Ben Hall / Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) alighting on water at dawn, Cheshire, UK, November. Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.

Nature Production / Japanese firefly (Luciola cruciata) on leaf at night, with light trails of hundreds of other fireflies in flight in the background, Japan

Alex Mustard / Scenic view of a bull kelp forest (Nereocystis luetkeana) with sunlight shining through the fronds. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Yellow moray eel (Gymnothorax prasinus) - endemic to SE Australia. Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) in front of reeds in a river. Rainbow River, Florida, United States of America.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A view down Nikulasargj Canyon, deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011. In this photo t...

Andy Rouse / Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) under setting sun Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Jouan Rius / Sandstone cliff at sunset, Colorado Plateau, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah, USA November 2012

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Recreational fishing in a sea kayak for West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii). Hoop net or trap is lowered onto the sea floor or kelp bed with a pouch of bait (sardines or pilchards) attached. Kom...

Franco Banfi / Fish farm net of sea cage with thousands of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Abstract reflections of reed and clouds in the water, Texel, the Netherlands, April

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) hunting at night, Hino-river, Tottori-ken, Japan, March