Richard Du Toit / Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) on Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii), Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Male Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) on beach, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? When Plovers sense danger a parent bird will pretend to have a broken wing to distract predators.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) on bird feeder with man in background watching through house window with binoculars, Poynton, Cheshire, England, UK, May. Property released.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) on bird feeder with man watching in background, Poynton, Cheshire, England, UK, May. Property released.

Tim Fitzharris / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) flock flying, Lake Magadi, Kenya

Tim Fitzharris / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock taking flight, Lake Bogoria, Kenya

Tim Fitzharris / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) flock flying, Lake Magadi, Kenya

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Corn buntings (Emberiza calandra) feeding on bird conservation crop, Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, England, UK, December.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight. Ordesa National Park, Spanish Pyrenees, April.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bearded Vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) juvenile (left) and adult fighting in flight. Simien National Park, Ethiopia, Africa.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) chasing Thick-billed Raven (Corvus crassirostris) in flight. Simien National Park, Ethiopia, Africa.

Markus Varesvuo / Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)Kuusamo Finland February 2012

Ingo Arndt / Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Uganda

Markus Varesvuo / Great Bustards (Otis tarda) males, Spain, April . Fascinating birds bookplate.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Tasmanian Native hen (Gallinula mortierii) endemic bird of Tasmania. Bruny Island, Tasmania.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying after a swim in the pool. Its feathers are still coated in oil and once the bird is strong enough it will be washed. Southern African Foundation for the Conservatio...

Tui De Roy / Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) male guarding single chick. Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Tui De Roy / Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) male taking flight at dusk. Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) in low flight ovehead. Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, December.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Great frigate birds (Fregata minor) sitting in tree, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Andrew Parkinson / Redwing (Turdus iliacus) protecting a windfall apple from another bird. Derbyshire, UK, February. (Non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Redwings (Turdus iliacus) squabbling over an apple in snow. Derbyshire, UK, February. British Wildlife Photographer of the Year (BWPA) competition 2012, 'Animal Behaviour' category. (Non-ex) Winner of...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Boy birdwatching at Ormesby Little Broad, Trinity Broads, Norfolk Broads, Norfolk, UK, April 2012

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Corn buntings (Emberiza calandra) feeding on bird conservation crop. Wallasea Wild Coast Project, Essex.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Eider (Somateria mollissima) male in flight in evening light, Aberdeenshire , Scotland, UK

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Bittern Botaurus stellaris Slimbridge winter

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) silhouetted as its feeds at sunrise, Brownsea Island, Dorset, winter.

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Golden plover Pluvialis apricaria Profile of an adult on open moorland. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK Photographer.Andrew Parkinson

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Snow Butning (Plectrophenax nivalis) Searching for food in a snow storm. Cairngorms National Park

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) Perching on a snow covered branch. Perthshire, Scotland.

Daniel Heuclin / Hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) perched in tree, poisonous bird, Papua-New-Guinea.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Sign for a birdwatching hide, with a birdwatcher walking towards it in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Birdwatcher standing by a bench scanning for a visiting Osprey, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Birdwatcher sitting on a bench scanning for a visiting Osprey, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Model released.

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male displaying for female on vine lek, Malanda, Queensland, Australia

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) feeding on grazing marshes, with one bird wing stretching, Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, December

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) on a bare field, Norfolk, England, UK, April. Did you know? Partridges have the largest number of eggs in a clutch of any bird species, the highest number recorded being...

Laurie Campbell / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) falconer's bird perched in scots pine (controlled) Southern Scotland, February

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Sanderling (Calidris alba) in winter plumage feeding on tideline, The Wash, Norfolk, March. Did you know? The Sanderling is the only British wading bird that has no back toe; this gives it a distincti...

Donald M. Jones / Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) male in nest cavity, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Loon (Gavia immer) stretching wings, Troy, Montana

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Tourist watching a Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, July 2011. Did you know? When flying a Puffin can flap its wings 400 times a minute.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on a rock, posing for a tourist holding a camera, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, July 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Although the largest colonies of pu...

Uri Golman / Asiatic lion cub (Panthera leo persica) looking up into tree, possibly at a bird, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India

Chien Lee / Standardwing (Semioptera wallacii) male displaying at lek, Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Steve Gettle / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male flying, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) sky pointing during courtship dance, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Sequence 1 of 3

Tui De Roy / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) pair in territorial display while two other feed, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), Prydz Bay, eastern Antarctica

Steve Gettle / Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) male swimming, Lapeer State Game Area, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) male flying, Island Lake Recreation Area, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) male in breeding plumage, Lapeer State Game Area, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) male in breeding plumage, Lapeer State Game Area, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) male flying, Lapeer State Game Area, Michigan

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Fairy Duster (Calliandra sp) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) on heather moorland showing habitat, Peak District National Park, UK, September. Did you know? Red grouse thrive on managed moorlands the UK has at least 155,000...

Andy Rouse / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) young male 'Einion' in flight. The bird is wearing a radio tracker. Dyfi Estuary, Wales, August. It is the first time ospreys have bred at this location for 400 years.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Boy bird watching on family visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Robin Chittenden / Garmin being used to follow transect during bird survey work, Kelburn North Ayrshire Scotland UK June 2010

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) male displaying, red throat pouch inflated. Galapagos

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)displaying in flight, red pouch inflated. Galapagos

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) chick at its nest site, defiant as it is approached by a licenced bird ringer, Sculthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk, UK, July 2010

Andrew Parkinson / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult stretching its wings and neck in dawn sunlight. Derbyshire, UK, March.

Tim Laman / Berlepschi's Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia berlepschi) male on the perch at his display court. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Pro...

Sandesh Kadur / Indian / Asian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) approaching, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Birdwatchers in foreground with Kemsley Paper Mill in background, Kent, UK, March 2011

Steve Gettle / Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) male, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male displaying at lek, Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) male at lek, Creag Megaidh NNR, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April

Klaus Echle / Little Owl (Athene noctua) young bird peering through boughs. Black Forest, Germany, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) pouncing in flight with claws brandished. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Swarm of Greenfly (winged aphids), Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April. Photographer quote: 'It's quite difficult to take photographs with greenfly in your eyes, nose and ears!' Did you know? Although s...

Richard Du Toit / Long-tailed Widow (Euplectes progne) male in breeding plumage, South Africa

Fabrice Cahez / Two Black Kites (Milvus migrans) in flight. Vosges, France, April.

Pete Oxford / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), the only species of bird to have a bill longer than the rest of its body, approaching a flower. Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Silhouette of a Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), the only species of bird to have a bill longer than the rest of its body. Yanacocha Reserve cloud forest, Ecuador.

Markus Varesvuo / Portrait of a Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) juvenile with spread wings. Spain, November. Magic Moments book plate, page 148-149.

Juergen Freund / Young West Papuan boys carrying a catch of fresh fish to the kitchen. Batu Rumah, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group returning from the sea, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands

Inaki Relanzon / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight against snowy mountains. Ordesa National Park, Aragon, Spain, November 2010.

Andy Rouse / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) walking through a river with caught salmon against a mountainous landscape as two gulls fly past. Katmai, Alaska, USA, August.

Donald M. Jones / Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis), North America

Donald M. Jones / Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) perching on pine cones, North America

Donald M. Jones / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), northwestern Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), northwestern Montana. Sequence 1 of 2

Donald M. Jones / Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) woodpecker male foraging, western Montana

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby swimming in the sea near the beach. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby speeding towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Portrait of newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) baby hatchlings coming out of their nest. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) female laying her clutch of eggs. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009