Mark MacEwen / Northern royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi), early pairing behaviour, Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand. Endangered.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) calling, Cuverville Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) jumping out of the sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Highly commended in the Single Species Portfolio of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

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 / 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

Gerrit Vyn / Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) male standing on snow covered ground, vocalising in spring courtship. Males retain the white body plumage of winter plumage and molt the head and neck feathers to th...

David Tipling / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} off Rausu, Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Staffan Widstrand / Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) head portrait, Hornoya Island, Varanger peninsula, Arctic Norway

Kevin Schafer / Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae) parent at nest cavity with chick, Zapata Peninsula, Cuba

Robert Thompson / Coumeenoole Bay Slea Headv with a view towards Dunmore Head, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. November 2013.

Mark Carwardine / Xantus's / Xantu's hummingbird (Basilinna xantusii - previously Hylocharis xantusii) male with pollen on head, Los Frailes, Baja California Sur, Mexico, September