BBC Wildlife - UK (2020-08)

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.

RomaenTin,Benoni,

South Africa

2 Fitformyriadkings

StAndrewsBayinSouth

Georgiaoersoneofthe

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

dierentstorywhenit

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