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

Nick Upton / Two Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs playing near the entrance to their den at dusk, Somerset, England, UK, May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub sitting in coniferous woodland clearing at dusk. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along fallen trunk of old Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree, Coppo del Principe old-growth beech forest in autumn. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale...

Michael Hutchinson / Tracking shot of Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in woodland, Bristol, England, UK, April.

Laurent Geslin / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) at night in snow, camera trap image, Jura Mountains, Switzerland, August. Commended in the Mammals category of the Asferico Competition 2016.

Radomir Jakubowski / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing in snowfall, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, February. Winner of the NPL Best Single Image award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) pups playing outside of den, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Neubrandenburg, Germany, April.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) resting in woodland, sleeping, Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) running, Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition