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Hoopoe with prey on a mossy branch

A male and female common pheasant stand side by side in short green grass.

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.

Two common kingfishers perch on branches above the water, with the female in the foreground and the male out of focus behind her.

Three fox cubs sit at the edge of their den, watching their surroundings, their deep black eyes glistening in the soft woodland light.

A recently born fox cub explores the world outside its den.

A pheasant with its wings spread in a meadow during courtship.

A roe doe peers curiously out of a wheat field, only her head and ears above the grain.

A hoopoe with a freshly caught grub in its bill, perched on a moss-covered branch.

A hoopoe with its crest raised, standing on a mossy stump against the green of the forest.

A hoopoe with a fanned crest and a grub in its bill on a dry, weathered branch.

A hoopoe with its crest fanned wide looks straight into the lens from a lichen-covered branch.

A hoopoe with prey in its bill on a branch covered in yellow lichen.

A hoopoe with its crest folded back rests on a mossy branch in the shade of the forest.

A hoopoe on an old stump, crest raised, the background melting into soft green.

A hoopoe with its crest fully spread poses on a stump, facing the photographer.

A young white-tailed eagle stands over its prey on a grassy bank by the water.

A white-tailed eagle spreads its wings over its prey on the bank, the water behind it.

A roe buck runs straight towards me across the meadow, all four legs off the ground.

A roe buck and doe on a flowering meadow in evening light during the rut.

A roe buck stands among yellow wildflowers, looking straight into the lens.

A roe buck in full leap over a field, the dark forest and evening sky behind him.

A roe buck backlit by the setting sun among flowering thistles.

A roe buck follows a doe across a flowering meadow, a classic scene of the roe deer rut.

A portrait of a roe buck among thistles, head up and ears pricked.

A roe buck chases a doe across a stubble field during the rut.

A hoopoe with a caterpillar in its bill on a lichen-covered branch, crest raised.

A hoopoe with a caught grub in its bill sits on a mossy branch, looking at the camera.

A hoopoe on a stump with its crest raised against a soft green background.

A hoopoe on the branch of an old tree, the dark trunk framing the left edge of the picture.

A white-tailed eagle walks across the frozen surface, dry reeds and driftwood behind it.

A white-tailed eagle with wings spread lands on the ice beside its prey.

A white-tailed eagle takes off from the ice with a fish in its talons while a second eagle watches.

Two white-tailed eagles meet on the ice over a single fish.

A white-tailed eagle stands over a caught fish in the snow as flakes fall around it.

Two brown hares run across a snow-covered field straight towards me.

Four wolves walk along a stony river bank, one behind the other.

Three wolves on a stony river bank, one of them yawning.

A fallow deer fawn stands on a carpet of yellow leaves in the autumn forest, lit from behind by the sun.

A portrait of a fallow buck with broad palmate antlers against the autumn forest.

A fallow buck groaning at full strength, head thrown back and mouth open, in the autumn forest.

Fallow deer mating in the autumn forest during the rut.

A fallow buck rears up on its hind legs to reach the leaves high in the canopy.

Two fallow bucks stand side by side in the forest moments before their fight.

A fallow doe walks straight towards me, a young buck blurred in the background.

Two fallow bucks with locked antlers fight on the leaf-covered forest floor.

A red fox stands behind a fallen branch in the autumn forest, looking straight at me.

A red fox runs through the autumn forest straight towards me.

A purple heron wades through the shallows by the bank, a wall of green reeds behind it.

The silhouette of a roaring red stag in morning mist lit by the rising sun.

A brown hare runs across a meadow in evening light, ears up.

A hare chews a blade of grass while a second one watches from further back in the meadow.

A kingfisher with wings spread lands on a moss-covered branch.

A kingfisher perches on a mossy branch, watching the water below.

A male kingfisher hands a fish to the female, a courtship gift.

Kingfishers mating on a branch above the water.

A kingfisher preens with one wing spread on a lichen-covered branch.

A roe buck stands in a flowering meadow in evening light, the dark forest edge behind him.

A roe buck presses close to a doe in tall grass during the rut.

A roe buck stands in a misty morning meadow, the grass around him still wet with dew.

A roe buck leaps through tall grass, front legs raised.

A roe buck steps out from under a bush in evening light, head raised towards the lens.

A roe buck approaches straight towards me across a flowering meadow.

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Species: Eurasian Hoopoe
Gear: Canon EOS 50D · EF300mm f/4L IS USM · 300mm · f/4 · 1/100 · ISO 1000

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