Andrew Parkinson / Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male in flight over snow covered Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland, February. ~ (non-ex)

Edwin Giesbers / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) leaving footprints while walking through snow. The Netherlands, January.

Edwin Giesbers / Legs of a White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) on ice. The Netherlands, January.

Nick Garbutt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) displaying on the beach front. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Antarctica. January, sequence 5/6

Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Fergus Gill / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying through a rainbow. Aviemore, Scotland, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) male standing in snow. The Netherlands, January.

Andy Sands / Glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) climbing on stem of grass, with tail emitting bioluminescence, England, UK, July

Edwin Giesbers / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) with its beak in its feathers. The Netherlands, January.

Alex Mustard / A silhouette of a California sealion pup (Zalophus californianus) next to cliffs. Los Isotes, La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.

Edwin Giesbers / Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) head portrait of dominant male called Aman. He is the first orangutan in the world to have had his cataracts operated on and his eye sight restored. Matang wildlife centre,...

Edwin Giesbers / Five Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) walking in a line across snow. Three males and two females. The Netherlands, January.