Image of the month

Male Tenerife Blue Chaffinch, Fringilla teydea, photographed on Mount Teide, Tenerife.

Canon EOS R10, 1/160 sec, f8 ISO 800, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Oleander Hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii, photographed surprisingly out of season recently in Cyprus.

Canon EOS R10, 1/100 sec, f8 ISO 800, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM.

Two Burnet Moths, Zygaena purpuralis (left) & Zygaena romeo (right) sharing a Scabious flower, photographed in the Vercors, France.
Canon EOS R10, 1/100 sec, f8, ISO 640, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Cape Bunting, Emberiza capensis, photographed in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State, South Africa.
Canon EOS R10, 1/500 sec, f8, ISO 320, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Leprous Grasshopper, Phymateus leprosus, photographed in the Umngeni Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Canon EOS R10, 1/125 sec, f8, ISO 250, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Collared Mosscap, Rickenella swartzii, photographed near Dumfries, Scotland.
Canon EOS R10, 1/100 sec, f8, ISO 640, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

A juvenile male Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, photographed in Cambridgeshire, UK.

Canon EOS R10, 1/640 sec, f8, ISO 500, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

A Female Common Darter, Sympetrum striolatum, photographed in Cambridgeshire, UK.

Canon EOS R10, 1/300 sec, f8, ISO 200, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Titania's Fritillary, Boloria titania, photographed in the Vercors, France.

Canon EOS R10, 1/250 sec, f8, ISO 200, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

A Purple-shot Copper, Lycaena alciphron, photographed in a mountain meadow in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/400 sec, f8, ISO 200, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

A Tiger Beetle, Cicindela monticola subsp. albanica, photographed in Albania.

Canon EOS R10, 1/640 sec, f8, ISO 250, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Squabbling Greater Flamingos, Phoenicopterus roseus, photographed in Sicily.

Canon EOS R10, 1/2,500 sec, f8, ISO 400, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Cistanche phelypaea. Photographed in Portugal.

Canon EOS R10, 1/1,250 sec, f9, ISO 400, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Laughing Dove, Spilopelia senegalensis. Photographed in Cyprus.

Canon EOS R10, 1/400 sec, f8 ISO 250, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Blesbok, Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi, photographed in South Africa.

Canon EOS R10, 1/640 sec, f8 ISO 320, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Female Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, photographed in Suffolk.

Canon EOS R10, 1/640 sec, f8 ISO 500, RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM.

Leaf Parachute, Marasmius epiphyllus, photographed in Herefordshire.

Canon EOS R10, 1/60 sec, f7.1 ISO 1000, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM.

Candlesnuff Fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon, photographed in Cambridgeshire.

Stack of 14 images from Canon EOS R10, 1/13 sec, f6.3 ISO 640, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM.

A female Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, photographed in California.

Canon EOS R10, 1/160 sec, f8, ISO 500, RF100mm-400 f5.6-8 IS USM.

American Rubyspot, Hetaerina americana, photographed in California.

Canon EOS R10, 1/320 sec, f8, ISO 250, RF100-400mm f5.6-8 IS USM.

Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus, photographed in California.

Canon EOS R10, 1/800 sec, f8, ISO 250, RF100-400mm f5.6-8 IS USM.

Common Clubtail, Gomphus vulgatissimus, photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/250 sec, f8, ISO 400, RF100-400mm f5.6-8 IS USM.

American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, photographed in Louisiana USA.

Canon EOS R10, 1/200 sec, f8, ISO 320, RF100-400mm f5.6-8 IS USM.

Ophrys fuciflora subsp. calliantha photographed in Sicily.

Canon EOS R10, 1/250 sec, f5.6, ISO 400, EF100mm f2.8L IS USM.

Brassy Longhorn micromoth, Adela metallica. Photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/200 sec, f5.6, ISO 1600, EF100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.

Purple-shot Copper, Lycaena alciphron. Photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/500 sec, f8.0, ISO 200, EF100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.

Darting Burnet moth, Zygaena punctum. Photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/1250 sec, f3.2, ISO 400, EF100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.

Female White-tailed Skimmer, Orthetrum albistylum. Photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/160 sec, f5.6, ISO 320, EF 100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.

Lang's Short-tailed Blue, Leptotes pirithous, photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/400 sec, f8, ISO 400, EF100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.

"Taste test" Eastern Green Lizard, Lacerta viridis, photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/1600 sec, f8, ISO 1000, EF100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.

Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina, 3 photograph composite image taken in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/2500 sec, f7.1, ISO 640, EF100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.

Dragonfly, Sympetrum darwinianum, photographed in Japan.

Canon EOS R10, 1/400 sec, f8, ISO 400, RF100-400mm f5.6-8 IS USM.

Yellow-legged Gull, Larus michahellis, photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/400 sec, f8, ISO 800, RF100-400mm f5.6-8 IS USM.

Eastern Bath White, Pontia edusa, photographed in Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/1000 sec, f6.3, ISO 640, EF100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.

Balkan Frog, Pelophylax kurtmuelleri, photographed in northern Greece.

Canon EOS R10, 1/1250 sec, f8, ISO 1600, RF100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM.

Green Mountain Grasshopper, Miramella alpina, photographed in France.

Canon 60D, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 500, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM.

Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus bellieri, photographed in France.

Canon 60D, 1/500 sec, f5.6, ISO 250, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM.

"Three's a Crowd" - Longhorn Beetles photographed in France.

Canon 60D, 1/640 sec, f7.1, ISO 500, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM.

Dice Snake, Natrix tessellata, photographed in the grounds of a monastery in Greece.

Canon 60D, 1/400 sec, f4.5, ISO 500, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM.

A Spotted Fritillary, Melitaea didyma, photographed in Greece.
Canon 60D, 1/400 sec, f6.3, ISO400, EF 100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM.