David Tipling / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking across the sea ice of Weddell Sea, near Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, November

David Tipling / Tourist photographing King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, November 2006. No release available.

David Tipling / Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) about to enter the sea, Brown Bluff Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, November

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) mobbed by common gull (Larus canus) Flatanger, Norway, July

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with beak full of sandeels, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, UK, July.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) perched on a gate post, Cheshire, England, UK, December.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) on the edge of a freshwater gravel pit, Hampshire, England, UK, April.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) perched on branch of a Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia), with berries, Clwyd, Wales, UK, November. Did you know? The Rowan tree's old Celtic name was 'fid na ndruad' which mean...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) perched on branch, holding stick in its foot, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) at surface of a loch after diving for a fish, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish prey on feeding perch, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) eating fish prey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) frontal view of pair mating, La Dombes lake area, France, April

David Pattyn / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) perched on a wooden fence backlit at sunrise, Southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, BrazilAugust

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) perched on a fence post, vocalising, Balranald RSPB reserve, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? The collective noun for a group of Skylarks is an e...

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Little owl (Athene noctua) on the ground, Essex, England, UK, June.

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on a rusting iron wheel, Essex, England, UK, June.

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on a rusting iron wheel, Essex, England, UK, June.

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on a post, Essex, England, UK, June. Did you know? The Latin name of the Little owl, Athene noctua, comes from the Greek goddess of wisdom Athena, whose symbol was a...

Tim Fitzharris / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) flock flying, Lake Magadi, Kenya

Tim Fitzharris / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock taking flight, Lake Bogoria, Kenya

Tim Fitzharris / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) flock flying, Lake Magadi, Kenya

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult male Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) returning to his nest with Feral pigeon (Columba livia) prey, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Juvenile male Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight chasing his parent who has Feral pigeon (Columba livia) kill in claws, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult male Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) food passing a Feral pigeon (Columba livia) to his offspring, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Juvenile male Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)perched on a window ledge, with graffitied window behind, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult female Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight over a road in the Avon Gorge, Bristol, England, UK, May.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Juvenile male Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) vocalising as its parent takes off, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult female Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on a gutterbox, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult female Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) stretching her wings whilst perched on scaffolding, Bristol, England, UK, June. Did you know? Peregrine falcons have been used for falconry for more th...

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult female Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on scaffolding, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Ben Hall / Northern gannets (Morus / Sula bassanus) portrait of individual with a courting pair in foreground, UK, Bass Rock, Scotland, Portrait category winner in the British Wildlife Photography Awards BWPA co...

Ben Hall / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight over mountain peaks with glacier in the distance, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. Winner of Landscape category, Nature's Best / Windland S...

Danny Green / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) on sea at base of iceberg. Svalbard, June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight. Ordesa National Park, Spanish Pyrenees, April.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bearded Vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) juvenile (left) and adult fighting in flight. Simien National Park, Ethiopia, Africa.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) chasing Thick-billed Raven (Corvus crassirostris) in flight. Simien National Park, Ethiopia, Africa.

Markus Varesvuo / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) hovering and watching for prey, hunting behaviour, Rovaniemi Finland March

Markus Varesvuo / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) portrait in snow, Utajarvi, Finland February

Markus Varesvuo / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) close up of male calling in the snow, Vaala Finland April

Markus Varesvuo / Two Sparrowhawks (Accipiter nisus) immature male and female in flight, male on left, Falsterbo, Sweden. September.

Mark MacEwen / Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) close up of feathers. Captive, Brazil, South America.

Mark Carwardine / Alien mammal trap on Codfish Island, keeping the island free of predators to protect the endangered Kakapo, southern New Zealand, January 2009

Mark Carwardine / A cloud of Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) with an immature African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) flying amongst them, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Andrew Parkinson / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) adult on water of shallow lagoon. Norfolk, UK, January.

Floris van Breugel / A White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) hovers in the open space over Mount Diablo State Park, California, USA. December.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Tasmanian Native hen (Gallinula mortierii) endemic bird of Tasmania. Bruny Island, Tasmania.

Martha Holmes / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) living in a wrecked helicopter fuselage. Florida, USA. August 2008.

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.

Claudio Contreras / American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles following adults, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August.

Claudio Contreras / Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), El Requeson, Gulf of California, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, December.

Claudio Contreras / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying with fish prey, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August.

Peter Cairns / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight in front of Skogafoss waterfall, Iceland, June

Steven David Miller / Whistling kites (Haliastur sphenurus) two in flight, one with prey in talons, over Corroboree Billabong, Mary River, Northern Territory, Australia

Loic Poidevin / Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight over Vendeen Marsh, West France, June

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sooty falcon (Falco concolor) in flight, Oman, August

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male perched in Date Palm, Oman, March

Stefan Huwiler / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), adult defending carcass from Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), Sinite Kamani National Park, Bulgaria, Europe. February

Stefan Huwiler / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult defending carcass from Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), Sinite Kamani National Park, Bulgaria, Europe. February. Commended, Behaviour : Birds category, Wildlife Photogra...

Andy Trowbridge / Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) in flight off the coast of Kaikoura, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand. February.

Andy Trowbridge / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) adult and chicks on nest. Nest 'frame' is manmade. Ostersund, Sweden. June.

Andy Trowbridge / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) adult bringing food to chicks on nest. Nest 'frame' is manmade. Ostersund, Sweden. June.

Paul D Stewart / 'Martha' the last passenger pigeon, (Ectopistes migratorius), who died Cincinnati Zoo, September 1st, 1914. This portrait of her published in March 1915 as the Frontispiece to William Hornaday's 'The...

Paul D Stewart / Skull of Moa or Dinornis discovered by Mr. Walter Mantell on the North Island of New Zealand. Plate with later tinting, from Gideom Mantell's petrifactions and their teachings (1851) published by Henr...

Paul D Stewart / Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) from the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris' 'A History of British Birds' by the printer Benjamin Fawcett circa 1853. Morris was instrumental in founding the Royal Society for th...

Eric Medard / Little owl (Athene noctua) young owlets stretching wings in the rain, France, July

Eric Medard / Hobby (Falco subbuteo) perched on tree branch, France, June

Eric Medard / Little owl (Athene noctua) young owlet stretching wings in the rain, France, July

Nick Upton / Flock of Juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) recently released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels flying in to land on a marshy area surrounded by pastureland on a frosty, m...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Recently released young Common / Eurasian Crane (Grus grus) chasing flies. The Great Crane Project, Somerset, UK, September 2012. Second place in Mankind and Nature portfolio category of Melvita Natu...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flock of young Common / Eurasian Cranes (Grus grus) walking and flying after two surrogate parents dressed in grey holding model adult crane heads. The Great Crane Project, Somerset, UK, September 201...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) juvenile released at sea near Robben Island, Table Bay, after hand rearing and rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SAN...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) released after hand rearing and rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) this Cape gannet is released at sea near...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) juvenile being transported by boat in a cardbord box. To be released after hand rearing and rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coast...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) juvenile being transported by boat in a cardbord box. To be released after hand rearing and rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coast...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) juvenile at hand rearing and rehabilitation facility at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa. Vulnerable...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying after a swim in the pool. Its feathers are still coated in oil and once the bird is strong enough it will be washed. Southern African Foundation for the Conservatio...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying in a heated pen (a heat lamp illuminates the pen with a red light) after its first wash, which removed some of the oil that coated its feathers. Some oil remains on...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) being rinsed after a wash with soap to remove the oil that coated its feathers at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerab...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) being washed to remove the oil that coats its feathers at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place in Mankind and Nature p...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place in Mankind and Nature portf...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Cape Town, South Africa. Vulnerable species. Third place...

David Pattyn / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) group of three on water, Lake Kerkini, Greece, March

Juan Carlos Munoz / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flight with caught fish. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, August.

Graham Eaton / Red Kite (Milvus milvus) flying in snow, Rhayader, Wales, 2012. Commended, Landscape Photographer of the Year 2012 competition

John Waters / Swans (Cygnus sp) on a large water channel at sunrise with mist on the low lying pastures of Tadham Moor, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK, March 2012

Roger Powell / Stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) approaching nest of two eggs, Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) running with their wings raised following a carer in a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, Somerset Levels, England, UK, S...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Four young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) following two carers acting as surrogate parents out of their electric fenced, fox-proof enclosure, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012

Tui De Roy / Golden breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera) hummingbird Yanacocha Reserve, Jocotoco Foundation, 3,200m altitude on west slope of Pichincha Volcano, Andean cloud forest, West slope, Tropical Andes, E...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain scattered around adult crane models alongside a carer wearing a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, Somer...

Tui De Roy / Short-eared owl (Asio flameus galapagoensis) looking between branches, portrait, Galapagos islands