Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) descending down a wooden electricity pole, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) flying to a nest hole in an electricty pole and feeding chick, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Laurent Geslin / Fulani child sitting beside radio and mobile telephone, portrait, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migratory flock of forty birds perching on telephone wire, Poitou, France

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migratory flock perching on telephone wires along road, Poitou, France

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gathering on telephone wires pre-roost, Solway Firth, Scotland, UK, November. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Historically all starlings were known as Stares,...

Jeff Wilson / Director, Chadden Hunter, standing on wind eroded rock talking on radio to base camp, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Stephen Dalton / Greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) perched on telegraph pole, South Africa

David Tipling / Flock of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) sitting on telephone wires, at pre-roost gathering in winter, Buckenham, Norfolk, England

David Tipling / Flock of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) sitting on telephone wires, at pre-roost gathering in winter, Buckenham, Norfolk, England

Dietmar Nill / Little Owl (Athene noctua) adult on telephone wires, Bulgaria

Ashley Cooper / Chinese tourist from Antarctic expedition cruise ship taking selfie with Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) that has walked up to her. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. February 2019.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Woman wearing traditional costume of flower seller photographing group also in traditional costume. The Stone Forest, Shilin Yi, Yunnan Province, China. 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / Person using mobile phone to photograp Lemon-yellow tree frog (Hyla savignyi) Cyprus. April.

Karine Aigner / Tourist taking selfie wtih Eagle owl (Bubo sp) at the Akiba Fukurou Owl Cafe in Tokyo, Japan

Karine Aigner / Tourist photographing a Black-banded owl (Strix huhula) with her mobile phone at the Akiba Fukurou Owl Cafe, Tokyo, Japan

Karine Aigner / People photographing Spotted eagle owl (Bubo africanus) and taking selfies with mobile phones at the Akiba Fukurou Owl Cafe, Tokyo, Japan.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tourists taking pictures of Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana) with mobile phone, Chantang Wlidlife Sanctuary. Ladakh, India, September 2018.

David Fleetham / Two girls in traditional costume for cultural ceremonies taking a photo with a smartphone on beach. Yap, Micronesia. September 2013. Model released.

Robin Chittenden / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) Zakynthos, Greece, August 2018

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cables and telegraph pole with building in background, Kathmandu City, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. February 2018.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Food served on banana leaves, at the ranger station, Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China. May

Ashley Cooper / Visitor centre at Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands February 2014..

Ashley Cooper / The Post Office with traditional red telephone boxes and postbox on Port Stanley the capital of the Falkland Islands. February 2014.

Ann & Steve Toon / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nest on telegraph pole, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) drumming on an electricty pole, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Doug Perrine / Lava from Kilauea Volcano erupts from a fissure on Pohoiki Road, near Pahoa, Puna District, Hawaii. Downed power poles and guy wires are embedded in the front of the lava flow as it pushes along the s...

Gerald Haas/ BIA / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nests on pole, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai holding up mobile phone to get better reception, Mara Region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Mobile phone in hand of Maasai man, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Eric Baccega / Tourists with cell phones photographing elephant (Loxodonta africana) approaching guest lodge, Duba Expedition Camp, Duba Plains concession, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Eric Baccega / Tourists with cell phones photographing elephant (Loxodonta africana) approaching guest lodge, Duba Expedition Camp, Duba Plains concession, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) flock on telegraph pole, Oman, October

Konrad Wothe / Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) female at nest on telephone pole, Tobago, West Indies.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Young Nenets man on a mobile phone wearing traditional reindeer skin clothing during the reindeer herders' festival at Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Cyril Ruoso / Great tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) displaying on telephone wire, South Texas, USA, April.

Daniel Heuclin / Kayan girls with neck rings looking at smartphone, Thailand. November 2015.

Eric Baccega / Nenet reindeer herder in traditional malitsa (reindeer skin coat) with smartphone. Yar-Sale district, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Eric Baccega / Carolina Serotetto, Nenet teenager wearing sunglasses and traditional winter coat of reindeer fur holding smartphone. Yar-Sale district, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Eric Baccega / Himba woman with traditional hair and jewellery, breastfeeding whilst on a mobile phone nursing her baby. Kaokoland, Namibia October 2015

Eric Baccega / Himba woman with traditional hair and jewellery, breast feeding whilst on a mobile phone nursing her baby. Kaokoland, Namibia October 2015

Eric Baccega / Himba woman in traditional clothing with cellphone and doing shopping at the supermarket, Opuwo, Kaokoland, Namibia. October 2015

Mark Taylor / Black-and-white kitten, Solo, 6 weeks, 'taking a selfie'. Composite image.

Gary K. Smith / Out of use BT telephone box, overgown and surronded by vegetation, Norfolk, England UK. August

Gary K. Smith / Out of use BT telephone box, overgown and surronded by vegetation, Norfolk, England UK. August

Ernie Janes / Red phone box and crofters houses at Baile Mor, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2015.

Angelo Gandolfi / White storks (Ciconia ciconia) nesting on telephone wires, beside an abandonned railway, Extremadura, Spain. April.

Richard Du Toit / Tourist using mobile phone to film Impala (Aepyceros melampus) Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Tourist in vehicle taking photograph of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with mobile phone, Kruger National Park, South Africa. March 2015.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Dayak woman on mobile phone, in longhouse, Pontianka, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Nick Upton / Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) perched on telephone wires, Korfos, Greece, August.

Kirkendall-Spring / Woman using a mobile phone miles away from any city along the Jhomolhari Trek. Bhutan, October 2014. Model released.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) large group resting on telephone cables, Helsinki, Finland, September

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Young girl walking past fruit stall, Ranomafana village, Madagascar, February 2005.

David Tipling / Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) gathering prior to roosting, Buckenham, Norfolk, February.

David Tipling / Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) gathering prior to roosting, Buckenham, Norfolk, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) on telephone wires, Latvia, June

Markus Varesvuo / Rough-legged Buzard (Buteo lagopus) on telephone post. Porvoo, Finland. February

Martin Gabriel / Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) in its nest, built amidst power and telephone cables, Costa Rica,

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) flock at dusk on power lines, Boulia, Queensland, Australia

Sergey Gorshkov / Man looking at phone with antennae Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, March 2011.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male Welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena neoxena) in fresh non-breeding plumage, perched on a telephone line in the sun. Manawatu Estuary, Manawatu, New Zealand, August.

Pat Tuson / Fly tipping - old household appliances and other scrap metal suitable for recycling blocking the entrance to a public telephone box outside Drayton Park Station, Highbury, London Borough of Islington,...

John Waters / Phonemast disguised as palm tree, Palm Springs, California, USA, June 2012.

John Waters / Phonemast disguised as palm tree, Palm Springs, California, USA, June 2012.

David Woodfall / Flooded phone box during February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 8th February 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) on a telephone wire, Breton Marsh, West France, April

Cyril Ruoso / Road with mirage, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migratory flock perching on telephone wire, Poitou, France

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migratory flock perching on telephone wires, Poitou, France

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) trio walking on telephone lines, Thailand

Gavin Hellier / Traditional yellow telephone boxes, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, 2009

Jabruson / Street scene illustrating basics such as water, firewood for cooking, and communications (mobile telephone services) have to be supplied independently from the municipal grid, Kousseri township, north...

Jabruson / Telephone cables and junction box on post, signs of development of third world infrastructure, Sao Tome, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, off Gulf of Guinea, Central Africa 2009

Nick Turner / Church with traditional red telephone box outside and dry stone wall, Snowshill, Cotswolds, UK, June 2011.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Volunteer photographing oak sapling on mobile phone, planting native woodland as part of The National Forest's planting day, Moira, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Volunteer photographing oak sapling on mobile phone, planting native woodland as part of The National Forest's planting day, Moira, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter using Iridium satellite telephone on the Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada, 1999.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter using Iridium satellite telephone on the Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada, 1999.

Nick Upton / Three Black kites (Milvus migrans) perched on telephone wires and pole, Spanish Pyrenees, Hecho valley, Huesca, Spain

Jeff Rotman / Captain at the helm of his fishing dragger boat, Sihanoukville, Kampuchea / Cambodia, June 2008

Nick Upton / Red telephone box in snow covered country lane, Wiltshire, UK, winter 2008/9

Juan Carlos Munoz / Telephone kiosk in shape of Macaw, Parque Nacional Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Juan Carlos Munoz / Telephone kiosk in shape of Jaguar, Parque Nacional Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Juan Carlos Munoz / Telephone kiosk in shape of Jaguar, Parque Nacional Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Michel Poinsignon / House martins (Delichon urbicum) gather on telephone wires, Lorraine, France

Igor Shpilenok / Photographer Igor Shpilenok reporting by satellite phone on events after major landslide in Valley of the Geysers, Kamchatka, Russia, June 3, 2007.