Dave Bevan / Juvenile Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) raiding a chicken nest in a barn, filmed at night using an infra red camera, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, December.

Petra Wegner,Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies aged 7 weeks, with tricolour and blenheim colouration, on hay bale in straw

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, puppy aged 7 weeks with blenheim colouration, resting on hay bale in straw

Petra Wegner / Beagle, bitch resting on hay bale in straw

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / Common Cranes (Grus grus) in field with straw bales, prior to autumn migration. Estonia, August.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Bales of Barley straw on arable farmland, Scotland, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Baling machine ejecting a bale of Barley straw on arable farmland, Scotland, UK, September

Ernie Janes / Large crop of Carrots growing in field with stack of round straw bales, Norfolk, UK, November

Fabrice Cahez / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) resting on straw bale in field. Vosges, France, July.

Niall Benvie / Portrait of Springer spaniel, lying on straw stack, Scotland, UK

Michel Poinsignon / Cooling towers of Nuclear power station with farmland and straw bales in the foreground, Cattenom, France

Pascal Tordeux / Farmland with straw bales, Le Herie La Vieville, Picardy, France, July 2018.