Tony Heald / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) splashing in pool in evening light. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

Guy Edwardes / Godrevy Lighthouse, Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2012.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunting, Alaska

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group basking on coast, Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ann & Steve Toon / Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole drinking at night. One spraying water from trunk, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Andy Rouse / Slow motion clip of a Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) catching a fish, Scotland, UK, January.

Ingo Arndt / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) leaving water after successfully catching a fish, Hessen, Germany, sequence 9/9

Ingo Arndt / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) diving into water to catch a fish, Hessen, Germany, sequence 7/9

Pal Hermansen / Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) taking off from water, Alkefjellet. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble net / lunge feeding on herring (Clupea harengus) at dusk, pod co-operative feeding, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway, November

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.