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2025 in wildlife photos
A top photo and 3 runner-ups for each month, with a yearly winner voted by the audience.
Dec 25, 2025
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Vote for Beyond the stills’ photo of the year (2025)
Vote for your favourite photo!
Dec 19, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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Shorebird showcase
Failure to find the Dartford Warbler turns into a different opportunity as 2025 draws to a close
Dec 17, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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The Mist-ery bird - 100 subscriber special
Discovering a rare hybrid bird on a misty morning.
Dec 4, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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The Falcon and the Owl, Part 2
A long chase for the Short-Eared Owl, finally concluded.
Nov 17, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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Ode to the Kingfisher
Oct 16, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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The abandonment of pigeons
Feb 13, 2025
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Idris Belabed
25
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The Falcon and the Owl, Part 2
Nov 17, 2025
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Idris Belabed
25
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Shorebird showcase
Dec 17, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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Recent posts
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The Falcon and the Owl, Part 1
A trip to the Uitkerkse Polders of Belgium, in search of the Common Kestrel and Short-eared Owl.
Nov 10, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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Finding the light in darkness
Two weeks of exceptionally bad lighting - but with very good photos!
Oct 27, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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Ode to the Kingfisher
A spotlight on my favourite species - to celebrate the first time seeing it in the wild.
Oct 16, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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Grasslands of Dobruja - Part 2
…from afternoon till sunset, from the plains till the edge of the Danube.
Sep 30, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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Case studies
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The Kauai o'o's farewell
A story of extinction, loneliness and a testament to human ignorance and capacity for destruction.
Mar 16, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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The abandonment of pigeons
Some thoughts about a VERY common animal, that is synoynmous with cities, yet often misread.
Feb 13, 2025
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Idris Belabed
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Photo trips
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Shorebird showcase
Failure to find the Dartford Warbler turns into a different opportunity as 2025 draws to a close
Dec 17, 2025
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Idris Belabed
21
8
1
The Mist-ery bird - 100 subscriber special
Discovering a rare hybrid bird on a misty morning.
Dec 4, 2025
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Idris Belabed
18
11
3
The Falcon and the Owl, Part 2
A long chase for the Short-Eared Owl, finally concluded.
Nov 17, 2025
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Idris Belabed
25
13
3
The Falcon and the Owl, Part 1
A trip to the Uitkerkse Polders of Belgium, in search of the Common Kestrel and Short-eared Owl.
Nov 10, 2025
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Idris Belabed
15
16
4
Finding the light in darkness
Two weeks of exceptionally bad lighting - but with very good photos!
Oct 27, 2025
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Idris Belabed
16
11
1
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