Graham Eaton,Graham Eaton / Dog chasing and disturbing a flock of Knot (Calidris canutus) on a beach, Hoylake, Wirral

Andrew Walmsley / Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea), adults defending their nests from photographers, Northumberland, June. No release available.

John Waters / Hercules airfcraft disturbing Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gathering to roost in a reedbed at sunset, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset, England, UK, January.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of male False heath fritillary butterflies (Melitaea diamina) on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower, disturbing a Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus), Bavaria, Germany, July.

Frederique Olivier / Pair of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) mating in colony, disturbing other birds, Aitcho Island, South Shetland Islands.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) jumping from a branch to a peanut feeder and back again, disturbing a group of feeding tits, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, January.

Andrew Walmsley / Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus), adult illuminated in a red-filtered torch to allow focussing and tracking without disturbing it as it forages in the canopy. Cipaganti, Garut, Java, Indonesia.

Graham Eaton / Dog chasing and disturbing a flock of Knots (Calidris canutus) on a beach, Hoylake, Wirral

Tom Clarke / Cameraman in a 'cinebulle' (a hot air balloon adapted for filming) to film the landscape without disturbing the snow, Lapland, Finland for BBC series Planet Earth.

Tom Clarke / Cameraman in a 'cinebulle' (a hot air balloon adapted for filming) to film the landscape without disturbing the snow, Lapland, Finland for BBC series Planet Earth.

Toby Roxburgh / Notice advising visitors to Inner Farne not to go on the beach to avoid disturbing a colony of nesting Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea), Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, July 2010.

Mark Bowler / Arowana fishermen and Green anaconda {Eunectes murinus} after disturbing it from its resting place during sustainable arowana fishing, Rio Yanayacu, Pacaya-Samiria National Park, Peru, october 2008

Fred Bavendam / Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen) swimming and disturbing sand on ocean floor, Bali, Indonesia

Gary Smith / Paraglider disturbing a nesting colony of Fulmars {Fulmarus glacialis} along Hunstanton cliffs, Norfolk, Uk.

Gabriel Rojo / Flock of Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) disturbing sediment in lagoon, La Pampa Province, Patagonia, Argentina.

Mateusz Piesiak / Flock of Dunlin (Calidris alpina) taking off after predator flew by disturbing their foraging, Gulf of Gdansk, Baltic Coast, Poland. September. Winner of Rising Star Portfolio award at Wildlife Phot...

John Chan / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) disturbing the water with its bill to attract prey, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA.