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Barrow’s goldeneye – Bucephala islandica
Jack Snipe – Lymnocryptes minimus
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
European 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
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
