Bios Photo 10/2023

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) female calling on a trunk in a Loire Valley forest, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpeckers (Dryocopus martius) on a dead tree trunk in the Loire Valley, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) on a branch in a Loire Valley forest, Pouily-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) on a trunk in a Loire Valley forest, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) on a branch in a Loire Valley forest, Pouily-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Erasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) Female having caught a praying mantis to give to her young, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

European oriole (Oriolus oriolus) Female eating elderberries in a backwater of the Loire, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Two juveniles beaking on a trunk, Loire branch, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) Female on the ground among primrose-willow flowers along the Loire, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, Franc...

European hare (Lepus europaeus) in a field of flowers on an island in the Loire, Charité-sur-LOire region, Loire Valley, France

Pine marten (Martes martes) running on the beach of an island in the Loire, Charité-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Great Egret (Ardea alba) and Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) at a fishing spot in the Loire, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) Male on its stump, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) sticking its tongue out at its stump, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) playing around a stump, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) on a stump, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Herd of Eurasian Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) at dawn in a branch of the Loire near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France.

Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) crossing a branch of the Loire near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Roe deer (Caprolus capreolus) female crossing a branch of the Loire, Cosne-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black stork (Ciconia nigra) in flight over the Loire, Cosne-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) at dawn in a branch of the Loire near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) walking in the water at dawn, Cosne-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black stork (Ciconia nigra) in an arm of the Loire near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Black storks (Ciconia nigra) in an arm of the Loire near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Heron at dawn in a branch of the Loire near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Coypu (Myocastor coypus) grooming at dawn in a branch of the Loire near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Black Storks (Ciconia nigra) at dawn in a branch of the Loire, Cosne-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on a branch at the edge of an arm of the Loire, Loire Valley, France

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) stalking an arm of the Loire, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black stork (Ciconia ciconia) in a branch of the Loire, Cosne-sur-Loire region, Loire Valley, France

Black storks (Ciconia nigra) and great egrets (Ardea alba) in a branch of the Loire, near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Black storks (Ciconia nigra) and Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) in a branch of the Loire near Pouilly-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) on a branch in an arm of the Loire near Cosne-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) on a branch in a side branch of the Loire near Pouilly-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Male Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) in the Loire Valley forest near Pouilly-sur-Loire, France

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) and European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) on a dead tree in a secondary branch of the Loire near Pouilly-s...

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) and its catch in an arm of the Loire, Pouilly-sur-Loire region, France

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) on a branch in an arm of the Loire near Pouilly-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) and its catch, Loire branch near Pouilly-sur-Loire, Loire Valley, France

Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), dry capsule fruits resembling gloomy skulls

Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), dry capsule fruits resembling gloomy skulls

Cock's-Eggs (Salpichroa origanifolia), Bouches-du-Rhone, France

Mont Salva Beach, Cap Sicie massif, Six-Fours-les-Plages, Var, France

Giant Scabiosa (Rhaponticum scariosum subsp. scariosum), Haute-Tarentaise, Savoie, France

Fortune's Osmanthus (Osmanthus x fortunei), fragrant flowers in October

Groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia) with cotton-like fruits, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum) breath roots cluster

Nutria (Myocastor coypus) eating grass, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

Giant feather grass (Stipa gigantea) flower spikes in may