Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Lucas Bustamante / Jaguar (Panthera onca) standing in mud, Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

Derek Galon / Drone shot approaching Victoria Falls after heavy rains, normally water is milky blue as it contains sulphur from Boiling Lake, after rain it is muddy, Dominica, 2019.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June. Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) building up mud whilst brooding egg, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of...

Jack Dykinga / Narrows with canyon wall reflections in mud patterned shore, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Paria Canyon Wilderness, Arizona, USA.

Peter Bassett / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) wading through mud and falling over, Prion Island, South Georgia.

Neil Aldridge / Mud-covered face of bull African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with a cateract in one eye, on the banks of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Andy Rouse / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother and calf in rain, wallowing in mud. Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. September.

Bence Mate / Great flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) feeding in sludge at bottom of river, Pont De Gau Park, Rhone River, France.

Bence Mate / Great flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) with beak covered in mud after feeding, Pont De Gau Park, Rhone River, France.