Markus Varesvuo / Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) male perched on tree trunk, trees covered in hoar frost. Kuusamo, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. February. Commended in the Birds in the Environment Category of t...

Sven Zacek / Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) excavating nest hole. Valgamaa, Southern Estonia. April.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) drilling a hole in a tree, hunting for insects, Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany, February.

Philippe Clement / Territorial Common raven (Corvus corax) on cliff top, tearing out vegetation, Eshaness, Northmavine, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Herring gull (Larus argentatus) pecking a suckling Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup, Norfolk, England, UK. December.

Frederique Olivier / Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) adding a stick to its nest and fighting with a neighbouring pair, Aitcho Island, South Shetland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Hungry Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) chick pecking at a rock before tucking into its parent to keep warm, with a dead chick in the foreground, Antarctica

Markus Varesvuo / Willow grouse / Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) pecking twig, Utsjoki, Finland, April.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paridisea) mobbing, Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Erlend Haarberg / Three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) on tree trunk, Sarek National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Lapland, Sweden, September.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) pair at their nest hole, one pecking the other for attention, the other quivering its tail, Inverness-shire, Scotland, April 2011

Matthew Maran / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) Highgate Ponds, Hampstead Heath, London, UK, February.