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Little egret

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Robin at Llanelli WWT
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Little Egret at Llanelli WWT
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Dunnock at Llanelli WWT
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🩶 A bit spooky, these cormorants in the misty morning - Wel een beetje spookachtig, deze aalscholvers in de mistige ochtend 🩶.

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Seagulls at the North Sea beach, Zandvoort aan Zee, Kennemer Dunes, Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, Netherlands, December 2023.

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Colourphoto of seagulls at the North Sea beach near the nature reserve Kennemer Dunes, Netherlands, December 2023

Kennemer Dunes near Cremer Lake & Hubertus Valley, National Park South-Kennemerland nature reserve, IJmuiden aan Zee, Netherlands, 2023.

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Black & white photo Kennemer dunes, South-Kennemerland National Park nature reserve, Netherlands, 2023

A wintery morning today at Vanhankaupunginlahti naturereserve in Helsinki.

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Photographer Captures the Moment Leopard Stumbles Across a Dung Beetle https://petapixel.com/2025/11/17/photographer-captures-the-moment-leopard-stumbles-across-a-dung-beetle/ #wildlifephotographer #naturereserve #interaction #southafrica #dungbeetle #Spotlight #curiosity #Features #wildlife #leopard #africa

The tiny drama on the shoreline

At the beach of Oranjezon in Zeeland, I stumbled into a miniature comedy act starring two birds with very different personalities. In Dutch we call them a Steenloper and a Drieteenstrandloper — but internationally they’re known as the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) and the Sanderling (Calidris alba).

The Turnstone was doing its usual business: flipping over shells and stones with impressive determination, searching for hidden snacks. But right behind it — practically glued to its tail — the Sanderling trotted along, refusing to be shooed away. The back-and-forth between them felt like watching a feathered version of the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote, tiny legs moving at ridiculous speeds.

Photographically, this was a fun challenge. A dark grey day, the sea rolling in behind them, and me lying low with the Canon 5D Mark IV and Sigma 100–400mm at 400mm. Because of the poor light I had to work with a slower shutter speed (1/250s). Tracking two hyperactive birds at that focal length is like trying to thread a needle in a storm — but somehow it worked. The legs slightly blurred just enough to show their speed, while the birds themselves stayed sharp.

I’m honestly proud of this one. A little slice of nature, comedy, and chaos — exactly as it happened on that windy Zeeland beach.

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Mit dem Packraft auf dem Lago Alimini Grande unterwegs, öffnet sich ein ganz eigenes Naturerlebnis. Fast lautlos gleitet mein Boot über das ruhige Brackwasser, dessen Farben zwischen Blau und Grün wechseln und das von Wind und Licht beeinflusst wird. Wasservögel und Reiher verstecken sich im Schilf entlang der Ufer, über den See ziehen Greifvögel langsam ihre Kreise.
02.11.2025, #Italy #Puglia #AliminiGrande #lake #NatureReserve #wetlands #packrafting [6]

Der Lago Alimini Grande, nördlich von Otranto im Salento gelegen, ist Teil eines weitläufigen Naturschutzgebiets. Die leicht salzige Lagune ist von dichten Kiefernwäldern sowie mediterraner Macchia umgeben. Das Gebiet ist ein bedeutender Rastplatz für Zugvögel wie Flamingos, Kraniche und Störche, während seltene Pflanzenarten und zahlreiche Wasservögel die Ufer bevölkern.
02.11.2025, #Italy #Puglia #AliminiGrande #lake #NatureReserve #wetlands #packrafting [5]

La Cesine ist ein geschütztes Feuchtgebiet an der Adriaküste Apuliens. Hier treffen sich verschiedene Lebensräume wie Süßwasserteiche, Dünen und Pinienwälder, die einen wichtigen Rückzugsort für zahlreiche Vogelarten und andere Tiere bieten.
31.10.2025, #Italy #Puglia #NatureReserve #forest #wetlands [4]