David Noton / Palm trees line the beach at Pigeon Point, Tobago

Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on shore, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Martin Willis / Mangroves along coast and boat, Deluge Inlet, Hinchinbrook Island National Park, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Surfer, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Lichen (Caloplaca sp) covered coastal rock, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coastal rock arch at sunset, Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Cave along coast, Loch Ard Gorge, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Granite rocks with lichen and Milky Way, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coast, Red Rock Beach, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical beach, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) fruit germinating on tropical beach, Keeling Islands, Australia

John Shaw / Shoreline of Lake Powell, seen from Alstrom Point on Romana Mesa. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, on the Arizona/Utah border, USA, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunset over the Cullin Mountains from Elgol shoreline, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rocky shoreline, Loch Scavaig and view to Cuillin mountians, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, April.

Shane P. White / Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) female returning to sea after egg laying, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Shane P. White / Winnifred Beach, Jamaica

Tim Fitzharris / Rock arch, Atuh Beach, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia

Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on beach, Port Olry, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on coast, Aimbuei Bay, Aore Island, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on coast, Aimbuei Bay, Aore Island, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Alexandrian Laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum) tree on coast, Aimbuei Bay, Aore Island, Vanuatu

Jack Dykinga / Gaucho herding horses on the shoreline of Lago Almarga in the morning light, with Torres del Paine mountains in background under stormy skies. Patagonia, Chile.

Guy Edwardes / Gatklettur, Arnarstapi, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland, March 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Ice on Diamond Beach, Jokulsarlon, Iceland, September 2017.

Andrew Peacock / Taiga and coastal snow-covered mountains in autumn, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Rocky coastline, Hvalfjordur Fjord, Iceland

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

Tui De Roy / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) parents and chicks along coast, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) parent with chicks along coast, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / Nazca Booby (Sula granti) group on coast, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Nazca Booby (Sula granti) group on coast, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Nazca Booby (Sula granti) group on coast, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) dispute on beach, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, February

Ingo Arndt / Fisheries Protection Vessel (Pharos) arrived at King Edward Point with King penguins on shoreline, South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, South Georgia, February 2011

Ingo Arndt / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) dispute while coming ashore, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island, February

Tim Fitzharris / Paintbrush (Castilleja sp) and Seaside Fleabane (Erigeron glaucus) flowering on coast, Garrapata State Beach, Big Sur, California

Benjamin Olson / Skim ice in negative thirty degree fahrenheit at sunrise, Lake Superior, Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota

Tim Fitzharris / Arch on beach, El Matador State Beach, California

Jim Brandenburg / Shoreline, Discovery Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota

Pete Oxford / Coastal wetland, Abari Swamps, Guyana

Matthias Breiter / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock flying over coastal flats, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock at coastal flats, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) on iceberg, LeConte Bay, Tongass National Forest, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with cubs on coast, Barter Island, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Aurora borealis above coast, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) female on coast, Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Coastal peaks, Lemaire Island, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Kayakers paddling back to cruise ship Polar Pioneer, Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Sean Crane / Bat Star (Asterina miniata) trio at low tide, Montana De Oro State Park, Los Osos, California

Sean Crane / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group spawning at high tide at sunset, Cape May, New Jersey

Sean Crane / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group spawning at high tide at sunset, Cape May, New Jersey

Kevin Schafer / Rainbow over cliffs, Kalalau Valley, Na Pali Coast State Park, Kauai, Hawaii

Colin Monteath / Coastal cliffs, Tunnel Beach, Otago Peninsula, Otago, New Zealand

Markus Varesvuo / Knot (Calidris canutus) flock on shoreline, Hanko, Finland, September

Markus Varesvuo / Little Stint (Calidris minuta), breeding adult sleeping on the shoreline. Norway. June.

Markus Varesvuo / Little Stint (Calidris minuta), breeding adult standing on the shoreline. Norway. June.

Colin Monteath / Mount Cook reflection in ice covered Mueller Lake, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Gabriel Rojo / Orca (Orcinus orca) hunting sea lion pups along seashore, Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Orca (Orcinus orca) hunting sea lion pups, Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia Argentina

Sergey Gorshkov / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) group scavenging on Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) carcass, Wrangel Island, Russia

Colin Varndell,Colin Varndell / Shoreline beneath Bat's Head, East Dorset, UK, February 2013.

Michael Pitts / Lake Assal shoreline - Africas lowest point at 515 feet below sea level, Djibouti, , March 2008

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group gulp feeding, Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska

Roland Seitre / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to lay eggs during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings emerging from the nest and making their way to the sea at sunrise, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Michele Westmorland / Man collecting black sand in an area which is one of the locations for producing fine restaurant quality salt, most of which is shipped to Japan, Kusimbi Beach, Bali, Indonesia 2009. No release availa...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Sanderling (Calidris alba) in breeding plumage, standing on shoreline, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.

Tim Fitzharris / Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) cub amongst kelp on shoreline, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) cub amongst kelp on shoreline, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) cub amongst kelp on shoreline, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October.

David Noton / Dramatic evening sky over Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue. Seychelles. February 2007.

David Noton / Moon over Cathedral Cove at dawn, near Hahei, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand. December 2006.

Konrad Wothe / Camargue horses (Equus caballus) running in water at beach, Camargue, France, April

Ben Hall / Sanderlings (Calidris alba) group feeding on beach with sunrise on the horizon, Lincolnshire, UK December

Ben Hall / Sanderling (Calidris alba) along shorline, Lincolnshire, UK December

Ernie Janes / Cley Beach with retreating wave patterns, after sunset, Norfolk, UK January

Philippe Clement / Medieval fish lock at low tide on the island Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France September 2011

Markus Varesvuo / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) flock in flight, Finland July

Oriol Alamany / Paine mountains at dawn seen from Pehoe Lake, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Christophe Courteau / Timber washed onto the shore by the strong arctic currents. There are no trees on Spitzbergen, all the wood comes from the Siberian Coast, Poolepynten, Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 2011

Andrew Parkinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) adult female among breaking waves, Lincolnshire, UK

Mateusz Piesiak / Young American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) snatching food from adult on the shoreline. Long Island, New York, USA, July 2010. Winner, Young Wildlife Photographer, 2011 Wildlife Photographer o...

Matthew Maran / Dramatic seas crashing onto a rocky shore. The Broken Group Islands from The Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Colin Monteath / Pine tree (Pinus sp), Decanter Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) walking beside lake, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August

Pete Oxford / Beach trash, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Juan Carlos Munoz / Group of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) swimming near the rocky shore. Puerto Deseado, Patagonia, Argentina, March 2008

Pete Oxford / Beach trash, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Philip Stephen / Wave breaking as it hits shoreline at Peterhead, Scotland, September 2010.

Aflo / Y-11106 Double rainbow over sea with waves breaking on shoreline

Aflo / Y-11001 Double rainbow on horizon over sea