Habitats Collection (page 9)

Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm in Southern California. This is one of the largest wind farms in the world

Shell Creek, California
Valley Oak (Quercus) in meadow of Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa) and Goldfields (Lasthenia californica), flowering in Spring at Shell Creek near San Luis Obispo in South California

Hillside Daisy (Monolopia lanceolata)
Hills covered with Hillside Daisy (Monolopia lanceolata) in Spring at Cottonwood Canyon, near Cuyama, southern California

Beaver lodge
A Beaver lodge in the lake at Cottonwood Slough, Jasper National Park, the Rockies, Canada

Gillies Canyon, California
Masses of Spring wildflowers, including Owl Clover and Californian Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) growing in Gillies Canyon, near San Luis Obispo in California

Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa) flowering on the Carrizo Plain in Spring, California

Californian Poppies (Eschscholzia)
Masses of Californian Poppies (Eschscholzia californica) flowering at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in South California

The Temblor Range, California
Hillside Daisy (Monolopia lanceolata) and Phacelia flowering on the slopes of The Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain in California

Fragile environments, conceptual image. Computer artwork of a ladybird on a leaf in front of green images of plants, representing the fragility of animal habitats

Coot sitting on a nest
Female coot (Fulica atra) sitting on a nest in a river

Purple Glasswort (Salicornia ramosissima)
The salt marsh at Arne, Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK. This is a specialised habitat, dominated here by Purple Glasswort (Salicornia ramosissima)

Harriss Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) at its nest in a Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Sonoran desert, Arizona

Sabellaria reefs (Fan worms) on the lower shore are a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) habitat. These marine worms live in colonies where each constructs a tube made from coarse sand particles

Wood pile habitat in a wildlife conservation garden. The wood creates a habitat for invertebrates and fungi. Photographed in Weymouth, UK, in June

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Leopard seal, Antarctica

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