Nick Hawkins / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) camera trap image, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Mark Hamblin / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in white winter coat camouflaged in snow, Scotland, UK. Commended in the Asferico Competition 2016.

Mike Potts / Auckland Island brown teal (Anas aucklandica) flightless and feeds and roosts in onshore kelp beds, lives predominantly on Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, Subantarctic New Zealand January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in winter coat running across snow, Scotland, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) camouflaged against snow, Inari, Kiilopaa, Finland, February

Markus Varesvuo / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) foraging in water, Uto, Finland July

John Abbott / Painted lichen moth (Hypoprepia fucosa) on autumn leaf, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September

Laurent Geslin / Jaguar (Panthera onca) resting, Pantanal, Brazil.

Markus Varesvuo / Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in snowy landscape, Utsjoki, Finland, February.

Franco Banfi / River stingray (Potamotrygon sp) Formoso River, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Nick Hawkins / Proboscis bats (Rhynchonycteris naso) day roosting, Costa Rica, March 2014.

Wim van den Heever / Sidewinder / Peringuey's adder (Bitis peringueyi) moving in characteristic sideway motion along sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia.