Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup being photographed by two young photographers at close-range. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.

Michael Hutchinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup being photographed by two young photographers at close-range. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.

Lynn M. Stone / Woman kayaking on Grafton Lake and taking photographs in autumn, Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. October, 2021.

Lynn M. Stone / Woman photographing two Florida sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis pratensis) foraging in wet prairie, Myakka River State Park; Sarasota, Florida, USA. April.

Lynn M. Stone / Woman in kayak on lake photographing wildlife in evening, New Hampshire, USA. July, 2020.

Nick Garbutt / Sulawesi black macaque / Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra) sitting next to tourist taking photographs on black sand beach, Tangkoko National Park, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Critically endange...

Nick Garbutt / Tourist photographing Puma (Puma concolor) female, Torres del Paine National Park / Estancia Laguna Armarga, Patagonia, Chile.

Nick Garbutt / Four tourists photographing Puma (Puma concolor) female, with cub, aged nine months, feeding on Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) carcass, Torres del Paine National Park / Estancia Laguna Armarga, Patagonia, Ch...

Nick Garbutt / Photographer silhouetted at sunrise, Torres del Paine National Park / Estancia Laguna Armarga, Patagonia, Chile. July, 2022.

Nick Garbutt / Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) male, on beach with tourists taking photographs in background, Komodo Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Endangered.

Robin Chittenden / Boy photographing a Northern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella), Yorkshire, UK. May. Model released.

Nick Upton / Camouflaged photographic hide set up in a garden to photograph visiting birds and mammals, Wiltshire, UK. March.

Nick Upton / Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) feeding on food left on garden patio at night. Remote camera with wireless trigger aerial attached and pop up flash for triggering slave flashguns, set up to photograph...

Nick Upton / Remote camera in floating camera tank set up to photograph breeding frogs in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK. February. Property released.

Nick Upton / Remote camera in floating camera tank linked to flash guns to photograph breeding frogs in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK. February. Property released.

Nick Upton / Remote camera linked to multiple flash guns to get high speed shots of Tree bumblebees (Bombus hypnorum) coming and going from a bird nest box on a house wall, Wiltshire, UK. June.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Two Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) males, next to tourist vehicles with tourists taking photographs, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male, lying down in shade next to tourist jeep with tourists taking photographs, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Five Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male siblings, feeding on Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) prey, surrounded by multiple tourist cars with tourists taking photographs, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa....

Charlie Hamilton-James / Five Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) male siblings, feeding on Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) prey, surrounded by multiple tourist cars with tourists taking photographs, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Three wildlife rangers taking photograph standing close to flames and smoke from 105 tonnes of Elephant tusks on fire - the largest ivory burn in history - Nairobi National Park, Kenya, Africa. 30 Apr...

Henley Spiers / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) juvenile, swimming close to surface with two freediving underwater photographers close by, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Pacific Ocean. November 2018. Endangered.

Nick Garbutt / Indri (Indri indri) climbing up tree trunk with tourists taking photographs, Association Mitsinjo Forest Reserve, Andasibe, Madagascar. Critically endangered.

Nick Garbutt / Red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur rufus) female, sitting on forest floor with tourist in background taking photograph, Kirindy Forest, Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Golden-crowned sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) climbing on branch, photographed by tourist, near Daraina, northern Madagascar. Critically endangered.

Nick Garbutt / Two Diademed sifakas (Propithecus diadema) sitting on forest floor after being reintroduced with group of tourists taking photographs in background, Analamazaotra Special Reserve, Madagascar. Endanger...

Mateusz Piesiak / Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) in flight over rough seas, South Iceland. Vogelwarte Photo Competition 2022 - Finalist

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) male, with kid on mountain ridge in heavy winter snowfall, Valsavarenche, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. January. BioPhoto International Nature Photography Competition 2...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) carrying chick on its back to keep it warm, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, May. Vogelwarte Photo Competition 2022 - Birds categor...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) shaking chick from its back on lake, Valkenhorst nature reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May. BioPhoto International Nature Photography Competition 2022...

David Pattyn / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) large murmuration gathering before landing at winter roost, The Netherlands. Vogelwarte Photo Competition 2022 - Emotion category - Finalist

Ewan Flynn / Spent gun cartridges lying on ground, discarded by hunters, southwest Malta. September, 2020. Bird Photographer of the Year competition 2022 Winner - Conservation Award.

Ewan Flynn / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) juvenile, nurtured back to full health and released into Ghadira Nature Reserve at sunset, Malta, September. Photo taken while attending Birdlife Malta Raptor...

Ewan Flynn / Birdlife Malta activist holding dead Lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) found while surveying Laferla Cross, a hotspot area for illegal persecution, Malta. September, 2020. Photo taken while attending Bi...

Ewan Flynn / European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) adult, being released in autumn after suffering multiple gunshot wounds in spring, bird fitted with satellite tracker, Siggiewi, Malta, September, 2020. Photo...

Ewan Flynn / Birdlife Malta volunteer with binoculars using car as mobile watch station looking for any activity deemed illegal, Delimara, Malta, September, 2020. Photo taken while attending Birdlife Malta Raptor...

Ewan Flynn / Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) undergoing care at Birdlife Malta's rehabilitation centre, northwest Malta, September, 2020. Photo taken while attending Birdlife Malta Raptor Camp. Bird Photog...

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of winter lake with thin, cracking ice after the first snow, Follo, Norway. December. GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 - Landscapes Category Winner.

Pal Hermansen / Lone Pine tree (Pinus sp.) on island in lake after snowfall, Follo, Norway. January. GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 - Plants and Fungi Category - Highly Commended.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Man and boy sitting on ground taking photograph with mobile phone surrounded by Black rats (Rattus rattus) feeding, Karni Mata Temple (The Temple of Rats), a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddes...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Visitors with mobile phones photographing Black rats (Rattus rattus) climbing over iron gate in Karni Mata Temple (The Temple of Rats), a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Karni Mata and fam...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Two women touching and photographing Black rats (Rattus rattus) climbing over iron gate in Karni Mata Temple (The Temple of Rats), a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Karni Mata and famous f...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings being released on beach by conservationists and volunteers from the Osa Conservation Sea Turtle Project, with a woman and child watching in backg...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Scuba divers from Raising Coral Team conservation project monitoring coral growth on coral reef restoration towers, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. 2019.

Franco Banfi / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), socializing with pod and opening its mouth, with diver, Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit. February.

Franco Banfi / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), socializing with pod and opening its mouth, with diver, Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit. February.

Michel Roggo / Underwater shot of a Tench (Tinca tinca) in a peat bog pool, in the shade of trees and aquatic plants. The water is red tannin-stained and acidic, with an upper layer of clean water from heavy rains....

Solvin Zankl / Moor frog (Rana arvalis) male, looking for a mate in shallow forest pond in spring surrounded by frogspawn, Selent, Germany. April. GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competiton 2022 - Und...

Will Burrard-Lucas / Daddy long legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides) crawling across dining room ceiling, withperson in background UK. GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 - Men and Nature Catego...

Theo Bosboom / Fagradalsfjall volcano lava field and smoke caught in golden light at sunset, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. September. Asferico International Nature Photography Competition 2022 - Landscape category -...

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female, perched in dark forest in evening, southern Estonia. November. GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 - Bird Category - Highly commended.

Sergey Gorshkov / Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) feeding on Lioness (Panthera leo) carcass, with two Vultures (Gyps sp.) waiting their turn in background, Londolozi, South Africa. Siena International Photo Awards Competition...

Radomir Jakubowski / Forest shrouded in mist with new trees emerging amongst dead trees decimated by infestation of Borer beetles ( Scolytinae). This entire area has been left untouched for almost 30 years, the result to...

Markus Varesvuo / Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) male, jumping, part of a dominance display, at lek in early morning light, Kuusamo, Finland, April. Bird Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 - Bird Behaviour Categ...

Markus Varesvuo / Hooded crow (Corvus corone cornix) standing on water-covered ice, with reflection of buildings at sunset in background, Helsinki, Finland. December. 'Vuoden luontokuva' Finland's Nature Phot...

Henley Spiers / Huge school of Spottail grunt (Haemulon maculicauda) swimming just beneath the sea surface with a Double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) diving through the air approaching its underwater prey,...

Erlend Haarberg / Three Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) fighting over food at night, Vauldalen, Norway. April. Glanzlichter Photo Competition 2022 - The World of Mammals Category - Highly commended.

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain birch (Betula pubescens) peeling bark, close up, Rapa delta, Laponia, Sweden. May. Glanzlichter Photo Competition 2022 - The Beauty of Plants Category - Highly Commended.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) chick emerging from feathers on the back of the parent at dawn, Valkenhorst nature reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. August. Asferico International Natur...

David Pattyn / Great white egret (Ardea alba) fishing in a shallow pond, Valkenhorst nature reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. August. Asferico International Nature Photography Competition 2022 - Birds category...

David Maitland / Copper-rumped hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci) microscopic view up of Iridescent tip of breast feather photographed under polarised light (visible to birds), Trinidad & Tobago. Focus stacked. Olympus...

David Maitland / Copper-rumped hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci) microscopic view up of Iridescent tip of breast feather photographed under polarised light (visible to birds), Trinidad & Tobago. Focus stacked. British...

David Maitland / African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) male, walking along water's edge after leaving the shelter of the forest to drink from freshwater lagoon, Loango National Park, Gabon. Critically enda...

David Maitland / Deutzia (Deutzia scabra) leaf, microscopic view of blue autofluorescent star-shaped defensive hairs covering the surface, silhouetted against the leaf's red-fluorescent chlorophyll-packed cells, unde...

David Maitland / Photographer David Maitland, holding his award at the British Photography Awards ceremony 2022.

David Maitland / Microscopic view of hard, defensive calcareous structures (spicules) within the bodies of Gorgonian corals, Sponges and Holothuria found in coral sand on the sea floor. As environmental carbon dioxide...

David Maitland / Tapeworm (Taenia pisiformis) of European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) showing 'circular-saw-like' structure on the head, or scolex, which will anchor into the hare's small intestine. Mi...

David Maitland / Margined Ramshorn pond snail (Planorbis planorbis) microscopic view of a galaxy of photosynthetic algae, like Chlamydomonas, living within a slimy biofilm covering the shell. The chlorophyll within t...

David Maitland / Margined ramshorn pond snail (Planorbis planorbis) microscopic view of a galaxy of photosynthetic algae, like Chlamydomonas, living within a slimy biofilm covering the shell. The chlorophyll within t...

David Maitland / Autofluorescence image of a cross section through the tip of the growing leaf-whorl of Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) exposed to UV light, the chlorophyll fluoresces red and the lignin blue. The &...

Karine Aigner / Nepalese tourists posing for 'selfies' outside the gate of Bardia National Park, Terai, Nepal. Terai

Nick Upton / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) standing at edge of lake with woman photographing it with a mobile phone, Regent's Park, London, UK. March. Model released.

David Tipling / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony gathering on beach at dawn, with two tourists photographing the scene, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. January.

David Tipling / Three birdwatchers photographing flocks of Red knots (Calidris canutus) and Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) in flight at sunset, Snettisham RSPB Reserve, The Wash, Norfolk, UK. August.

David Tipling / Group ofbirdwatchers photographing wading birds including Red knot (Calidris canutus) and Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus), Snettisham RSPB Reserve, The Wash, Norfolk, UK. October.

David Tipling / Group of birdwatchers photographing wading birds, including Red knot (Calidris canutus) and Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) on the Wash, Snettisham RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, UK. October.

David Tipling / Two Starlings (Sturnus vulgarus) perched on signpost being photographed by man with mobile phone camera, Cromer, Norfolk, UK. September.

Henley Spiers / Long exposure of a Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) diving underwater to feed on fish. Shetland, Scotland, UK. May. HIPA 2022 competition - Grand Prize Winner. Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022...

Ripan Biswas / Lesser short-nosed fruit-bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) feeding on bananas at fruit stall inside a busy market, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India. Highly Commended in the Urban Wildlife category of the 202...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox bat (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging upside down from branch, looking down, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia. Cropped.

Doug Gimesy / High-key portrait of Grey-headed flying-fox bat (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging upside down, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of Grey-headed flying-fox bat (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from branch with wing extended, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia.

Franco Banfi / Free diver gliding below a thick ice platform, in water temperature minus 2 degrees Celsius, White Sea, northern Russia. April. Ocean Photographer of the Year Competition 2022 - Adventure category - F...

Franco Banfi / Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea) and Dentex (Dentex dentex) hunting a huge school of Sardines (Sardina pilchardus) in shallow water, Espiritu Santo archipelago, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Ocean Pho...

Tui De Roy / Playful Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups curiously watching tourist group, Cerro Brujo, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

Henley Spiers / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) diving underwater to feed on discarded fish, with tall cliffs in background where gannets seasonally nest, Shetland, Scotland. Siena International Photo Competition A...

Henley Spiers / Dense plankton bloom at night, attracting jellyfish to feed on the miniature life, Shetland, Scotland, North Sea, UK. May. Siena International Photo Competition Awards 2022 - Underwater Life category...

David Fleetham / Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) photographed by diver with camera over remains of Mala Wharf, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Free diver photographing piece of North Atlantic octopus (Bathypolypus arcticus), probably brought to surface by Sperm whale. Azores, Atlantic Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Film crew on zodiac boat following Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). Azores, Atlantic Ocean.

Russell Laman / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) looking down at sea lion carcass on ocean floor as Pacific sea nettles jelllyfish (Chrysaora fuscescens) drift by. Monterey Bay, California, USA, Pacific O...

Mateusz Piesiak / Two Bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) fighting and jabbing each other over feeding spot, wings flapping, Gulf of Gdansk, Baltic Coast, Poland. September. Winner of Rising Star Portfolio award at...

Mateusz Piesiak / Flock of Dunlin (Calidris alpina) taking off after predator flew by disturbing their foraging, Gulf of Gdansk, Baltic Coast, Poland. September. Winner of Rising Star Portfolio award at Wildlife Phot...

Mateusz Piesiak / Three Mute swans (Cygnus olor) curiously, peering down at photographer, Wroclaw, Poland. January. Winner of Rising Star Portfolio award at Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2022.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Aerial view of migrating Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) on the border of Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa. Highly commended in the Behaviour: Mammals cate...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Ranger removing snare from a wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), northern Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa. Wildebeest are targeted by poachers with snares made from the wire rims of car tyres. Highly comm...