Marine/Coastal/Estuarine/Salt marsh

Boulder Beach, Western Cape, South Africa

The African penguin is an endangered species despite being abundant at the beginning of the 20th Century with a population of 1.5 million.

Leisure Isle, South Africa

The African sacred ibis is a wader native to Africa and the Middle East.

Exe River Estuary, South Devon, UK

A small, common goose spend winter  temperate latitudes in western Europe and North America. The severe tundra weather is only mild enough for

Exe Estuary, South Devon, UK

The Common Redshank breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia and migrates south in winter to the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, including UK, and fu

Gulf of Thailand

The greater crested tern has a wide distribution across the old word in tropical and warm temperate coastal regions.

Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

The grey-headed gull spends much of the year on coasts and estuaries in sub-Saharan Africa and also in South America.

Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand.

The royal northern albatross is a large bird with a wingspan of around 3 metres, which is a bit smaller than the wandering albatross and southe

Tonsai Beach, Thailand

The Pacific swallow is a resident species in tropical southern Asia and the South Pacific islands.  The bird in this photograph was perched with several others

Koh Samui, Thailand

The white-bellied sea eagle is a widely distributed raptor across India, Bangladesh and into  South East Asa, southern China, New Guinea and Australia.

Walvis Bay, Namibia

The white-fronted plover is a common resident wader throughout sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar.