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Week in wildlife: a Cornish wallaby, a frazzled opossum and rare Montagu’s harrier chicks
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
TL;DR
- A wallaby was spotted crossing a road in Liskeard, Cornwall, with RSPCA noting wallabies are established in the wild in Britain due to escapes from captivity.
- Photographs feature diverse wildlife including manta rays in Egypt, chipmunks in South Korea, coyotes in California, barn owls in England, hyenas in Tanzania, opossums in Colombia, butterflies in Panama, polar bears in Norway, sea turtles in Greece, trout in England, spiders in Estonia, a dog and crab in China, Montagu's harriers in England, frogs in Canada, alligators in Brazil, electric rays in Egypt, elephants in Kenya, penguins in Australia, and a dead whale in Mexico.
- Conservationists are celebrating the birth of barn owl chicks in Northern Ireland and the successful rearing of six Montagu's harrier chicks in England, a species considered the UK's rarest breeding bird.
- Researchers from Instituto Jacaré in Brazil track animal movements to assess adaptation to environmental degradation and habitat loss caused by urban expansion.
- Little penguins in Australia are receiving bird flu vaccinations due to fears that penguin populations will suffer from the disease.