Photographed at Lagunas de Lo Monte Spain

© All Rights Reserved

Photographed at Lagunas de Lo Monte Spain

© All Rights Reserved

At home

Tags:   Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon

© All Rights Reserved

Eurasian Oystercatcher / haematopus ostralegus. Frampton, Lincolnshire. 11/04/24.

'SYNCHRONISED DEFENCE.'

The pair of Oystercatchers had been resting and preening in a very relaxed manner at the edge of a small island. Suddenly, all hell broke loose when a Black-headed Gull made the mistake of venturing too close to them. They sprang to their feet and defended their space. Seen here, they have adopted typical threat postures with extended necks and open beaks whilst calling loudly.
It worked too, the gull backed off.

© All Rights Reserved

..not much courtship, really, as he proceeded to grab her a few seconds after he had tracked her down from around 10m away. Pheromones are important to lizards as well as snakes. Under licence during a licensed survey and no disturbance to the pair who had other things on their minds.

Tags:   Sand Lizard Sand lizards Lacerta Lacerta agilis Lacertids Wildlife Wildlife of Europe European Wildlife Animal Nature reptiles reptile reptiles of Europe European reptiles lizard Lizards Lizards of Europe British Wildlife British amphibians and reptiles British reptiles and amphibians British reptiles British lizards UK Wildlife UK reptiles and amphibians UK amphibians and reptiles UK reptiles UK lizards Dorset wildlife Dorset reptiles Dorset lizards Purbeck wildlife Purbeck reptiles Heathland Wildlife Heathland Heathland reptiles Nikon Nikon D850 Laowa Laowa 100mm Laowa 2X macro Laowa 100mm macro Laowa 100mm 2X macro

© All Rights Reserved