761 pictures found
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Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) taking off a dead tree on the banks of the Loire, Nièvre, France
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) taking off a dead tree on the banks of the Loire, Nièvre, France
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Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) on a branch on the banks of the Vauvise, a tributary of the Loire, Cher, France
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) on a branch on the banks of the Vauvise, a tributary of the Loire, Cher, France
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on Loire bank, Loire Valley, France
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on Loire bank, Loire Valley, France
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Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in the Audubon marsh, Couëron, Pays de Loire, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in the Audubon marsh, Couëron, Pays de Loire, France
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Morning flight of Common crane (Grus grus) on the beaches of the Loire in January, Loire Valley, France
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
Morning flight of Common crane (Grus grus) on the beaches of the Loire in January, Loire Valley, France
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) on a dead tree overlooking a secondary arm of the Loire river, Loire Valley, Burgundy, France
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
© Pierre Vernay / Biosphoto
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) on a dead tree overlooking a secondary arm of the Loire river, Loire Valley, Burgundy, France
© Patrick Goujon / Biosphoto
Tree frog on a leaf - Mejean pond France
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Ceylon Stilt stretching in the marshe at sunrise ; Marsh of Pesquiers in the Giens peninsula in the Var
© Pascal Pittorino / Biosphoto
© Pascal Pittorino / Biosphoto
Ceylon Stilt stretching in the marshe at sunrise ; Marsh of Pesquiers in the Giens peninsula in the Var
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Landscape of the Vieux Salins de Hyères in spring, with a group of Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and a hiking trail in the background,
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Vieux Salins de Hyères in spring, with a group of Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and a hiking trail in the background, Var, France
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Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) with chick on a mudflat in spring, Vieux Salins à Hyères, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) with chick on a mudflat in spring, Vieux Salins à Hyères, Var, France
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Anti-predator cage above a plover nest in the pebbles at the edge of an old pond in spring, Little terns brooding just a few meters away in this area
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Anti-predator cage above a plover nest in the pebbles at the edge of an old pond in spring, Little terns brooding just a few meters away in this area of the Vieux Salins in Hyères, Var, France.
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Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Adult building its nest with plant debris on a small islet in spring, Vieux Salins à Hyères, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Adult building its nest with plant debris on a small islet in spring, Vieux Salins à Hyères, Var, France
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Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) taking off from an islet of a group of nesting gulls in spring, Salin des Pesquiers in Hyères, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) taking off from an islet of a group of nesting gulls in spring, Salin des Pesquiers in Hyères, Var, France
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Predatory Bush Cricket (Saga pedo) on a flower in late spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Predatory Bush Cricket (Saga pedo) on a flower in late spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Predatory Bush Cricket (Saga pedo) on the prowl in a clump of flowers in late spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Caesar's Mushroom (Amanita caesarea) in a pine forest clearing in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Caesar's Mushroom (Amanita caesarea) in a pine forest clearing in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) capturing a honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a scabiosa flower in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus) capturing a honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a scabiosa flower in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) on a rockrose leaf in spring, Plaine
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) on a rockrose leaf in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) picking a flower in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) picking a flower in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Common Bee Fly (Hemipenthes morio) on the ground on a branch of dead wood in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Common Bee Fly (Hemipenthes morio) on the ground on a branch of dead wood in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
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Two-tailed Pasha (Issoria lathonia) female, wings open, gathering a flower in spring, Plaine des Maures around Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Two-tailed Pasha (Issoria lathonia) female, wings open, gathering a flower in spring, Plaine des Maures around Les Mayons, Var, France
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Butterfly-lion (Ascalaphus ictericus) open wings, on a stem in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Butterfly-lion (Ascalaphus ictericus) open wings, on a stem in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
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Conehead Mantis (Empusa pennata) female lying in wait in a clump
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Conehead Mantis (Empusa pennata) female lying in wait in a clump of flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
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Rhynocoris erythropus on a bindweed flower in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Rhynocoris erythropus on a bindweed flower in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Blue (Lysandra sp) Couple on dry flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Feathered Footman (Spiris striata) male, wings closed, on a grass
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Feathered Footman (Spiris striata) male, wings closed, on a grass in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
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Natterjack Toad (Epidalea calamita) Tadpoles in a temporary pond in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Natterjack Toad (Epidalea calamita) Tadpoles in a temporary pond in spring, Plaine des Maures near Vidauban, Var, France
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Landscape of the Plaine des Maures National Reserve, Area little affected by the 2021 fires, in spring, Near Vidauban, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Plaine des Maures National Reserve, Area little affected by the 2021 fires, in spring, Near Vidauban, Var, France
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Saint Bernard's Lily (Anthericum liliago), spring flowers, Paine
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Saint Bernard's Lily (Anthericum liliago), spring flowers, Paine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Spring Azure (Celastrina argiolus) on flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Spring Azure (Celastrina argiolus) on flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Landscape with sandstone slabs and umbrella pines in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape with sandstone slabs and umbrella pines in spring, Plaine des Maures, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Criquet pansu (Pezotettix giornae) sur une branche au printemps,
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Criquet pansu (Pezotettix giornae) sur une branche au printemps, Plaine des Maures, environs des Mayons, Var, France
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Bottom of basin dried out and cracked by drought and persistent lack of water in spring, Vieux salins in Hyères, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Bottom of basin dried out and cracked by drought and persistent lack of water in spring, Vieux salins in Hyères, Var, France
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Landscape of the Vieux Salins de Hyères. Protected bird sanctuary partially open to the public. View of the Levée St Nicolas basins to the east, with
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Vieux Salins de Hyères. Protected bird sanctuary partially open to the public. View of the Levée St Nicolas basins to the east, with the Maures massif in the background in springtime, Var, France
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Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 2 adults on the surface of an old dock at the Pesquiers salt marshes in summer, Hyères, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 2 adults on the surface of an old dock at the Pesquiers salt marshes in summer, Hyères, Var, France
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Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, Surroundings of the Lac des Escarcets,
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, Surroundings of the Lac des Escarcets, Var, France
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Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, Surroundings of the Lac des Escarcets,
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, Surroundings of the Lac des Escarcets, Var, France
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Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Parasol pine (Pinus pinea) detail of a pine trunk burnt down in
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Parasol pine (Pinus pinea) detail of a pine trunk burnt down in 2021, Plaine des Maures near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, near Les Mayons, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Plaine des Maures in spring, an area partially spared and regreening after the fire of 2021, near Les Mayons, Var, France
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Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 2 adults staging in a basin of the old Hyères salt marshes in search of food in the mud in spring, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) 2 adults staging in a basin of the old Hyères salt marshes in search of food in the mud in spring, Var, France
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Landscape of the vieux salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored by the LPO PACA, view of one of the old basins with the
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the vieux salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored by the LPO PACA, view of one of the old basins with the Maures massif in the background in spring. Hyères, Var, France
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Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) flying against the light over a pond in the old salt marshes of Hyères in spring, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) flying against the light over a pond in the old salt marshes of Hyères in spring, Var, France
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Landscape of the Vieux Salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored by the LPO PACA View of one of the old basins with the
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Vieux Salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored by the LPO PACA View of one of the old basins with the Maures massif in the background in spring. Hyères, Var, France
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Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Footprints left on a mudflat in spring, Bassin des anciens salins Hyères, Var, France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Footprints left on a mudflat in spring, Bassin des anciens salins Hyères, Var, France
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Landscape of the Vieux Salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored ornithologically by the LPO PACA. View of one of the old
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Landscape of the Vieux Salins reserve managed by Toulon Provence Méditerranée and monitored ornithologically by the LPO PACA. View of one of the old basins with the Maures massif in the background in spring. Hyères, Var, France
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Parrot Feather Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Invasive plant colonising ditches in the Lieurette LPO refuge area, Detail of flowers on the
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Parrot Feather Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Invasive plant colonising ditches in the Lieurette LPO refuge area, Detail of flowers on the surface, near Hyères, Var, France
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Parrot Feather Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Invasive plant colonising ditches in the Lieurette LPO refuge area, Detail of flowers on the
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Parrot Feather Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Invasive plant colonising ditches in the Lieurette LPO refuge area, Detail of flowers on the surface in duck, near Hyères, Var, France