Christophe Courteau / Timber washed onto the shore by the strong arctic currents. There are no trees on Spitzbergen, all the wood comes from the Siberian Coast, Poolepynten, Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 2011

Matthew Maran / Driftwood on a beach with the coastline stretching to the horizon. Wickaninnish Beach, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Juergen Freund / Newly hatched Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) babies moving from the nest towards the sea. Warmamedi beach, Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe/ Bartocha / Driftwood on the beach near landslide, Store Taler, Mns Klint, Mn, Denmark, July 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Driftwood on the beach near landslide at sunset, Store Taler, Mns Klint, Mn, Denmark, July 2009 WWE BOOK

Wild Wonders of Europe / O Haarberg / Wood on the shore of Hornvik, Hornstrandir, Iceland, July 2008

Pete Oxford / Marine iguana resting on driftwood {Amblyrhynchus cristatus} Fernandina Is, Galapagos

Franco Banfi / Driftwood on beach, Vrangel Bay, Primorsky Krai, Russia. August 2019.

Nick Garbutt / Central Massif and towers of Torres del Paine National Park reflected in Lago Pehoe at sunrise, driftwood on shore in foreground. Patagonia, Chile. November 2018.

Adrian Davies / Shipworm (Teredo sp) signs as holes in piece of wood on beach. Shetland, Scotland, UK. June.

Andy Trowbridge / Sacred / New Zealand Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) perched on driftwood. Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. July.

Andy Trowbridge / Sacred / New Zealand Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) perched on driftwood tossing a mud crab. Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. July.

Andy Trowbridge / Sacred / New Zealand Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) perched on driftwood with mud crab in beak. Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. July.

Andy Trowbridge / Royal spoonbill (Platalea regia) at rest on mud flat, perched on driftwood with bill open. Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. December.

Andy Trowbridge / Royal spoonbill (Platalea regia) at rest on mud flat, perched on driftwood. Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. December.

Andy Trowbridge / New Zealand or Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) perched on mossed covered driftwood. Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. June.

Andy Trowbridge / New Zealand or Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) perched driftwood. Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand. June.

Ingo Arndt / The villagers of Ostional clean the beach of driftwood after a heavy storm, that the Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) can lay their eggs during the next arribada (mass nesting event) u...

Ingo Arndt / The villagers of Ostional clean the beach of driftwood after a heavy storm, that the Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) can lay their eggs during the next arribada (mass nesting event) u...

Ingo Arndt / The villagers of Ostional clean the beach of driftwood after a heavy storm, that the Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) can lay their eggs during the next arribada (mass nesting event) u...

Pal Hermansen / Driftwood on beach, Liefdefjord, Svalbard, Norway, July 2016.

Huw Cordey / Plastic waste and driftwood washed in on the tide, Nancite Beach, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. November 2011.

Gerrit Vyn / Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) nest with eggs camouflaged among driftwood, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA June

Kirkendall-Spring / Beach at Mosquito Creek, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. August 2015.

Kirkendall-Spring / Beach at Mosquito Creek, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. August 2015.

Andy Trowbridge / Silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis) perched on driftwood. Birdlings Flat, Canterbury, New Zealand. August.

Loic Poidevin / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) cub climbing over driftwood on the shore of a river. Katmai National Park, Alaska, August

Gerrit Vyn / Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) male in breeding plumage perched on driftwood. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. June.

Gerrit Vyn / Three Snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus) perched on driftwood after a night of hunting. Vancouver, British Columbia. January.

Gerrit Vyn / Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) male in breeding plumage perched on driftwood. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. June.

Gerrit Vyn / Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) male in breeding plumage perched on driftwood. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. June.

Gerrit Vyn / Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) male in breeding plumage perched on driftwood. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. June.

Gerrit Vyn / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) perched on coastal driftwood. Ocean County, Washington. USA. March.

Gerrit Vyn / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) perched on coastal driftwood. Ocean County, Washington. USA. March.

Gerrit Vyn / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) perched on coastal driftwood. Ocean County, Washington. USA. March.

Gerrit Vyn / Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) perched on coastal driftwood. Ocean County, Washington. March.

Andy Trowbridge / New Zealand Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) perched on driftwood. Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand.

David Pattyn / Driftwood washed up on sandy beach on a misty day. Wickaninnish Beach, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, August.

David Pattyn / Driftwood piled at the edge of a rocky beach, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, August.

Connor Stefanison / Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) flock on driftwood, British Columbia, Canada

Jabruson / Dropped into the ocean or washed overboard, hardwood tree trunks wash ashore along Gabon's Atlantic seaboard - Pongara National park. Logs disrupt nests and nesting behaviour of sea turtles along the...

Fiona Rogers / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) mature male feeding on drift wood for the salt, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Fiona Rogers / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) mature male feeding on drift wood for the salt, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Fiona Rogers / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) mature male feeding on drift wood for the salt, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) s licking drift wood on the beach for the salt, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) juvenile feeding on driftwood for its salt, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaques (Macaca nigra)licking drift wood on the beach for the salt, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Alan Williams / Stoat (Mustela erminea) on driftwood. North Wales, UK, June.

Floris van Breugel / A close up of a driftwood log, Rialto Beach, Wilderness coast, Olympic National Park, Washington

Andy Trowbridge / North Island Saddleback (Philesturnus rufusater) perched on driftwood. Endangered species. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, Auckland, New Zealand. September.

Will Watson / Driftwood washed up on beach after flooding, Canoa, Ecuador. February 2012.

Will Watson / Driftwood and plastic debris washed up on beach after flooding, Canoa, Ecuador.

Will Watson / Driftwood washed up on beach after flooding, Canoa, Ecuador. February 2012.

Georgette Douwma / Driftwood washed up on beach at Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, June 2006

Nick Upton / Sphecid wasp (Tachysphex sp) resting on driftwood, Samos, Greece, August.

Gerrit Vyn / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) perched on coastal driftwood, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA December

Gerrit Vyn / Snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus) roosting on coastal driftwood. The immature female in the centre is giving the 'mewing whistle' call as a territorial signal to other owls. Grays Harbor County, Washington...

Konrad Wothe / Rialto Beach, West Coast, Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, August 2005

LYNN M. STONE / Golden retriever puppy, 7 weeks, with front paws on driftwood log, Madison, Connecticut, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Golden retriever puppy, 7 weeks, sitting on driftwood log at beach, Madison, Connecticut, USA

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Driftwood from Siberia on North Slope beach. Barrow, Alaska, USA.

LYNN M. STONE / Weimaraner standing by driftwood at edge of salt marsh, Connecticut, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Two Weimaraners by driftwood, rocks, shells of seashore; Long Island Sound, Connecticut, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Glaucous-winged Gull eggs (Larus glaucescens) nest amongst driftwood debris, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, June 2008

Edwin Giesbers / Driftwood on Cala Pregonda beach, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain May 2009

Tim Laman / Boy (five years) sitting on a pile of dead trees (driftwood) in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. August 2005, Model released

Steven Kazlowski / Buoys and garbage litter a beach along the coast of Svalbard. Svalbard does not have trees and the logs on the beach have washed up from Russia. August 2009

Jean E. Roche / Modern art sculptures made from drift wood on Arles beach, Camargue, France, May 2008

Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) perched on a piece of driftwood. Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA, June.

Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) vocalizing from a piece of driftwood. Bird is giving the "motorboat" vocalization. Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA, June.

David Woodfall / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) landing on driftwood with Sandeel, Northumberland, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Driftwood on beach below cliffs, Freuchens Pynt and Græderen, Møns Klint, Møn, Denmark, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Driftwood on beach, Djævlekløften, Møns Klint, Møn, Denmark, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Hylledals Slugt at sunrise, Møns Klint, Møn, Denmark, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / View from Maglevands Fald at Freuchens Pynt and Græderen, Møns Klint, Møn, Denmark, July 2009

Colin Monteath / Pingao Grass (Desmoschoenus spiralis) and driftwood, Gillespie's Beach near Fox Glacier, New Zealand

Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Driftwood and pine cones on beach, Alonissos island, Greece, September 2008

Jerry Monkman / Driftwood on a cobble stone beach at Dorr Point, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, July 2008

Pete Oxford / White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) amongst driftwood and dried seaweed, Elephant Beach, Smylies Farm, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

Roy Mangersnes / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Cape petrel (Daption capense) by a driftwood log, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. November

Kirkendall-Spring / Storm approaching over the Pacific Ocean, viewed from Ecola State Park, Oregon, USA

Theo Allofs / Large driftwood root on sandy beach south of Cape Foulwind, New Zealand

Suzi Eszterhas / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) juvenile sleeping on driftwood, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Matthew Maran / Silvered Langur {Trachypithecus cristatus / Presbytis cristata} chewing on driftwood, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

Tim Fitzharris / Driftwood on Playa Avellanas, Costa Rica

Tim Fitzharris / Sunset and driftwood along Nassau Sound, Big Talbot Island State Park, Florida

Tim Fitzharris / Mammoth Peak and scattered clouds reflected in seasonal pool, Upper Dana Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California

Tim Fitzharris / Mammoth Peak and scattered clouds reflected seasonal pool, Upper Dana Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California

Pete Oxford / Marine iguana {Amblyrhynchus cristatus} sunning on piece of driftwood, Fernandina Is, Galapagos

Pete Oxford / Marine iguana {Amblyrhynchus cristatus} sunning on piece of driftwood, Fernandina Is, Galapagos

Tim Edwards / Drift wood on Ruby Beach after storm, Olympic NP, Washington State, USA

Tim Edwards / Ruby Beach in stormy conditions at sunset, Olympic NP, Washington State, USA

Steve Packham / Logpile (driftwood collected for winter fuel). Svalbard, Norway.

Pete Cairns / Bald Eagle {Haliaeetus leucocephalus} juvenile perched on driftwood, Katmai NP, Alaska.

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) with breeding plumage sitting on driftwood, Indian Shores, Florida

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched on beach driftwood, spring, south central Alaska