Danny Green / 2020VISION / Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) two adults fighting in the surf, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, October. Photographer quote: "Sex and violence – grey seals are good at both! These two adolesce...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Sunset over Loch Laggan, Creag Meagaidh NNR, Highland, Scotland, UK, December 2010. Photographer quote: "I've got to admit I wasn't happy after a fruitless flat grey day in the hills. And then, as if...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Silhouette of Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) perched on rock against winter sun, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February. Photographer quote: 'At -20c and with fog rolling across the mountain...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in pine forest in snow blizzard, Alvie Estate, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March. Photographer quote: "At times I couldn't see this red deer stag such was th...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag half hidden behind tree trunk in pine forest, Alvie Estate, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February. Photographer quote: 'The forest is the real home of red de...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying in pine forest in snow, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, January. Photographer quote: 'The capercaillie is Britain's fastest declining bird and r...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / View up through canopy of Silver birches (Betula pendula) in winter, Insh Marshes, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, December. Photographer quote: "Fingers and toes might protest at -15c, but on...

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Adder (Vipera berus) coiled, basking on moss in the spring sunshine, Staffordshire, England, UK, April. Photographer quote: "OK so snakes are perhaps not as sexy as seals or foxes but I just can't get...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in late evening light, Fife, Scotland, UK, November. Photographer quote: 'The last rays of winter sunshine caught this mute swan as it emerged from a reedbed. The light was as...

Florian Möllers / Photographer Florian Mollers having breakfast beside a female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) nesting in window box of a 4th floor flat, Berlin, Germany, June. Model released

Solvin Zankl / Pair of Common european toads (Bufo bufo) with strings of toadspawn, in pond, Germany. Specially commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOY) 2013, Underwater Worlds Category.

Kevin Schafer / Four people lying on ground photographing Arctic / Scheuchzer's cotton grass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) Edgeoya (Edge Island) Svalbard, Norway 2010

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) expeling air and water from mouth through baleen plates after engulfing part of a baitball of Sardines (Clupeidae) with California sea lion (Tetreapturus au...

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) silverback beating chest and charging forward, Susa group, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda, HIGHLY COMMENDED, MAMMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2011 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE...

Andrew Parkinson / Great skua (Stercorarius skua) territorial adult flying directly toward the photographer in a display of aggression. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June. (non-ex)

Floris van Breugel / A colorful explosion of rocks embedded in three feet of permanent cave ice deep in a lava tube cave (illuminated with a flashlight in the utter darkness.) Lava Beds National Monument, Northern Califor...

Floris van Breugel / Twilight descends on photographer's mountain camp with light inside tent, in Oregons highest mountain forest on Drake Peak at 8,500 feet. Oregon, USA, January 2010.

Andrew Walmsley / Silhouette of adult Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) nesting in amber traffic light, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, May 2006. Highly commended in Urban and Garden Wildlife category for Wildlife Photographer...

Steven Kazlowski / Photographers photographing of a group of curious Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from motorboats along a barrier island during autumn freeze up, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife...

Billy Black / Distant figures with kayak on Sandy Island, near Carriacou Island, the Grenadines, Caribbean, January 2010.

Graham Eaton / Underneath the ice of Llyn Dinas lake, Snowdonia NP, Wales, December. Commended image in the LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR awards competition 2011

Graham Eaton / Common / Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) swarming in shallow water over kelp, Cardigan Bay, Wales, June. Highly commended in Coast and Marine category, British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards...

Orsolya Haarberg / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) snowed in in snow storm, Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, March, HIGHLY COMMENDED: Animals in their Environment, Wildlife Photographer of the Year...

Peter Cairns / Flooded birch and alder woodland in autumn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, November, RUNNER UP: In Praise of Plants category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2010

Tim Laman / Wild Western / Horsfield's tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) in the rainforest at night. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia, Endangered species. HIGHLY COMMENDED Gerald Durrell Award fo...

Russell Laman / Elk (Cervus canadensis) in a snowstorm. National Elk Refuge, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. HIGHLY COMMENDED: Ten years and under in the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2010

Laurent Geslin / European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) at night in urban park near l'Arc de Triomphe, with Champs Elyses in background, Paris, France. HIGHLY COMMENDED: Urban Wildlife category, Wildlife Photographe...

Fergus Gill / Male Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in winter plumage, camouflaged against snow, Cairngorm National Park, Scotland, UK. HIGHLY COMMENDED: Young Awards, 15-17 Years, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Sandesh Kadur / Boy proudly holding dying Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) that he has shot with a catapult, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, North East India. HIGHLY COMMENDED: One Earth Award - Wildlife Photogra...

Andrew Parkinson / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) rear view of bird hanging in air over steep cliffs, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. HIGHLY COMMENDED - Animals in their environment - Wildlife Photographer of the Year c...

Roy Mangersnes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) balancing on rye stem, Norway. HIGHLY COMMENDED: Animal Portraits - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Fergus Gill / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) feeding on Rowan berries (Sorbus hupehensis) in winter, Perthshire, Scotland. WINNER: Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Michel Roggo / Chub fish (Leuciscus cephalus) and Mute swan (Cygnus color) swimming over, Rhine river, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. RUNNER-UP - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010.

Bence Mate / Low angle view of grey heron feet (Ardea cinerea), leaping to attack gret white egret (Egretta alba), egret wings visible. Hungary. WINNER: Erik Hosking Award portfolio image 1/6 - Wildlife Photograph...

Bence Mate / Head portraits of King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) right, and Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) left. Santa Rita, Costa Rica. WINNER: Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 6/6 - Wildlife Photographer of t...

Bence Mate / Grass fire at night in Pantanal, Brazil. WINNER: Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 5/6 - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Bence Mate / Jacare / Yacare caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) with young armadillo prey ib its jaws. Pantanal, Brazil. WINNER: Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 3/6 - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Bence Mate / Two newly fledged burrowing owl chicks (Athene cunicularia) one being groomed by its mother (far left) Pantanal, Brazil. WINNER: Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 4/6 - Wildlife Photographer of the Y...

Sandra Bartocha / Gespensterwald (ghostly forest) - European Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) in snow, Nienhagen, Germany. RUNNER-UP: Creative Visions of Nature - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) stalking deer, Ranthambore NP, Rajasthan, India, Winner of the Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife at the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the...

Tim Laman / Self portrait of biologist / photographer, Tim Laman, climbing a rope into the rainforest canopy in Borneo. Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Head portrait of young male Borneo Pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) peering at the photographer through tall grass. Kinabatangan sanctuary, Borneo, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Young boy (model released) 9 years of age, photographing a wild orangutan in the rainforest in Borneo. July 2007

Nick Upton / Cleg fly / Horsefly (Haematopa pluvialis) sucking blood from photographer's arm, Wiltshire pastureland, UK, June.

Steven Kazlowski / Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curiously checks out the photographer, standing upright on hind legs, Svalbard, Norway

Neil Lucas / Camerman Doug Allan at frozen water surface of drilled ice hole, BBC film crew, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Uri Golman / Photographer Uri Golman on cross country skies in snow blizzard, Scoresbysund, North East Greenland, March 2009. Model released

Uri Golman / Portrait of photographer Uri Golman with Greenland husky sled dog, North East Greenland. March 2009. Model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Photographer, Vincent Munier, at campsite, Forollhogna National Park, Norway, September 2008. On location for Wild Wonders of Europe

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Photographer, Vincent Munier, walking over large rock, Forollhogna National Park, Norway, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstra / Male Great bustard (Otis tarda) caught in fence whilst displaying at a lek, La Serena, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009. Commended in THE WORLD IN OUR HANDS category, 2012 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE Y...

Wild Wonders of Europe/ Bartocha / Tongue orchid (Serapias lingua) Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 20. Highly commended in the WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2011 competition.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancar / Veliki Prstavci waterfalls close to Gradinsko lake at dawn, Upper Lakes, Plitvice Lakes NP, Croatia, October 2008. Highly commended in GDT European Nature Photographer of the Year competition 2010.

Doug Allan / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming below a whale watching boat, Sue Flood, photographer in boat, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, September 2006, Model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Photographer, Elio della Ferrera, holding camera sitting on fallen tree, in an oxbow of the Sava river flooded area, Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, on the Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina border, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Photographer Elio della Ferrera (on the left) and Andrija Vrdjolak looking at mine contamination area maps to plan the next days work, with the Dinara mountain range in the distance, Bastasi area, Nor...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Jensen / Photographer, Kai Jensen, on the coast near an iceberg, Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Bay, Greenland, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Photographer, Christian Ziegler, with a juvenile African chameleon (Chamaeleo africanus) on a stick, Southern The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Máté / White winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) in flight with a photographer, Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Photographer, Peter Lilja, in Spili, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Photographer, David Maitland, holding camera near Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Photographer, Laurent Geslin's bare feet in mud along the border of lake Belau Nature Reserve, Moldova, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / Photographer, Nuno S, on boat, Mull, Scotland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Photographer, Peter Lilja, Akamas Peninsula, Cyprus, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Photographer, Laurent Geslin, in lake with floating hide, Lake Belau, Moldova, June 2009. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Photographer, Ole Jrgen Liodden, lying on ground photographing in blizzard, Agardhbukta, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, March 2009 WWE BOOK, WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION, WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Photographer, Staffan Widstrand, Flatanger, Norway, June 2008 PRESS IMAGE.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geidemark / Photographer, Anders Geidemark, Albania, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Photographer, Mark Carwardine, standing in front of plane used for aerial photography for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Akureyri, Iceland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Stemless gentian (Gentiana clusii) flowers, an ant in one of them, Liechtenstein, June 2009. Highly Commended in the Creative Visions of Nature category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010.

Wild Wonders of Europe / D'Amicis / Photographer, Bruno D'Amicis, at work in a mountain valley, Western Tatras, Carpathian Mountains, Slovakia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / D'Amicis / Photographer, Bruno D'Amicis, walking on a ridge, Western Tatras, with Mount Krivn (2,495m) in the background, Western Tatras, Carpathian Mountains, Slovakia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, under umbrella photographing flowers in alpine meadow in the rain for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Liechtenstein, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, at work aat sunset for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Liechtenstein, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisic / Photographer, Milan Radisics, submerged and camouflaged, in water of Lake Skadar, Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro, May 2008, on location for Wild Wonders of Europe WWE BOOK PLATE. WWE OUTDOOR E...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Campbell / Laurie Campbell photographing Bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from scaffold tower for Wild Wonders of Europe project, Moray Firth, Nr Inverness, Scotland, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Campbell / Laurie Campbell photographing Bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from scaffold tower for Wild Wonders of Europe project, Moray Firth, Nr Inverness, Scotland, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Photographer, Ruben Smit, standing in water with camera, Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve, Serbia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Photographer, Ruben Smit, above the River Danube flowing through the Iron Gate Gorge, on the border between Romania and Serbia, Djerdap National Park, Serbia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / E. Haarberg / Photographer, Erlend Haarberg with camera equipment, in Bergslagen, Sweden, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford / Photographer, Pete Oxford, next to hide, Sierra de Andjar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jan Province, Andalusia, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Photographer, Konrad Wothe, looking out from behind a fallen tree, Rozok Primeval Forest, Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Slovakia, Europe, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Photographer, Konrad Wothe, taking photographs for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Slovakia, June 2008

David Shale / Cameraman and photographer David Shale photographing deep sea animals in tanks at sea on Seward Johnson cruise to the Gulf of Maine in 2005. Model released, no property release available.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Photographer, Vincent Munier, walking with rucksack through snow covered landscape with sun shining through storm sky, Forollhogna National Park, Norway. On location for Wild Wonders of Europe, Septem...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Photographer, Vincent Munier, sitting in small traditional cabin with a grass roof, at night, Forollhogna National Park, Norway, on location for Wild Wonders of Europe, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Photographer, Vincent Munier, sitting outside small traditional grass roof hut, Forollhogna National Park, Norway, on location for Wild Wonders of Europe, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Muñoz / Photographer, Juan Carlos Munoz, taking photographs of Red Kites (Milvus Milvus) from hide at feeding site, Gigrin Farm, Powys, Rhayader, Wales, UK, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstra / Shadow of photographer, Staffan Widstrand, carrying photography equipment, on rock, Sierra de Gredos, Spain, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Photographer Florian Mllers in a hide, Mohacs, Bda-Karapancsa, Duna Drava NP, Hungary, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Damschen / Photographer, Dieter Damschen, sitting by his hide, Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Lower Saxony, Germany, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Munier / Photographer, Vincent Munier, outside small hut with rucksacks in snow, Forollhogna National Park, Norway, on location for Wild Wonders of Europe, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Photographer Peter Cairns climbing ladder to photograph Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) in boreal forest, Northern Oulu, Finland, June 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Photographer, Magnus Lundgren, sitting in car boot wearing diving gear, Trondheimsfjorden, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Peltomä / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) feeding on fish thrown by fishermen, Lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece, February 2009 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION. WWE BOOK PLATE. PRESS IMAGE. HIGHLY COMMENDED - Wild...

Igor Shpilenok / Domestic cat (Felis catus) scaring away a red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Kronotsky Nature Reserve,m Kamchatka, Russia. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Urban and Garden Wildlife...