John Chan / Elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) with a broken wing, attempting to take off, Southern California, USA, April.

John Waters / Slow motion clip of a Brown trout (Salmo trutta) predating an adult Mayfly (Ephemoptera) struggling to take off from water, River Kennet, Hungerford, Berkshire, England, UK, June.

Jack Dykinga / Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) running to take off into flight, Boque del Apache, New Mexico, USA, December.

Bence Mate / Two Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) fledgling with adult about to take off, Pantanal, Brazil.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) about to take off to roosting site, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula Mexico, January. Best image taken in Mexico and specially commended in...

Doug Perrine / Giant squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) at cleaning station in the cockpit of wreck of Panorama Air Tour Beech H18S that crashed in 1983 after take-off from Keahole airport, Kona, Hawaii.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) Sultan tied up in front of a tourist shop in the souk, Douz, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia. Unwittingly, tourists support the capture of fennec fox cubs from the wild by payi...

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on grasses at sunset, Vealand Farm, Devon, UK. July. Commended in the Your View Category of the Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year Compet...

MYN / Marc Pihet / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) composite showing take off, Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Large flock of Red knot (Calidris canutus) taking off from mudflats, The Wash estuary, Norfolk, England, UK, January

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Timelapse of tourists boarding a boat to take them to the Farne Islands, Seahouses Harbour, Northumberland, England, UK, July 2011

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) taking-off from grazing field, Solway Firth, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, December