David Woodfall / Dunlin (Calidris alpina ) North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.

David Woodfall / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) small wader with young in machair. North Uist, Scotland, UK, June.

Espen Bergersen / Aerial view of Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). Kvanangen, Troms, Norway. November

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) jumping out the water, Shetland, Scotland, UK, January.

Steven David Miller / Olive-backed sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) female returning to her nest with nesting material, Cape Hillsborough National Park, Queensland, Australia, September.

Steven David Miller / Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) female in her nest, Cape Hillsborough National Park, Queensland, Australia, September.

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) lunge-feeding in the southern Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico.

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view of Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) lunge-feeding, with throat pouch distended, southern Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico.

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view of Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) lunge-feeding, with mouth open and throat pouch distended, southern Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico.

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) lunge-feeding in the southern Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico.

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) lunge-feeding in the southern Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal approaching with curiosity - remote camera (Canis mesomelas). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Chase Dekker / Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) pod porpoising, Monterey Bay, California

John Waters / Large mixed flock of Knot (Calidris canutrus), Dunlin (Calidris alpina) and Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) in flight at high tide, Steart Marshes WWT Reserve, Somerset, England, UK, December.

Christophe Courteau / White backed vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding, Linyanti Game Reserve, Botswana.

Dave Watts / Male Red backed shrike (Lanius collurio) feeding on a mouse at its larder, France, June.

Alain Ghignone/ BIA / Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) mother feeding fledgling, Aosta Valley, Italy

Bence Mate / Western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Texas, USA, April.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) male, Arizona

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) pups waiting at their den on Mashatu Game Reserve, Tuli, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feed on a wildebeest carcass, Chobe, Botswana, August.

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) standing in the middle of the vast Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.

Bence Mate / Collared aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) squabbling with Montezuma oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Collared aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) two perched, possibly courtship feeding, Costa Rica.

Luis Quinta / Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) near surface. Pico Island, Azores, Portugal. May.

Luis Quinta / Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Pico Island, Azores, Portugal. May.

Jan Wegener/ BIA / Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus) male, Queensland, Australia

Ingo Arndt / White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) landing, Masai Mara, Kenya

Andres M. Dominguez / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, April.

Jordi Chias / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) and Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) chasing small fish offshore. Santa Maria Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Third Place in the Underwater Category of the Por El...

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

Claudio Contreras / Green heron (Butorides virescens), Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, June

Peter Kes / Grey-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides), Uganda

Solvin Zankl / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 3/6

Denis-Huot / Village weaver bird (Ploceus cucullatus) male building a nest after the rains, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. February.

Graeme Guy / Purple-backed Starling (Sturnus sturninus) feeding on berries, Kedah, Malaysia

Graeme Guy / White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) and sub-adult, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) waiting for Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) to finish feeding on a kill. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Ben Cranke / Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) surfacing with mountain landscape, Liefdefjorden, Svalbard, Norway. July 2011.

Markus Varesvuo / White-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) male in tree, Kotka, Finland, January

Markus Varesvuo / White-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) male in tree, Kotka, Finland, January

Markus Varesvuo / Lesser Black-backed Gull (Laris fuscus) flying, Iceland June

Roland Seitre / Atlantic Hump-backed Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) porpoising, Senegal

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) standing next to a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on the carcass of a Common or Plains zebra. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Jack Dykinga / Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) swimming near Isla Animas, Sea of Cortez, Baja Sur, Mexico.

Roger Powell / Five Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in flight, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Roger Powell / Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) perched on the back of a sheep, with another on the ground, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) feeding on sardines (Sardinops oecllata) East London, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) pod feeding on sardines (Sardinops oecllata) East London, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) pod feeding on sardines (Sardinops oecllata) East London, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Three Common dolphins (Dephinus delphis) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) 'mega pod', False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphins (Dephinus delphis) swimming near surface, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green-backed heron (Butorides striatus) jumping, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / White-backed Vulture (Gyps Africanus) feeding, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Tony Heald / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) drinking, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. January

Pete Oxford / Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) pod and diving Cape Gannets (Morus capensis) hunting Pacific Sardines (Sardinops sagax), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Laurent Geslin / Black backed jackals fighting {Canis mesomelas} Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Laurent Geslin / Black backed jackal, submission {Canis mesomelas} Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Felicity Lanchester,Felicity Lanchester / Mixed group of Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis), Great egrets (Ardea alba), African openbill storks (Anastomus lamelligerus) and Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) gathering to roost, Selous Game Res...

Bert Willaert / Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides) nesting next to a hiking trail in Mocha Island National Reserve, Mocha Island, Chile, December

Juergen Freund / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) jumping on a grasshopper, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo) male chasing White backed vultures (Gyps africanus) off its prey, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) hunting an adult Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) weakened by drought, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Bert Willaert / Falconer showing his juvenile Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) used to catch birds of prey for domestication, with eye hood, Georgia, September 2011. No release available.

Bert Willaert / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) being caught by a falconer using a Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) as bait, Georgia, September 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) jumping to catch dragonfly prey, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Ann & Steve Toon / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) chasing doves from waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, January 2012

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Northern gannet (Sula bassana) being mobbed by immature Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, October

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus), Herring gulls (Larus argentatus), Black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) and Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on landfill site, Pitsea, Essex, England, UK,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus), Herring gulls (Larus argentatus), Black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) and Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on landfill site, Pitsea, Essex, England, UK,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus), Herring gulls (Larus argentatus), Black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) and Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on landfill site, Pitsea, Essex, England, UK,...

Roger Powell / Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) on cliff with Little Skellig gannetry in the background, Great Skellig island, Co Kerry, Republic of Ireland, June 2011

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal pup (Canis mesomelas) searching through grass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male grooming female, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) one pup grooming another, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Hiroya Minakuchi / Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) near surface, Baja California, Mexico

Nick Upton / Aerial view of a dense flock of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) resting on a sandbank at Scroby Sands along with a mixed species flock of gulls including Greater black-backed gulls (Larus marin...

Anup Shah / White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) and Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) covered with flies - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara...

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Black-back jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya...

Anup Shah / Flock of White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on a carcass, wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding on the carcass of an elephant - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Rod Williams / Male Red-backed Bearded saki monkey (Chiropotes chiropotes) captive, from Venezuela

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) running, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal pup (Canis mesomelas) 6-9 months peering out from the entrance to the den. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal pups (Canis mesomelas), 6-9 months playing together. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009