Brent Stephenson / Australasian gannet (Morus serrator) flying with waves breaking below, Muriwai, Auckland, New Zealand, October.

Ernie Janes / Low tide on the Wash, Snettisham, Norfolk, England, UK, February.

Philip Stephen / Rough weather on the seashore at Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Scotland, January 2014. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Yellow Labrador jumping breakwater, Norfolk. April

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Gulls, predominantly Iceland gulls (Larus glaucoides) flying above stormy ocean near Vik, Iceland, March 2012.

Neil Lucas / Shadow of helicopter returning to the Russian ice breaker ship, Kapitan Khlebnikov, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Diver close to wave breaker concrete blocks, Xiaoliuqiu Island, Taiwan

Tui De Roy / Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) swimming through wave wash. Tilgo Island, La Serena, Chile. Vulnerable species.

Tui De Roy / Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) in surf, Galapagos

Markus Varesvuo / Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) flying over surf, Vardo, Norway March

Mark Carwardine / Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) swimming in shallows, Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand, November, threatened species

Mark Carwardine / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) emerging from the sea, swimming in surf, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, November