Ingo Arndt / Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) male flying to nest entrance, Singapore

Ingo Arndt / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) diving into water to catch a fish, Hessen, Germany, sequence 1/9

Ingo Arndt / Shoal of Pacific / South african sardines (Sardinops sagax) Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA

Carol Walker / Wild pinto Mustang mare and foal running in Sand Wash Basin, Colorado, USA.

Andy Rouse / African Leopard (Panthera pardus) jumping across river Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. August.

Will Watson / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) leaping a weir, Shrewsbury, River Severn, Shropshire, England, UK. November.

Claudio Contreras / Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Wim van den Heever / Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) in flight, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

Staffan Widstrand / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) male, Batsfjord village harbour, Varanger Peninsula, Norway.

Sven Zacek / Otter (Lutra lutra) walking in fresh ice, Southern Estonia, January.

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female digging nest on beach at night, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Terre S...

Pedro Narra / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Terre Sau...