David Shale / Socotra cormorant nest colony, Hawar Island Bahrain - photographed during making of BBC Planet Earth series

Theo Bosboom / Seaweed in tide pool, Mangurstadh Beach, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, October. Highly commended in the Creative Visions category of Wildlife photographer of the year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2018.

Claudio Contreras / Aerial view of Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, June, Honorary Mention in the third national contest 'Visions of our Nature' organised by Mexico...

Claudio Contreras / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) trapped in fishing net, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, May, Third Place in the third National Contest 'Visions of our nature' organised by Mexico'...

Claudio Contreras / Prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) growing on coastline, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago National Park (Socorro Islands), Pacific Ocean, Western Mexico, November, Honorary Mention in the third natio...

Theo Bosboom / Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in autumn, seen from under bubbling brook, the Netherlands, November. Runner up in Creative Visions category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 competition

Sandra Bartocha / Scots Pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) in evening sunlight. January. Specially commended, Creative Visions category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year WPY 2012 competition.

Konrad Wothe / Fata Morgana, water mirage in the Libyan desert, Libya, North Africa, November 2007

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in foreground with second deer on horizon in snow, Estonia, December. Highly commened in CREATIVE VISIONS OF NATURE category, 2011 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COM...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in flight, Svalbard, Norway, July. Highly commended, BIRDS category, GDT 2011 competition. Joint runner up in Creative Visions of Nature Category, Wildlife Photographer...

Sandra Bartocha / Gespensterwald (ghostly forest) - European Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) in snow, Nienhagen, Germany. RUNNER-UP: Creative Visions of Nature - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Stemless gentian (Gentiana clusii) flowers, an ant in one of them, Liechtenstein, June 2009. Highly Commended in the Creative Visions of Nature category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010.

Claudio Contreras / Catalina Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus catalinensis), Catalina (Santa Catalina) Island, Loreto Bay National Park, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico, May, Second place in Visions...

Claudio Contreras / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with rays of sunlight, black and white image, Akumal, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, July. Second place in the Visions of our Nature 2018.

Tim Laman / King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) male showing detail of green central tail feathers, red body, and blue feet, Papua New Guinea. Specially Commended in the Creative Visions of Nature category,...