Michael Pitts / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling swimming out to deep water from Karan Island after being released from boat. Saudi Arabia. Arabian Gulf.

David Pattyn / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) through soft focus vegetation. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

Alex Mustard / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) swimming near the surface of the English Channel. Penzance, Cornwall, England, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean, August. Highly commended in the Portraits category...

Ernie Janes / Jack russell terrier in box with Christmas tree

Ernie Janes / Jack russell terrier in wheelbarrow with apples, UK

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) fledgling aged one month tilting head to judge distance. Marana, Arizona, USA. May.

Andy Rouse / Golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) pair, male perched on stump, female flying above. Ranthambhore National Park, India.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over oil palm plantations and rainforest edge, showing areas of deforestation, Rondonia, Brazil, 2019.

John Shaw / Bowling Ball Beach at Schooner Gulch State Beach on the Pacific Ocean shore in Mendocino County, California, USA. February 2014. The 'bowling balls' are concretions weathered out of the steepl...

Graham Eaton / Tilted beds of sandstone and thin shales of the Carboniferous, Culm Measures (Bude Formation) Sandy Mouth near Bude, Cornwall, UK, May. The bed represent cycles of deposition associated with climate c...

Graham Eaton / Tilted beds of Carboniferous age, Culm Measures (Bude Formation) sandstone and shale, Bude, Cornwall, UK, May.

Graham Eaton / Tilted beds of sandstone and thin shales of the Carboniferous, Culm Measures (Bude Formation) Sandy Mouth near Bude, Cornwall, UK, May. The bed represent cycles of deposition associated with climate c...