David Woodfall / Young volunteers help create raised planting beds for growing food, Down to Earth environmental project, Murton, Gower, South Wales, UK 2009

Kerstin Hinze / Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) adult feeding in apple tree, Bulgaria, captive, hand raised

Brent Stephenson / A plains zebra (Equus quagga) looking alert with ears raised, amongst grass and bushveld. Kruger National Park, South Africa, January.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Woman clearing weeds from raised beds, Brockwell Park Community Garden, London, England, UK, August

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Woman clearing weeds from raised beds, Brockwell Park Community Garden, London, England, UK, August

Tony Phelps / Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) female snake with hood raised in a defensive threat display. deHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Brent Stephenson / New Zealand albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) head portrait with raised bill, Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, October.

Erlend Haarberg / Female European elk / Moose (Alces alces) with head raised in air, Sarek National Park, Sweden, September

Petra Wegner / French Bulldog, bitch, lying down with head raised

Petra Wegner / Smooth haired Chihuahua puppy standing with front left paw raised, blue-tan, 4 months

Roland Seitre / Murals of the parrot conservation project, where Yellow-shouldered Amazons are raised. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Roland Seitre / Children standing by the murals of the parrot conservation project, where Yellow-shouldered Amazons are raised. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Roland Seitre / Volunteer inspecting a young Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) being raised in nest box as part of a conservation project. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Roland Seitre / Veterinarian Mar Carascos and volunteer inspecting a young Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) being raised in nest box as part of a conservation project. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Ven...

Roland Seitre / Veterinarian Mar Carascos inspecting a young Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) being raised in nest box. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Roland Seitre / Veterinarian Mar Carascos inspecting a young Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) being raised in nest box. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Roland Seitre / Veterinarian Mar Carascos inspecting a young Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) being raised in nest box. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Roland Seitre / Veterinarian Mar Carascos inspecting a young Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) being raised in nest box. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Roland Seitre / Vet and police with boxes of raised Yellow-shouldered Amazons (Amazona barbadensis), part of a conservation project on the island. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Colin Seddon / Young hand raised House mouse (Mus musculus) on persons hand before release, Scotland

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Southern ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus) with head raised, Florida, USA, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck in alert posture with tail raised, western Montana

Brent Stephenson / Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) lying on sea ice with head raised. Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January.

Brent Stephenson / Adult White-capped Albatross (Thalassarche steadi) sitting on the water with wings raised showing the characteristic underwing pattern. Off Stewart Island, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Two New Zealand Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) feed with wings raised, surrounded by Northern Giant Petrels (Macronectes halli) and Cape petrels (Daption capense australe). Off Kaikoura, Canterbury...

Brent Stephenson / Male Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched on a branch, displaying with white eartufts raised and tail cocked. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) perched displaying with white eartufts raised and tail partly cocked. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Mike Read / Northern / Hall's giant petrel (Macronectes halli) on the sea with wings raised, New Zealand

Mark Raycroft / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck fleeing with tail raised, North America

Mark Raycroft / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck in defensive posture with tail raised, North America

Mark Raycroft / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck fleeing with tail raised, North America

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) female with wings partially raised in the air, in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult female Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) displaying with wings raised, in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) female with wings raised in the air, in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult female Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) displaying with wings raised, in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult female Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) displaying with wings raised, in hill fog in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult female Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) displaying with wings raised, in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult female Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) displaying with wings raised, in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Harp seal (Phoca groenlandicus) pup on sea ice, rolled onto its back with flipper raised in the air, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, March 2012

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Harp seal (Phoca groenlandicus) pup on sea ice, with raised flipper Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, March 2012

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Mother and daughter on raised wooden walkway on family visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Mother and daughter on raised wooden walkway on family visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Anup Shah / Caracal (Caracal caracal) kitten, six months, portrait with one year raised and one ear drooping, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Family walking along raised walkway on visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Family walking along raised walkway on visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Family on raised wooden walkway on visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Family on raised wooden walkway on visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Charlie Summers / Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) cock, portrait with pinnate feathers raised, eyebrows gourged and neck sack extended, Colorado, USA

Christophe Courteau / Whale headed / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) with wings raised in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda / Bec en sabot, Lac Victoria, Ouganda

Doug Allan / Man standing beside raised footprints in the snow, caused when the wind blows away the lose snow leaving the compacted snow, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, September, Freeze Frame boo...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious cub sits up on its hind legs, paws raised, and tries to balance itself, along Bernard Spit in autumn, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, Oct...

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) with raised head, captive, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Sandesh Kadur / Asian cobra (Naja naja) with hood raised, Western Ghats, Sahyadri, Maharashtra, India

Sandesh Kadur / Big eyed mountain keelback / False cobra snake (Psuedoxenodon macrops) with head raised, Ziro valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Ernie Janes / Female Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) striding over grassland with tail feathers raised, UK

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Portrait of a Hoopoe (Upupa epops) with crest raised. Wigierski National Park, Poland, June.

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) with wings raised. Vistula River, Mazovia, Poland, June.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Juvenile Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus), 'Elle' released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, walking with wings raised after chasing another bird through Barley stubble...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) three 18 month juveniles, 'Bart', 'Christine' and 'Michael', released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, calling in Barley stubble fiel...

Nick Upton / Common Cockchafer / May bug (Melolontha melolontha) with antennae raised preparing to take off from Honeysuckle leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Raised beaches and cliffs of Kongsfjordneset close to Ny Alesund. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 2006.

Brent Stephenson / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) walking over sea ice, with front paw raised. Kong Karls Land, Svalbard, July.

Brent Stephenson / New Zealand Storm Petrel (Pealeornis / Oceanites maoriana) feeding whilst 'walking' on water with wings raised. Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, January.

Brent Stephenson / Hatchling Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) on sand making its way to the sea. Captive raised hatchling released into the wild. Mazatlan, Mexico, September.

Brent Stephenson / Hatchling Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) on sand making its way to the sea. Captive raised hatchling released into the wild. Mazatlan, Mexico, September.

Brent Stephenson / Hatchling Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) on sand making its way to the sea. Captive raised hatchling released into the wild. Mazatlan, Mexico, September.

Pete Oxford / Yellow-spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) nests being dug up to be relocated. All nests laid on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. After hatching, young...

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman with her pet White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth). They would have hunted the mother for meat and raised the baby as their pet. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park,...

Pete Oxford / Yellow-spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) nests being dug up to be relocated. All nests laid on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. After hatching, young...

Pete Oxford / Yellow-spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) nests being dug up to be relocated. All nests laid on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. After hatching, young...

Pete Oxford / Yellow-spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) nests being dug up to be relocated. All nests laid on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. After hatching, young...

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman with her pet White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth). They would have hunted the mother for meat and raised the baby as their pet. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park,...

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman with her pet White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth). They would have hunted the mother for meat and raised the baby as their pet. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park,...

Rod Williams / Crested Guan (Penelope purpurescens) with crest raised. Captive, occurs Southern Mexico to Venezuela, Ecuador

Diane McAllister / Black necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) standing with one leg raised near its nest site in Carson Lake Wetlands. Fallon, Nevada, USA, July

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) nest on raised domes where snow has thawed. Baily Head, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, November 2009.

Juergen Freund / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming over a reef with flippers raised. Banda Neira, Moluccas, Indonesia, December 2009.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, 5 months, standing up with raised paw.

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled in a figure-of-eight on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Mark Taylor / Birman-cross cat with one paw raised, claws extended.

Brent Stephenson / Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) feeding on fish offal on the sea with wings raised. The Pyramid, Chatham Islands, New Zealand, December.

Brent Stephenson / White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina) pulling prey from the sea whilst "water skipping" - walking on water with wings raised. Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, February.

Brent Stephenson / Immature Black-fronted Tern (Childonias albostriatus) with wings raised. Manawatu Estuary, Manawatu, New Zealand, March.

Brent Stephenson / Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) perched on raised coral. Fulaga, Southern Lau Group, Fiji, November.

JEFF FOOTT / Brain coral bleached by raised water temperature, Dry Tortugas NP, Florida, USA

Tony Phelps / Fat-tailed Scorpion (Parabuthus planicauda) with tail raised. De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup resting on sandbank during sandstorm with tail flippers raised in the air, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, October

Florian Möllers / Male Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) "Zefa" with raised hair after threat display. Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa. December

Edwin Giesbers / Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) in profile with raised crest feathers. The Netherlands, June.

Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) with paw raised on rocks on coast, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, July

Andy Sands / Devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens), with tail raised in defence posture. Captive, UK, August.

Pete Oxford / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with raised flipper, West Falklands, Falkland Islands

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair nesting on raised platform provided for storks. Schorfheide-chorin Biosphere reserve, Brandenburg, Germany, May.

Philippe Clement / The Glenfinnan Monument on the shores of Loch Shiel, erected in 1815 at the site where Prince Charles Edward Stuart / Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard at the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Ri...