Danny Green / Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) hibernating amongst leaves and acorns. Captive. Leicestershire, UK, October.

Sam Hobson / Young urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing on a wall at night. Bristol, UK, September. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Sam Hobson / Rose-ringed / ring-necked parakeets (Psittacula krameri) in flight on way to roost in an urban cemetery, London, UK, January. Finalist in the Birds category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (...

Ben Hall / Stunted oak woodland covered in moss, Wistman's Wood, Devon, UK. August. Highly Commended in the Wild Woods category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.

Ben Hall / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking flight, artistically blurred photograph. Cheshire, UK, October. Highly honoured in the Art in Nature category of the Nature's Best Windland Smith...

Ben Hall / Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight, artistically blurred photograph, Cheshire, UK, February. Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013....

Ben Hall / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing courtship displaying at dawn, backlit and surrounded by mist, Cheshire, UK, April. Highly honoured in the Birds Category of Nature's Best Windl...

Alex Mustard / Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) cruise beneath the surface of the English Channel. Penzance, Cornwall, England, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean, August. Winner of the Coast and Marine category...

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) fluffy chick with its parent. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on grass, Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon, UK. July

David Tipling / Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) climbing on fence, St James Park, London, UK, October

Dale Sutton / 2020VISION / Common frog (Rana temporaria) leaping into a pond, controlled conditions, UK.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) cub amongst kelp on shoreline, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Juvenile male Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight chasing his parent who has Feral pigeon (Columba livia) kill in claws, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Paul Hobson / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) on stain glass window of church, Sheffield, England, UK. Commended in the Other Animals Category of the GDT competition 2014.

Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on flower (Geranium sp). Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Cowslips (Primula veris) on conservation headland on organic farm. Norfolk, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Cowslips (Primula veris) on conservation headland on organic farm. Norfolk, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Cowslips (Primula veris) growing on organic farm. Norfolk, UK, April.

Chris Mattison / Geometer moth (Geometridae) caterpillar also known as a looper or inch-worm caterpillar, Yorkshire, UK. April.

David Tipling / Roost of around 800 Pied Wagtails (Motacilla alba) in trees outside Terminal 5 Heathrow, London, UK. December.

David Tipling / Roost of around 800 Pied Wagtails (Motacilla alba) in trees outside Terminal 5 Heathrow, London, UK. December 2013.

David Tipling / Roost of around 800 Pied Wagtails (Motacilla alba) in trees outside Terminal 5 Heathrow London UK

David Tipling / Roost of around 800 Pied Wagtails (Motacilla alba) in trees outside Terminal 5 Heathrow, London, UK. December 2013.

David Tipling / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) singing, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

David Tipling / Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) in flowering apple tree, Norfolk, England, UK, May.

David Tipling / European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) male on song perch, Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Michel Poinsignon / Gannet (Morus bassanus) landing in colony, Bass Rock, Scotland, UK, July.

David Tipling / Grey partridge (Perdix perdix) in flight, North Norfolk, February.

Andrew Parkinson / Badger (Meles meles) sub-adult badger among some ragwort, Derbyshire, England, UK, July. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA competition 2014.

Terry Whittaker / Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius / terrestris) on old pump wheel, East Mailing, Kent, UK, February 2014. Highly commended in the Urban Wildlife Category of the BWPA competitions 2014.

Paul Hobson / Toads (Bufo bufo) two males and female, in amplexus in a pond, underwater image, Yorkshire, England, UK, April. Highly Commended in the Animal Behaviour Category of BWPA competition 2014.

Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) two males chasing female in snow covered field during a blizzard. Derbyshire, England, UK, February. Winner of British Seasons category of BWPA competition 2014.

Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) a newborn leveret, less than an hour after birth, instinctively lies motionless in a field of newly planted crops. Derbyshire, UK, March. Winner of British Seasons categor...

Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) female boxing away male, Derbyshire, England, UK, March. Winner of British Seasons category of BWPA competition 2014.

Peter Cairns / Birch tree (Betula sp) in autumn, blurred, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, November. Winner of the Wild Woods Category of BWPA competitions 2014.

Alex Mustard / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) near the surface of the English Channel. Penzance, Cornwall, England, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean, August. Winner of British Nature in Black and White catego...

Nick Upton / Mammalogist Gill Brown inspecting nest box set out for Common / Hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius), in coppiced woodland near Bristol, Somerset, UK, October. Model released. Winner of the Doc...

Adrian Davies / Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia) Snowdonia, Wales, UK, October.

David Woodfall / Bee keepers looking at honey comb from hives on roof of Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK, June 2014.

David Woodfall / Bee keepers looking at honey comb from hives on roof of Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK, June 2014.

Stephen Dalton / Cardinal beetle (Pyrochros serraticornis) taking off. Sussex, England, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) standing on hind legs sniffing blackberry, Kent, UK, September.

Ernie Janes / *** Painted lady butterfly (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) feeding on Fleabane flower, UK, August.

Bernard Castelein / Giant's Causeway, looking in to land, Causeway coast, Antrim county, Northern Ireland, UK, September 2013

Ross Hoddinott / St Nectan's Kieve, a sixty foot waterfall, Saint Nectan's Glen, near Trethevy, Tintagel, north Cornwall, UK, May 2013.

Ross Hoddinott / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) pair mating, resting on a Pyrimidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Gwithian Towans, Cornwall, UK, July.

Ross Hoddinott / Three Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) resting on reeds, Devon, UK, July.

Ross Hoddinott / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on wheat stem feeding, Devon, UK, July. Captive.

Ross Hoddinott / Harvest mice (Micromys minutus) on wheat stems, Devon, UK, July. Captive. Not available for Greetings card and Notelets till 24/08/16.

Ross Hoddinott / Harts tongue fern (Phyllitis scolopendrium) leaf unfurling, Cornwall, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / Common poppies (Papaver rhoeas) backlit in evening light, Polly / Porth Joke, Pentire, Newquay, Cornwall, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Male White admiral butterfly (Limenitis camilla) standing on sunlit leaves, guarding its territory and looking out for mates, Woodland edge, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Female Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) feeding on a Creeping thistle flower (Cirsium arvense) in a chalk grassland meadow as a male hovers above to court her, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Alex Hyde / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) growing in a field. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Alex Hyde / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) fish eye view of newly emerged leaves, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / View out of hollow tree in mixed deciduous woodland, Peak District National Park, Cheshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor, low angle fish eye view, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Red campion (Silene dioica) and Oxeye Daises (Leucanthemum vulgare) on field margin, Norfolk, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Man walking dogs on Dunwich beach, Suffolk, August.

Ernie Janes / Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) and Cornflowers (Centaurea) in flower, July, England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) captive, portrait, occurs in the Congo Basin. Leaves digitally added.

David Pike / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on stalk, West Country Wildlife Photography Centre, captive, June.

Paul Hobson / Bordered white (Bupalus piniaria) adult moth on fern, Sheffield, England, UK, JUNe.

Graham Eaton / Salmon / Trout fish (Salmo sp) jumping a waterfall on the Afon Lledr, Betws Y Coed, Wales, October

MYN / Tim Hunt / Common toad (Bufo bufo) eggs / toadspawn, Barnt Green, Worcestershire, UK, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Tim Hunt / Bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) feeding on a bunch of blackberries, Worcestershire, England, UK, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Colin Varndell / Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) seedpods, Dorset, UK. July

Ann & Steve Toon / Scottish wildcats (Felis sylvestris), captive, UK, June

Ann & Steve Toon / Scottish Wildcat (Felis sylvestris), captive, UK, June

Ann & Steve Toon / Harvest mice (Micromys minutus), captive, UK, June

Ann & Steve Toon / Harvest mice (Micromys minutus), captive, UK, June

David Pike / Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) in flower, Devon, UK, June.

Fergus Gill / Abstract shot at dawn over a mixed woodland in autumn. Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, Perthshire, Scotland, November.

Fergus Gill / Alder (Alnus glutinosa) wood with bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Multiple exposure. Argyll, Scotland.

Fergus Gill / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at a breeding colony. Fowlsheugh, Scotland, June.

Fergus Gill / Tree sparrow (Passer montanus) feeding a fledgling on a branch of Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) blossom, Perthshire, Scotland. June 2013

Peter Lewis / Fireworks over the London Eye on New Years Eve 2012. London, England, UK.

Nick Upton / Ian Chambers of Backwell Enviroment Trust lowering a nestbox containing a Common / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) into a plastic sack held by Gill Brown, before taking measurements, in copp...

Nick Upton / Mammalogist Gill Brown of Backwell Enviroment Trust using a spring balance to weigh a Common / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) held in a plastic bag during a survey in coppiced woodland near...

Nick Upton / Torpid Common / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) sleeping in a Dormouse nestbox set out by Backwell Enviroment Trust in coppiced woodland near Bristol, Somerset, UK, June. Winner of the Docum...

Nick Upton / Torpid Common / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) sleeping while being weighed during a survey by Backwell Enviroment Trust in coppiced woodland near Bristol, Somerset, UK, June. Winner of the...

Nick Upton / Two young Common / Hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius), captured during a survey in coppiced woodland near Bristol, being held temporarily in a plastic sack, Somerset, UK, October. Non-ex. Winner...

Kim Taylor / Orange-tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) egg on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) sequence from new laid to hatch. Read from top left. Surrey, England. Digital composite

Kim Taylor / Leaf-cutting Bee (Megachile species) sequence showing cutting leaf section from rose. Read from top left. Surrey, England. Digital composite.

Ernie Janes / Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in flower, UK, May

Graham Eaton / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) splashing and surfacing, Cardigan Bay, Wales, May

Colin Varndell / Adult robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on twig in late winter. Dorset, UK February

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) preening, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, backlit by the morning sun, comes in to land in front of a shadowy cliff face. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult turning in the air as it begins to plunge dive. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Andy Rouse / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying at lek. Scotland, UK, February.

Andy Rouse / European Otter (Lutra lutra) portrait. Controlled conditions. UK, October.

Andy Rouse / European Otter (Lutra lutra) jumping from bank into water. Controlled conditions. UK, October.

Colin Varndell / Badger (Meles meles) preening itself at dusk. Dorset, UK November

Niall Benvie / Dendritic drainage patterns eroded into sand. Isle of Coll, Scotland, October 2012.