Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback sitting on boundary wall between Volcanoes National Park and a Potato crop, looking into valley. Area to be restored to forest. Rwanda.
01529837
Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male with scars photographed with side-lit spot light at night. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, April.
01520548
Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male in darkness, Okavango Delta, Botswana.
01514593
Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing on ice floe, looking at camera. Svalbard, Norway. August.
01515886
Sven Zacek / Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) males reflected in a small pond, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. June.
01515008
Richard Du Toit / Black wildebeest (Connochaetus gnou) bull silhouetted at dawn, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
01513461
Andy Rouse / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) with wings raised defensively at sunrise, Wales, UK, April.
01511494
David Tipling / Common frog (Rana temporaria) and spawn in pond. West Runton, North Norfolk, England, UK, March. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA Awards 2015.
01512664
Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) adult sitting in a snow covered field. Derbyshire, UK, January.
01507177
Ole Jorgen Liodden / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking in habitat, with mountains, South Georgia, November 2008.
01506725
Martin Gabriel / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) on water, Bavaria, Germany, February.
01505774
Tui De Roy / Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) close up showing sensory facial feathers, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou, Southland, New Zealand, February. Critically endangered
