Phil Savoie / Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) captive, endemic to Scotland. September

Alan Williams / Beaver Bridge over River Conwy, near Betws-y-Coed, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK, September 2018

David Woodfall / Wild cat (Felis sylvestris) portrait, part of captive breeding project at Alladale Estate, Scotland, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Avielochan at sunrise, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Small pool on bog moorland, Tulloch Moor, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunset over the Cullin Mountains from Elgol shoreline, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rocky shoreline, Loch Scavaig and view to Cuillin mountians, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / River Spey on winter's dawn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunlight splintering through misty pine forest at sunset, Glencharnoch Wood, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Village Bay on St Kilda and the old houses that formed the village, Scotland, UK, May.

Terry Whittaker / Route One, Southeast Iceland. December

Terry Whittaker / Menai Strait and Telford suspension bridge. Isle of Anglesey, Wales, October 2018.

Loic Poidevin / Gorner glacier with Mont Rose and Lyskamm, Swiss Alps, Valais, Switzerland. September 2018.

Ross Hoddinott / Close-up of the gills of a group of small mushrooms (unidentified), north Cornwall, UK. November 2017.

Nick Upton / View towards Naranjo de Bulnes (Picu Urriellu) a distinctive 2519m limestone peak, Picos de Europa mountains, viewed from Arenas de Cabrales at sunset, Asturias, Spain, August 2016.

David Pattyn / Landscape of Hills at the Melnik earth pyramids at sunrise, Foothills of Pirin Mountains, South West Bulgaria, April

David Pattyn / The Melnik Earth Pyramids, rock formations, known as hoodoos, situated at the foothills of the Pirin mountain range in south-western Bulgaria, Bulgaria, April

Markus Varesvuo / Hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) standing in snow at forest edge. Helsinki, Finland. February.

Markus Varesvuo / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) perched on tree trunk, looking at camera with wing stretched. Haukipudas, Finland. January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Lone Scot's pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) and star trails with the north star, Abernethy forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Stream in spate in native oak woodland in summer, Clonaig, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland, UK, July 2015.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Islands of Boreray and Stac Lee, St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, summer.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountains of Assynt and Loch Sionasgaig in the rain, Sutherland, Scotland, UK. November.

Sven Zacek / Flooded meanders of Halliste River, aerial view. Soomaa National Park, Parnumaa, Western Estonia. October 2017.

Pedro Narra / Aerial view of low tide in Sado estuary, Portugal. November