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The week in wildlife – in pictures

July 23, 2021
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  • A rufous hummingbird perches on a barbed wire fence along a pasture near Elkton in rural western Oregon. Rufous hummingbirds are wide-ranging, and breed farther north than any other hummingbird

    Photograph: Robin Loznak/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

    A rufous hummingbird perches on a barbed wire fence along a pasture near Elkton in rural western Oregon. Rufous hummingbirds are wide-ranging, and breed farther north than any other hummingbird.

  • A seal called Lonne crawls out of his transport box. The seal station in Friedrichskoog, Germany has released the first seal of the season. The animal was found following a premature birth on 11 May with a weight of 8.6kg. Lonne now weighs 25.4kg. Other small seals will also be returned to the wild in the coming days and weeks

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    A seal called Lonne crawls out of his transport box. The seal station in Friedrichskoog, Germany has released the first seal of the season. The animal was found following a premature birth on 11 May with a weight of 8.6kg. Lonne now weighs 25.4kg. Other small seals will also be returned to the wild in the coming days and weeks.

  • A thriving mangrove forest in the south-west of Ghana is seen ahead of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on 26 July. Mangroves provide sheltered and spawning areas for fish and crustaceans, as well as protecting coastlines against flooding and storms. As natural carbon sinks, mangroves sequester CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in their biomass for decades. This helps to regulate the global climate. About six main species of mangroves are found in Ghana, including Rhizophora racemosa, Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa and Rhizophora harrisonii

    Photograph: Muntaka Chasant/Rex/Shutterstock

    A thriving mangrove forest in the southwest of Ghana is seen ahead of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on 26 July. Mangroves provide sheltered and spawning areas for fish and crustaceans, as well as protecting coastlines against flooding and storms. As natural carbon sinks, mangroves sequester CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in their biomass for decades. This helps to regulate the global climate. About six main species of mangroves are found in Ghana, including Rhizophora racemosa, Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa and Rhizophora harrisonii.

  • A yellow-tailed ashy skimmer in Tehatta, India

    Photograph: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

    A yellow-tailed ashy skimmer (potamarcha congener) in Tehatta, India

  • A moorhen and its chick swim in a pond covered in green algae in Cannizaro Park, London

    Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock

    A moorhen and its chick swim in a pond covered in green algae in Cannizaro Park, London

  • A bear cub clings to a tree after being spotted by a safety officer at the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon, US. As more fire personnel moved into the area, the cub scurried down the tree trunk and later left after being offered water. The Bootleg fire has expanded to cover 364,000 acres (564 sq miles)

    Photograph: Bryan Daniels/AP

    A bear cub clings to a tree after being spotted by a safety officer at the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon, US. As more fire personnel moved into the area, the cub scurried down the tree trunk and later left after being offered water. The Bootleg fire has expanded to cover 364,000 acres (564 sq miles)

  • A spider on a web near wild wetland in Sangju, South Korea

    Photograph: Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

    A spider on a web near wild wetland in Sangju, South Korea

  • An officer of the Indonesian police displays a Javan slow loris seized from poachers during a press conference regarding illegal trade of wildlife

    Photograph: Afrianto Silalahi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

    An officer of the Indonesia police displays a Javan slow loris seized from poachers during a press conference regarding illegal trade of wildlife

  • Raindrops on curled foliage of the Australian native curly wig sedge, or old man’s whiskers (caustis flexuosa), at the Royal National Park, Sydney, Australia

    Photograph: KarenHBlack/Getty Images/iStockphoto

    Raindrops on curled foliage of the Australian native curly wig sedge, or old man's whiskers (caustis flexuosa), at the Royal National Park, Sydney, Australia

  • Birds take flight as the sun sets after a day of feeding on the coast in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia

    Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

    Birds take flight as the sun sets after a day of feeding on the coast in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia

  • A member of a spill cleaning crew removes dead fish from the river in the Umhlanga lagoon nature reserve in Durban, South Africa. South African authorities said they are investigating possible pollution suspected to be linked to a spill at a chemical plant attacked during last week’s riots after dead fish washed ashore. The spill was identified on 15 July after an agrochemical warehouse near the eastern port city of Durban, storing chemicals used for making herbicides, pesticides and fungicides, was set ablaze

    Photograph: Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty Images

    A member of a spill cleaning crew removes dead fish from the river in the Umhlanga lagoon nature reserve in Durban, South Africa. South African authorities said they are investigating possible pollution suspected to be linked to a spill at a chemical plant attacked during last week's riots after dead fish washed ashore. The spill was identified on 15 July after an agrochemical warehouse near the eastern port city of Durban, storing chemicals used for making herbicides, pesticides and fungicides, was set ablaze

  • A giant panda cub at Shenshuping Giant Panda Base in Aba Tibetan, China. A giant panda named Zhen Zhen had given birth to two cubs

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    A giant panda cub at Shenshuping Giant Panda Base in Aba Tibetan, China. A giant panda named Zhen Zhen had given birth to two cubs

  • A herd of zebras walk along a dirt road in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy’s savanna in northern Kenya. The country has launched its first ever national wildlife census, covering both land and aquatic wildlife

    Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

    A herd of zebras walk along a dirt road in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy's savanna in northern Kenya. The country has launched its first ever national wildlife census, covering both land and aquatic wildlife

  • A whale shark swims in the Sea of Cortez at Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico. The whale shark sighting season is from July to November

    Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images

    A whale shark (rhincodon typus) swims in the Sea of Cortez at Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico. The whale shark sighting season is from July to November

  • A dead fish on the dry lake bed of Little Washoe Lake in Washoe City, Nevada. According to the Nevada Department of Wildlife the lake dried up because of prolonged drought. Water levels were also adversely affected by a 2017 storm that washed out a diversion on Brown’s Creek

    Photograph: David Calvert/Getty Images

    A dead fish on the dry lake bed of Little Washoe Lake in Washoe City, Nevada. According to the Nevada Department of Wildlife the lake dried up because of prolonged drought. Water levels were also adversely affected by a 2017 storm that washed out a diversion on Brown's Creek

  • One of two Syrian brown bears is sedated and examined before being transferred to the US by members of the global animal welfare organisation Four Paws, near Tyre, Lebanon. Together with the local NGO Animals Lebanon, Four Paws will relocate the two bears from inadequate conditions in a private Lebanese zoo to a wildlife sanctuary in the US. Due to the economic collapse, civil unrest and the global pandemic the previous owners of the 18-year-old bears were not able to provide them with proper food and medical care

    Photograph: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

    One of two Syrian brown bears is sedated and examined before being transferred to the US by members of the global animal welfare organisation Four Paws, near Tyre, Lebanon. Together with the local NGO Animals Lebanon, Four Paws will relocate the two bears from inadequate conditions in a private Lebanese zoo to a wildlife sanctuary in the US. Due to the economic collapse, civil unrest and the global pandemic the previous owners of the 18-year-old bears were not able to provide them with proper food and medical care

  • Blue flax flowers atop a cliff on the Dzhangul landslide coast at the Tarkhankut Nature Park, Ukraine

    Photograph: Sergei Malgavko/Tass

    Blue flax flowers atop a cliff on the Dzhangul landslide coast at the Tarkhankut Nature Park, Ukraine

  • A sulphur-crested cockatoo opens the lid of a household waste bin in Sydney, Australia. Australian and German ecologists have documented cockatoos learning the bin-diving behaviour through social interactions, with reported sightings of the behaviour growing across Sydney in recent years

    Photograph: Barbara Klump/Max Planck Institute of Animal B/AFP/Getty Images

    A sulphur-crested cockatoo opens the lid of a household waste bin in Sydney, Australia. Australian and German ecologists have documented cockatoos learning the bin-diving behaviour through social interactions, with reported sightings of the behaviour growing across Sydney in recent years

  • Dogs cool off in the dog pond at Hampstead Heath during the heatwave in London, England

    Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

    Dogs cool off in the dog pond at Hampstead Heath during the heatwave in London, England

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