August 2020 BBC Wildlife 93
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OURWILD WORLD
1 Rightplace,righttime
Duringa familyholidayat
Zimbabwe’sHwange
NationalPark,wewere
sittingina LandRover
neara waterholewhena
Bradfieldshornbillcame
tosettleona logcloseby.
Witha bitofmanoeuvring
andpatience,I wasable
togetthisshot.
RomaenTi n,Benoni,
South Africa
2 Fitformyriadkings
StAndrewsBayinSouth
Georgiao ersoneofthe
mostoverwhelming
wildlifeencountersonthe
planet.Withover100,000
breedingpairsofking
penguins– andcontinual
presenceofchicks,dueto
the14–16monthrearing
period– thesightsand
smellsareindescribable.
Kieran Love, Montgomery
3 Colourfuldisplay
Red-billedleothrixare
veryshyandit’srareto
seethemoutintheopen.
Thisphotowastakenin
Rishop– a smallvillage
inWestBengal– where
thesebeautiesdecided
toputona shownforus.
Pavan ML, Bangalore, India
4 Marvellousmimicry
NamdaphaNationalPark
inIndiais knownforits
butterflies.Onemorning,
I sawa dryleafmoving
hereandthere.But,after
a fewmoments,I realised
it wasanorangeoakleaf.
It lookedverydullin
colour,butit wasa
di erentstorywhenit
openeditswings.
SouvickMukherjee,
West Bengal, India
5 Ontherocks
DoveStoneis a beautiful
partofEngland,with
boulderfieldsonhills
that,duringwinter,have
waterfallstumblingdown
theside.Butlooking
closely,youcanalso
seemountainhares.
Rosie Dutton, Leeds