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NATUREPICS
Images of wildlife from around the world
Leisure
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
W H Davies 1871 -1940
Welcome
Welcome to my Naturepics website.
This site is designed to show some of the images that I have taken of the natural world - to marvel in the beauty of their form and to encourage all of you to stop and look at the world around us. The main categories are of European species and, in the case of birds, collated broadly by the type of habitat in which they are found. Subsequent categories show species from the regions indicated by their titles e.g. Galapagos Islands or Antarctica.
This world is under great threat from man's ever-increasing exploitation of its natural resources. As the human population increases there is great pressure on the environment and less room for other species to co-exist. The planet's ecosystem is vastly complex with all species inter-dependent upon each other. Finding room for nature is not only a praiseworthy exercise in itself ... it is vital for the continued existence of the human species.
This site is designed to show some of the images that I have taken of the natural world - to marvel in the beauty of their form and to encourage all of you to stop and look at the world around us. The main categories are of European species and, in the case of birds, collated broadly by the type of habitat in which they are found. Subsequent categories show species from the regions indicated by their titles e.g. Galapagos Islands or Antarctica.
This world is under great threat from man's ever-increasing exploitation of its natural resources. As the human population increases there is great pressure on the environment and less room for other species to co-exist. The planet's ecosystem is vastly complex with all species inter-dependent upon each other. Finding room for nature is not only a praiseworthy exercise in itself ... it is vital for the continued existence of the human species.
Latest Images ......
Birds of prey
Birds of Marsh and SeaShore
Sea Birds
Birds of Rivers and Lakes
- Dipper
- Kingfisher
- Lapwing
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Little Ringed Plover
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Mute Swan
- Black Swan
- Whooper Swan
- Water Rail
- Great Crested Grebe
- Little Grebe
- Great Northern Diver
- Sedge Warbler
- Reed Warbler
- Reed Bunting
- Penduline Tit
- Cetti's Warbler
- Pied Wagtail
- Grey Wagtail
- Common Crane
- Glossy Ibis
- Spoonbill
- White Stork
- Grey Heron
- Purple Heron
- Great White Egret
- Little Egret
- Egyptian Goose
- Tufted Duck
- Ring-necked Duck
- Pochard
- Red-crested Pochard
- Mallard
- Gadwall
- Shoveler
- Teal
- Goldeneye
- Goosander
- Pintail
- Canada Goose
Birds of Woods, Moors and Heaths
Birds of Field and hedgerow
- Yellowhammer
- Chaffinch
- Corn Bunting
- Goldfinch
- Rook
- Carrion Crow
- Jackdaw
- Magpie
- Hoopoe
- Black Redstart
- Blackbird
- Hedge Sparrow
- House Sparrow
- Tree Sparrow
- Song Thrush
- Robin
- Starling
- Fieldfare
- Redwing
- Meadow Pipit
- Blackcap
- Melodious Warbler
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Blue Tit
- Great Tit
- Coal Tit
- Cattle Egret
- Great Bustard
- Golden Plover
- Pheasant
- Red-legged Partridge
- Skylark
- Linnet
- Collared Dove
- Crag Martin
- Lesser Redpoll
Butterflies
- Gatekeeper
- Wall Brown
- Comma
- Ringlet
- Common Blue
- Adonis Blue
- Holly Blue
- Large Blue
- Silver-studded Blue
- Long-tailed Blue
- Provencal Short-tailed Blue
- Mazarine Blue
- Brown Argus
- Silver-washed Fritillary
- Dark Green Fritillary
- Queen of Spain Fritillary
- Spotted Fritillary
- Meadow Fritillary
- Glanville Fritillary
- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
- Knapweed Fritillary
- Duke of Burgundy Fritillary
- Marsh Fritillary
- Marbled Fritillary
- Meadow Brown
- Small Heath
- Berger's Clouded Yellow
- Brimstone
- Painted Lady
- Green-veined White
- Marbled White
- Southern Small White
- Large White
- Small White
- Wood White
- Woodland Grayling
- Great Banded Grayling
- Swallowtail
- Scarce Swallowtail
- Speckled Wood
- Small Tortoiseshell
- Large Skipper
- Small Skipper
- Grizzled Skipper
- Mallow Skipper
- Dingy Skipper
- Lesser Purple Emperor
- Orange Tip
- Peacock
- Red Admiral
- Small Copper
- Sooty Copper
- Southern White Admiral
- Dryad
Bumblebees, Moths and other Insects
- Bumblebees
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Firebug
- Stag Beetle
- Praying Mantis
- Cardinal Beetle
- Pot Beetle
- 7- spot Ladybird
- Harlequin Ladybird
- Blue Mint Leaf Beetle
- Nettle Weevil
- Rose Sawfly
- Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moth
- Red Underwing
- Hummingbird Hawk Moth
- Jersey Tiger Moth
- Elephant Hawk Moth
- Lime Hawk Moth
- Fox Moth
- Six-spot Burnet
- Burnet Companion Moth
- Common Heath Moth
- Latticed Heath Moth
- Sycamore Moth
- Yellow-tail Moth
- Brown-tail Moth
- Yellow Shell Moth
- European Owlfly
- Dark-edged Bee Fly
- Tawny Mining Bee
- Hairy-footed Flower Bee
- Bee Beetle
- Variable Longhorn Beetle
- Thick-legged Flower / Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Red Shieldbug
- European Striped Shieldbug
- Ground Beetle - Poecilus versicolor
- Southern Green Shieldbug
- Garden Spider
- Nurseryweb Spider
- Wasp Spider
- Hornet Mimic Hoverfly
- Mediterranean Katydid
Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Broad-bodied Chaser
- Four-spotted Chaser
- Scarce Chaser
- Downy Emerald
- Emperor Dragonfly
- Migrant Hawker
- Southern Hawker
- Common Darter
- Ruddy Darter
- Hairy Dragonfly
- Black-tailed Skimmer
- White-tailed Skimmer
- Keeled Skimmer
- Small Pincertail
- Banded Demoiselle
- Western Demoiselle
- Beautiful Demoiselle
- Copper Demoiselle
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Common Blue Damselfly
- Red-eyed Damselfly
- Large Red Damselfly
- Azure Damselfly
- Southern Emerald Damselfly
- Small Emerald Damselfly
- Blue Featherleg
Mammals
Reptiles and Amphibians
Fungi
- Beeswax Bracket Fungus
- Alder Bracket Fungus
- Chicken-in-the-Woods Bracket Fungus
- Dryad's Saddle
- Conifer Mazegill
- Common Earthball
- Collared Earthstar
- Glistening Inkcap
- Shaggy Inkcap
- Magpie Inkcap
- Pleated Inkcap
- Trooping Funnel Cap
- Frosty Funnel
- Clouded Funnel
- Lurid Boletus
- Slate Boletus
- Oak Bolete
- Orange Oak Bolete
- Larch Boletus
- Ghost Bolete
- Suede Bolete
- Velvet Boletus
- Ruby Boletus
- Red Cracking Bolete
- Velvet Shank
- Turkeytail Fungus
- Milking Bonnet
- Black Milking Bonnet
- Brittlestem
- Oyster Mushroom
- Brown Rollrim
- Parasol
- Macrolepiota konradii
- Shield Dapperling
- Upright Coral
- Candlesnuff
- Field Blewit
- False Chanterelle
- Beechwood Sickener
- Blackening Brittlegill
- Slender Brittlegill
- Stubble Brittlegill
- Bloody Brittlegill
- Purple Brittlegill
- Fragile Brittlegill
- Split Fibrecap
- Honey Fungus
- Jelly-ear Fungus
- Morel
- White Saddle
- Blackening Waxcap
- Blusher
- Jewelled Deathcap
- Panther Cap
- Caesar's Mushroom
- Weeping Widow
Flowers
- Blackthorn
- Bluebell
- Bullrush
- Chicory
- Comfrey
- Common Knapweed
- Cuckoo Flower
- Cowslip
- Deadly Nightshade
- Field Scabious
- Devil's Bit Scabious
- Garlic Mustard
- Welted Thistle
- Dandelion
- Purple Loosestrife
- Red Campion
- Robin's Pincushion Gall - on Dog Rose
- Sea Pinks
- Teasel
- Water Crowfoot
- White Water Lily
- Wild Sage
- Wood Anenome
- Yellow Iris
- Yellow Waterlily
- Marsh Marigold
- Early Dog Violet
- Wild Angelica
- Hogweed
- Wild Carrot
- Hemp-agrimony
- Butterbur
- American Skunk Cabbage
- Lords-and-Ladies
- Meadow Clary
- Distaff Thistle
- Amethyst Broomrape
- Viper's Bugloss
- Sanfoin
- Adder's Tongue Fern
- Water Mint
- Bristly Oxtongue
- Ribwort Plantain
- Orchids
Orchids
Molluscs
Ecuador and Galapagos Islands
- The Galapagos Islands
- Ecuador - Bellavista Cloud Forest
- Galapagos - Santa Cruz Island
- Galapagos - Plaza Islands
- Galapagos - Santa Fe Island
- Galapagos - Espanola Island
- Galapagos - Genovesa Island
- Galapagos - Darwin's Bay (Genovesa Island )
- Galapagos - Bartolome Island
- Galapagos - Santiago Island
- Galapagos Islands - sea passage
Peru - Andean condors of Colca canyon
Brazil
Antarctica and Patagonia
India - Kanha National Park
- Hard Ground Swamp Deer ( Barasingha )
- Sambar Deer
- Spotted Deer ( Chital )
- Bison ( Gaur )
- Tiger
- Langour Monkeys
- Wild Boar
- Three-striped Palm Squirrel
- Asian Turtle Dove
- Black-headed Oriole
- Changeable Hawk Eagle
- Common Kingfisher
- Indian Pond Heron
- Indian Roller
- Large-billed Crow
- Red-headed Vulture
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Rufous Treepie
- White-cheeked Bulbul
- White-rumped Vulture
- White-throated Kingfisher
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
- Demoiselle Crane
About
I have spent a life-time fascinated by the natural world. Early interest was encouraged by a childhood spent in rural Oxfordshire and on the Norfolk coast. I have been fortunate enough to have traveled widely throughout the world - from the Himalayas to Antarctica, from India to South America and from North America to Australasia. I now live in a small village in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds.
I have enjoyed exploring all ecological habitats discovering how intricately the strands of nature have woven the life support systems for a myriad of species. I have also enjoyed the challenge of trying to photograph animals and plants in their natural surroundings really for no better reason than to marvel at their aesthetic beauty. Sometimes I have included a picture whose quality is less than I would wish, but that still conveys the essence of the subject that I was trying to capture. I always hope to do better next time !
I do hope that you have enjoyed looking at some of the images that I have been able to capture.
Thank you for your interest and please see the "contact" page below if you want to send me any comments or questions.
Nigel Gardener
I have enjoyed exploring all ecological habitats discovering how intricately the strands of nature have woven the life support systems for a myriad of species. I have also enjoyed the challenge of trying to photograph animals and plants in their natural surroundings really for no better reason than to marvel at their aesthetic beauty. Sometimes I have included a picture whose quality is less than I would wish, but that still conveys the essence of the subject that I was trying to capture. I always hope to do better next time !
I do hope that you have enjoyed looking at some of the images that I have been able to capture.
Thank you for your interest and please see the "contact" page below if you want to send me any comments or questions.
Nigel Gardener
We need to protect our Planet
Saving the environment will save us all
Contact
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