Steve Nicholls / Upland haymeadow with Buttercups (Ranunculus sp.) in flower, Hannah's Meadow Nature Reserve, Baldersdale, North Pennines, County Durham, England, UK. June.

Steve Nicholls / Stream across Widdybank Fell, Moorhouse National Nature Reserve, Northern Pennines, County Durham, England, UK. June, 2013. Nature reserve is a world famous botanical hotspot and UNESCO biosphere rese...

Steve Nicholls / Mountain pansies (Viola lutea) flowering on Widdybank Fell, Moorhouse National Nature Reserve, Upper Teesdale, Northern Pennines, County Durham, England, UK, June. Nature reserve is a world famous bot...

Steve Nicholls / Mountain pansies (Viola lutea) flowering on Widdybank Fell, Upper Teesdale, Moorhouse National Nature Reserve, Northern Pennines, County Durham, England, UK, June. Nature reserve is a world famous bot...

Steve Nicholls / Birdseye primrose (Primula farinosa) flowering on Widdybank Fell, Moorhouse National Nature Reserve, Upper Teesdale, Northern Pennines, County Durham, England, UK, June. Nature reserve is a world famo...

Steve Nicholls / Mountain pansies (Viola lutea) flowering on Widdybank Fell, Moorhouse National Nature Reserve, Upper Teesdale, Northern Pennines, County Durham, England, UK, June. Nature reserve is a world famous bot...

Steve Nicholls / Barn and stone wall, Hannah's Meadow Nature Reserve, Baldersdale, North Pennines, County Durham, England, UK. June, 2013.

Steve Nicholls / Birdseye primrose (Primula farinosa) flowering on Widdybank Fell, Moorhouse National Nature Reserve, Upper Teesdale, Northern Pennines, County Durham, England, UK, June. Nature reserve is a world famo...

Steve Nicholls / Barn in Hannah's Meadow Nature Reserve, Baldersdale, North Pennines, County Durham, England, UK. June, 2013.

Steve Nicholls / Birdseye primrose (Primula farinosa) flowering on Widdybank Fell, Moorhouse National Nature Reserve, Upper Teesdale, Northern Pennines, County Durham, England, UK, June. Nature reserve is a world famo...

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Aerial view of mist covered forest at sunrise, Biosphere Reserve, Upper Lusatia, Poland. May, 2023.

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Aerial view of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) walking through pond with Water caltrop (Trapa natans) and blue bacteria, surrounded by Reedbeds (Phragmites australis), Biosphere Reserve, Upper Lusatia, Pola...

Gabriel Rojo / Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) walking past seaweed covered rocks on beach, Punta Norte Nature Reserve, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina.

Gabriel Rojo / Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) walking along beach with Gulls (Larus sp.) in background, Punta Norte Nature Reserve, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina.

Ross Hoddinott / Group of Four-spotted chaser dragonflies (Libellula quadrimaculata) roosting on plant stem, backlit in the early morning light, Ham Wall RSPB Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK. June.

Roger Powell / Four Greylag geese (Anser anser) flying low over lake, East Chevington Reserve, Druridge Bay, Northumberland, UK. November.

Sven Zacek / Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) pair, in flight over bog pool, Nigula Nature Protection Area, Parnumaa county, Estonia.

Tim Laman / Two Gobies (Gobiidae) resting on a Sea fan (Gorgonia sp.), Raja Ampat Marine Park, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia.

Sven Zacek / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) standing in flooded river meadow during spring flooding, Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve Tartumaa county, Southern Estonia.

Lorraine Bennery / Ring-tailed mongoose (Galidia elegans) leaping, Montagne D'Ambre National Park, Madagascar.

Ingo Arndt / Aerial view of river bed amid sand dunes, Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Brazil. July, 2023.

Mike Read / Sand dunes and slacks covered in Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria), Braunton Burrows Nature Reserve, North Devon, England, UK, October.

Mike Read / Sand dunes and slacks covered in Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria), Braunton Burrows Nature Reserve, North Devon, England, UK, October.

Mike Read / Sand dunes and slacks covered in Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria), Braunton Burrows Nature Reserve, North Devon, England, UK, October.

Tim Laman / Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) young male climbs up tree trunk in rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Remote camera. Outright winner Wildlife Photographer...

Nick Garbutt / Puma (Puma concolor) juvenile male, resting in deep snow, Torres del Paine National Park / Estancia Amarga, Patagonia, Chile. July.

Nick Garbutt / Puma (Puma concolor) juvenile male, resting in snow, looking up towards passing aeroplane, Torres del Paine National Park / Estancia Amarga, Patagonia, Chile. July.

Nick Garbutt / Puma (Puma concolor) female, walking along snow covered ridgeline with mist covered valley (inversion) and early morning light on the Torres del Paine Massif in background, Torres del Paine National P...

Bret Charman / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) 'blue morph' standing in snow with Sea urchin (Echinoidea) prey in mouth with mountains behind, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland. March.

Bret Charman / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) 'blue morph' standing on snowy ridge, looking back, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland. March.

Bret Charman / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) walking through long vegetation at edge of field at sunset, South Downs National Park, Hampshire, UK. June.

Bret Charman / Two Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) 'blue morph', in snow, female attacking male to defend her cubs, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland. March.

Bret Charman / Chestnut-crowned antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla) perched on branch in cloud forest, Rio Blano Reserve, Manizales, Colombia.

Bret Charman / Bar-crested antshrike (Thamnophilus multistriatus) female, perched on branch in forest, Tinamou Reserve, central Andes foothills, Colombia.

Bret Charman / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) 'blue morph' walking through blizzard, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland. March.

Bret Charman / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) 'blue morph', portrait, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland. March.

Bret Charman / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) 'blue morph' walking through blizzard, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland. March.

Bret Charman / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) 'blue morph', sitting in snow field, portrait, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland. March.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Nubian bustard (Neotis nuba) portrait, Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve. Captive, occurs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Nubian bustard (Neotis nuba) portrait, Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve. Captive, occurs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Nubian bustard (Neotis nuba) head portrait, Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve. Captive, occurs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Nubian bustard (Neotis nuba) head portrait, Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve. Captive, occurs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Nubian bustard (Neotis nuba) portrait, Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve. Captive, occurs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Nubian bustard (Neotis nuba) portrait, Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve. Captive, occurs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Bernard Castelein / Ankarana sportive lemur (Lepilemur ankaranensis) pair, peering out from tree hole, Analamerana special reserve, Madagascar.

Alex Mustard / Diver swimming through the Silfra fissure, a crack in the Earth's crust between the North American and Eurasian continental plates, which is filled with glacial melt water, Thingvellir National P...

Colin Varndell / Ancient Oak tree (Quercus robur) in forest, South Oakley enclosure, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, November.

Colin Varndell / The Knightwood Oak (Quercus robur), New Forest, Hampshire, November. Tree is over 500 years old and has been repeatedly pollarded, a traditional way of harvesting wood without killing the tree.

Colin Varndell / Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in woodland, Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, November.

Colin Varndell / Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in woodland, Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, November.

Colin Varndell / Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) in woodland, Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, November.

Colin Varndell / Autumn trees in Acres Down Woodland, Emery Down, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, November.

Colin Varndell / Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in woodland, Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, November.

Colin Varndell / Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in woodland, Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, November.

Colin Varndell / The Knightwood Oak (Quercus robur), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, November. Tree is over 500 years old and has been repeatedly pollarded, a traditional way of harvesting wood without killin...

David Tipling / Great white egret (Ardea alba) in flight over marshland, Titchwell RSPB Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK, December.

David Tipling / Great white egret (Ardea alba) wading through water beside reed bed, Titchwell RSPB Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK, September.

David Tipling / Aerial view of RSPB Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, August.

David Tipling / Aerial view of RSPB Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, August.

David Tipling / Aerial view of RSPB Sharpham Drove Nature Reserve, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK, August. Site was an old peat extraction site now flooded.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Drone shot of Mount Candina looking towards Mount Buciero as the sun sets, Santo Natural Park, Cantabria, Spain, Cantabrian Sea. July.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Timelapse of Domestic cattle (Bos taurus) feeding on grassy mountainside, Collados del Ason Natural Park, Cantabria, Spain. July.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Panning timelapse of fog moving over rocky mountainside. The camera pans from right to left. Castros de Horneo, Collados del Ason Natural Park, Cantabria, Spain. July.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Timelapse of clouds moving over rocky outcrop in Iregua Valley, Sierra Cebollera Natural Park, La Rioja, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Timelapse of clouds moving over rocky outcrop in Iregua Valley, Sierra Cebollera Natural Park, La Rioja, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Timelapse of clouds moving over cliffs in Iregua Valley, Sierra Cebollera Natural Park, La Rioja, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Panning shot of Iregua Valley. The camera pans from right to left. Sierra Cebollera Natural Park, La Rioja, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Panning shot of cliffs in Iregua Valley. The camera pans from right to left. Sierra Cebollera Natural Park, La Rioja, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Panning timelapse of clouds moving over cliffs in Iregua Valley, Sierra Cebollera Natural Park, La Rioja, Spain. August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Panning timelapse of clouds moving over cliffs in Iregua Valley, Sierra Cebollera Natural Park, La Rioja, Spain. August.

Wim van den Heever / Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) pup playing as mother and littermate watch, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Ross Hoddinott / Keld waterfall, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, UK, October 2023.

Ann & Steve Toon / African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) in flight above water's surface and skimming beak, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Ann & Steve Toon / Black crake (Zapornia flavirostra) running along bank beside pool at sunrise, Zimanga game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, June.

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag standing in reedbed on islet, Upper Lusatia Biosphere Reserve, Germany, September.

Andres M. Dominguez / European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in flight through meadow with flowers, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Cádiz. Spain, June.

Ashley Cooper / Sailing boats on Lake Windermere at sunrise, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK, December 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Low clouds move over Grizedale Forest, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, December 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Mountaineers standing on hilltop, looking at mist over Tarn Howes, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK, January 2021.

Ashley Cooper / Dollywagon Pike with snow cornices, as seen from Helvellyn, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, March 2018.

Ashley Cooper / Cloud spilling over snow covered Great Gable and the Sca Fell from Hindscarth, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, January 2023.

Ashley Cooper / Sailing boats on Lake Windermere at sunrise, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, December 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Man paddling Canadian canoe over Lake Windermere at sunrise, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, December 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Helvellyn range as seen from High Raise, Lake District, Cumbria UK, December, 2022.

Ashley Cooper / High Street Fell with cloud caused by temperature inversion, as seen from Red Screes, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, September 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Mist over woodland at sunrise as seen from Todd Crag, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, November 2020.

Ashley Cooper / Peaks of Great Gable and Pillar poking out of blanket of cloud created by temperature inversion at dawn, as seen from Red Screes, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, January 2022.

Ashley Cooper / The Langdale Pikes and Bow Fell with valley mist, as seen from Ambleside at dawn, Lake District, UK, December 2022.

Ashley Cooper / Fairfield and the Kentmere Fells as seen from Dollywagon Pike at dawn, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, January 2022.

Ashley Cooper / Wansfell covered in frost, with fog covered valley and Coniston Hills behind, Lake District, Cumbria, UK, December 2022.

Robin Chittenden / Boy jumping for joy over sand dune, Winterton Dunes National Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK. February, 2022. Model released.

Robin Chittenden / Boy jumping for joy over sand dune, Winterton Dunes National Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK. February, 2022. Model released.

Mike Read / Dyke on scrubland, Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. May, 2020.

Mike Read / Dyke on scrubland, Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. May, 2020.

Gary K Smith New / View of Warham camp Iron Age fort, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England, UK. August, 2021.

Mark Taylor / Abandoned millstones on rocky hillside, Peak District National Park, England, UK.