Images Dated 2014 March

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Another name for the Iberian Lynx is the Pardel Lynx (the scientific name is Lynx pardinus), meaning leopard-spotted and indeed this animal was heavily marked with over the whole body. It is one of the ways of distinguishing this species from the somewhat larger Northern Lynx.

© FLPA/David Hosking

Cat, Endangered, European, Iiberian, Jandula, Lynx, Morena, Pardel, Pardinus, Rare, Sierra, Spain, Spanish

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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) the owl that took Eric Hosking's eye, 19th April 1938, Sanderson camera, Serrac 8.5inch lens, F/16, 1/75th with Flash bulb (by Eric Hosking)

© FLPA/David Hosking

Aluco, Animal, Animals, Bird, Birds, Black, Eric, Europe, European, Eye, Hosking, Nature, Nest, Nesting, Nests, Owl, Owls, Photography, Predator, Predators, Raptor, Raptors, Strix, Tawny, Tree, White, Wildlife

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Common Earth-star (Geastrum triplex) mature fruiting body, exoperidium has split to reveal inner spore sac, growing amongst leaf litter, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire, England, November

© Copyright of: FLPA/Dave Pressland

Autumn, Bodies, Body, Britain, British, Collared, Earth Star, Earth Stars, Earthstar, Earthstars, England, English, Europe, European, Exoperidium, Fruiting, Fungi, Fungus, Garden, Gardens, Hampshire, Mature, Mushroom, Mushrooms, Nature, Romsey, Sac, Sacs, Sir Harold Hillier, Split, Spore, Temperate, Uk