A very large Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator salvator) basks in warm morning sunlight besides a large, brackish lagoon on the outskirts of Bentota, Sri Lanka. The lizard remained motionless on the waters edge, against a backdrop of green jungle foliage and undergrowth.
A Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) perches on a low branch over a mangrove-lined, brackish swamp on the outskirts of Bentota; a beautiful coastal village in Western Sri Lanka.
A well-camouflaged Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) perched in a meadow of dry grass in Essex, United Kingdom.
