Alex Mustard / Yellowtail tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) male and female turn belly to belly during spawning to ensure fertilization. Temple, Ras Umm Sid, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea. This action is very fast...

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) on the move, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January. Second place in the Mammals Category of the GDT European Nature Photographer of the Year...

Franco Banfi / School of Munk's devil ray, pygmy devil ray, (Mobula munkiana), feeding on plankton at night, photographed on a long exposure, Espiritu Santo Island, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacif...

Andy Rouse / Stonechat, (Saxicola rubicola) male shaking head, blurred motion. UK

Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) in flight in late evening light, Bosque Del Apache, New Mexico, USA. December

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) one moving its head - with blurred motion. Marana, Arizona, USA, November.

Konrad Wothe / Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light tracks in forest, Bavaria, Germany

Thomas Marent / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird bathing, Bogota, Colombia

Tim Fitzharris / Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) females feeding on flower nectar, Texas

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) group taking flight on snow, Hokkaido, Japan

Nick Garbutt / Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), male displaying at lek in tree. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru.

Guy Edwardes / Lulworth Cove on the Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2014.