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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

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

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

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

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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
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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

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

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

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
