Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female on the nest with nestling hidden under wing. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. April.

Juergen Freund / Blue-lined fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) hiding in a plastic container, they usually hide in deserted worm tubes or other small holes, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Ann & Steve Toon / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ingo Arndt / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male at courting bower, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Staffan Widstrand / Bonelli's eagle or Eurasian hawk-eagle, Hieraetus fasciatus or Aquila fasciata, picture taken from hide, at a feeding station for conservation purposes, utillizing live domestic pigeons caught as pest...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus lagopus) grooming in summer fur, Spitsberg, Svalbard, Norway, August.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), Maine-et-Loire, France, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Rouse / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female 'Noor T39' covering fresh kill with leaves to hide it. Ranthambore National Park, India.

Eric Baccega / Male Ostrich (Struthio camelus) protecting chicks from the sun with its wings, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.

Andy Rouse / Coquerel's Sifakas (Propithecus coquereli) in coastal rainforest, Palmarium Reserve, Madagascar

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub looking around mother's legs Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) shelters in discarded coconut shell. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Molucca Sea.

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / RSPB Nature reserve at Titchwell Marsh Norfolk, May

Bernard Castelein / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in woodland, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, June

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Pygmy seahorse, not currently described hiding in sea fan, Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Green frog (Rana esculente) hiding in reeds Hondeven fen, east Holland, August

Graham Eaton,Graham Eaton / Highland cow with calf on moorland in snow above Malham, Yorkshire, winter.

David Tipling / Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) peeking over grass, Norfolk, May

Juergen Freund / Raja Ampat pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus sp.) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Male Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella) resting on a stem, Vallee de la Seille (Seille Valley), Lorraine, France, June

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / View through window of birdwatching hide, Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, July 2012.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Sign for a birdwatching hide, with a birdwatcher walking towards it in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Model released.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Boy birdwatching from hide on family visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Young boy with the same birthday as male Osprey 5R watching the Manton Bay osprey pair (including 5R) from the Waderscrape hide, Lyndon Visitor Centre, Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April 2011

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) female hovering over moorland, Glen Tanar Estate, Deeside, Scotland, UK, June. Photographer quote: "I'd been in the hide for over 5 hours when I heard the distant call of...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) adult female portrait, standing, in caledonian forest, The Black Isle, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: "Sitting alone in my hide for hours on end, you be...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) two 4-5 month kits running along branch of tree in caledonian forest, The Black Isle, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: 'Watching a family of young pine ma...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Photographer, Laurent Geslin, in lake with floating hide, Lake Belau, Moldova, June 2009. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford / Photographer, Pete Oxford, next to hide, Sierra de Andjar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jan Province, Andalusia, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Muñoz / Photographer, Juan Carlos Munoz, taking photographs of Red Kites (Milvus Milvus) from hide at feeding site, Gigrin Farm, Powys, Rhayader, Wales, UK, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Photographer Florian Mllers in a hide, Mohacs, Bda-Karapancsa, Duna Drava NP, Hungary, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Damschen / Photographer, Dieter Damschen, sitting by his hide, Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Lower Saxony, Germany, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Photographer, Stefano Unterthiner, in stone hide to photograph Eleonora's falcons (Falco eleonorae) Antikythera, Greece, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos) mother with three cubs viewed from a hide, Suomussalmi, Finland, July 2008

Andy Rouse / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up of hide skin of ear and body in late evening sun, Samburu, Kenya (non-ex)

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Markus Varesvuo, photographer, in bird hide, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Doug Allan / Cameraman Doug Allan on location to film polar bears. Norway 1997 Hopen Island, Svalbard -25C

Staffan Widstrand / Phographer Oscar Dominguez in water with floating hide in the Nemunas Delta Nature Reserve, Lithuania.

Staffan Widstrand / Floating Hide for photography in the Nemunas Delta Nature Reserve, Lithuania.

Staffan Widstrand / Photographer Katja Ronkainen in water with floating hide, Nemunas Delta Nature Reserve, Lithuania.

Staffan Widstrand / Floating hide with camera lens visible, for photography in the Nemunas Delta Nature Reserve, Lithuania.

David Hall / Many-eyed snake eel (Ophichthus polyophthalmus), head peering out of burrow. Pantar, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia; November, 2006.

Shane Gross / Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana) female covering itself with sand to hide. Nassau, Bahamas.

Dong Lei / Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica), head poking out of burrow in snow. Jiudingshan Nature Reserve, Mao Country, Sichuan Province, China. November.

Tony Wu / Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) male inside bivalve shell, guarding eggs laid by different females adhered to inside of shell. Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man with camera on tripod beside bird hide. Faia Brava Reserve. Archaeological Park of the Coa Valley, Western Iberia, Portugal. April 2016.

Mike Read / Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) on Alder trunk. Beside Robin's Hide, Langford Lakes Nature Reserve, Steeple Langford, Wiltshire, England, UK. February.

Mike Read / Reedbeds and pools with wildfowl including Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Gadwall (Anas strepera), Little egret (Egretta garzetta) and Coot (Fulica atra). From Avalon hide, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Avalo...

Ingo Arndt / Puma (Puma concolor) female looking down, hidden in rock face. Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile. July.

Ingo Arndt / Puma (Puma concolor) peering out above rocks and vegetation. Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile. July.

Andy Rouse / European badger (Meles meles) cub near sett. UK, July.

Shane Gross / Arrow blenny (Lucayablennius zingaro) peeking out from Fire coral (Millepora dichotoma). Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.

Nigel Cattlin / Hide beetle (Dermestes maculatus) on leather, feeds on carrion or dry animal products. England, UK.

Staffan Widstrand / Vulture and scavenger hide, designed by Bence Mate for wildlife watching and photography, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Vulture and scavenger hide, designed by Bence Mate for wildlife watching and photography, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Photographers Marie-Noelle Bertiere and Ifham Raji with guide Dean, in the Lagoon hide at Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Sven Zacek / Photographer Sven Zacek photographing Ural owls (Strix uralensis) from a tree hide, Tartumaa county, Southern Estonia. June 2010.

Alex Mustard / Several mimic goatfish (Mulliodichthys mimicus) hide within a school of Bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) on a coral reef. North Ari Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean

Staffan Widstrand / Iberian or Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) eating a rabbit put out for it at a wildlife watching hide near El Barraco, Gredos Mountains, Avila, Spain.

Staffan Widstrand / Iberian or Spanish Imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) eating a rabbit put out for it at a wildlife watching hide near El Barraco, Gredos Mountains, Avila, Spain

David Woodfall / Bird hide, created by Birdwatch Ireland to study and monitor Little tern (Sterna albifrons) colony, indicator species of climate change. County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. June.

Shane Gross / Pelagic squid (species unknown) uses ink (yellow patch) to hide from potential prey. Inking is a common hunting practice in the open ocean. Anilao, Philippines.

Edwin Giesbers / Lemon-yellow tree frog (Hyla savignyi) peering out from behind plant. April.

Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) tigress (T32) dragging Spotted deer / Chital (Axis axis) kill into thicket to hide it from predators and scavengers . Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera t...

Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) tigress (T32) dragging Spotted deer / Chital (Axis axis) kill into thicket to hide it from predators and scavengers . Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera t...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / White Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nest viewing hide run by the community trust in partnership with the RSPB. With plastic eagle foot showing bird rings, Mull, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nest viewing hide run by the community trust in partnership with the RSPB, Scotland, UK, June/

Suzi Eszterhas / Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), two joeys hiding in burrow, both orphaned and in rehabilitation. Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia. Captive.

Suzi Eszterhas / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), tail above water. Sabi Sands Game Reseve, South Africa.

Staffan Widstrand / Eagle watching hide with forest beyond, snow covered. Ecotourism site ,Kalvtrask, Vasterbotten, Lapland, Sweden. January.

Denis-Huot / black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), young ones near the den where they hide themselves, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) brooding chick aged five weeks. Atka Bay, Antarctica. September.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) brooding chick, portrait. Atka Bay, Antarctica. September.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick lying flat under brooding parent. Atka Bay, Antarctica. September.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female on nest. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. March.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) hidden inside Birch (Betula sp) tree trunk, on nest. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. April.

Sven Zacek / Behind the scenes view of wildlife photographer's camera and set up within a bird hide to photograph Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris). Laanemaa, Western Estonia. March 2018.

Paul Hobson / Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata), head above vegetation whilst sitting on nest. Iceland. June.

Paul Hobson / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag peering out from behind tree in snowy Pine forest. Scotland, UK. March.

Paul Hobson / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub peering around hedge, in morning. Sheffield, England, UK. April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Boy hiding during forest kindergarten session. Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. Editorial use only

Nick Upton / Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) peering out of nest hole in old Aspen (Populus tremula) tree. Mature mixed forest, near Lisaku, Estonia. April.

David Fleetham / Imperial commensal shrimp (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) on Spanish dancer nudibranch (Hexabranchus sanguineus) at night. Philippines.

David Tipling / Photography hide with one way glass for photographing Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata) in Arribes del Duero Natural Park (Parque Natural de Arribes del Duero) Spain June

David Tipling / View across the scrape from hide, Titchwell RSPB Reserve, with Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) North Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) amongst scrub, Cliffs of Maro-Cerro Gordo Natural Area, Granada, Andalusia, Spain. January.

Nick Garbutt / Amazon / Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta) camouflaged in leaf litter. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Bird photography hide filled with nature photographers, Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Cameras set up in Great hornbill hide platform, Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, April 2017.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Sign to the hide, eco tourism, Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. April

Ashley Cooper / Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) female with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, UK. July.

Ashley Cooper / Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) female with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, UK. July.

Ashley Cooper / Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) female with her newly hatched chicks on Walney Island, Cumbria, UK. July.

Ann & Steve Toon / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.