Guy Edwardes / View over Pednvounder Beach towards Logan Rock, Porthcurno, Cornwall, England, UK. April 2009.

Niall Benvie / Young Icelandic horse near Stokkness, Iceland, March.

David Pattyn / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in grassland, The Netherlands, July.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) gathering at a waterhole, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male juvenile aged about 18 months approaching a kill, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking toward camera, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) wallowing at a waterhole, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) two adult males in mountain landscape. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

Alex Hyde / Red deer herd (Cervus elaphus) moving over mountain ridge in heavy snow. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Rothschild's giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), feeding on leaves, Woburn Safari Park, UK, June, captive.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) underwater view, Edgeoya, Svalbard, Norway, June.

John Waters / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) hunting/hovering, Somerset, UK, trained bird.