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Close-up of harvested red crocus stamens ready for processing into saffron, Umbria, Italy.
Quick ViewNoticeboard in the hilltown ‘borgo’ of Città della Pieve, Umbria, Italy, advertising the Zafferiamo (“let’s saffron”) festival.
Quick ViewBright red crocus stamens are dried gently over charcoal, Città della Pieve, Umbria, Italy.
Quick ViewA set of ingredients, including saffron, parmesan cheese and white wine, for cooking a traditional ‘risotto alla Milanese’, set out on a dark wooden surface.
Quick ViewA traditional ‘risotto alla Milanese’, made with Umbrian saffron, in a deep white bowl with a dark background, garnished with saffron and parmesan shavings
Quick ViewA male Rüppell’s weaver (Ploceus galbula) in thorny acacia scrub at Bishangari Ecolodge, Lake Langano, Ethiopia
Quick ViewA speckled mousebird (Colius striatus) in a leafy tree on the shore of Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewAdult and juvenile Ethiopian bee-eaters (Merops lafresnayii) perched close together on a branch in scrub on the shore of Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewWoodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched in a tree in forest on the eastern shore of Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewA squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) in non-breeding plumage stands on rocks at the edge of Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewA Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) perched on rocks at the edge of Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewA Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) perched atop a rock on the shore of Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewA three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) stretches out a wing as it perches on rocks on the shore of Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewThree-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) standing on a rock in Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewTwo Senegal thick-knees, one in foreground in focus, the other in background, out of focus, perched on rocks on the shore of Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewA young boy line fishing at sunset in Lake Langano, Oromia, Ethiopia
Quick ViewFemale mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) looks into the camera in the Northern woodlands of the Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia, Ethiopia
Quick ViewMale mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) stares at the camera in the northern woodlands of the Bale Mountain National Park, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewA male Menelik’s bushbuck (Tragelaphus meneliki) stands in the northern woodland zone of Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewMale mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) stands in front of a huge old tree in the northern woodland zone of Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewMale mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) peers through trees at the camera in the northern woodland zone of Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewA male (Abyssinian) bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca bohor) stands alert in a clearing in the northern woodland zone of Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewMale Menelik’s bushbuck (Tragelaphus meneliki) standing in a clearing in the northern woodland zone of Bale Mountains National Park , Oromia, Ethiopia.
Quick ViewFemale mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) stands in a clearing in the northern woodland zone of Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia, Ethiopia.
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