Nature Picture Library

A Bird's World - Bird Behaviour Showreel

Flock of Red knot (Calidris canutus) moving at high tide roost, Snettisham RSPB Reserve, UK.

Flock of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gathering to roost at dusk, RSPB Ham Wall RSPB, UK.

Amur falcons congregating during their migration from Siberia to Africa, near Doyang reservoir, Naga

Two male Black grouse fighting at lek site, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK

Male Superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina superba) displaying, Papua New Guinea

Male Macgregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) decorating his bower, Papua New Guinea

Male Lawes' parotia bird of paradise displaying in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea

Male Satin bowerbird courting female, bower filled with blue plastic, Australia, October 2018.

Rainbow lorikeet eye pinning, leaning, flapping wings and jumping in courtship display, Australia

Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) pair courting, touching beaks, Falkland Islands.

Scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) pair allopreening in a tree, Australia.

Ocean sunfish swimming, UK

Aerial shot of a coniferous forest covered in snow, Akershus, Norway, January 2018.

South polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) chick keeping warm in its parents feathers, Antarctica.

Emperor penguin colony standing together, preening under a full moon, Atka Bay, Antarctica

Close up shot of Pulsating xenid (Heteroxenia fuscescens) feeding, Red Sea, Egypt

Cooked dog meat for sale at a market, Vietnam, 2022.

Aerial shot of two Killer whales swimming into a huge shoal of Atlantic herring, Troms, Norway

Close up of two Emperor penguin chicks sitting on their parents’ feet, Atka Bay, Antarctica

Two Lynx walking though snow, Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany, January.

Female honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) feeding wasp larvae to her chick, Extremadura, Spain

Emperor penguin huddle dispersing, some birds preening, Atka Bay, Antarctica

Newly hatched slug, species unknown, moving over developing eggs. UK.

King penguins preening in breeding colony, with mountains in the background

Grey-headed flying-fox pair mating , Australia.

Emperor penguin breeding colony huddling together, Atka Bay, Antarctica, June

Adelie penguin flapping wings and diving from the edge of the sea ice, Antarctica

Aerial shot looking over Torres del Paine National Park, showing Torres del Paine peaks in the backg

Aerial tracking shot of tidal channels in Venice Lagoon, Venice, Italy, October 2015.

Male Garden spider attaching silk to prey

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble-net feeding

Echinopluteus larvae. Pluteus larvae occur in the life cycles of sea urchins and brittle stars

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) hunting Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus), Devon, UK.

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) hunting Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus), Devon, UK.

Slug shocked by water droplet

Timelapse of giant sea cucumbers moving underwater, with a giant clam, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Timelapse of crowds of people crossing roads in Shibuya district, Tokyo, Japan.