The most amazing British wildlife photos ever captured?
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Ever wanted to get up close to Britain's most elusive animals? A new photography book allows you to just do that and gives you the feeling of actually meeting some of the UK's most beautiful animals.
After 20 months in the field, Britain's most ambitious nature photography project to date has produced a stunning collection of images showcasing the best of wildlife across the UK and we've got the pics right here!
2020VISION tells the story of Britain's ecosystems and the vital services they provide to us all. The images were taken by 20 top nature and wildlife photographers for the 272-page book.
Browse some of the spectacular photos in 2020Vision below...
Breathtaking British wildlife photographs
- A common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) photographed at Tamar Lake in Cornwall<p> Did you know? The male has a blue abdomen with black spots, while the female has a yellow or bluish abdomen with dark markings.</p>
- A puffin (Fratercula arctica) swimming underwater in the Farne Islands, Northumberland<p> Did you know? The best place to spot puffins is at a breeding colony. You can see them at the RSPB's Bempton Cliffs (North Yorkshire) and South Stack (Anglesey) reserves, plus the Farne Islands (Northumberland), the Isle of May (off the Fife coast) and the Shetland and Orkney Islands.</p>
- A common seal (Phoca vitulina) pup resting on a sandbank during a sandstorm in Donna Nook, Lincolnshire<p> Did you know? Common seals eat around three to five kilograms of food per day and have a varied diet of sandeel, cod, sprat, octopus and squid.</p>
- A hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) adult female diving to its nest site at Glen Tanar Estate in Grampian, Scotland<p> Did you know? The Orkney population of hen harrier is polygynous and males sometimes simultaneously mate to multiple females.</p>
- A basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding on plankton in the surface waters around the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides<p> Did you know? The basking shark is the second biggest fish after the whale shark and is not the fastest of swimmers, travelling at around three miles per hour.</p>
- A red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag thrashing bracken during rutting season in Bushy Park, London<p> Did you know? The red deer is Britain's largest land mammal and the size of a stag's antlers is related to the quality of its diet. Stags living in forests have larger antlers than those grazing on moorland.</p>
- An old male grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) with its mouth wide open showing worn teeth in Lundy Island, Bristol Channel<p> Did you know? Its scientific name Halichoerus grypus means 'hooked-nosed sea pig'. Its name grey seal can be misleading as the animals vary in colour, from black to cream.</p>
- A black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) taking of from a tidal pool in Snettisham RSPB reserve, Norfolk<p> Did you know? In summer black-tailed godwits have bright orangey-brown chests and belliers but change to a more greyish-brown in winter.</p>
- A red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping while holding a nut in its mouth in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland<p> Did you know? It is believed the red squirrel's long tail helps keep its balance and steer when it is jumping from tree to tree, and may also keep it warm while it sleeps.</p>
2020VISION is published by AA Publishing and is available to buy now for £25.
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