Tui De Roy / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi) group wallowing in mud at night, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ron Bielefeld/ BIA / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flying, Florida

Thomas Krumenacker/ BIA / Common Crane (Grus grus) flock at sunrise, Brandenburg, Germany

Tim Fitzharris / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock in pond at sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Bay of Laig, Isle of Eigg towards Isle of Rum, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, April 2014.

Anup Shah / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd during storm, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd during storm, Masai Mara, Kenya

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Mountains reflected in lake at sunset, Lake Matheson, Mount Tasman and Mount Cook, Westland National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Matthias Breiter / Sun setting behind mountains, Lynn Canal, Juneau, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Peaks rising above fog, Neva Strait, Sitka, Alaska

Brent Stephenson / Sunset off Scott Island, with floating pieces of sea ice, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, August 2015.

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Clouds and mountains reflected in lake, Lake Matheson, Mount Tasman and Mount Cook, Westland National Park, New Zealand