Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) in a cut forest. East coast, near Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisae) on telegraph lines, near a small village on the Reykjanes peninsula in the south west of Iceland, June

Fabrice Cahez / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting in middle of snow covered road as a car approaches. Vosges, France, December.

Pete Oxford / Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) roosting on telegraph wires, Puerto Lopez, Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador

Oriol Alamany / Rainbow over the town of El Chalten, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina, January 2006

Stephen Dalton / Greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) perched on telegraph pole, South Africa

David Tipling / Flock of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) sitting on telephone wires, at pre-roost gathering in winter, Buckenham, Norfolk, England

David Woodfall / Villagers living in former river bed now dry due to siltation, complex effects of climate change, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

Graham Eaton / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) perched on a telegraph pole, UK, October

Dietmar Nill / Little Owl (Athene noctua) adult on telephone wires, Bulgaria

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cables and telegraph pole with building in background, Kathmandu City, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. February 2018.

Ashley Cooper / Electricity wires running through woodland near Ambleside in the Lake District, England, UK. May.