June 2025 Photo Information Animal and Camera Details June Species shown: Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) Common blues are among the most beautiful butterflies, upper parts of the males are bright blue, upper parts of the females are brown with blue at the center, but they are especially beautiful underneath. What also makes them photogenic…
May 2025 Photo Information Animal and Camera Details May Species shown: ruff (calidris pugnax) Rufs breed in northern Europe and Asia, outside of the breeding seaon they occur in southern Europe, southern Asia and Africa. This photo was taken in the Netherlands and shows a male in breeding plumage and a female. Although they no…
April 2025 Photo Information Animal and Camera Details April Species shown: black-tailed godwit (limosa limosa) Like many species of birds, black-tailed godwits are keen to defend their territory. These two male birds were fighting for 1 hour and 40 minutes! The photo was taken on farmland that was irrigated to create local wet spots to…
March 2025 Photo Information Animal and Camera Details March Species shown: European Hare (Lepus europaeus) This photo was taken in the Netherlands in a pasture nature reserve. The hare jumped over a ditch of at least 2.5m from standstill. Normally a shy animal, the European hare changes its behavior in spring, when it can be…
February 2025 Photo Information Animal and Camera Details February Species shown: Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) This photo was taken on the island Hornoya, in the north eastern part of Norway. Atlantic puffins spend the winter on the Atlantic ocean, only for breeding do they go on land. When I saw the atlantic puffins in the…
January 2025 Photo Information Animal and Camera Details January Species shown: Eurasion bullfinch (pyrrula pyrrula) and pine grossbeak (penicola enucleator). This photo was taken in the boreal forests in Finland, where pine grosbeaks were seen in relatively large numbers. While I was photographing the grosbeaks, a Eurasian bullfinch appeared and challenged the much larger grosbeak….