Morley Read / Drone shot tracking over a field planted with potatoes, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2018. (non-ex)

Eduardo Blanco / Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo), swarming in the millions on street at night, appearing like snow. Mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. August 2019. Finalist i...

Guy Edwardes / Field of flowering Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) at sunrise, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy. May 2019.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony huddled together under the Southern Lights, Aurora australis, Atka Bay, Antarctica. September.

David Woodfall / Hedge which has been 'netted ' to prevent breeding birds nesting, which would delay building development of new homes. The tree in the background has also been cut back. Chester, Cheshire, Eng...

Staffan Widstrand / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, about to land, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Lucas Bustamante / Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) walking past tourist jeep with tourists, Yala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

John Shaw / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) in flight, about to land. Ecuador, May.

John Shaw / Abandoned house in middle of a wheat field. Palouse farming area, south eastern Washington, USA, August.

Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a Killer whale (Orcinus orca) spyhopping several times close to land, with people watching and taking pictures, Sommaroy, Troms. Norway, January.

Marie Read / Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) (Florida race), adult with two small chicks crossing highway, Kissimmee, Florida, USA, March.