Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) resting on stem, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Ingo Arndt / Snow covered Cerro Paine Grande in the Cordillera Paine massif. At sunrise, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. April 2017.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Lichen (Caloplaca sp) covered coastal rock, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia

Theo Bosboom / Sun rays through stormy clouds, and snow covered beach, Varanger Peninsula, Norway. March.

Oscar Dewhurst / Fallow deer (Dama dama) walking across frost-covered playing fields at dawn, with tower blocks of London in the background. Richmond Park, London, UK. December

Jack Dykinga / Inspiration point covered in snow, Bryce Canyon National Park, USA, January.

Jack Dykinga / Conifer tree branch covered in snow and frost from winter snow storm. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Crested tit (Parus cristatus) backlit on lichen-covered branch, Inshriach Forest, Scotland, UK, January.January

Marie Read / California quail (Callipepla californica), male emerging from behind snowbank in winter, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA

Marie Read / Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) on an ice-covered fence after an ice storm, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA. January.

Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perched amid snow-covered branches, New York, USA, February.

David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July