David Pattyn / Puffin (Fratercula arctica )through soft focus vegetation. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

David Pattyn / Flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima) photographed on Great Saltee with a view of the island behind. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

Edwin Giesbers / Female Jaguar (Panthera onca), captive, occurs in Southern and Central America.

Fabrice Cahez / Wild cat (Felis silvestris) in undergrowth, Vosges, France, August

Erlend Haarberg / Autumn in the birch forest at Hraunfossar. Iceland.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) in flight. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February.

Sandra Bartocha / European white birch / Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) and Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Reicherskreuzer Heide, Schlaubetal, Germany, August

Sandra Bartocha / Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flowers impression in field, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg Western Pommerania, Germany

Sandra Bartocha / Forest view of trunks of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Downy European white birch (Betula pubescens) and European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, Muritz National Park, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) in flower amongst flowering Rapeseed (Brassica napus) crop, Muritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, June

Sandra Bartocha / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in field with cowslips in flower Brandenburger Vorstadt, Potsdam, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Mixed woodland in spring, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April