Danny Green / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) head portrait, Alaska, USA, February

Theo Bosboom / Close-up of a White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipis) Meinerswijk, The Netherlands, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in a freshly dug snow hole, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in white winter coat, Scotland, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female, The Netherlands, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus), Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. January.

Christophe Courteau / Shore clingfish / Cornish sucker (Lepadogaster lepadogaster) portrait, Brittany, France, January.

Robin Chittenden / Boy looking at Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi) on his hand, Dorset, UK, May 2013, Model released.

Peter Cairns / American Bison (Bison bison) lying in snow field, Hayden Valley,Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January.

Eric Medard / European genet (Genetta genetta) taken at night with infra red remote camera trap, Ariege, France, May.

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) with white calf, near Cape Agulhas, South Africa, Southern Right Western Cape Province, Indian Ocean, August