Andy Sands / Little owl (Athene noctua) two chicks on tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

George Sanker / Two Least Chipmunks (Tamias minimus) sitting on tree stump feeding, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, October, crop of 1373882

Konrad Wothe / Victoria's riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male displaying in rainforest, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Andy Rouse / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) newly fledged young on perch. Dyfi Estuary, Wales, August. It is the first time ospreys have bred at this location for 400 years.

Klaus Echle / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) digging a den hole under a tree stump. Black Forest, Germany, July.

Markus Varesvuo / Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) bringing rodent prey to her chicks in a hollow tree-stump. Kuusamo, Finland, May.

Lassi Rautiainen / Grey wolf (Canis lupus) in woodland in thick snow jumping up at eagle perched on dead tree stump overhead, Finland, December

Hermann Brehm / A Jay (Garrulus glandarius) and Great Spotted Woodpecker (Decdrocops major) fighting on a tree stump. Bavaria, Germany, November.

Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on tree stump in garden with snow falling, Wales, UK. December

Andy Sands / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched on tree stump in snow, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

Paul Hobson / Long-eared owl (Asio otus) on tree stump, sillhouette in moonlight, captive, Yorkshire, UK

Paul Hobson / Long-eared owl (Asio otus) on pine tree stump, North Yorkshire, captive, UK

Peter Cairns / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on snow covered tree stump, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, February 2009

Sven Zacek / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) perched on tree stump, in snow, Ontario, Canada.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on tree stump in snow, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Cuirassed / Bosnian pine (Pinus leucodermis / heldreichii) tree stump on the Piana del Pollino with Serra delle Ciavole (left) and Serra Dolcedorme (right) Pollino National Park, Italy, May 2009 WWE B...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on snow covered tree stump, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zacek / Female Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) on tree stump, Oulu, Finland, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zacek / Female Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) carrying mouse prey, landing on tree stump, Oulu, Finland, February 2009

Andy Sands / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) basking on tree stump among Bluebells, Hertfordshire, England. UK

Dietmar Nill / Wild boar (Sus scrofa), sniffing tree stump, silhouetted by sun, Germany

Niall Benvie / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) balancing on pine tree stump, Norway

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Lion (Panthera leo) three month old cub climbing tree stump, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) portrait on tree stump, North America

Duncan Usher / Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) portrait on moss and fungus-covered tree stump, Europe

Michio Hoshino / Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) feeding atop tree stump, Alaska

TJ Rich / Tawny Owl juvenile portrait on tree stump {Strix aluco} Wiltshire, UK. Captive.

David Welling / Raccoon on dead tree stump, USA

David Kjaer / Grey squirrel on tree stump {Scuirus carolinensis} Gloucestershire, UK

Roger Powell / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) feeding on hazel nut in mossy tree stump. Lee Burn, Longframlington, Northumberland, UK, November.

Alex Hyde / Velvet Shank / Winter Fungus (Flammulina velutipes), growing on dead tree stump. Peak District National Park, UK. November.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) juvenile male sitting on a tree stump, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Adrian Davies / Fallen European beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), with Bracket fungus (Ganoderma australe) growing on stump, Sussex, England, UK, October.

XI ZHINONG / Golden-throated Barbet (Megalaima franklinii) at nest hole in tree stump, Galligong Mountain, Yunnan, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Golden-throated Barbet (Megalaima franklinii), feeding chick at nest hole, in dead tree stump, Galligong Mountain, Yunnan, China, May

Scott Leslie / Plant emerging from burnt tree stump after forest fire, Canada

Mark Taylor / Uinita Chipmunk (Eutamias umbrinus) on fallen tree stump, Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, USA

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) male marking a tree stump by urinating, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September

Andy Sands / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing from tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Little owl (Athene noctua) Chick calling for food from tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Little owl (Athene noctua) Chick portrait on tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Little owl (Athene noctua) chick calling for food from tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Danny Green / Two Pine Martens (Martes martes) on tree stump. Scotland, UK, July.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant vinegaroon / Tailed whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus) on tree stump, Vale Natural Reserve, municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastern Brazil.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Young Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing on tree stump in garden, Bristol, UK, January

Adrian Davies / Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) plasmodial stage of the myxomycete on a tree stump, UK, December.

Roland Seitre / Blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) pair perched on tree stump, Coquinal, Beni, Bolivia, July

Gary K. Smith / Woodland / Sulphur tuft fungi (Hypholoma fasciculare) growing on rotting tree stump, Norfolk, UK, October.

George Sanker / Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) sitting on tree stump feeding on dried grass seed, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, October

George Sanker / Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) sitting on tree stump feeding on dried grass seed, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, October

George Sanker / Three Least Chipmunks (Tamias minimus) sitting on tree stump feeding, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, October

George Sanker / Two Least Chipmunks (Tamias minimus) sitting on tree stump feeding, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, October

George Sanker / Two Least Chipmunks (Tamias minimus) sitting on tree stump feeding, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, October

Markus Varesvuo / Ural Owl (Strix Uralensis) with rodent prey for chick in nest, in empty tree stump, Kuusamo Finland May

Markus Varesvuo / Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) bringing rodent prey to feed to chick in nest hole, in tree stump, Kuusamo Finland May

Markus Varesvuo / Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) sitting in nest in old tree stump, Kuusamo Finland May

Edwin Giesbers / Male Harpy eagle (Harpia harpya) on tree stump with food, captive

Dave Watts / Allied rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis) climbing on tree stump, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) perched on tree stump in rainforest, calling, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia, November

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) with tree stump in the foreground and Slioch in the background, Torridon, Ross and Cromarty, NW Scotland, UK, June 2011

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Brown trout (Salmo trutta) swimming past a submerged tree stump in a freshwater lake, Capernwray, Lancashire, UK, July.

LYNN M. STONE / Basset hound sitting on old tree stump amid blue spring flowers, Geneva, Illinois, USA

Philippe Clement / Stripped pine cones eaten by Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) on tree stump in forest. Belgium, April.

Niall Benvie / European Beech (Fagus sylvaticus) trees in autumn woodland, Morvan regional park, Burgundy, France, November 2010

Klaus Echle / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) observing from a woodland tree stump. Black Forest, Germany, September.

Klaus Echle / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) investigating a fallen tree stump. Black Forest, Germany, September.

Klaus Echle / Badger (Meles meles) in a hollow tree stump. The Black Forest, Germany, May.

Gary K. Smith / Fungi, Dryads Saddle (Polyporus squamosus) fresh fruiting bodies on fallen tree stump. Norfolk, UK, May.

Anup Shah / Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) young males sitting on a rotten tree stump, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April

Kevin Schafer / Wildflowers around tree stumps destroyed by eruption, Johnston Ridge, Mount St Helens Volcanic National Monument, Washington

Markus Varesvuo / Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) chicks perched on (and camouflaged against) a dead tree stump. Kuusamo, Finland, May.

Anup Shah / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) mature male 'Fizi' aged approx 15 years calling and scratching his back against a tree stump while submerged in water, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. Oc...

Fiona Rogers / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) mature male 'Fizi' aged approx 15 years, scratching his back on a tree stump submerged in water, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Fiona Rogers / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) male 'Kikwit' holding on to a tree stump, looking down, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Fiona Rogers / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) male 'Kikwit' holding on to a tree stump, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Fiona Rogers / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) female scratching her back on a submerged tree stump, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Fiona Rogers / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) mature male 'Fizi' aged approx 15 years, calling while scratching his back on a tree stump submerged in water, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Brent Stephenson / Adult Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) perched on a tree stump overlooking the forest. Coiba Island, Panama, September.

Bernard Castelein / Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca arctoides) juvenile up a tree. Assam, India, February.

Bernard Castelein / Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca arctoides) juvenile up a tree scratching its head. Assam, India, February.

Bernard Castelein / Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca arctoides) juvenile up a tree. Assam, India, February.

Nature Production / Wild cherry (Prunus / Cerasus jamasakura) sprouting from cut stump, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, April

Lassi Rautiainen / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) and Eurasian jay (Garrulus garrulus) perched on tree stump, Finland, February

Bernard Castelein / Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) on a snowy tree stump. Brasschaat, Belgium, December.

Edwin Giesbers / Pine Marten (Martes martes) on a tree stump in woodland. The Netherlands.

Anup Shah / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)male rubbing against tree stump. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

David Welling / Dickcissel (Spiza americana) male on tree stump feeding on seeds, South Padre Island, Texas, USA, April

David Welling / Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) male perxhed on old tree stump, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Adrian Davies / Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) growing on rotten tree stump, UK, September

Adrian Davies / Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) growing on rotten tree stump, UK, September

Thomas Marent / Ulin (Eusideroxylon zwageri) tree trunk that has been illegally logged, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia

Colin Varndell / Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) perched on tree stump, Dorset, UK, June

Kevin Schafer / Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) male sitting in tree, Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India, Vulnerable species

Colin Varndell / European Hornet (Vespa crabo) collecting resin from freshly cut tree stump. Dorset, England, UK September