Dave Bevan / Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) feeding from a bird feeder anlongside a Coal tit (Periparus ater) and Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming towards camera, Orkney, Scotland, UK, August.

Lucas Bustamante / Purple-faced langur (Trachypithecus vetulus) holding stick and looking up, Sinharaja, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) diving, North Rona, Outer Hebrides / Western Isles, Scotland, UK, July.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) in snow, North Finland, April.

Huw Cordey / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) hunting hatchling Olive Ridley turtles. in the shallows of Nancite Beach, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Brent Stephenson / South Polar Skua (Stercorarius / Catharacta maccormicki) patrolling a Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) rookery, with Penguins warning it off. Aitcho Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Decemb...

Gary K. Smith / Flock of Gulls (Larus argentatus) following a ploughing tractor. Norfolk, UK, March.

Gary K. Smith / Flock of Gulls (Larus argentatus) following a ploughing tractor. Norfolk, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Magpie (Pica pica) a potential nest predator, perched on and peering into a nest box where a pair of Common swifts (Apus apus) have just begun nesting, Box, Wiltshire, UK. June.

Terry Whittaker / Two House mice (Mus musculus) feeding on bag of seed inside garden shed, Greater Manchester, UK. October. Camera trap.

Terry Whittaker / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) male, blue colour morph in winter coat, looking for food on a picnic table outside tourist lodge, Hornstrandir, Iceland. February.