Guy Edwardes / Path towards the coastguard cottages and the Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs. Seaford Head Nature Reserve, East Sussex, UK, May 2009. *NOT AVAILABLE FOR BOOK COVER USE IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND U...

Heather Angel / Man using pole to propel bamboo raft on Lijang / Li River, Karst peaks beyond. At dawn, Lijiang River Scenic Zone, Yangshuo county, Guangxi, China.

David Woodfall / Sunrise over offshore wind turbine farm, Essex, England, UK, December.

Marie Read / Common loons (Gavia immer), two adults and chick swimming on a misty lake in early morning, Michigan, USA. June.

Eric Baccega / Chimpanzee female (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) sleeping in a nest built in a tree, Kibale National Park, Uganda, January.

Eric Baccega / Chimpanzee male (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) sleeping on the forest floor with feet up, Kibale National Park, Uganda. January.

Sven Zacek / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying over frost and snow covered forest. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. January 2011.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in early morning light on Lake Elizabeth, Great Otway National Park, near Forrest, Victoria, Australia, July 2017.

Jack Dykinga / Sunrise on Kruger Peak, reflected in Lago O'Higgins with flowering asters emerging from water. Los Mellisos, Cordon Peineta, Aysén Province, Chile.

Guy Edwardes / Calm sea with St Mary's Lighthouse in distance, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, February 2008.

Ashley Cooper / Needle ice on Holly leaves (Ilex europaeus) in a woodland in Ambleside Cumbria UK. December 2008

Guy Edwardes / Man O' War Cove, St Oswald's Bay, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2013.

Guy Edwardes / Durdle Door by moonlight, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over the Marshwood Vale, West Dorset from Quar Hill, Chideock, Dorset, England, UK. May 2013.

Guy Edwardes / Sunset at Kimmeridge Bay, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Lobster pots at edge of Loch Duich, Eilean Donan Castle in background. Highlands, Scotland, UK. January 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Boat in Loch Duich with Eilean Donan Castle in background, Highlands, Scotland, UK. July 2012.

Guy Edwardes / Old Swanage Pier, Swanage, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. December 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Rannoch Moor and the Black Mount, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. March 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Gaada Stack, Foula, Shetland, Scotland, UK. August, 2014.

Alex Mustard / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) pair circling each other above coral reef. Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Kirkendall-Spring Photographers / Vicky Spring next to a small tarn, Lyman Lakes Basin, Glacier Peak Wilderness, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, USA, September 2014. Model released.

John Waters / Wide-angle shot of wetland landscape at sunset, with Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) flying to roost, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, February.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial shot of mist over a mountain lake, Golsfjellet, Buskerund, Norway, October 2017.

Ross Hoddinott / Buachaille Etive Beag reflected in Lochan na Fola after snowfall, early morning light, Glencoe, Scotland, UK. March 2017.

Frederique Olivier / Two Blackchin dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) surfacing in a fjord, Patagonia, Chile.

Frederique Olivier / View of icebergs and pack ice at sunset, seen from a moving boat, Antarctica.

Frederique Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) tobogganing on an iceberg at sunset and diving from the edge, seen from a moving boat, Antarctica.

Frederique Olivier / Group of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) walking away from the camera on sea ice at sunset, with one solitary penguin in the foreground, Antarctica.

Frederique Olivier / Group of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) running and gathered on sea ice, Antarctica.

Ingo Arndt / American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) swimming in open ocean, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / View from Margaret Knoll lookout of sunset and rain clouds over the Indian Ocean and the east coast of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, December 2009.

Francois Savigny / Evening light on sand dunes, Sossusvlei NP, Botswana, Southern Africa

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Pines, Schweingartensee, Serrahn, Muritz-National Park, World Natural Heritage site, Germany, Europe. November 2015.

Sandra Bartocha / Sun rays shining through European beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica). Serrahn, Muritz-National Park, World Natural Heritage site, Germany, Europe. November 2015.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Pines reflected in Schweingartensee lake.Serrahn, Muritz-National Park, World Natural Heritage site, Germany, Europe. November 2015.

Wim van den Heever / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) small herd at waterhole at sunset, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Andy Rouse / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) swimming, backlit with morning light forming a bokeh affect on the water, Wales, UK, February. Highly commended in the Habitat Category of the BWPA (British W...

Floris van Breugel / The first rays of sunshine above the Sierra Crest, illuminating granite, Mitre Basin, Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California, USA, August

Floris van Breugel / Sunset on the outer coast of Chichagof Island with the White Sulphur Hotsprings in the distance, South East Alaska, USA, July

Floris van Breugel / Temple Crag above Second lake, one the of the Big Pine lakes below the Palisade basin, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California, USA, May

Floris van Breugel / Barrel cacti (Ferocactus pilosus) and Ocotillo overlook Palm oasis at sunrise, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Wim van den Heever / Table Mountain viewed from across the sea at sunset, Cape Town, South Africa

Guy Edwardes / Porth Nanven at sunset, Cot Valley, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2015.

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) two silhouetted at sunrise, Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Matthew Maran / Landscape of London at dawn with fog from Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK. November 2014.

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. March.

Wim van den Heever / Lioness (Panthera leo) sitting during misty sunrise, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Tranquil landscape with African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and rays of sunlight at sunrise, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Niall Benvie / Loch Beinn a Meadhoin in the mist, Inverness, Scotland, December 2013.

Niall Benvie / Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris) Torridon, Scotland, UK, November.

Wim van den Heever / Lioness (Panthera leo) crossing water channel. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) feeding in shallow water at dawn, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Brent Stephenson / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and large second year cub swim across calm water, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, August. Vulnerable species.

Ben Hall / Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) in flight against autumn colours, Czech Republic, November. Captive.

Ben Hall / Orcas (Orcinus orca) pair in sea surrounded by mountains, Iceland, January.

Ben Hall / Kirkjufell mountain at dawn with ice in foreground, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, January 2014

Wim van den Heever / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) still in the fast flowing water of the Mara River, taken with slow shutter speed. Masai Mara, Kenya.

Gerrit Vyn / Rain showers over sagebrush-steppe at the foot of the Sawtooth Mountains. Clark County, Idaho, USA, June.

Sven Zacek / Sunrise over a frozen bog pool, Tartumaa, Estonia, November 2014.

Bence Mate / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) and Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) reflected in lake at twilight, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. June. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images...

Bence Mate / Group of Great egrets (Ardea alba) reflected in still water, with Hooded crows (Corvus cornix), Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awar...

Danny Green / Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica), Finland, June.

Danny Green / Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica) displaying, Finland, June.

Danny Green / Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica) on near waters edge, Finland, June.

Neil Aldridge / Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) fishing at sunset, Zibadianja Lagoon, Selinda Reserve, Northern Botswana.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourist paddling among mangroves in canoe, Puerto Jimenez, Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Hermann Brehm / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in woodland, Sweden, September.

Sven Zacek / Misty lake, with trees reflected in the water, and Willow (Salix) trees silhouetted on the shore, Suur Emajogi river, Tartumaa, Estonia, May 2014.

Sven Zacek / Eilean Donan Castle lit up at twilight with dark clouds. Scotland, UK, September 2013.

Andy Rouse / Great egret (Ardea alba) flying across lake, Ranthambhore National Park, India

Andy Trowbridge / Matterhorn (4,478m) at sunrise, with reflection in Lake Stellisee, Zermatt, Switzerland, September 2012.

Pete Oxford / Galapagos sealion (Zalophus wollebaeki) mother and pup resting on beach, Galapagos.

Staffan Widstrand / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) drinking, Pusztaszer protected landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) porpoising in still water, False Bay, South Africa

Ross Hoddinott / Kimmeridge Bay ledges at sunset, Dorset, UK. September 2014.

Peter Cairns / Northern lights (Aurora borealis) over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadoya, Lofoten, Norway. March 2015.

Cyril Ruoso / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) newborn baby sleeping next to mother, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. Non-ex

Franco Banfi / Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) subspecies of blue whale, Mirissa, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean. Endangered species.

Claudio Contreras / Canal between chinampas, a wetland agricultural system, at dawn, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, November

Claudio Contreras / Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) reflected in water, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, March

Claudio Contreras / Waterfowl at dawn with mist, including Great blue heron (Ardea herodias herodias), American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata), Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, Mexic...

Claudio Contreras / Boat on canal between chinampas, a wetland agricultural system. Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, September

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) with out of focus Lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) standing behind, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Onne van der Wal / Aerial view of Whitehaven beach, Whitsunday Island, Queensland, Australia. November 2012.

Doug Perrine / Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) adult male swimming, Deserta Grande, Ilhas Desertas, Parque Natural da Madeira, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, June. Critically endangered species

Chris & Monique Fallows / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony at sunrise. Grytviken, South Georgia Island.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) flying off coast of South Georgia Island.

Michel Roggo / Iceberg in the sea outside the Kangia Ilulissat Icefjord. Iceberg from the Sermeg Kujalleg Glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kalaallit Nunaat, Greenland, August 2014. Photographed for The Freshwate...

Denis-Huot / Group of male African lions (Panthera leo) resting with storm clouds overhead, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. September.

Constantinos Petrinos / Sunset reflected on the surface of the Aegean Sea on a calm day with a speedboat, Evia Island, Greece. July 2014.

Erlend Haarberg / Lysefjorden viewed from the Preikestolen (Pulpit rock) on misty summer morning with sun rays shining down, Forsand, Rogaland, Norway.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing their courtship dance in which they mimic each other's movements. The Netherlands. April.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult bird backlit with bokeh affect in foreground, The Netherlands.May 2014

David Pattyn / Heathland landscape at sunset, Kampina Nature Reserve, Netherlands. August 2006.

Nick Garbutt / Giant Water Lily (Victoria amazonica) flower in a lagoon at Porto Jofre, off the Cuiaba River, northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, South America.