Theo Bosboom / Blue hour before sunrise over the dunes of Seilebost beach, Isle of Harris, Hebrides, Scotland. February 2018.

Theo Bosboom / Eyelash shaped tufts of grass in snow on beach, Saudarkrokur, Iceland. March. Winner of the Plants category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2017.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View across Sound of Taransay to North Harris hills in stormy weather , West Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, September 2014.

Tui De Roy / Little blue / fairy penguin (Eudyptula minor) walking on pathway to nesting burrows, Neck Game Reserve, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, December.

Ernie Janes / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup resting on sand dune, Norfolk Beach, UK January

Kirkendall-Spring / Coquille River Lighthouse at Bullards Beach NP, Bandon, Oregon, USA

Konrad Wothe / Dunes at the beach, Spiekeroog Island, East Frisian Islands, Wittbulten National Park. Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site, Germany, June.

Mark Carwardine / New Zealand sea lion / Hooker's sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) with tourists on beach, South Island, New Zealand, November, endangered species

Ernie Janes / Sunset on Holkham Beach with a dusting of snow, Norfolk, England, UK, January 2010.

Pascal Tordeux / Fence disappearing into sand dune with grasses growing on it, Berck, Pas De Calais, France, September 2015.

Roland Seitre / Yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) with infant. Ukunda, Diani Beach, Mombasa, Kenya.

Ross Hoddinott / Marram grass and sand dunes at Embleton Bay looking toward Dunstanburgh Castle, Embleton, Northumberland, UK. March 2014.