Oscar Dewhurst / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) watching prey through long grass. London, UK. November

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female with cubs sitting in long grass during the dry season, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View across Sound of Taransay to North Harris hills in stormy weather , West Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, September 2014.

Pascal Kobeh / Long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) with prehensile tail twined round seagrass, Etang de Thau Lagoons, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African lioness (Panthera leo) sitting patiently in the long grass, watching herd of Common eland (Tragelaphus oryx). Focus on lion. Grumeti Reserve, Northern Tanzania.

Joris van Alphen / Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) preparing to land at her nest, clasping a songbird. Viewed from below. Groningen, the Netherlands. July.

Richard Du Toit / Black wildebeest (Connochaetus gnou) bull silhouetted at dawn, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Gabriel Rojo / Puma (Puma concolor) hidden in vegetation, captive, La Pampa , Argentina

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) profile portrait, Falkland Islands, November.

Krista Schlyer / Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) on Yellow pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava) Green Swamp, North Carolina, USA. September.

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) 11 month cubs play fighting, Ranthambhore National Park, India.

Terry Whittaker / Family of Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on railway embankment, Kent, UK, July.