Andrew Parkinson / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) adult killing and plucking feathers from collared dove. Derbyshire, UK, November. British Wildlife Photographer of the Year (BWPA) competition 2012, 'Animal Behaviour' ca...

Andrew Parkinson / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) adult with feather of collared dove in beak, after making kill. Derbyshire, UK, November. (Non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Redwing (Turdus iliacus) protecting a windfall apple from another bird. Derbyshire, UK, February. (Non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Redwings (Turdus iliacus) squabbling over an apple in snow. Derbyshire, UK, February. British Wildlife Photographer of the Year (BWPA) competition 2012, 'Animal Behaviour' category. (Non-ex) Winner of...

Andrew Parkinson / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in meadow of buttercups. Derbyshire, UK, June. British Wildlife Photographer of the Year (BWPA) competition 2012, 'Outdoor Photography editor's choice' category. (Non-ex)

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) beneath waterfall. Ambleside, Lake District, UK, November. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012. Did you know? I...

Ben Hall / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in snowfall. Martin Mere Wetlands Trust, Lancashire,UK, January. 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photographer Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Paul Hobson / Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flocking above urban streetlights at dusk. Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, March. 'Urban Wildlife' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 20...

Paul Hobson / Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) male grasping stem with eyes and head in sharp focus. Sheffield, UK, May. 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Andy Sands / Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) drinking at water's surface from floating leaf. Captive, UK. 'Hidden Britain' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Mark Hamblin / Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) adult in flight over misty loch at dawn. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA)...

Mark Hamblin / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) beside drainage ditch at sunrise, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. Highly commended, 'Habitat' series category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition...

Graham Eaton / Common / Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) seen from below. Cardigan Bay, Wales, June. Highly commended, marine category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) juvenile in pine tree in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, July. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Pho...

Sue Daly / Red sea star (Echinaster sepositus) and bryozoans fauna. Channel Islands, UK July. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) in winter pelage, running across snow. Scotland. January 2010. Highly commended, 'Animal Behaviour' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Young Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) exploring an underwater cave, Lundy Island, Devon, UK, English Channel, June. Winner, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 20...

Ben Hall / Curlews (Numenius arquata) group flying over the sea during storm. Wales, UK December. Highly commended, 'Habitat' division, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on a rock, posing for a tourist holding a camera, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, July 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Although the largest colonies of pu...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Research scientists fitting satellite transmitter to Hen harrier chick (Circus cyaneus) for tracking movements after fledging. Glen Tanar Estate, Grampian, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Winner, documentary...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) adult female on rock taking food as part of supplementary feeding programme on Glen Tanar Estate, Grampian, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Winner, documentary series category,...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) adult female in flight approaching nest with food for chicks, Glen Tanar Estate, Grampian, Scotland, UK, June. Winner, documentary series category, British Wildlife Photog...

Andy Sands / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched with ringlet butterfly in bill. West Sussex, England, July. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) com...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), close up portrait. Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK, June. Highly commended, 'Hidden Britain' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) comp...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Banded Demoiselle Damselfly (Calopteryx spendens) on grass stem, backlit in morning light Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK, May. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition. 2020VISION Boo...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) two on water during snow storm, Loch Insh, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March 2011. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (...

Nick Upton / Aerial view of a dense flock of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) resting on a sandbank at Scroby Sands along with a mixed species flock of gulls including Greater black-backed gulls (Larus marin...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at woodland pool, feeding on nut, Scotland, UK, November. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Pete Cairns / Scottish wildcat (Felis sylvestris) climbing fallen tree in pine forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. Highly commended, Documentary series category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWP...