Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus) calling during defensive display, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) male, Kerala, India

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida), Singapore

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Red-tailed Laughingthrush (Garrulax milnei), Yunnan, China

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Large Niltava (Niltava grandis) male, Yunnan, China

Solvin Zankl / Sargassum fish (Histrio histrio) in Broad-toothed gulfweed (Sargassum fluitans) Sargassum Community. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

MYN / Gil Wizen / Shield bug (Ventocoris falcatus) Central Coastal Plain, Israel Meetyourneighbours.net project

Graham Eaton / A foggy scene on the road to the Tan Hill Inn, Richmond, Yorkshire, June 2012

Petra Wegner,Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, bitch with black-and-tan coat

Petra Wegner / Australian Shepherd, red-tri, close up of paw touching womans hand. Model released

Petra Wegner / Briard / Berger de Brie, head portrait with plaited hair between eyes.

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, ruby, running out of the sea wearing a lifejacket / life vest.