Pal Hermansen / Blizzard on the coast of Lofoten in black and white, Norway, March. Winner of the Natural Adversities category of the Asferico Competition 2015.

Theo Bosboom / Birch tree (Betula pendula) with lichen, camouflaged against lichen covered rock face, Muddus National Park, Sweden. September 2014. Highly commended in GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Yea...

Pal Hermansen / Colourful corn (Zea mays) seeds against white background.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lizard orchid flowers (Himantoglossum hircinum), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) and Poet's daffodil (Narcissus poeticus) on the Piano Grande, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May, 2009.

Jack Dykinga / White flowering birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and yellow evening primrose (Oenothera primiveris), Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. February 2014.

Denis-Huot / Rear view of Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara river, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in full bloom, Reicherskreuzer Heide, Nature Reserve Schlaubetal, Germany, August.

Alex Mustard / Eyes of Margined sole fish (Brachirus heterolapis) on its camouflaged body. Saonek Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean. Dampier Strait.

Andy Trowbridge / Arctic Fox (Alopex / Vulpes lagopus) portrait in early morning light, during moult from grey summer fur to winter white. Dovrefjell National Park, Norway, September.

Olga Kamenskaya / Cracks in the ice of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Fergus Gill / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) adult bird in afternoon light. Perthshire, Scotland, March.