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Rare Moments

A selection of rare moments.

The silhouette of a roaring red stag in morning mist lit by the rising sun.
Roaring red stag in the mist
A purple heron wades through the shallows by the bank, a wall of green reeds behind it.
Purple heron at the water
Four wolves walk along a stony river bank, one behind the other.
Wolf pack on the river bank
Three wolves on a stony river bank, one of them yawning.
Three wolves by the river
A white-tailed eagle stands over a caught fish in the snow as flakes fall around it.
White-tailed eagle with a fish in the snow
A roe buck follows a doe across a flowering meadow, a classic scene of the roe deer rut.
Roe buck walking behind a doe
A roe buck runs straight towards me across the meadow, all four legs off the ground.
Roe buck running towards me
Fallow deer mating in the autumn forest during the rut.
Fallow deer mating during the rut
Two fallow bucks stand side by side in the forest moments before their fight.
Fallow bucks before the fight
Kingfishers mating on a branch above the water.
Kingfishers mating
A fallow buck rears up on its hind legs to reach the leaves high in the canopy.
Fallow buck on its hind legs
A red fox runs through the autumn forest straight towards me.
Red fox on the run
A roe doe peers curiously out of a wheat field, only her head and ears above the grain.
Roe doe in the wheat
A pheasant with its wings spread in a meadow during courtship.
Pheasant displaying
Three fox cubs sit at the edge of their den, watching their surroundings, their deep black eyes glistening in the soft woodland light.
Fox siblings
Two common kingfishers perch on branches above the water, with the female in the foreground and the male out of focus behind her.
Common kingfishers on a branch
A female common pheasant stands in the green grass beside a brightly coloured male, who lowers his head to the ground as he courts her.
Pheasant courtship
A male and female common pheasant stand side by side in short green grass.
Pair of pheasants in the grass