David Tipling / 2020VISION / Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) on a bare field, scraping for food, Norfolk, England, UK, April. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB reserves staff scraping heath surface layer and litter at Dunwich Heath National Trust reserve, Suffolk, UK. This promotes a mosaic of new heather growth on the mature heath, while simultaneously...

Anup Shah / Simien jackal / Ethiopian wolf {Canis simensis} marking territory by scraping, Bale Mountains, Bale NP, Ethiopia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) scraping parasites off in sand, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Theo Bosboom / Sea snail (Trochidae family) scraping the rocks for algae, in a small tidal pool, near Aljezur, Portugal. May 2017

David Fleetham / Spotlight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) terminal male phase, scraping algae off dead coral with beak-like fused teeth. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean.

Tony Wu / Yellow paper wasp (Polistes olivaceus) grooming itself at sunset, in between sessions of scraping the bamboo poles for material to construct a hive.Tonga.

Kim Taylor / German wasp (Vespula germanica) queen scraping wood pulp with her jaws. Surrey, England, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) scraping snow away to find food, Scotland, UK, February.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female calf with mysterious scraping injuring along its right flank, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Marie Read / Black-necked sStilt (Himantopus mexicanus) pair building nest in shallow wetland: male in foreground is squatting and pushing backwards with his feet/legs to form a nest scrape in vegetation the pair...

Marie Read / Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) pair building nest in shallow wetland, male in foreground in squatting and pushing backwards with his feet/legs to form a nest scrape in vegetation the pair...

Pete Oxford / Cyril Andrews scraping cowhide to make leather, Dadanawa Ranch, one of the largest private ranches in the world, South Rupununi savanna, Guyana, South America

Pete Oxford / Cyril Andrews scraping cowhide to make leather, Dadanawa Ranch, one of the largest private ranches in the world, South Rupununi savanna, Guyana, South America

Roger Powell / Collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) scraping out a nest hollow. Baragem do Caia, Santa eulalia, Elvas, Portugal, May.

Staffan Widstrand / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) scraping / shedding velvet off of its antlers, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September

Staffan Widstrand / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) scraping / shedding velvet off of its antlers, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag scraping snow away to feed on grass, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, December 2011

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Vera Rakhtuvia, a Chukchi elder, softening a reindeer skin with a tradional scraping tool at a reindeer herders' summer camp on the tundra. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, August 2013.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Rita Votgyrgina, a Chukchi woman, softening a reindeer skin with a tradional scraping tool, outside her Yaranga (tent) at a reindeer herders' summer camp on the tundra. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, S...

Colin Monteath / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herd scraping away powder snow to find moss to eat, Hunkher Mountains, Mongolia

David Woodfall / Bee keepers looking at honey comb from hives on roof of Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK, June 2014.

Charlie Summers / Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) buck marks his territory by scraping a bare spot in the dirt and scenting it with urine and droppings. Custer State Park, South Dakota, USA, September.

Nick Upton / Patterns left by Common limpets (Patella vulgata) grazing on alga covered rocks with their scraping radulas, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Patterns left by Common limpets (Patella vulgata) grazing on alga covered rocks with their scraping radulas, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Patterns left by Common limpets (Patella vulgata) grazing on alga covered rocks with their scraping radulas, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK, March.

Jan Hamrsky / Caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera), larva is scraping algae from other caddisfly case, Europe, July, controlled conditions

Jussi Murtosaari / Large gold grasshopper (Chrysochraon dispar) Finland, July

Jabruson / 'Epombepombe' (Strychos sp) ball-like forest fruit frequently eaten by the Agile Mangabey (Cercocebus agilis). This fruit shows signs of an attempt to access the fruit with bite marks scoring the hard...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) worker scraping wood for its nest from plant trellis in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, July . Property released.

Peter Lewis / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) in courtship display, the male attracts the female to the nest site by scraping, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK, April

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi woman scraping snow from top of her tent at a herders' winter camp on the tundra. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, spring 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi woman scraping snow from top of her tent at a herders' winter camp on the tundra. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, spring 2010

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB reserves staff scraping heath surface layer and litter at Dunwich Heath National Trust reserve, Suffolk, UK. This promotes a mosaic of new heather growth on the mature heath, while simultaneously...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB reserves staff scraping heath surface layer and litter at Dunwich Heath National Trust reserve, Suffolk, UK. This promotes a mosaic of new heather growth on the mature heath, while simultaneously...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB reserves staff scraping heath surface layer and litter at Dunwich Heath National Trust reserve, Suffolk, UK. This promotes a mosaic of new heather growth on the mature heath, while simultaneously...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB reserves staff scraping heath surface layer and litter at Dunwich Heath National Trust reserve, Suffolk, UK. This promotes a mosaic of new heather growth on the mature heath, while simultaneously...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB reserves staff scraping heath surface layer and litter at Dunwich Heath National Trust reserve, Suffolk, UK. This promotes a mosaic of new heather growth on the mature heath, while simultaneously...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets woman scraping log for shavings used for toilet paper and nappies / diapers. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ulu (traditional Inuit woman's knife), used for scraping skins, sewing & cutting meat. Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Neil Lucas / Aerial view of Royal Society Mountains, Antarctica, showing ice scraping marks on the rocks, November 2008

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian / Mountain gazelle {Gazella gazella} scraping the soil, backlit, Jaaluni, Oman

Philippe Clement / Beekeeper scraping the waxy coverings from honeycomb cells of the honey bee (Apis mellifera), Belgium

Philippe Clement / Female beekeeper scraping the waxy coverings from honeycomb cells of the honey bee (Apis mellifera); male beekeeper placing the honeycombs into the honey extractor, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Common wasp {Vespula vulgaris} scraping wood for nest, Belgium

Willem Kolvoort / European edible frog developing tadpole (Rana esculenta) scraping algae from Shining pondweed (Potamogeton lucens) Holland

Willem Kolvoort / European edible frog developing tadpole (Rana esculenta) scraping algae from Canadian waterweed (Elodea canadensis) Holland

Willem Kolvoort / European edible frog tadpole (Rana esculenta) scraping algae off pond weed, garden pond, Holland

Willem Kolvoort / Great Pond Snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) underwater, scraping the algae off stem of White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba} peatbog lake, Holland

Pete Oxford / Sami woman in lavvu (tent) scraping reindeer hide, Karaskok, Samiland (Lapland), Finnmark, Northern Norway. 1997.

Sumio Harada / Elk (Cervus elaphus) male in snow rubbing antlers on tree trunk, North America

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboy braiding a lasso at a hacienda in the Andes Mountains during the annual cattle round-up, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Nalini Nadkarni scrapes soil from tree trunk in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Premaphotos / Turtle ants (Zacryptocerus / Cephalotes sp.) scraping the surface off fallen tree in rainforest, Brazil

Mike Read / Ringed plover male scraping nest hollow {Charadrius hiaticula} UK

Paul Hobson / Avocet scraping nest {Recurvirostra avosetta} Norfolk UK Captive.

Nick Upton / Wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) female, scraping hairs from a Lamb's ear (Stachys byzantina) leaf to line her nest with, Wiltshire, UK. July.

Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker scraping wood for its nest from the wooden roof of an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.

Nick Upton / German wasp (Vespula germanica) worker scraping wood for its nest from the wooden roof of an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.

Tim Laman / Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) female looking around and scratching bill on branch, Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary, Narathiwat Province, Thailand.

Nick Upton / Wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) female, scraping hairs from Lamb's ear (Stachys byzantina) to use as nesting material, Wiltshire, UK. July.

Jiri Lochman / Western Barred Bandicoot (Perameles bougainville), sleeping in its nest, which is a shallow scraping into ground under dense vegetation, on Heirisson Prong, Shark Bay UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sit...

Nick Upton / Wood-carving leafcutter bee (Megachile ligniseca) female entering nest hole in insect hotel, it has enlarged the hole by scraping out wood fibres. Wiltshire, England, UK. June.

Juergen Freund / Scientists and researchers from Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University looking down microscopes at night. Researchers scraping out reared Coral growing on settlement tiles before they can...

Juergen Freund / Scientists and researchers from Coral IVF project led by Southern Cross University looking down microscopes at night. Researchers scraping out reared Coral growing on settlement tiles before they can...

Nick Upton / Cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus / rufocyanea) larva with faecal shield feeding on a grass blade by scraping off the upper surface, in a woodland ride, Green Lane wood, Wiltshire, UK, July.