Floris van Breugel / Sand dunes reflecting pink and orange glowing colours from the sky at sunset. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. November 2009. Highly Commended in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photoga...

Juan Manuel Borrero / Mixed forest in Val d'Aran / Aran Valley in the mist, Pyrenees, Lleida Province, Spain, June

Ross Hoddinott / Newlands Valley and Causey Pike, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK. October 2012.

Loic Poidevin / Sheep (Ovis aries) flock herded together with ear tags and paint markings. Ossoue valley, French Pyrenees, September.

Chris Mattison / Pink stink bug (Tessaratomidae). Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Horsefly (Philipomyia aprica) Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Silver Studded Blue (Plebejus argus), Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Small Gold Grasshopper (Euthystira brachyptera) photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Wolf Spider (Xerolycosa nemoralis) female carrying egg sac, photographd on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Burnet Moth (Zygaena carniolica), photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Wood Tiger moth (Parasemia plantaginis) photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Northern Spinach moth (Eulithis populata), photographed on a white background, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Cynthia's Fritillary (Euphydryas cynthia) male photographed on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Mountain Clouded Yellow (Colias phicomone) profile portrait, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Golitha Falls, River Fowey flowing through wooded valley with moss covered trees, Nr St Cleer, Cornwall, UK, May 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Rays of sunlight penetrating forest in Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Oriol Alamany / Hikers crossing scree along the 'Carros de foc' trail, Boi valley, Aiguestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. No release available.

Mark Taylor / Sliding Stone or Moving Rock of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley, California, USA

Jean E. Roche / Rhone Glacier scarring in 2004, with buildings in foreground. Compare with image 1403312 showing signs of glacial retreat.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Boy with basket for carrying, in the Budhi Gandaki river valley. Manaslu Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009. No release available.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Little girl in the Budhi Gandaki river valley. Manaslu Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009. No release available.

Tui De Roy / Violet tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, East slope, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / White bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) three hovering around red flowers, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, East slope, Ecuador

Sandra Bartocha / Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) Stadtkreis Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, May

MYN / Seth Patterson / Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) perched, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Mexican Treefrog (Smilisca baudinii) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Forbes' silkmoth (Rothschildia forbesi) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas bow-legged bug (Hyalymenus tarsatus) nymph on Tamaulipan fiddlewood (Citharexylum berlandieri) berries, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.n...

MYN / Seth Patterson / Dung beetle (Dichotomius colonicus) in flight, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas toad (Bufo / Anaxyrus speciosus) Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

Jack Dykinga / Sand storm cutting across the Mesquite Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California, USA 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of salt pans coloured red by cyanobacteria, Lake Natron, Rift Valley, Tanzania, August 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of flock of Flamingos flying over the salt lake, Lake Natron, Rift Valley, Tanzania, August 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of flock of Flamingos flying over the salt lake, Lake Natron, Rift Valley, Tanzania, August 2009

Konrad Wothe / Prehistoric Rock Art, Awis Valley, Akakus mountains, Libya, Sahara, North Africa, November 2007

Nick Garbutt / Wallace's Flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) male from lowland dipterocarp rainforest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo. Photographed in situ in makeshift studio in the forest.

Nick Garbutt / Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) male from lowland dipterocarp rainforest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo. Photographed in situ in makeshift studio in the forest.

Florian Möllers / Fog over the steep slopes of a forested valley in Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China 2006

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Aerial view over Glenfeshie in winter, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, January 2012

Nick Turner / Housing and autumnal countryside, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, November 2008.

Graham Eaton / A split-level image of a mountain stream, in autumn, with water droplets on lens, Nant Ffrancon Valley, Snowdonia NP, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, October

Pete Oxford / Viales Valley with Tobacco crop, Sierra Rosario Mountain Range with Mojotes (limestone tree-covered knolls) UNESCO World Heritage site, Cuba, Caribbean, 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) on river bed, Ennerdale Valley, Lake District NP, Cumbria, England, UK, October 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) males showing breeding colours, in a river where they have come to spawn, Ennerdale Valley, Lake District NP, Cumbria, England, UK, November 2011. 2020VISION Exhibiti...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) female with males showing breeding colours, in spawning river, Ennerdale Valley, Lake District NP, Cumbria, England, UK, November 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) males showing breeding colours, in spawning river, Ennerdale Valley, Lake District NP, Cumbria, England, UK, November 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Brown trout (Salmo trutta), Ennerdale Valley, Lake District NP, Cumbria, England, UK, November 2011. Did you know? Trout scales have growth rings which you can read in the same way tree rings.

Tom Struhsaker / Sanje Mangabey Monkey (Cercocebus galeritus sanjei) selecting leaves to feed on. Mizimu area, Sonjo Valley, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Endangered species

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on leaves of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on trunk of Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on the trunk of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) some with wings open in flight, in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Gree...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers flying to and resting on Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on leaves of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Martin Gabriel / Prunn Castle in autumn. Altmuehl valley, Bavaria, Germany, October 2010.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Fairy Duster (Calliandra sp) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Tropical Butterfly (Adepha) on a leaf with wings spread. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Nick Garbutt / Mist and low cloud hanging over lowland rainforest, just after sunrise, with Menggaris Tree (Koompassia excelsa) prominent in the foreground. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Nick Garbutt / Buttress roots of Shorea sp. within lowland rainforest. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Nick Garbutt / Dawn over the Segama River, with mist hanging over lowland rainforest. Heart of Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Nick Garbutt / Emergent Menggaris Tree / Tualang (Koompassia excelsa) protruding the canopy of lowland rainforest. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Nick Garbutt / Emergent Menggaris Tree / Tualang (Koompassia excelsa) protruding from mist and low cloud hanging over lowland rainforest. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Eric Baccega / Eroded rocks at summit of Gorge de la Jonte, Tarn, Causse, Cevennes, France.

Inaki Relanzon / Springs and waterfalls of Yaga River, in the Escuain Canyon and Valley. Ordesa National Park, Pyrenees, Spain, June 2011.

Kirkendall-Spring / American buffalo / Bison (Bison bison) in deep snow, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January

Kirkendall-Spring / Commercial Tulip field (Tulipa sp) in the Skagit Valley, Washington, USA, April 2010

B&S Draker / Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens) adult sunning on log with dragonfly perched on its nose. Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA.

Jean E. Roche / Mixed Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) with windmill in the background, St Remy la Varenne, Loire valley, France, June 2010

Pascal Tordeux / A small valley in Alsace seen from a high angle. France.

Klaus Echle / Portrait of a Wildcat (Felis silvestris) kitten. Rhine Valley near Frieburg, Germany, August.

Klaus Echle / Wildcat (Felis sylvestris) seen over a snow bank. Rhine Valley near Frieburg, Germany, January.

Klaus Echle / Wildcat (Felis silvestris) sitting in snow. Rhine Valley near Frieburg, Germany, January.

Klaus Echle / Three young Wildcats (Felis silvestris). Rhine Valley near Frieburg, Germany, July.

Klaus Echle / Portrait of Wildcat (Felis silvestris). Rhine Valley near Frieburg, Germany, July.

Klaus Echle / Wildcat (Felis silvestris) climbing up a tree. Rhine Valley near Frieburg, Germany, March.

Klaus Echle / Wildcat (Felis silvestris) walking. Rhine Valley near Frieburg, Germany, March.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Four-spotted chaser dragonfly (Libellula quadrimaculata) in rain, Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June. Photographer quote: 'Photographing in wet conditions can often result in inte...

Ernie Janes / Franz Josef Glacier, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand

Ben Hall / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) perched on granite boulder, Dark Peak, Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK, September 2010, Highly Commended, Habitat category, British Wildlife Phototgraphy Awards (BWPA) co...

Jeff Vanuga / Thermal hot spring at Mud Volcano, Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

Jeff Vanuga / Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, August 2009.

Diane McAllister / Swainson's Hawk juvenile (Buteo swainsonii) stretching its wings while perched on a fence in rural Palomino Valley. Nevada, USA, August

Brent Stephenson / Steep rock walls of the Tracy Arm, carved out by glacial action over millions of years. Alaska, United States, July 2010.

David Welling / Desert Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus audubonii) drinking from a pond. Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, June.

Inaki Relanzon / A high view of mist shrouding an autumnal valley. Cadi Natural Park, Catalonia, Barcelona province, Pyrenees, Spain, October 2005.

Inaki Relanzon / Ibon del Acherito, (Acherito Lake), surrounded by mountain peaks. Anso Valley, Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain, July 2007.

Eric Dragesco / A view of the mountainous habitat of the Markhor. Naryn National Park, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, November 2009.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / European Beech tree {Fagus sylvatica} Yellow leaves in autumn, Sence Valley Forest Park, Leicestershire, UK. November. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Although thought to have been introduced by...

Chris Shields / Illustration of wildlife of the Andes: South America Alpaca (Vicugna pacos),centre; Cougar / Puma / Mountain lion / Mountain cat / Catamount / Panther (Puma concolor),left; Spectacled / Andean bear (...

Florian Möllers / Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) flowers, Grunewald forest, Berlin, Germany, April

Alex Hyde / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) on thistle head in alpine meadow. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) eating flowers left on grave in Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, an environmentally responsible cemetery, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Konstantin Mikhailov / West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica) Female on cliff face, Highlands of West Caucasus Mountains in the Bezengi area, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Kabardino-Balkarsky State Nature Reserve, Russia.

Daniel Heuclin / Moving rocks in Racetracks valley, Dry mud lake. Death valley National Park. California, USA, August 2009

Bernard Castelein / Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) in flower, Brasschaat, Belgium, May