Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) cleaning its nose on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Klaus Echle / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along a fallen trunk, silhouetted in misty forest. Black Forest, Germany, November.

Pete Oxford / Juvenile Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) climbing a tree trunk, Wolong China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda within Wolong Reserve, Sichuan Province, China 2006

Ismaele Tortella / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, chick climbing back into nest, with the midnight sun, Norway, July

Morley Read / Tropical flat snake (Siphlophis compressus) climbing on a flowering bromeliad (Aechmea) in the Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Heike Odermatt / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) climbing on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway

Nick Garbutt / Western red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) climbing in tree. Singalila National Park, India / Nepal border.

Bernard Castelein / Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus) in tree, Marojejy National Park, Madagascar. Critically endagered species.

Terry Whittaker / Man collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being raised up cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.