Bence Mate / Great white egret (Ardea alba) group of three in winter, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. Winner of the Bird Category of Nature Photographer of the Year Awards 2018.

Theo Bosboom / Large group of Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) including mating couples - on stems of grass, Hondenven, Tubbergen, The Netherlands. June.

Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) group gathering over water, Hondenven, Tubbergen, Netherlands, July.

Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) group reflected flying over water and perching on reeds, Hondenven, Tubbergen, Netherlands, July.

Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) group reflected in water, flying and perching on reeds - they sit on stems and fly around the water, looking for prey and females to mate. The stems ar...

Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) male trying to interfere with a mating couple. Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands, June.

Theo Bosboom / Eyelash shaped tufts of grass in snow on beach, Saudarkrokur, Iceland. March. Winner of the Plants category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2017.

David Pattyn / Trees in Hautes Fagnes Nature Reserve in winter after snowfall. This area - Noir Flohay was burnt a few years ago and some trees are still blackened, Hautes Fagnes, Belgian Ardennes, Belgium, February...

Ashley Cooper / Snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea,) flying in snow, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Sandra Bartocha / Small rocky islands (Skerries), Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, August 2014.

Sandra Bartocha / Skerries or rocky islands, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, August 2014.

Sandra Bartocha / Liverwort (Hepatica nobilis), Mon, Denmark, March.

Lucas Bustamante / Peacock / Blue Peafowl male (Pavo cristatus) perched in tree, Yala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Lucas Bustamante / Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus) calling in flight, Cotopaxi, Ecuador.

Ingo Arndt / Bamboo (Chusquea sp.), thin tips, Sichuan, China

Ingo Arndt / Bamboo plant on white background, China

Ingo Arndt / Chinese bulbul (Fargesia sp.) amongst Bamboo, Sichuan, China

Ingo Arndt / Reeds (Phragmites australis), Germany

Ingo Arndt / Quaking grass (Briza media), Germany

Ingo Arndt / Quaking grass (Briza media), Germany

Ingo Arndt / Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides) female flower, Prairie, South Dakota, USA

Ingo Arndt / Reed (Phragmites australis) flowers, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Red oat grass (Themeda triandra), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ingo Arndt / Reed (Phragmites australis) detail from opening flower, Germany

Philippe Clement / Pair of European toads (Bufo bufo) in amplexus in a pond, Belgium, April.

Luke Massey / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) well camouflaged in snow, Iceland.

Ingo Arndt / Grass (Bouteloua curtipendula) in flower, South Dakota, USA, July.

Ingo Arndt / Bamboo (Fargesia sp.), Sichuan, China

Ingo Arndt / Bamboo (Chusquea sp.), thin tips, Sichuan, China

Ingo Arndt / Quaking grass (Briza media), Germany

Ingo Arndt / Blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis), a prairie grass, South Dakota, USA

Markus Varesvuo / Great white egret (Egretta alba) head portrait, Hungary January

Markus Varesvuo / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) female in flight, Canada. February.

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic fox ( Vulpes lagopus) in snow, Wrangel Island, Far East Russia, May

Juan Carlos Munoz / Reticulated giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) black and white picture of group of three, Kenya.

Pete Oxford / BRUV (Baited remote underwater video) monitoring by MAR Alliance. A minimal or non invasive research of large marine fish, sharks, rays and turtles. Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize. May 2015.

Pal Hermansen / Abstract grass formation against snow

MYN / John Tiddy / Flat rustyhood orchid (Pterostylis planulata) grows amongst the rocks on Mt Zero often in the most minimal of soil, Grampians, Victoria, Australia, October . meetyourneighbours.net project

Tony Phelps / Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis) female camouflaged in minimal cover. De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.

Uri Golman / Adult male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) flying, Tari Gap, Papua New Guinea. December.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock flying in formation, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January. Bookplate.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) wading in water, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August. Bookplate.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) looking out to sea, Grimsey Island, Iceland. June

Mateusz Piesiak / Pair of Mute swans (Cygnus olor) at sunrise on misty lake. Poland, March.

Edwin Giesbers / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelicanus crispus) reflected in the water, Lake Kerkini, Greece