Kristel Richard / A purebred Lusitano colt (with his mane and tail cut to mark his first year) trotting in the arena at the Companhia das Lezírias Stud Farm, Samora Correia, Santarém, Portugal, July 2011

Mark Carwardine / Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) First-year calf spyhopping, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico

Marie Read / Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) first-year adult with no waxy tips to wings, feeding on Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.) fruit in early summer, New York, USA, June

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging town house garden managed for widlife. First year cub. Kent, UK, June. Camera trap image. Property released.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging in town house garden managed for widlife. First year cub. Kent, UK. Camera trap image. Property released.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging for scraps in town house garden managed for widlife. First year cub. Kent, UK, June. Camera trap image. Property released.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) feeding in house garden managed for widlife. First year cub. Kent, UK, June. Camera trap image. Property released.

Bernard Castelein / Pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) juvenile or first year, Velvadar, Gujarat, India

Nick Upton / Aftermath of a major forest and maquis scrub fire within Corsica's National Park (Parc Naturel Regional de Corse), a year on, with first flush of regrowth. Near Aullene, Corsica, France, June 2010.

Nick Upton / Aftermath of a major forest fire within Corsica's National Park (Parc Naturel Regional de Corse), a year on, with large area of pine forest destroyed and first flush of regrowth. Near Aullene, Corsica...

Nick Upton / Road winding through fire ravaged forest within Corsica's National Park (Parc Naturel Regional de Corse), a year on, with first flush of regrowth. near Aullene, Corsica, France, June 2010.

Nick Upton / Aftermath of a major forest fire within Corsica's National Park (Parc Naturel Regional de Corse), a year on, with large area of forest and maquis scrub destroyed and first flush of regrowth among bare...

Andy Sands / Cream spot tiger moth (Arctia villica), first year caterpillar. West Sussex, UK, June.

Niall Benvie / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) first year female calling, Captive, Scotland, UK

Konstantin Mikhailov / First year male Rosefinch {Carpodacus erythrinus} singing in early spring, Central Russia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Whooper swans {Cygnus cygnus} adults with first year cygnets in snow, Kussharo Island, Hokkaido, Japan

Dave Watts / Golden eagle {Aquila chrysaetos} first year juvenile, flapping wings on ground, Spain

Thomas Lazar / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Adult with first and second year juveniles, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA

George McCarthy / First year Elk (Cervus canadensis) calf in autumn, Yellowstone National Park, USA

Hans Christoph Kappel / Map butterfly - first brood of year in May/ June, Germany. First generation resemble small fritillary - dusky orange wings marked with black

Hans Christoph Kappel / Map butterfly, first brood of year in May/ June (Araschnia levana) Germany

Asgeir Helgestad / Coltsfoot flowering in snow {Tussilago farfara} Norway - first wild flower of the year

Paul D Stewart / Illustration, carving of Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius); lithograph of a mammoth carved on mammoth ivory from the Perigord. Published and first announced in 1865 in the 'Annales des Sciences N...

Paul D Stewart / Illustrations of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) 'Tommy'. Caption reads, 'Chimpanzee or African Orang-Utan, Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park'. Mezzotint engraving with hand tinting, by George Scharf, p...

Paul D Stewart / 1824 Double quarto Plate XL of Megalosaurus' jaw and teeth drawn by Mary Moreland (modern tinting), from William Buckland's 'Notice on the Megalosaurus or great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield'. Transact...

Paul D Stewart / Illustrations of of Megalosaurus' femur, clavicle, fibula and metatarsals drawn by Mary Moreland, 1824, from William Buckland's 'Notice on the Megalosaurus or great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield'^^^. T...

Paul D Stewart / 1855 Cartoon from Punch's Almanac of that year, ascribed to John Leech, captioned 'A visit to the antediluvian reptiles at Sydenham - master Tom strongly objects to having his mind improved'. Clockwis...

Rick Tomlinson / Left: "Shamrock V", Middle: "Endeavour", Right: "Velsheda", Antigua Classics, 1999. ^^^ An exciting year in yachting history, Antigua Classics 1999 saw the three J-Class yachts competing together f...