Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Large male Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) standing in shallow waters of the Kronotsky lagoon, away from biting insects. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, July.

Gavin Hellier / Seaside cafe at Little Venice, Mykonos (Hora), Cyclades Islands, Greece, 2010

David Pattyn / Stormy coastal landscape with heavy rainfall approaching the coast in very windy conditions with cacti at the edge of the beach, Marao peninsula, Bahia, Brazil, August 2010

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) pair displaying, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Inaki Relanzon / Rocks at water edge with reflection and Water crowfoot (Ranunculus peltatus) flowering, National Park Los Barruecos, Malpartida de Caceres, Spain, March 2011

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) crossing water to reach breeding site, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Sven Zacek / Waves washing up a beach on the Baltic coast of Estonia under sunset lit clouds. Europe, August 2011.

Ernie Janes / Gulls on the beach at sunset, The Wash, Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK, September 2011

Graham Eaton / Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchling crossing a beach to get to the sea. Cayenne, French Guiana, July.

Ernie Janes / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) standing behind fisherman on Fort Myers beach, Florida, USA

Inaki Relanzon / Woman and girl fishing on the beach. Morondava, Madagascar, Africa.

Matthew Maran / Surfer Benj Yougson at Long Beach. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released