Steve Downer / Yellow slug (Limax maximus) moving across bridge over road with traffic in the background. Birmingham, UK. June.

Ingo Arndt / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male at courting bower, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Bence Mate / White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.

Bence Mate / Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) at twilight with other herons in the background, including Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hun...

Mark Taylor / Blue British Shorthair kitten sitting.

Melvin Grey / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) hummingbird adult male, approaching flower to feed, Tandayapa, Ecuador

Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) and Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) squabbling over fish, with some in flight. Blurred motion photograph, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.

Bence Mate / Group of Great egrets (Ardea alba) reflected in still water, with Hooded crows (Corvus cornix), Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awar...

Danny Green / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) two in flight, during snowfall, Lake Kussharo, Japan, February

David Pattyn / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) taking off from water, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February. Vulnerable species.

Jane Burton / Blue and white Burmese-cross kitten rubbing against sooty-fawn dwarf Rex rabbit.

George Sanker / Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) feeding in snow, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, February.