Martin Dohrn / Group of lions (Panthera leo) at night, Masai Mara, Kenya. Photographed using 'Starlight Camera' technology without artificial lighting.

Oscar Dewhurst / Fallow deer (Dama dama) walking across frost-covered playing fields at dawn, with tower blocks of London in the background. Richmond Park, London, UK. December

Yashpal Rathore / Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo) flying at sunrise during migration. Khichan, Western Rajasthan, India. December.

Doug Perrine / False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) pod, off the Kona Coast of Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA. January.

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) group of five at water's edge, with very out of focus egret in foreground. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.

Wim van den Heever / Lions (Panthera leo) five drinking together, Ndutu, Tanzania

Laurie Campbell / Common / Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) mother with young. Burnmouth, Berwickshire, England, UK.

Tony Wu / Group of Sperm whales (Physter macrocephalus) family group swimming together, Indian Ocean, March.

Wim van den Heever / Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd silhouetted against the rising sun with clouds in the background. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Milan Radisics / Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) roosting in tree, Szeged city, Southern Hungary, February 2009

Diane McAllister,Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) females gather at one end of the hot springs, Jigokudani, Japan, February

Jussi Murtosaari,Jussi Murtosaari / Common Teal (Anas crecca) female with ducklings, Finland June