Wim van den Heever / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at sunrise, Falklands. Highly honoured in the Ocean View Category of the Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice Ocean View Competition 2017

Ross Hoddinott / Kilchurn Castle, sunrise, early morning mist and light, a ruin on a rocky peninsula, the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. March 2017.

Jack Dykinga / Cap-rocks on the rim of the Escalante Canyon at dawn. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2012.

Jack Dykinga / Eroded sandstone petrified sand dune formations at sunrise, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. USA.

Phil Savoie / Violet sabrewing hummingbird (Campylopterus hemileucurus) male hummingbirds territorial fight at dawn, Turrialba, Costa Rica.

Lynn M. Stone / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on Calico Clam, shortly after dawn, seashore, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. April.

Connor Stefanison / Blurred shot of Snowy owl (Bubo Scandiacus) flying though a salt marsh at dawn in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Remote camera shot of Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) emerging from transit box following its translocation from Moray to Plockton, Scotland, UK. Winner of the Documentary Series Category of the Briti...

Sven Zacek / Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) calling at lek with breath vapour at sunrise, Voru County, Estonia. April. Winner of the Telephoto category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards 2017.

Bernard Castelein / Salt pan, Salar de Uyuni at sunrise, Altiplano, Bolivia, April.

Bernard Castelein / Laguna Hedionda at sunrise, between Polques and Quetena, Altiplano, Bolivia, April 2017.

Ernie Janes / Ripe Barley (Hordeum vulgare) ears in field ready for harvest and the rising sun, Stone Henge, Salisbury, England, UK, August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Faro del Pescador Lighthouse at night, Cantabria, Spain, 2016.

Graham Eaton / Typical landscape in Tuscany, with the farmhouse 'Belvedere' near to San Quirico d'Orcia, Italy, June.

Mark MacEwen / Hanuman Langurs (Semnopithecus entellus) group sitting in front of cenotaph, sunrise, Mandore Garden, Jodhpur, India. March 2015.

David Pattyn / Landscape of a fen at dawn withCanada goose (Branta canadensis). Oisterwijkse Bossen en Vennen Nature reserve, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. April.

Phil Savoie / European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) flying at dawn. When backlit the tiny transparent barbs that make up the feather act like a prism revealing vivid colours in the early light. Monmouthshire, Wales...

Igor Shpilenok / Landscape of the Virgin Komi Forests UNESCO World Heritage site at sunrise. These are the largest virgin forests in Europe. Ural Mountains, Komi Republic, Russia. August 2016

Jiri Lochman / Rim of ancient volcanic crater, Border Ranges National Park, Gondwana Rainforest UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest surrounding Loch Garten in morning light, Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Dunes and beach at sunrise, Luskentyre, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, October 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Old Man of Storr at sunrise, Trotternish Ridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, October 2016.

David Noton / Garden table at dawn covered in frost, Shropshire, England, December 2014.

David Noton / Lago di Landro at dawn, Dolomite Mountains, Sud Tirol/Alto Adige, Italy

David Noton / Horsesgrazing on Bulbarrow Hill at dawn, Dorset, England, UK, July.

David Noton / Old Sherborne Castle, Sherborne, Dorset, England, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Spider's webs on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) saplings at dawn, Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2014. Highly commended in the Wilds Wood Category of the Britis...