Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves over the rainforest floor to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of rain falling into the rainforest understory, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Tropical flat snake (Siphlophis compressus) climbing on a flowering bromeliad (Aechmea) in the Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Forest whiptail lizard (Kentropyx pelviceps) blinking its eye, showing nictitating membrane crossing the eye, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Army ants (Eciton rapax) on the rainforest floor, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf frog (Agalychnis hulli) blinking its eyes, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Leaf frog (Agalychnis hulli) blinking its eyes, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Map treefrog (Boana geographica) blinking, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Linnaeus' sipo snake (Chironius exoletus) with open mouth, part of threat display, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Lantern fly (Fulgora laternaria) walking along a branch in the rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Clown treefrog (Dendropsophus reticulatus) opening its eyes, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Parrot snake (Leptophis ahaetulla) threat display, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) leaping, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Close-up portrait of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) amongst leaf litter, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Millipede (Diplopoda) walking along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Millipede (Diplopoda) walking along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Phil Savoie / Smeathman's furrow bee (Lasioglossum smeathmanellum), feeding on wild alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. December

Joris van Alphen / Aerial view of clearing with felled logs in Bialowieza Forest UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awa...

Andy Rouse / Red fox, (Vulpes vulpes), in bluebells, UK

Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta) carrying cut pieces of leaves along the forest floor towards therr nest, Orellana Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

TJ Rich / Black working cocker spaniel in bluebells, in beech woodland, Micheldever Woods, Hampshire, UK

Ernie Janes / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) and Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves, England, UK, May.

Paul Hobson / Badger (Meles meles) amongst Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta). Scotland, UK. May.

Paul Hobson / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) standing at a drinking pool. Hungary. May.

Pal Hermansen / Logged forest, aerial view. Akershus, Norway. November 2018.

Andy Sands / Oxlips (Primula eliator) growing among Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) good indicators of ancient woodland, Suffolk, England, UK, April

Dave Bevan / Clear felling harvester working in a conifer plantation, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Wood ants (Formica rufa) on anthill, squirting formic acid to repel threat, Bavaria, Germany, April.

Guy Edwardes / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) and Gorse (Ulex europaeus) on Corfe Common, Corfe Castle in background, Dorset, England, UK. May 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) at Corfe Common, Corfe Castle in background, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) covered slope with Colmer's Hill in background, Eype Down, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) on Eype Down with Colmer's Hill in background, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Candle-snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. November.

Steve Downer / Tracking shot of Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in flower, Millison's Wood, Solihull, West Midlands, UK May.

Dave Bevan / Juvenile male Wild boar (Sus scrofa) fighting to establish seniority, Gloucestershire, England, UK, December.

Michael Hutchinson / Tracking shot of Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in woodland, Bristol, England, UK, April.

Luke Massey / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets suckling from mother, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Luke Massey / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets resting, with mother nearby, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Luke Massey / Low angle shot of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets running towards parent, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Luke Massey / Two Wild boar (Sus scrofa) feeding in woodland with piglets, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Luke Massey / Close-up of a Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglet feeding, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Luke Massey / Close-up of a Wild boar (Sus scrofa) approaching a remote camera and knocking it over, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) growing, Marsland Mouth, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK. April 2017.

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone flower (Anemone nemorosa), RHS Rosemoor, near Great Torrington, Devon, UK. April 2017.

Ross Hoddinott / Two small pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies (Boloria selene) resting on bluebell, Marsland mouth, North Devon, UK. May 2017.

Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene), Marsland mouth, Cornwall, UK. JUne 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of a litter of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets sleeping on top of their mother, with another piglet joining, Germany, January. Captive.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of a litter of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets sleeping on top of their mother, with another piglet joining, Germany, January. Captive.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of a litter of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets sleeping on top of their mother, Germany, January. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Long eared owl in tree {Asio otus} Hessen Germany

Brian Bevan / Close-up of a group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) carrying a dead insect back to their nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

Brian Bevan / Close-up of a group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) carrying a dead Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) back to their nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

John Waters / Timelapse of flies and a slug on a Common stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus), Mendips, Somerset, UK, July.

John Waters / Timelapse of flies feeding on the tip of a Common stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus), Mendips, Somerset, UK, July.

Terry Whittaker / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaping between Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris)s, lands on camera, Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, February.

Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Steve Downer / Grove snail / brown lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) with juvenile riding on its back, Birmingham UK June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Close up of a Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag feeding in snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) in heavy snowfall, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, January.

Konrad Wothe / Giant snail (Megalobulimus) in a lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

James Dunbar / Male Orb-weaving spider (Araneus) courting a female near a dead fly, Bristol, England, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) and a Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on Saw-wort flowers (Serratula tinctoria), with a Silver-washed fritillary (Argyn...

Ammonite / Tracking shot over a Wood ant (Formica rufa) nest, Dorset, England, UK, April.

Ammonite / Close up of a Wood ant (Formica rufa) nest, Dorset, England, UK, April.

Konrad Wothe / Leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaves along a trail, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaves along a trail up a tree trunk, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Male Band-tailed manakin (Pipra fasciicauda saturata) displaying, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaves and filaments along a trail, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) with baby feeding from very thin branches, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

Konrad Wothe / Showreel of Male Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) attacking the alpha male of their troop, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

Ingo Arndt / Red wood ant (Formica rufa) carrying construction material to anthill (fir needles), Germany.

Ingo Arndt / European Red Wood Ant (Formica polyctena) nests in pine forest, Hessen, Germany, July.

Ingo Arndt / Flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) perched together in branches. It's estimated that four million individiuals return to roost during winter in Black Forest, Germany. February.

Ingo Arndt / Flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) roosting together in branches. It's estimated that four million individiuals roost in the Black Forest, during winter months, Germany. February.

Ingo Arndt / Flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) taking off / landing on branches. It's estimated that four million individiuals roost in the Black Forest, during winter months, Germany. February.

Ingo Arndt / Flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) in flight, an estimated four million return to roost overwinter in Black Forest, Germany, March.

Ingo Arndt / Tropical rainforest / cloud forest scenic, Monteverde National Park, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Trees covered with snow, Brocken, Harz NP, Germany. Sunrise sequence

Ingo Arndt / Trees covered with snow, Brocken, Harz NP, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Trees covered with snow Sunrise sequence, Brocken, Harz NP, Germany

Francois Savigny / Wild gaur male grazing {Bos gaurus} Bandhavgarh NP, Madhya Pradesh, India

Ingo Arndt / Wild boar in snow {Sus scrofa} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Hedgehog investigates hollow trunk {Erinaceus europaeus} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Wild boar in snow {Sus scrofa} Germany captive

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) entering nest hole and leaving with a faecal sac, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Konrad Wothe / Male Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) attacking the alpha male of their troop, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

Konrad Wothe / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in a tree using pieces of grass to pull ants from a hole to eat, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

Konrad Wothe / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in a tree using pieces of grass to pull ants from a hole to eat, with a baby in the background, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

Konrad Wothe / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in a tree using pieces of grass to pull ants from a hole to eat, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.