User:Charlesjsharp

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Argentina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cayman Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Ecuador
Estonia
Ethiopia
France
Gambia
Ghana
Greece
India
Indonesia
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Republic of Macedonia

Madagascar
Malaysia
Namibia
Oman
Poland
Portugal
Rwanda
Senegal
Singapore
South Africa
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
UAE
United Kingdom
Zambia
Zimbabwe


Wildlife portrait photographer from the UK.

My web site is Sharp Photography. It has a search facility. Over 4,400 full size images are stored on Flickr.
Many of my pictures are taken outside of the UK and the best ones will be in my galleries of Nuvola apps package favorite.svg favourites, Cscr-featured.svg Featured pictures (122 from 26 countries), Quality images logo.svg Quality images (1,374) and Valued image seal.svg Valued images (1,648)
Please feel free to use any of the wildlife photos that I have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, most of which are also in articles on English Wikipedia, with attribution Charles J Sharp and/or www.sharpphotography.co.uk
Males are marked ♂ and females ♀
These animals were not photographed in zoos, safari parks, butterfly houses or in captivity.

Featured pictures[edit]


Featured pictures by country
Click on a flag to see the images

  • Featured pictures from Botswana

    Botswana

  • Featured pictures from Brazil

    Brazil

  • Featured pictures from Bulgaria

    Bulgaria

  • Featured pictures from the Cayman Islands

    Cayman Islands

  • Featured pictures from Cuba

    Cuba

  • Featured pictures from Estonia

    Estonia

  • Featured pictures from Ethiopia

    Ethiopia

  • Featured pictures from The Gambia

    Gambia

  • Featured pictures from Ganha

    Ghana

  • Featured pictures from Greece

    Greece

  • Featured pictures from India

    India

  • Featured pictures from Indonesia

    Indonesia

  • Featured pictures from Jamaica

    Jamaica

  • Featured pictures from Jordan

    Jordan

  • Featured pictures from Kenya

    Kenya

  • Featured pictures from the Republic of Macedonia

    Republic of Macedonia

  • Featured pictures from Malaysia

    Malaysia

  • Featured pictures from Namibia

    Namibia

  • Featured pictures from Poland

    Poland

  • Featured pictures from Portugal

    Portugal

  • Featured pictures from Rwanda

    Rwanda

  • Featured pictures from Senegal

    Senegal

  • Featured pictures from South Africa

    South Africa

  • Featured pictures from Trinidad and Tobago

    Trinidad and Tobago

  • Featured pictures from Uganda

    Uganda

  • Featured pictures from the UK

    UK

  • Featured pictures from Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe


Mammals

  • African bush elephants
    Loxodonta africana
    ♀ Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 

  • Jaguar
    Panthera onca palustris
    ♂ Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Lion
    Panthera leo
    ♂ Flag of Botswana.svg 

  • Cheetah
    Acinonyx jubatus
    ♀ Flag of South Africa.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Cheetah cub
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Flag of South Africa.svg 

  • Spotted hyena
    Crocuta crocuta
    Flag of Namibia.svg 

  • Mountain gorilla
    Gorilla beringei beringei
    ♀ Flag of Rwanda.svg 

  • Proboscis monkey
    Nasalis larvatus
    ♀ Flag of Malaysia.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Proboscis monkey
    Nasalis larvatus
    ♂ Flag of Malaysia.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Long-tailed macaque
    Macaca fascicularis
    Flag of Malaysia.svg 

  • Green monkey
    Chlorocebus sabaeus juvenile
    Flag of The Gambia.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Southern plains grey langur
    Semnopithecus dussumieri
    ♀ Flag of India.svg 

  • Abyssinian black-and-white colobus Colobus guereza
    ♂ Flag of Ethiopia.svg 

  • Grivet
    Chlorocebus aethiops
    Flag of Ethiopia.svg 

  • Olive baboon with juvenile
    Papio anubis
    ♀ Flag of Uganda.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Chacma baboon
    Papio ursinus
    ♂ Flag of Botswana.svg 

  • African buffalo
    Syncerus caffer
    ♂ Flag of Botswana.svg 

  • Red-billed oxpecker on buffalo Syncerus caffer
    ♂ Flag of South Africa.svg 

  • Sable antelope
    Hippotragus niger
    ♂ Flag of South Africa.svg 

  • Ugandan kobs
    Kobus kob thomasi
    ♂ Flag of Uganda.svg 

  • Topi
    Damaliscus lunatus topi
    ♀ Flag of Uganda.svg 

  • Black-faced impala
    Aepyceros melampus petersi
    ♀ Flag of Namibia.svg 

  • Red-billed oxpecker on impala
    B. erythrorhynchus Flag of Botswana.svg 

  • Ugandan defassa waterbuck
    Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa ♂ Flag of Uganda.svg 

  • Nilgiri tahr
    Nilgiritragus hylocrius
    ♀ Flag of India.svg 

  • Southern warthog
    Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii ♂ Flag of South Africa.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Southern warthogs
    Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii ♂♂ Flag of South Africa.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Nolan warthogs (juveniles)
    Phacochoerus africanus africanus Flag of Senegal.svg 

  • Yellow-headed caracara on capybara M. chimachima,H. hydrochaeris Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Meerkats
    Suricata suricatta
    Flag of South Africa.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Grey squirrel
    Sciurus carolinensis
    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

Birds

  • Common black-hawk
    Buteogallus anthracinus
    Flag of Cuba.svg 

  • Savanna hawk
    Buteogallus meridionalis
    Flag of Brazil.svg 

  • Southern crested caracara
    Caracara plancus
    Flag of Brazil.svg 

  • Roadside hawk
    Rupornis magnirostris
    Flag of Brazil.svg 

  • Smooth-billed ani
    Crotophaga ani
    Twemoji 1f1f0-1f1fe.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Vervain hummingbird
    Mellisuga minima
    Flag of Jamaica.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Red-billed streamertail
    Trochilus polytmus
    ♀ Flag of Jamaica.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Bee hummingbird
    Mellisuga helenae
    immature ♂ Flag of Cuba.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Rufous-tailed flycatcher
    Myiarchus validus
    Flag of Jamaica.svg 

  • Campo flicker
    Colaptes campestris
    Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Red-crowned woodpecker
    Melanerpes rubricapillus ♀ Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 

  • Cuban green woodpecker
    Xiphidiopicus percussus
    ♀ Flag of Cuba.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Giant kingfisher
    Megaceryle maxima
    ♀ Flag of Kenya.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Malachite kingfisher
    Corythornis cristatus cristatus Flag of Kenya.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Malachite kingfisher
    Corythornis cristatus cristatus Flag of Namibia.svg 

  • Malachite kingfisher
    Corythornis cristatus stuartkeithi Flag of Ethiopia.svg 

  • Pied kingfisher
    Ceryle rudis rudis
    ♀ Flag of Ethiopia.svg 

  • Pied kingfisher
    Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus
    ♀ Flag of India.svg 

  • Swallow-tailed bee-eater
    Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus Flag of Senegal.svg 

  • Indian roller
    Coracias benghalensis
    Flag of India.svg 

  • Marabou stork
    Leptoptilos crumenifer
    Flag of Uganda.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Red-legged seriema
    Cariama cristata
    Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Chaco chachalaca
    Tyrannus melancholicus
    Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Bare-faced curassow
    Crax fasciolata
    ♀ Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Yellow-billed shrike
    Corvinella corvina corvina
    Flag of The Gambia.svg 

  • Black-headed lapwing
    Vanellus tectus
    Flag of Senegal.svg 

  • Yellow-billed oxpeckers
    Buphagus africanus africanus
    Flag of Senegal.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Pied-winged swallow
    Hirundo leucosoma
    Flag of The Gambia.svg 

  • Tropical kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus
    Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Northern masked weaver
    Ploceus taeniopterus
    ♀ Flag of Kenya.svg 

  • Village weaver
    Ploceus cucullatus
    ♀ Flag of The Gambia.svg 

  • Black-headed weaver
    Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi
    Flag of Uganda.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Robin (juvenile)
    Erithacus rubecula
    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svgc

  • Saffron finch
    Sicalis flaveola
    ♂ Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Bank myna
    Acridotheres ginginianus
    Flag of India.svg 

  • Asian pied starlings
    Gracupica contra
    Flag of India.svg 

  • Paddyfield pipit
    Anthus rufulus
    Flag of India.svg 

  • Brown rock chat
    Oenanthe fusca
    Flag of India.svg 

  • Pied bushchat
    Saxicola caprata
    ♀ Flag of India.svg 

  • Palestine sunbird
    Cinnyris osea
    ♂ Flag of Jordan.svg 

  • Rosy-faced lovebirds
    Agapornis roseicollis
    Flag of Namibia.svg 

  • Mute swans and cygnets
    Cygnus olor
    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Black-bellied whistling ducks
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • West Indian whistling duck
    Dendrocygna arborea
    Twemoji 1f1f0-1f1fe.svg 

  • Helmeted guineafowl
    Numida meleagris
    Flag of Namibia.svg 


Butterflies and moths

  • Gold rim swallowtail
    Battus polydamas jamaicensis Flag of Jamaica.svg 

  • Black-veined white
    Aporia crataegi
    ♂ Flag of Estonia.svg 

  • Large white
    Pieris brassicae
    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Common Brimstone butterfly
    Gonepteryx rhamni
    ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Common Brimstone butterfly
    Gonepteryx rhamni
    ♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Adonis blue
    Polyommatus bellargus
    ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Chalkhill blues mating
    Polyommatus coridon
    ♂♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Common blues mating
    Polyommatus icarus
    ♂♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Cassius blue butterfly
    Leptotes cassius
    Flag of Cuba.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Lang's short tail blue
    Leptotes pirithous
    ♀ Flag of Portugal.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Green hairstreak butterfly
    Callophrys rubi
    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Common tiger
    Danaus genutia
    ♂ Flag of India.svg 

  • Plain tiger
    Danaus chrysippus
    ♂ Flag of India.svg 

  • Dark blue tiger
    Tirumala septentrionis
    ♂ Flag of India.svg 

  • Peacock butterfly
    Aglais io
    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Autumn leaf butterfly
    Doleschallia bisaltide
    Flag of Indonesia.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • White peacock butterfly
    Anartia jatrophae jatrophae
    Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 

  • Two-tailed pasha
    Charaxes jasius
    Flag of Greece.svg 

  • Balkan fritillary
    Boloria graeca
    Flag of Bulgaria.svg 

  • Knapweed fritillary
    Melitaea phoebe
    Flag of Bulgaria.svg 

  • Spotted fritillary
    Melitaea didyma
    Flag of Macedonia.svg 

  • Small pearl-bordered fritillary
    Boloria selene
    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Marsh fritillary
    Euphydryas aurinia
    ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Marsh fritillaries mating
    Euphydryas aurinia
    ♂♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Small heath
    Coenonympha pamphilus
    Flag of Poland.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Silver-spotted skipper butterfly
    Hesperia comma
    ♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Silver-spotted skipper
    Hesperia comma
    Flag of Macedonia.svg 

  • Magpie moth
    Abraxas grossulariata
    Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 


Dragonflies and damselflies

  • Four-spotted chaser dragonfly
    Libellula quadrimaculata
    ♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Black darter
    Sympetrum danae
    ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Hairy dragonfly
    ''Brachytron pratense
    ♂ Flag of Estonia.svg 

  • Beautiful demoiselle
    Calopteryx virgo
    ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Blue-tailed damselfly
    Ischnura elegans
    ♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Blue-tailed damselflies
    Ischnura elegans
    ♂♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Common blue damselfly
    Enallagma cyathigerum
    immature ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Common blue damselflies
    Enallagma cyathigerum mating ♂♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Large red damselfly
    Pyrrhosoma nymphula
    ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Large red damselfly
    Pyrrhosoma nymphula
    ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Small red damselfly
    Ceriagrion tenellum form melanogastrum♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Small red damselflies
    Ceriagrion tenellum mating female typica ♂♀ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 

  • Emerald damselfly
    Lestes sponsa
    ♂ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Potd-logo.svg


Grasshoppers

  • Garden locust
    Acanthacris ruficornis
    Flag of Ghana.svg 

  • Variegated grasshopper
    Zonocerus variegatus
    Flag of Ghana.svg 


Reptiles

  • Yacare caiman
    Caiman yacare
    Flag of Brazil.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Komodo dragon
    Varanus komodoensis
    Flag of Indonesia.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Rough chameleon
    Trioceros rudis
    Flag of Rwanda.svg  Potd-logo.svg

  • Bosc's fringe-toed lizards
    Acanthodactylus boskianus
    Flag of Jordan.svg 




Image on a postage stamp[edit]

  • Hyacinth macaw, India Post 2016

possible future FP candidates[edit]

For anyone to nominate if they like the images

  • Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) female underside 2.jpg
  • Cayman brown leaf (Memphis verticordia danielana) caterpillar.JPG
  • Balkan fritillary (Boloria graeca balcanica) underside Bulgaria 2 on epilobium.jpg
  • Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) female underside.jpg
  • Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) underside Bulgaria.jpg
  • Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) ab. no chequered marks.jpg


Camera location51° 44′ 52.38″ N, 1° 18′ 13.7″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earthinfo
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