Marie Read / Common redpoll (Carduelis flammea), male perched in alder (Alnus rugosa) during a snowstorm in winter, New York, USA, January.

Murray Cooper / Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata) pair, South America

Marcos Baumann/ BIA / Speckled Teal (Anas flavirostris) flying, Valparaiso, Chile

Jussi Murtosaari / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) male in habitat, Finland, April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) male flying in habitat, Finland, April.

Jeff Rotman / Eye of a Peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus) Red Sea, Egypt.

Michael Pitts / Bicolour parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor) sleeping at night, Red Sea.

Stephen Dalton / Speckled bush cricket (Leptophytes punctatissima) leaping, Sussex, England. Controlled conditions.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on Bramble (Rubus fructicosus) leaves, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April, UK

Russell Cooper / Male Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) sunning on leaf, South London, UK, August

Michel Roggo / Three-barred / speckled peacock bass (Cichla temensis) entering flooded forest to spawn. Tributary Rio Tabajos, Para, Brazil.

Tony Phelps / Male Cape cobra snake (Naja nivea) dark speckled variety, De Hoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa