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

George Sanker / Ellis River high in White Mountain National Forest. New Hampshire, October 2012.

Gavin Hellier / Wenkchemna Peaks or Ten Peaks rising over Moraine lake in the snow, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) perched on Hawthorn (Crataegus) twig, Cheshire, April.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting in deciduous woodland, Lancashire, England, UK, November.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting in deciduous woodland, Lancashire, England, UK, November.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), perched on branch of flowering Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Clwyd, Wales, UK, May. Did you know? Another common name for a Redstart is Firetail due to their...

Andrew Parkinson / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) displaying at photographer Andy Parkinson whilst on assignment for 2020VISION, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, March.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Two Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) silhouetted at sunset, Glen Affric, Scotland, UK, October 2012. Did you know? The bark of a Scots pine tree can be up to 5 centimetres thick.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Silver birch (Betula pendula) woodland in autumn, Craigellachie NNR, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Three Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees, with conifer woodland in the background, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK, October 2012.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Cornwall, England, UK, March.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Cornwall, England, UK, March. Did you know? William Wordsworth wrote three poems about Lesser celandines.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in, woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small group of flowering Wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), with out of focus flowers in the background, Dunsdon Wood Devon Wildlife Trust Reserve, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK,...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) in flower, controlled conditions, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Niall Benvie / Waterfalls in woodland. Craigengillan Estate, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, October.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / River Affric flowing through a rocky gorge, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK, October 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Waterfall, Fairy Glen RSPB reserve, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / View of a waterfall with a fallen tree in the foreground, Fairy Glen RSPB reserve, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, July.

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

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Aerial view over the Letea forest at dawn, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, June 2012

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on a snow covered branch, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, April.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched on a snow covered branch, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, April.

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Wild boar piglet (Sus scrofa) with leaf stuck on its nose, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult Badger (Meles meles) in long grass, Dorset, England, UK, July.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Badger (Meles meles) cub, Dorset, England, UK, July. Did you know? The word Badger derives from the French 'Becheur', meaning digger.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Badger (Meles meles) family feeding in long grass near to their sett, Dorset, England, UK, July.

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

Mark Carwardine / Siberian tiger anti-poaching patrol with arrested poachers (with secret police for extra protection), 600 miles north of Vladivostok, Primorksy, Russian Far East, October 2005

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) crossing a fallen tree over a river, Kedrovaya, Pad Reserve, Far East Russia 1987

Oriol Alamany / Nigel Creek with conifer forest at dusk, Banff National Park, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Mark Taylor / Forest fire at night with silhouetted trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

David Woodfall / Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) tree with sunlight behind, ancient semi natural woodland in Gilfach Nature Reserve, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, Powys, Wales, UK May

Sandra Bartocha / Scots Pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) in evening sunlight. January. Specially commended, Creative Visions category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year WPY 2012 competition.

David Pattyn / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) carpet under Beech woodland (Gagus sylvatica) with dawn sunlight, Haller Forest, Halle, Belgium, April 2010

Vladimir Medvedev / Camera trap image of wild Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) walking through woodland, Lazovsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, November 1994

Vladimir Medvedev / Camera trap image of wild female Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) scent marking the trunk of a Cedar (Cedrus) tree, Lazovsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, April...

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander hunting at night in a river, Japan, May

Matthew Maran / Base of large Oak tree in Richmond Park, London, UK March 2012

Matthew Maran / Wildlife photographer Tony Heald photographing Red deer in Richmond Park, London, UK January 2012. Model released.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) adult perched, singing, Cambridgeshire, UK, April. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? A nightingale's song can consist of up to 260 variations.

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland in the mist, Serrahn, Muritz National Park, Germany, World Natural Heritage Site, November

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland in the mist, Serrahn, Muritz National Park, Germany, World Natural Heritage Site, November

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Naturpark Feldberger Seenlandschaft / Feldberger lake district nature park, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Ghost wood - European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), woodland Nienhagen, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, March

Sandra Bartocha / Downy / European white birch (Betula pubescens) tree trunks in the mist, Waldstadt, Potsdam, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Forest view of trunks of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Downy European white birch (Betula pubescens) and European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, Muritz National Park, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Forest view of trunks of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Downy European white birch (Betula pubescens) and European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, Muritz National Park, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, with sunlight shining between branches, Germany, September

Sandra Bartocha / Mixed woodland in spring, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Man standing next to a group of spades stuck in the ground, part of The National Forest planting day, Moira, Derbyshire, England, UK, November 2010. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? In 2013-2014,...

Peter Cairns / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in flowering heather. Inshriach Forest, Scotland, UK, September. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? For every Red Squirrel in Britain there are around 18 Grey Squirre...

Katrina Martin / 2020VISION / Flowering Common bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) with dew, Cumbernauld Glen SWT reserve, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, May. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) climbing a Pine (Pinus) trunk, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Pine regeneration above Rothiemurchus Forest. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, May 2011.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in flowering heather. Inshriach Forest, Scotland, September.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) portrait on stump in flowering heather. Inshriach Forest, Scotland, September.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in pine forest. Glenfeshie, Scotland, December.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Two Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in snowy pine forest. Glenfeshie, Scotland, January.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) in snowfall. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, February.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Sunrise breaking through misty woodland. Wales, UK, December.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Blue Tit (Cyanistes / Parus caeruleus) perched on lichen-covered twig. Wales, UK, February. Did you know? The front of a Blue tit's head glows brightly under UV light, which is used by females to choo...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Blue Tit (Cyanistes / Parus caeruleus) perched on lichen-covered twig. Wales, UK, February.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) juvenile, climbing pine tree in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, July

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) in flower in pine woodland, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) juvenile in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, July

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland in autumn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October. Did you know? More than 1.4 million people visit the Cairngorms each year.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) in flower in pine woodland, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Pasrk, Scotland, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) juvenile in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, July

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB staff warden hand sawing pine tree to create open habitat in woodland, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2011. Model released.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) two playing on fallen pine log in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) juvenile in pine tree in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, July. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Pho...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Woodland restoration scheme, sign and view of habitat with Beinn Eighe in background, June, Beinn Eighe NNR, Scotland, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB staff felling pine trees in plantation to create open habitat in woodland, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK September 2011, model released

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland in autumn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB staff and volunteers tree pulling pine trees down in plantation to create open habitat in woodland, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2011. Model re...

Andy Rouse / Paperbark or Tea Tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) forest at sunset, Bamarru Plains, North West Territory, Australia, April 2007

David Noton / The village of Eus perched on a hilltop with sunlight with the Pic de Canigou beyond, the Pyrenees, Languedoc-Rousillon, France. June 2006.

Bertie Gregory / Raccoon (Procyon lotor) two, portraits showing hands and claws, Stanley park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Cananda, September.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Forest of scots pine after heavy snowfall, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012. Did you know? Like many orchids, Scots pine trees have a symbiotic relationship with fungi - while the tree p...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in heavy snowfall, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in heavy snowfall, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / River Spey in spring, sun rising behind trres, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / River Spey at dawn in spring, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012. Did you know? As well as being excellent jumpers, red squirrels can also swim.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping with nut in mouth, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) approaching another as it eats a nut, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Bernard Castelein / Fog in Beech forest (Fagus) with Bluebells (Scilla / Endymion non-scripta). Hallerbos, Halle, Belgium, April.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Female Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) portrait Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, April.