Flocks Collection (#3)

European Starlings - in snow squabbling over apple. Alsace - France
WAT-10183 European Starlings - in snow squabbling over apple. Alsace - France Sturnus vulgaris M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Waxwings-Flock feeding on Guelder-rose berries Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1889 Waxwings - Flock feeding on Guelder-rose berries Lower Saxony, Germany Bombycilla garrulus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Knot - Flock resting and preening, during spring migration Isle of Texel, Holland
USH-1714 Knot - Flock resting and preening, during spring migration Isle of Texel, Holland Calidris canutus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Sanderlings on sea shore in winter plumage
RES-499 Sanderlings on sea shore in winter plumage Calidris alba George Reszeter Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Snow Geese - Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, USA
JZ-190 SNOW GEESE - in flight, v formation Anser caerulescens Latin formerly Chen caerulescens Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mexican Freetail Bats - In flight - Carlsbad New Mexico
CAN-2992 Mexican Freetail Bats - in flight Carlsbad, New Mexico Tadarida brasiliensis John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Glaucous-winged Gull - in flight
WAT-3827-M1 Glaucous-winged Gull - in flight Larus glaucescens M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Domestic Sheep, Blue-faced Leicester ewes, flock standing in pasture beside hedgerow, Cumbria, England, July

White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) three adults, in flight, landing to join flock containing Brent Goose (Branta bernicla), on snow covered grazing marsh habitat, Suffolk, England, february

Sheep farming, shepherd leading flock of crossbred mule ewes down town high street, returning back to farm for lambing, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, January

UK, England, Shropshire, Wintery Countryside, Flock of Sheep

Shakespeare Cliff, Kent: Sheep on Coastal Pasture, 1869 (oil on panel)
8835615 Shakespeare Cliff, Kent: Sheep on Coastal Pasture, 1869 (oil on panel) by Cooper, Thomas Sidney (1803-1902); Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey, UK; (add.info.: THOMAS SYDNEY COOPER, RA)

Abraham's Journey, c.1652 (oil on canvas)
8832367 Abraham's Journey, c.1652 (oil on canvas) by Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (Il Grechetto) (1609-64); 239x271 cm; Palazzo Spinola and Galleria Nazionale della Liguria

View in the Pennsylvania Countryside 1823 (Oil on canvas)
8766660 View in the Pennsylvania Countryside 1823 (Oil on canvas) by Shaw, Joshua (1776-1860); 64.1--90.8 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art

An Idle Moment 1890 (Oil on canvas)
8766573 An Idle Moment 1890 (Oil on canvas) by Knight, Daniel Ridgway (1839-1924); 94.6x120.3 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art

Beaune Hotel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune). Tapestry. Mystic Lamb. 14th century (?). Detail
7209649 Beaune Hotel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune). Tapestry. Mystic Lamb. 14th century (?). Detail.; Hotel Dieu, Beaune, France; (add.info.: Hospices de Beaune, Beaune, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, Cote)

Beaune Hotel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune). Tapestry. Mystic Lamb. 14th century (?). Detail
7209647 Beaune Hotel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune). Tapestry. Mystic Lamb. 14th century (?). Detail.; Hotel Dieu, Beaune, France; (add.info.: Hospices de Beaune, Beaune, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, Cote)

Studies of Ram Heads, 1700s (oil on canvas)
XOS5879706 Studies of Ram Heads, 1700s (oil on canvas) by French School, (18th century); 44.8x58.1 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: France, 18th century)

Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1670 (oil on canvas)
XOS5877694 Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1670 (oil on canvas) by Dolci, Carlo (1616-86); 108x90.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Carlo Dolci)

Sleeping Shepherds, 1663 (oil on wood)
XOS5877344 Sleeping Shepherds, 1663 (oil on wood) by Velde, Adriaen van de (1636-72); 38.5x43.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: by Adriaen van de Velde)

David the Shepherd (colour litho)
8631685 David the Shepherd (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: David the Shepherd)

"Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep" (colour litho)
8650963 "Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Old-fashioned slaughterhouse for sheep (b/w photo)
8653475 Old-fashioned slaughterhouse for sheep (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old-fashioned slaughterhouse for sheep)

Gargnano, Lake Garda, Italy (engraving)
8635819 Gargnano, Lake Garda, Italy (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gargnano, Lake Garda, Italy. Illustration from Rom)

The First Noel (colour litho)
8635973 The First Noel (colour litho) by Margetson, William Henry (1861-1940) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The First Noel)

Sheep and lambs (colour litho)
8626070 Sheep and lambs (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sheep and lambs, and a verse from a poem by Ben Jonson)

Mitchell's Fold stone circle, Shropshire (engraving)
8676722 Mitchell's Fold stone circle, Shropshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mitchell's Fold, Bronze Age stone circle beneath Corndon Hill)

Bold Hall, South Lancashire (engraving)
8676403 Bold Hall, South Lancashire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bold Hall, St Helens, South Lancashire)

The rich man's feast and the poor man's lamb (litho)
8676061 The rich man's feast and the poor man's lamb (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The rich man's feast and the poor man's lamb)

Girl feeding sheep (colour litho)
8664199 Girl feeding sheep (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl feeding sheep)

The Entry of the Animals into the Ark, c.1655 (oil on canvas)
8832374 The Entry of the Animals into the Ark, c.1655 (oil on canvas) by Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (Il Grechetto) (1609-64); Private Collection; (add.info)

View of Logan Rock, near the Land's End, 1824 (hand coloured litho on paper)
7483142 View of Logan Rock, near the Land's End, 1824 (hand coloured litho on paper) by Tonkin, James (1757-1846); 27x40 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Flock of sheeps in Egypt, c.1900 (photo)
7293032 Flock of sheeps in Egypt, c.1900 (photo); (add.info.: Geography. Egypt. Shepherd and flock of sheeps near Cairo. Photo, Egypt, ca 1900.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Shepherdess sitting watching sheep, 1890
3480662 Shepherdess sitting watching sheep, 1890; (add.info.: Shepherdess sitting watching sheep. 19th century French illustration, 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Sheep dipping, 1848
3480124 Sheep dipping, 1848; (add.info.: Sheep dipping. Shepherd's Calendar, 1848.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Apparition at Fatima, c.1930 (illustration)
8698369 Apparition at Fatima, c.1930 (illustration); (add.info.: Religion. Catholic religion. Marian apparition at Fatima to the three young sheperds, Portugal, 1917)

Iron Railway Bridge over the River Wye, now in course of erection by Messrs. W. and J
7426829 Iron Railway Bridge over the River Wye, now in course of erection by Messrs. W. and J. Galloway, Engineers and Iron-founders, Manchester, for the Newport, Abergavenny

Jeanne, young shepherdess hears the voice of Saint-Michel, c1900-1920 (illustration)
8723995 Jeanne, young shepherdess hears the voice of Saint-Michel, c1900-1920 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Young Jeanne as a child)

Illustration for November for Edmund Spenser's poem The Shepheard's Calendar, 1597
527788 Illustration for November for Edmund Spenser's poem The Shepheard's Calendar, 1597. Two shepherds holding their shpherd's crooks guard their flocks

The Shepherds receive tidings of Good News (colour litho)
8675676 The Shepherds receive tidings of Good News (colour litho) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shepherds receive tiidings of Good News)

Ludlow Castle, Shropshire (engraving)
8676911 Ludlow Castle, Shropshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: West front of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire)

Livestock market, Hailsham, Sussex, late 19th Century (b/w photo)
8676045 Livestock market, Hailsham, Sussex, late 19th Century (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Livestock market, Hailsham, Sussex)

Sussex woodman making hay-cages (b/w photo)
8675957 Sussex woodman making hay-cages (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sussex woodman making hay-cages)

The Old Wall, Roman Uriconium, Wroxeter (engraving)
8676738 The Old Wall, Roman Uriconium, Wroxeter (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Old Wall, ruins of the public baths, Roman Uriconium, Wroxeter)

Aryans settled in India, Open-Air Sacrifice (litho)
8661030 Aryans settled in India, Open-Air Sacrifice (litho) by Ruith, Horace van (1839-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aryans settled in India, Open-Air Sacrifice)

Hepatoscopy, or Divination by the Liver (litho)
8660936 Hepatoscopy, or Divination by the Liver (litho) by Weatherstone, A.C. (fl.1888-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hepatoscopy, or Divination by the Liver)

Stonehenge (engraving)
8677431 Stonehenge (engraving) by Dibdin, Thomas Colman (1810-93) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Orpheus enchanting the animals with music, 17th century (oil on canvas)
8678363 Orpheus enchanting the animals with music, 17th century (oil on canvas) by Scorza, Sinibaldo (1589-1631); 58x93 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Flocks: A Symphony of Unity and Survival" In the vast expanse of nature, flocks emerge as a testament to the power of collective strength. Whether it be the majestic Black Brant Goose FG 2342 leading its V formation flock across the skies or the Herdwick Sheep guided by their devoted shepherd, these creatures exemplify harmony in motion. Witnessing Pink-footed Geese soaring gracefully in perfect unison above Norfolk, UK, one cannot help but marvel at their synchronized flight patterns. Similarly, Mallard Ducks create a mesmerizing spectacle as they gather on tranquil waters, forming a vibrant tapestry that reflects their unity. Chilean flamingos take flight over mountain peaks with glaciers glistening in Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. Their elegant wingspan against this breathtaking backdrop earned them recognition as winners of the Landscape category in Natures Best / Windland Smith Rice Awards competition 2010. Even domestic animals like Free Range Chicken Group showcase their social bonds through close-knit communities. Meanwhile, Curlews brave stormy seas during winter months off Wales' coast - an awe-inspiring display of resilience and determination. On snow-covered moorlands near Pen-y-ghent in Yorkshire Dales National Park, Domestic Sheep known as Dalesbred flock together for warmth and protection against harsh elements. Feral Kashmir Goats stand atop limestone headlands overlooking coastal towns with unwavering solidarity. Amidst all these remarkable scenes emerges another guardian – Pyrenean Mountain Dogs diligently safeguarding sheep within France's Pyrenees region. These loyal canines epitomize devotion and loyalty towards those they protect. Flocks symbolize more than just numbers; they represent survival strategies deeply ingrained within nature's fabric. Through cooperation and mutual support, these diverse species thrive amidst challenges posed by ever-changing environments.