Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) cleaning its nose on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Morley Read / Tropical flat snake (Siphlophis compressus) climbing on a flowering bromeliad (Aechmea) in the Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Alex Mustard / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting on sea floor and two juvenile Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus). Marsa El Shouna, Marsa Alam, Egypt.

Bernard Castelein / Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in tree, relaxing, Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar

Bernard Castelein / Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus) in tree, Marojejy National Park, Madagascar. Critically endagered species.

Andy Rouse / European Hare (Lepus europaeus) in grassland. UK. May.

Andy Rouse / Red fox, (Vulpes vulpes), in bluebells, UK

Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) head and neck, looking up through reeds. Suffolk, UK. November.

Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) portrait. Suffolk, UK. November.

Oscar Dewhurst / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) watching prey through long grass. London, UK. November

Lorraine Bennery / Blue-eyed lemur (Eulemur flavifrons) female in tree. Sahamalaza, Madagascar.

Andy Rouse / African Lion (Panthera leo) cub age 2 months, Masai Mara, Kenya