Doug Perrine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lone female playing, blowing bubble stream, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Andy Rouse / Great egret (Ardea alba) flying across lake, Ranthambhore National Park, India

Danny Green / Japanese cranes (Grus japonensis) displaying in snow, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, near Campbell Islands, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand. February.

Markus Varesvuo / Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica) on water, Finland, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) in flight, Foglo, Ahvenanmaa / Aland Islands, Finland, July.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna Paradisaea) flying, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub aged about one year running. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) flying, with black background, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Denis-Huot / Three Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) silhouetted in front of geyser, Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Kenya.

Ben Cranke / European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) taking off, Norway, May.

Markus Varesvuo / Rock Martin (ptyonoprogne fuligula)in flight, Israel