Mark Carwardine / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) flying over sea, Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand

Sue Daly / Large group of Sunflower sea stars (Asterias / Pycnopodia helianthoides) covering rock, pacific coast, Canada, August

Guy Edwardes / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on grass, Dorset, England, May

Rolf Nussbaumer / Grass of Parnassus flowers {Parnassia palustris} Switzerland.

Kirkendall-Spring / Sunrise over Lake Superior, Wisconsin Point near the town of Superior. Wisconsin, USA, August 2011

Colin Varndell / Caterpillar larva of Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), Somerset, UK, May

Rick Tomlinson / "Matador" arriving in Lisbon, sailing past the Monument to the Discoveries. Audi Med Cup offshore race, Cascais to Lisbon, Portugal, May 2010.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) adult calling on breeding loch, Flow Country, Highland, Scotland, UK, June,

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Dawn over Loch Lurgainn, Inverpolly, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, January 2011

Nature Production / Rice (Oryza sativa) grain germinating with shoot and roots 25 days after sowing seeds, Shiga, Japan, sequence 4/4

Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) on Couch grass, Sussex, UK, July

Petra Wegner / Havanese dog, black / Bichon Havanais, Bichon Habanero, lying portrait