Neil Anderson / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), two curled up asleep in drey inside nest box. Nest of lichen and Pine needles. Highlands, Scotland, UK. Medium repro only.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Lichen (Caloplaca sp) covered coastal rock, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Granite rocks with lichen and Milky Way, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Lucas Bustamante / Lichen Katydid (Markia hystrix) camouflage in lichens. Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Crested tit (Parus cristatus) backlit on lichen-covered branch, Inshriach Forest, Scotland, UK, January.January

David Pattyn / Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris), Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest, Pichincha, Ecuador, July

Markus Varesvuo / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) perched in lichen covered tree. Helsinki, Finland. February.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Puffin (Fratercula artica) with orange sea lichen (Caloplaca marina) covered roch behind, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June.

Guy Edwardes / Warbeth Beach, Stromness, Orkney with view to Hoy. Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK. August 2014.

Erlend Haarberg / Crustose lichens (Lecanorales) on rocks in Swedish Padjelanta National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Sweden. August. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year com...

Andres M. Dominguez / Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) perched on lichen covered branch, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Theo Bosboom / Birch tree (Betula pendula) with lichen, camouflaged against lichen covered rock face, Muddus National Park, Sweden. September 2014. Highly commended in GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Yea...