Nocturnal Collection (page 3)

Forest dormouse, adult, (Dryomys nitedula). common in deciduous forests of South Ural Mountains, nocturnal; South Russia, summer

A nocturnal Hermit Crab (unidentified) rummages in rainforest floor. Tioman Island, Malaysia; June

Large nocturnal moth is on a branch in the undergrowth in primary rainforest. in river Danum valley conservation area; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

Spotted Stream Frog watches for prey from an old tree-fungi, near a small stream in primary rainforest (Rana picturata (Boulenger))

Siberian Lemming - Young nibbles grass at dusk. (Lemmus sibiricus). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Siberian Lemming - adult after feeding at dusk in tundra near (Lemmus sibiricus ). Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

European HEDGEHOGS - young behind mother, autumn (Erinaceus europaeus)

HEDGEHOG - calling (Erinaceus europaeus). Ural Mountains, near Ekaterinburg, Russia

HEDGEHOG - searching for food (Erinaceus europaeus). Ural Mountains, near Ekaterinburg, Russia

Bengal / Indian TIGER - close-up, snarling, in reeds. Camouflaged, facing camera (Panthera tigris). India

Malayan Pangolin (Manis javanica). Vietnam

SNOWY OWL - close-up of eye (Nyctea scandiaca). Russia

File-eared Tree Frog - hides among giant leaves of a ginger plant in primary rainforest (Polypedates otilophus (Boulenger). Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

A Harlequin Tree Frog on a leaf of a ginger-plant (Rhacophorus pardalis (Gunther)). rainforest of river Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June. nocturnal

Nocturnal spine-covered Stick Insect (appears to be no commom name) on a leaf of the undegrowth in primary rainforest (Haaniella echinata)

Tundra / Root Vole - feeds on plants at river Negustyah bank at night (Microtus oeconomus (Pall.)). (tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan) typical across Siberian plains; Uganskii Nature Reserve, Siberia

Flying Lemur / Colugos - Gliding
FLYING LEMUR / COLUGOS - Gliding (Cynocephalus volans). Philippines

Cicadian Sam (actor)
An actor at the Natural History Museum playing the part of Cicadian Sam who explores and educates the themes of nocturnal and diurnal creatures

Red owl, warbling flycatcher, purple finch, brown lark
Page 82 from A. Wilsons American Ornithology, (1835). Annotated Red owl, Warbling flycatcher, Purple finch, Brown lark

Rhinolophus hipposideros, lesser horseshoe bat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl
This owl, native only to New Zealand, became extinct in c. 1914, probably due to deforestation and the disappearance of its favourite prey the Kiori rat. Artist unknown

Pluvalis squatarola, grey plover and other owls
Large Series plate 6, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Pteropus sp. flying fox
Plate 1. From a collection of watercolour sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish by William Webb Ellis (c. 1756-1785), made during Captain Cooks third voyage of discovery, 1776-1780

LS Plate 7 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 7, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Otus bakkamoena, collared scops owl

Asio flammeus, short-eared owl
Plate 32 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Chrotopterus auritus auritus, woolly false vampire bat
Woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus auritus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Ketupa flavipes, tawny fish owl
Plate 30, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal

Artibeus watsoni, Thomas fruit-eating bat
Thomas fruit-eating bat (Artibeus watsoni) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Collection of stuffed birds
Case of stuffed bird specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Glaucidium radiatum, jungle owlet
Plate 3, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Gymnothorax funebris, green moray
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Otus asio, eastern screech owl
Plate 7, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Nyctalus leisleri, lesser noctule
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Sorex araneus, Eurasian shrew

Podargus ocellatus, marbled frogmouth
Plate 4, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Supplementary volume, (1840-1848)

Zaedyus pichiy, pichi armadillo
Pichi armadillo collected by Charles Darwin at Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1833 (formerly Daspus minutus)

Megazostrodon skull
Specimen from the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic of Lesotho, Africa. Megazostrodon was thought to be a small, mouse-sized, nocturnal mammal and fed on insects

Apteryx australis, brown kiwi
Watercolour by Richard Laishley (c. 1863-83)

Swooping owl weathervane 2011

Drummer of Tidworth
THE DRUMMER OF TIDWORTH Apparition of drummer who irritated the people of Ludgarshall, Wiltshire, with his nocturnal drumming Date: 1661

Nocturnal Cycle Rally
A nocturnal cycle rally at Woodford, Essex. Date: 1889

Belgian people kissing the Union Jack
Illustration by Lascelles, of a crowd of Belgian people gathered outside the British consulate in Ostend, kissing the Union Jack

LEMUR FULVUS is one of the LEMURIDAE, a rarely-seen because nocturnal species who live in Madagascar. (He is not a monkey though sharing monkey-like attributes)

Saint Anastasia (Of Rome
SAINT ANASTASIA (OF ROME) martyred during the reign of Diocletian after her husband, denied access to her bed, grew suspicious of her nocturnal visits to the poor

Firemen in London Blitz
Massed firemen with their hoses attempt to quell the flames as they engulf the industrial areas of London following a nocturnal visit by the Luftwaffe

FLAMBETTES
The nocturnal FLAMBETTES, seen in Berry (central France) are believed by the local populace to assume human form

Nocturnal Clouds
NOCTURNAL CLOUDS Clouds passing overhead at night, lit from below, have an appearance of solidity which can easily be mistaken for mysterious flying objects

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