Ernie Janes / Sherringham off shore windfarm in distance, and rainbow during storm, Weybourne, Norfolk, November

Tim Fitzharris / Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Mark Carwardine / Two Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble-net feeding very close to shore, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, Endangered or threatened species (Vulnerable)

Floris van Breugel / Sprouting Coconut palm on stony beach on the south shore of Tutuila, American Samoa. January 2012.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) riding a foamy wave into the shore. Westland, New Zealand, Vulnerable species. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Big surf near shore on beach in Westland, New Zealand. November.

Christophe Courteau / Shore clingfish / Cornish sucker {Lepadogaster lepadogaster} Brittany France

Jack Dykinga / Shore Acres State Park with sandstone bluffs being pounded by tidal shifting surf, creating waterfalls over concretions in the stone. Oregon

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman yacare) walking on a sandy shore at the edge of a river at night, Pantanal, Brazil

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in shallow water gathering very close to shore, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Alex Hyde / Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Nick Upton / Common Shore crab (Carcinus maenas) on clump of Toothed wrack (Fucus serratus) exposed on shore at low tide, St. Bees, Cumbria, UK, July.

Merryn Thomas / Pladda Lighthouse, with Seals (Phoca vitulina) on rocks in foreground at Seal Shore Campsite, Kildonan, Arran, Scotland, August 2011.

Erlend Haarberg / Glacier ice on sea shore, Jokulsarlon, Iceland, April 2010

Ernie Janes / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) on beach at night with rising moon, Norfolk, UK December

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Dark-bellied brent goose (Branta bernicla) feeding on shore just after high water, The Wash, Norfolk, England, UK, January 2012

Alan Williams / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) perched on rock on shore, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Fishing boat just off Holme Beach Nature Reserve with waders flying and on shore, The Wash, Norfolk, UK, September 2011

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Galapagos Ghost Crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii) fighting on the beach. Galapagos

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

Jerry Monkman / Canoe at sunrise on the shore next to Zack Woods Pond, Hyde Park, Vermont, USA. July 2010

Sandra Bartocha / Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) on lake shore in hazy sunset light. Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania, Germany. Winner, In Praise of Plants category, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMP...

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Two Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) breaching, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August. Photographer quote: 'After several frustrating hours with too short a lens and dolphins too...

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Sandy shore of Loch Lurgain with Stac Pollaidh in the background, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Matthew Maran / Dramatic seas crashing onto a rocky shore. The Broken Group Islands from The Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Female Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) on the shore of Piquiri River. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, October.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) male wading through water at the shore of the Piquiri River. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, October.

Colin Monteath / Pine tree (Pinus sp), Decanter Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

Pete Oxford / Beach trash, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Juan Carlos Munoz / Group of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) swimming near the rocky shore. Puerto Deseado, Patagonia, Argentina, March 2008

Pete Oxford / Beach trash, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Alex Mustard / A silhouette of a young California sealion (Zalophus californianus) swimming just below the surface, close to shore. Los Isotes, La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.

Nick Upton / Shoal of young sardines (Sardina pilchardus) swimming in various directions close to the shore in a shallow sandy bay, viewed from above water. Eastern Lesbos /Lesvos, Greece, August.

Charlie Summers / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) raft in the face of a wave close to shore. Falkland Islands, December

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters watching Huskies (Canis familiaris) making their way to shore across new tidal ice. Savissivik, Northwest Greenland, 1991.

Steven Kazlowski / Northern lights (Aurora borealis) across the night sky, over the Beaufort Sea, off shore from the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska September 2009

Steven Kazlowski / Northern lights (Aurora borealis) across the night sky as the late summer midnight sun travels eastward, over the Beaufort Sea, off shore from the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Ala...

Donald M. Jones / Black Bear (Ursus americanus) yearling cub up in a Lodgepole Pine (Larix laricina), Alberta, Canada

Michel Roggo / Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) in shallow water close to the shore, spawning time, Doubs river, France, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) females looking skyward together on the shore of Lake of Geneva, France, June.

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq / Inuit man hold his hand under the midnight sun in the Chukchi Sea, off shore from the arctic village of Barrow, Alaska, USA. April 2009

LYNN M. STONE / Portrait of male Boxer, light brindle coloured with natural ears, standing by lake shore, Illinois, USA

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coastline at dusk, Shark Fin Cove, Davenport, California

Tim Fitzharris / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) field, Montano de Oro State Park, California

Luciano Candisani / Black-footed Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) group on rocks, Boulders Beach, South Africa

Nick Garbutt / Steller's sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) on off-shore rocks, near Princess Royal Island, great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, September 2009

Laurie Campbell / Redshank (Tringa totanus) on shore, North Northumberland, England, December

Laurie Campbell / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) foraging on shore, Loch Fleet NNR, Sutherland, Scotland, June

Laurie Campbell / Curlew (Numenius arquata) on shore of sea loch, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK, September

Wild Wonders of Europe / Campbell / Juvenile European river otter (Lutra lutra) close to shore, Loch Sunart, Scotland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Mediterranean poppy (Papaver apulum) and Oat grass (Avena sp) on the shore of Lake Ohrid, Lagadin, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Shoal of Lake Ohrid bleak (Alburnus scoranza) swimming amongst Giant reeds (Arundo donax) along the shore of Lake Ohrid, Lagadin region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Mediterranean poppies (Papaver apulum) growing along side of road, Lagadin village region, east shore Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flowers, Lagadin village region, east shore Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Shoal of Lake Ohrid bleak (Alburnus scoranza) swimming amongst Giant reeds (Arundo donax) along the shore of Lake Ohrid, Lagadin region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flowers, Lagadin village region, east shore Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Waves on shore, Djvleklften, Mns Klint, Mn, Denmark, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Novák / Waders on sea shore at sunset, Hallig Hooge, Germany, April 2009 WWE BOOK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Stormy weather over Lake Tisza with group of fishermen on the shore, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Pete Oxford / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) on nest, Keppel Island, Falkland Islands

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Trees washed up on sea shore, Cape Kolka, Slitere National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haarberg / Wooden boats lying upside down on sea shore, Rdlga island, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Waves breaking on rocky shore, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Alan Williams / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) male foraging along shore in winter plumage, Lancashire, UK, February

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Close-up of Common shore crab (Carcinus maenas) Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

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

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacier ice laying on the sea shore. rfi, Iceland. June 2008

Orsolya Haarberg / Glacier ice laying on the sea shore. rfi, Iceland. June 2008

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swimming near the shore, Neko Harbour, Antarctica

Anup Shah / Lesser flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} chick running on lake shore, Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya

Anup Shah / Lesser flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} solitary chick on lake shore with no water, Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya

Anup Shah / Lesser flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} solitary chick on lake shore with no water, Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) female coming ashore, Kangaroo Island, Australia

Colin Monteath / Coastline north of Punakaiki, Paparoa National Park, New Zealand

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) in winter plumage on beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / White Tern (Gygis alba) flying over beach, Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Leeward Islands, Hawaii

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious cub in newly forming pack ice checks out the photographer as the mother sits on shore, Arctic Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub in newly forming pack ice with the mother sitting on the shore, Arctic coast, Alaska

Konrad Wothe / Giant Green Sea Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) group, Goose Barnacles (Lepas anserifera) group and Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) at low tide, Olympic National Park, Washington

Scott Leslie / Coastline in fog, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Camargue Horse (Equus caballus) pair running on beach, Camargue, France

Colin Monteath / Nugget Point lighthouse at sunrise, South Island, New Zealand

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) flapping wings, Holtedahl Bay, Antarctica

Tim Fitzharris / Sunset over Polihale Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

Jack Dykinga / Cardon Cacti (Pachycereus pringlei) on the shore of the Pacific Ocean at sunset, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Central America

Doug Perrine / Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) portrait, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Central Pacific Ocean,

Doug Perrine / Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Central Pacific Ocean )

Doug Perrine / Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Central Pacific Ocean, note: parasitic leech on side of face

Kirkendall-Spring / Tidal pool and rocks on the shore of Cape Lookout State Park, Oregon, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Sea surf against sandstone cliffs and rock formationa on the shore at Cape Kiwanda State Park, Oregon, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) lone yearling on shore, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking, pointing long bills on gravel beach, fall, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking in shallow surf near shore in evening, fall, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) adults walking and one jumping on boulder, along rocky river bank near sea, Cumberland Bay, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergance, South Georgia Island

Juergen Freund / Thousands of Christmas Island Red crabs on rocky shore (Gecarcoidea natalis)