Colin Varndell / Harvest mouse (Micromus minutus) climbing between ripe Wheat, Dorset, UK, July.

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Musteika Village, Lithuania, May.

Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) viewed from below, off the coast of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, February.

Dong Lei / Black lipped pika (Ochotona curzoniae ) outside of nest hole, Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. August 2010.

Paul Williams / Spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) returning to sleep in fig tree after a night hunting, Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Terry Whittaker / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding at edge of water, Kent, UK, December.

Marie Read / Flock of White ibis (Eudocimus albus) in breeding plumage, at rookery on water's edge of the mangrove-covered island, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, March

Jane Burton / Blue and white Burmese-cross kitten rubbing against sooty-fawn dwarf Rex rabbit.

Ben Cranke / Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on tree branch, Finland. February.

Mark Taylor / Bengal cat standing on a fallen tree.

Alex Mustard / Eyes of Margined sole fish (Brachirus heterolapis) on its camouflaged body. Saonek Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean. Dampier Strait.

Bence Mate / Greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) and House sparrows (Passer domesticus) blurred long exposure photograph, Hungary, February.