Tony Heald / Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) performing its dance display. Etosha National Park, Namibia, January.

Orsolya Haarberg / Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) female bathing, Hungary

Rod Williams / Francois' Langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) captive, from Vietnam, Laos and Southern China, Endangered

Pete Oxford / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) portrait, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands

Ernie Janes / Farmyard chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) free range, mixed breed, Norfolk, UK. Property released

Markus Varesvuo / Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) male head portrait, Finland, April

Edwin Giesbers / Orangutan baby (Pongo pygmaeus) head portrait of baby, Semengoh Nature reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. Endangered.

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) startled. Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK.

Edwin Giesbers / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in flight, vocalising, aggresive behaviour, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, June

David Perpinan / Great rufous woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes major) startled whilst incubating eggs, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Mark Taylor / Tabby Persian-cross kitten, age 7 weeks, looking startled

Anup Shah / Maasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) running away startled - remote camera perspective . Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.