Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)

Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)

Brown noddy and lesser noddy live side-by-side on Bird island, and can be hard to distinguish from one another, but when you look for these two distinct…


White tern (Gygis alba)

White tern (Gygis alba)

This white tern is completely lethargic as it has been immobilized by the seeds of the Grand Devil's-Claws (Pisonia grandis). The tree produces inconspicuous…


White tern (Gygis alba)

White tern (Gygis alba)

This amazing looking bird is one of many breeding on the small island named Bird Island - the northernmost of the Seychelles islands. It is a privately owned…


White tern (Gygis alba)

White tern (Gygis alba)

This amazing looking bird is one of many breeding on the small island named Bird Island - the northernmost of the Seychelles islands. It is a privately owned…


Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris)

Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris)

Brown noddy and lesser noddy live side-by-side on Bird island, and can be hard to distinguish from one another, but when you look for these two distinct…


White tern (Gygis alba)

White tern (Gygis alba)

This amazing looking bird is one of many breeding on the small island named Bird Island - the northernmost of the Seychelles islands. It is a privately owned…


Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A scruffy and lethargic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) resting on a shore on an islet that not long ago was under a glacier. While the polar bear struggles with…


Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cub checking out new possibilities on the summer sea ice north of Spitsbergen. They evoke so many feelings in humans,…


Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with one cub after a feed on a seal carcass. The seal was brought down by a huge male, which fed, and fed until it could…


Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

We had to go further north than ever before to reach the sea ice this year, and after a long while searching in vain we finally noticed a huge male gorging on…