Cyril Ruoso / Great tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) displaying on telephone wire, South Texas, USA, April.

Gabriel Rojo / Fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) sitting on wire fence in front of Domestic cow, La Pampa, Argentina

Andres M. Dominguez / Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra) singing, Prado del rey, Cadiz, Spain, March.

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris) puppy

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris) female

Niall Benvie / Plantation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) saplings, surrounded by wire, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March.

Niall Benvie / Plantation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) saplings, surrounded by wire, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March.

Niall Benvie / Plantation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) saplings, surrounded by wire, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March.

Loic Poidevin / Sand martins (Riparia riparia) group of three on barbed wire, Vendee, France, July

Loic Poidevin / Sand martins (Riparia riparia) group of six on barbed wire, Vendee, France, July

Franco Banfi / Cables connecting current from the power supply on the beach to the structure of bio-rock, a method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms. Karang Lestari Pemuteran project, Desa Pemu...

Ben Hall / European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on rusty barbed wire, Cheshire, UK, June.

Paul Hobson / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing on wire fence, Sheffield, England, UK, April.

Gerrit Vyn / Vermillion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) male, Yucutan, Mexico. February.

Gerrit Vyn / Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) hunting from a fence post, Cameron Parrish, Louisiana, USA, December.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) dead after getting trapped on barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category...

Martin Willis / Fairy Martin (Hirundo ariel) trio perching on barbed wire, Woodstock, Queensland, Australia

Suzi Eszterhas / Wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithi) on ground, Satpura National Park, India.

Charlie Summers / Rocky mountain bighorn ewe (Ovis canadensis) jumping a barbed wire fence. Montana, USA.

Roger Powell / Scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) female at rest on its hunting perch, on a strand of barbed wire .Baragem do Caia, Santa Eulalia, Elvas, Portugal. May.

Adrian Davies / Military orchid (Orchis militaris) flower, protected by wire cage, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, May.

Adrian Davies / Military orchid (Orchis militaris) flower, protected by wire cage, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, May.

Dong Lei / Eurasian cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) with caterpillar prey, on barbed wire fence, Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.

MYN / Tim Hunt / Garden click beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis) resting on a grass stem, Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, UK, May.

Loic Poidevin / European roller (Coracias garrulus) regurgitating pellet perched on barbed wire fence, Alentero, Spain, April.

Anup Shah / Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) walking along electric cables . Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand. March 2015.

Juergen Freund / Crested pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes) perched on snag, Northern Territory, Australia.

Cyril Ruoso / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) adult male perched on wire, Picardy, France, June.

Cyril Ruoso / House martin (Delichon urbicum) perched on wire, France. rance

Cyril Ruoso / Flock of Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) perched on power lines during migration, France. September.

Cyril Ruoso / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) fledgling perched on wire, Picardy, France.

Cyril Ruoso / Adult male Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) perched on a wire, Picardy, France, June.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) at pre-roost gathering on telegraph wire, Buckenham, Norfolk, England, UK, January

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) at pre-roost gathering on overhead wire, Buckenham, Norfolk, England, UK, January

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana) male perched, during migration, Oman, April.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male perched during migration, Oman, April.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana) male perched, during migration, Oman, April.

Nick Garbutt / Juvenile Colombian Red-tailed Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor constrictor) moving along a barbed wire fence. Unamas Reserve and Ranch, Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Nick Garbutt / Juvenile Colombian Red-tailed Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor constrictor) moving along a barbed wire fence. Unamas Reserve and Ranch, Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Nick Garbutt / Juvenile Colombian Red-tailed Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor constrictor) moving along a barbed wire fence. Unamas Reserve and Ranch, Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Sign showing man being chased by Ostrich (Struthio camelus) on wire fence, Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Vineyard with wire and wooden frame, Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Vineyard with wire and wooden frame, Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Vineyard, with vines trained on trellising wires, Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Sign showing man being chased by Ostrich (Struthio camelus) on wire fence, Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Mark Raycroft / Wire-haired Fox Terrier (Canis familiaris)

Mark Raycroft / Wire-haired Fox Terrier (Canis familiaris)

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Smooth Dachshund and Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris) pair in snow

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Wire-Haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris), young male and female

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Wire-Haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris), young male and female

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris), young male in snow

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris) young male in snow

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Wire Haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris) puppies

Markus Varesvuo / Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) large group resting on telephone cables, Helsinki, Finland, September

Nick Upton / Clare Stalford of the Wildwood Trust removing wire mesh from the entrance hole of a nest box containing a pair of Hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius), held by Ian White, Dormouse officer for the...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow-collared Macaws (Primolius auricollis) perched on wire fence, Cerrado, Caceres, Mato Grosso, Western Brazil

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Illegally set neck snare, Kibale National Park, western Uganda

Angelo Gandolfi / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) female perched above waterfall pool, Parana state, Brazil.

David Tipling / Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) gathering prior to roosting, Buckenham, Norfolk, February.

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian tree sparrows (Passer montanus) perched on barbed wire, Vosges, France, March.

David Tipling / Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) gathering prior to roosting, Buckenham, Norfolk, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo / Cecropis daurica) perched on barbed wire fencing, Israel, March

Markus Varesvuo / Dead Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) hanging from barbed wire fence, Spain

Markus Varesvuo / Dead Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) hanging from barbed wire, Spain

Markus Varesvuo / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched on wire, Israel, May

Markus Varesvuo / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched on wire, Israel, May

Markus Varesvuo / Blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) perched on wire, Israel, May

Markus Varesvuo / Blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) perched on wire, Israel, May

Markus Varesvuo / Blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) perched on wire, Sultanate of Oman, March

Markus Varesvuo / Blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) perched on wire, Israel, May

Markus Varesvuo / Spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) juvenile perched on wire, Spain, September

Markus Varesvuo / Spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) juvenile perched on wire, Spain, September

Markus Varesvuo / Spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) juvenile perched on wire, Spain, September

Markus Varesvuo / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on wire, Finland, October

Markus Varesvuo / Nightingale {Luscinia / Erithacus megarhynchos} singing on barbed wire, Hungary.

Martin Gabriel / Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) in its nest, built amidst power and telephone cables, Costa Rica,

Dong Lei / Black-headed Greenfinches (Carduelis ambigua) perched on wires, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Jabruson Motion / THIS VIDEO CLIP WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE SOON. TO VIEW NOW, PLEASE CONTACT US. - Confiscated guns and wire snares in container, Bayanga, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic, J...

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Sergey Gorshkov / Man on snowmobile driving past building with barbed wire to protect from polar bears, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia.

Alex Mustard / Wire coral goby (Bryaninops youngei) on yellow wire coral (Cirripathes anguina) The Alternatives, Sha'ab Mahmood, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Wire coral goby (Bryaninops youngei) on Yellow wire coral (Cirripathes anguina) The Alternatives, Sha'ab Mahmood, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata) male tending bower with decorations of green fruit, white chalk and metal wire, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Michael Pitts / Caribbean Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii) adult with fishing hook in jaw and wire trace attached. Bahamas. Caribbean.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Long legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus) perched on wire, Oman, February

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Little owl (Athene noctua) pair on wire, Oman, September

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) on wire, Oman, January

Mike Wilkes / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) perched on barbed wire, Wawickshire, UK, Apil.

Pat Tuson / Cardboard boxes in wire trolley outside supermarket waiting to be collected for recycling, Highbury, London Borough of Islington, England, UK, August 2013.

David Tipling / Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) on wire, Salton Sea, California, USA, April.

Lou Coetzer / Wired-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) landing on plume of reeds, Chobe River, Botswana, April.

Fabrice Cahez / Flock of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) roosting on wires, Vosges, France, September.

Charlie Summers / Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) perched on a strand of barbed wire. Karval State Wildlife Area of Colorado, USA, May.

Donald M. Jones / Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) male and female on barbed wire, Montana

Jabruson / 'Blackback' Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) 'Ngobo' anaesthetised by veterinary team in order to remove wire snare from wrist. Mongambe, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic, June 20...