a Barn Owl (Tyto alba) perched on tree stump among bluebells in Norfolk. Credit: Getty
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By
Toby Keel
published
World Wildlife Day was established in 2013 by the United Nations, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.
The official website hosts all manner of films and information for those keen to find out more, and this year the focus across the globe is forests. Yet for all that, the genesis of the idea is the same for all:
A harvest mouse, just a couple of inches long, with the tail the same again, and weighing about the same as a couple of sugar cubes.
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The wildflowers growing on the dramatic cliffs of the Pembrokeshire coast path near Whitesands Bay, St Davids.
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A hedgehog amongst autumn leaves and Fly Agaric.
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A New Forest pony.
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Close up of an Atlantic puffin in flight in a coastal area of the Shetland Islands.
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Roe deer standing in a Scottish forest.
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A red squirrel munches a nut among the heather in Scotland.
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A juvenile common seal is swimming off the Scottish coastline.
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A heron flies in the County Down sky, Northern Ireland.
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Credit: Daisy Gilardini / Natural History Museum
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