Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sliding down slope on back after losing footing. Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan, China. January 1987.

Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) portrait, in falling snow. Captive bred, in enclosure, Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan Province, China. February 2008.

Marie Read / Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) flock in flight during a snowstorm, New York, USA, January.

Staffan Widstrand / Grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus) on tree trunk in falling snow. Kalvtrask, Vasterbotten, Lapland, Sweden. January.

Frederique Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking with chick, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.

Frederique Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks calling, with another small chick arriving and falling over, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) hit by falling snow, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.

Andy Trowbridge / Female Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) perched on a branch in falling snow, with Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Norway, January.

Pal Hermansen / Snow falling in Bastnas car graveyard Varmland, Sweden, December. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Markus Varesvuo,Markus Varesvuo / Commen raven (Corvus corax) flying in falling snow, Vardo, Norway, March.

Diane McAllister,Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) young one, appearing quite relaxed in thermal pool, even falling asleep, in Jigokudani, Japan, February

Niall Benvie / Snow squall falling on coastal mountains. Tortenberget across Ballesvika, Senja, Norway, February 2012.