Kim Taylor / Barn owl {Tyto alba} landing on fence post. Captive UK. NOT AVAILABLE for jigsaw puzzles in Germany Switzerland and Austria until 31st Dec 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Barn owl (Tyto alba) in flight above post and wildflowers, in morning light. The Hawk Conservancy Trust, Hampshire, England, UK. July. Captive.

Ernie Janes / Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) at night in winter, with lamp post illuminating the woodland. Felbrigg Woods, Norfolk, England, UK. January.

Nigel Cattlin / Eggs of Golden apple snail / Channelled apple snail (Pomacea caniculata) in a Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy, Luzon, Philippines

Marie Read / Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) female perched, Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada, January.

Marie Read / Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Shark spotter, in front of black flag at the Kalk Bay post. It provides a warning to ocean goers that visibility is bad and the shark spotters may not see a white shark if it does enter the bay. West...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital director Jenny Maclean rescuing, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) caught in barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. April 2015. Second Place i...

Paul Williams / Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) rescued by Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN), in holding cage, Animal rescue centre, Jakarta, Indonesia. Critically Endangered. Post production to remove light...

Sam Hobson / Fallow deer (Dama dama) herd walking down road. London, UK. January.

Markus Varesvuo / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) vocalising on post, Iceland

Angelo Gandolfi / Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) approaching livestock fence, Pantanal. Brazil