Andrew Walmsley / Silver eye / Grey backed white eye (Zosterops lateralis) in flowering Pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, December

Markus Varesvuo / Ural Owl (Stix uralensis) perched in snowy tree, Kuusamo Finland February

Dave Watts / Grey backed white-eye / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) Tasmania, Australia

Dave Watts / Grey backed white-eye / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) Tasmania, Australia

Brent Stephenson / Silvereye / Grey Backed White-eye (Zosterops lateralis) perching in a Japanese Aralia (Fatsia japonica). Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Silvereye / Grey-backed White Eye (Zosterops lateralis) perched in a papaya tree (Carica papaya). Papehue Valley, Tahiti, September.

Andrew Walmsley / Silver eye / Grey backed white eye (Zosterops lateralis) in flowering Pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, December