BBC Wildlife - UK (2020-09)

September 2020 BBC Wildlife 93

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OURWILD WORLD

1 Coolcustomer

Whilstworkingasan

expeditionguide,I

encounteredthisyoung

ArcticfoxinGreenland.

It wasverycuriousand

camestraightuptome

fora closerinspection.

KieranLove,

Montgomery

2 Runningwild

InIndia’sJimCorbett

NationalPark,tigers

roamfreely.Wewere

trackinga tigerfamily

thatwasknowntobe

veryactive.Oneday,

wesawallthejuveniles

runninginthewater.It

wasanabsolutedelight

towatchsomething like

thisinthewild.

ShankarMS,

Bangalore, India

3 Estuaryencounter

Afterspendinghourson

thesideoftheestuary

inFalmouth,I became

familiarwiththisfemale

kingfisherandthe

perchessheused.I setup

myhidea gooddistance

away,soI didnotdisturb

her,anddecidedupon

mycomposition.

ConnorCoombes,

Cumbria

4 Standingproud

Spendingtimewith

meerkatsinBotswana,

theygotusedtoour

presenceandletusgain

theirconfidence.Along

withfouradults,there

werealsotwoyoungsters

awkwardlytryingto

imitatetheirolderfellows.

To m a s zS z p i l a ,

Bulowice, Poland

5 Luckyshot

Whiletouringtheopen-air

botanicalparkoutside

Hilo,Hawaii,I wasexcited

totrya new70–300mm

lensontheflowers,butI

luckedoutandfoundthis

littledaygeckodrinking

fromcollectedwater.

BradKavo,

Pennsylvania, USA