In Photos: Attenborough - 60 Years In The Wild | Attenborough - 60 Years In The Wild

In Photos: Attenborough - 60 Years In The Wild

Sir David Attenborough has seen and done some incredible things.

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Kestrel

Sir David Attenborough with a kestrel.
Rose Buck with Kestrel

Sir David Attenborough with kestrel and bird trainer Rose Buck.
Attenborough and Filming Equipment

Sir David Attenborough with filming equipment in Sabah, Borneo.
Attenborough in Goamantong Cave

Sir David Attenborough with filming equipment in Goamantong cave, Sabah, Borneo.
Mountain Treeshrew

Rajah pitcher plant (Nepenthes rajah) with mountain treeshrew (Tupaia montana). The pitcher plant (largest in the world) is a tree shrew toilet. It feeds the tree shrew with nectar and receives fertiliser in the form of droppings in return. Kotu Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Proboscis Monkey

Male proboscis monkey on river in Sabah, Borneo. Sir David Attenborough first saw proboscis monkeys in Borneo in 1956.
Rose Buck and Geese

Rose Buck in water with her imprinted family of Greylag geese (Anser anser). The same species that Lorenz used in his famous imprinting experiments. Loch Lomond, Scotland.
Attenborough with Flying Geese

Sir David Attenborough in boat with Greylag geese (Anser anser) flying alongside. The same species that Lorenz used in his famous imprinting experiments. Loch Lomond, Scotland.
Attenborough in NHM

Sir David Attenborough with stuffed exhibits in the Natural History Museum.
Attenborough and Orang-utan

Sir David Attenborough with young orang utan at Sepilok rehabilitation centre, Sabah, Malaysia.
Attenborough and a Bornean Frog

Sir David Attenborough with frog in forest in Sabah, Borneo. Globally amphibians are declining at an alarming rate - a third of all species are critically endangered.
Goamantong Cave

Goamantong cave in Sabah, Borneo. Cave swiftlet nests are harvested from the cave for Birds nest soup and the cave is a tourist attraction so it and its birds and bats have been preserved since the first time Sir David Attenborough visited back in 1972.
Attenborough and NHM Fossils

Sir David Attenborough with fossils in the Natural History Museum.