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.

Ernie Janes / Cley Beach with retreating wave patterns, after sunset, Norfolk, UK January

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) heading out to sea, crossing tidal surf to feed in the open seas, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight at dusk, Peak District NP, UK, March 2011. Did you know? Curlews spend their winters on estuaries and tidal flats, but move inland to fens, moors, bogs and heathlan...

Ernie Janes / Coastline with pier and groynes from Overstrand to Cromer with storm clouds overhead, Norfolk, UK, July 201

Kerstin Hinze / Aerial view of Westerhever Sand lighthouse and saltmarshes, Wadden Sea, Eiderstedt, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, June 2010

Anup Shah / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) male walking across the mudflats of a mangrove swamp revealed at low tide with the sea in the background, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, March

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) taking off from tidal pool, Snettisham RSPB reserve, Norfolk, UK, March. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The black-tailed godwit's bill...

Orsolya Haarberg / Coastal landscape at Dyrholaey, Iceland, April 2010

Robert Thompson / Aerial view of Black Strand beach, Malin Head, looking towards Trawbreaga Bay, Malin Head, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, September 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters watching Huskies (Canis familiaris) making their way to shore across new tidal ice. Savissivik, Northwest Greenland, 1991.

Claudio Contreras / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) colony on beach, with juvenile / weaner in the surf, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January