A kite sits in a puddle in a public lawn in New Delhi, India

Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

(Source: Guardian)

An orphaned cygnet swims in a trainer pool at the Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton, south-west London. The national waterfowl sanctuary lies on the site of an old gravel pit and consists of a hospital wing complete with operating theatre, a heated intensive care section and a recovery area with an exercise pond

Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

(Source: Guardian)

Birds nest in the branches of a tree at the protected natural area of La Barra in the city of Metapan. Dozens of birds have been found dead in the past few weeks in the government-protected area of La Barra, a nesting refuge for the white heron and other wild birds, according to members of the Salvadoran Association of Bird Rescue (ALAS). The members of the non-governmental organisation are researching if pesticide use in the cornfields located near the nature preserve is causing the unusually high mortality of herons and their chicks, and other birds in the area

Photograph: Ulises Rodriguez/Reuters

(Source: Guardian)

Caterpillar of feathers – of the Wild Wonders of Europe online photo competition

Photograph: José Luis Rodrigue/2012 Wild Wonders

Little Five: Red-billed buffalo weaver male portrait – Kruger National Park, South Africa

Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery

Big Six Birds: Martial eagle perched – Samburu National Park, Kenya

Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery

Big Six Birds: Kori bustard, male display – Etosha National Park, Namibia

Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery

Big Six Birds: Saddle-billed stork – Okavango Delta, Botswana

Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery

Big Six Birds: Pel’s fishing owl hunting fish – Okavango Delta, Botswana

Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery

Big Five: Red-billed oxpecker perched on the nose of an African buffalo – Kruger National Park, South Africa

Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery

Big Six Birds: Lappet-faced vultures – Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery

Big Six Birds: Southern ground hornbill about to catch a large beetle in its beak – Masai Mara, Kenya

Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery

Dalmatian pelicans with open bills are photographed by award winning Hungarian photographer Bence Mate at Lake Kerkini, Greece.Picture: Bence Mate/NPL / Rex Features

Snow buntings fight over seeds in Mirabel, Canada. Photographer Mircea Costina says: These little polar birds migrate in winter to the south of Canada and approach the farm areas, where they can find food…

At first it looked as if it was some form of courtship between birds but they were fighting for their share. The piece of ice was on the ground; in fact it was some snow melted from the previous day - it seemed to add to the frosty relationship between the hungry birds.

Picture: Mircea Costina / Rex Features

(Source: telegraph.co.uk)

One swallow doesn’t make a summer - but how about a hundred? After the wettest April on record, does this photo of swallows lined up on power lines over RSPB Fairburn Ings nature reserve finally prove that summer is here?Picture: Paul Miguel/Rex Features