Andy Sands / Robberfly (Machimus cingulatus) head close up showing large compound eyes. Captive, UK, July.

Loic Poidevin / Redshank (Tringa totanus) walking on mud. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Sue Daly / John Dory (Zeus Faber) with Pipefish spawn. Channel Islands, UK, August.

Alex Mustard / A juvenile Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) in its habitat. Flinders Jetty, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, March.

Alex Mustard / A male Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) swimming. Wool Bay Jetty, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsular, South Australia, November.

Alex Mustard / A portrait of a Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques). Wool Bay Jetty, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsular, South Australia, November.

Angelo Gandolfi / An old Cork Oak (Quercus) growing over a rock. February, Corsica island, France. February 2010

Andrew Walmsley / Silhouette of adult Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) nesting in amber traffic light, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, May 2006. Highly commended in Urban and Garden Wildlife category for Wildlife Photographer...

Alex Hyde / Giraffe necked weevil {Trachelophorus giraffa} male on leaf of host plant (Dichaetanthera cordifolia) tropical rainforest, Mantadia NP, Madagascar

Alex Hyde / Giraffe necked weevil {Trachelophorus giraffa} male photographed on white background, tropical rainforest, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Michael D. Kern / Zoo Atlanta / Lemur leaf frog (Hylomantis lemur) mating pair, captive, Critically endangered, from Central America

Paul Hobson / Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) successfully nesting on amber traffic light in city centre, Yorkshire. Winner of the Man and Nature category of the German GDT 2010 competition