Larus marinus
Common eider – Somateria mollissima
Kittiwake – Rissa tridactyla
Glaucous gull – Larus hyperboreus
Steller’s eider – Polysticta stelleri
King eider – Somateria spectabilis
Kitesurfing on water
Grass snake – Natrix natrix
Ural owl – Strix uralensis
Great grey owl – Strix nebulosa
Hen harrier – Circus cyaneus
Peregrine falcon – Falco peregrinus
Osprey – Pandion haliaetus
Bonelli’s eagle – Aquila fasciata
Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus
Red kite – Milvus milvus
Common Buzzard – Buteo buteo
Rough-legged buzzard – Buteo lagopus
Western marsh harrier – Circus aeruginosus
Northern goshawk – Accipter gentilis
Golden eagle – Aquila chrysaetos
