Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) juvenile with adults behind, on frozen Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan. February.

Melvin Grey / Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis) male, Mindo, Ecuador. Controlled conditions.

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to see after egg laying, e to open sea after digging nest. Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS End...

Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) infant male 'Gizmo' aged 2 years, portrait. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) viewed from below, off the coast of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, February.

David Tipling / Common frog (Rana temporaria) and spawn in pond. West Runton, North Norfolk, England, UK, March. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA Awards 2015.

David Tipling / Common frogs (Rana temporaria) and spawn in pond, West Runton, North Norfolk, March.

Krijn Trimbos / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair in courtship display, The Netherlands. March.

Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) adult sitting in a snow covered field. Derbyshire, UK, January.

Danny Green / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in flight in snowfall, Lake Kussharo, Japan, February

Danny Green / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Japan, February