Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick looking upwards to parents beak. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Sebastian Vogel / European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) female, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Aggressive Mute swan (Cygnus olor) Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Florian Möllers / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) adult portrait, captive, Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, May.

Robert Valentic / Vogel's pit viper (Trimeresurus vogeli) male in elevated rainforest habitat within the Bach Ma National Park in central Vietnam. Dry season.

Konrad Wothe / White-bellied antpitta (Grallaria hypoleuca) in cloudforest, North Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) rainforest, cloudforest, North-Ecuador.

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) male at nest cavity, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) butterfly, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Vosges, France

Sebastian Vogel / European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) male with insect prey, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Nick Upton / Hairy alpenrose (Rhododendron hirsutum) flowering clump among grasses at 1750m near Mount Vogel, Triglav National Park, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July

Nick Upton / Hairy alpine rose (Rhododendron hirsutum) clump growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1800m near Mount Vogel, with several c2000m high peaks of the Julian Alps in the background, Triglav National...

Nick Upton / Hairy alpine rose (Rhododendron hirsutum) clump growing among grasses near the upper tree-line of Dwarf pines (Pinus mugo) on karst limestone mountainside at 1800m near Mount Vogel, with several c2000...

Nick Upton / View of the highest peaks in the Julian Alps including Mount Triglav (2864m) from 1535m at the top of the Vogel cable car lift, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.

Nick Upton / Overview of Lake Bohinj from 1535m at the top of the Vogel cable car lift, with 2864m Mount Triglav, the highest peak in the Julian Alps, in the background, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.

Nick Upton / Overview of the Vogel cable car lift on its way up from Ucanc to the 1535m top station, with the north end of Lake Bohinj below and the Julian Alps in the background, Triglav National Park, Slovenia,...

Nick Upton / Dwarf pine trees (Pinus mugo) covering mountainside between 1500-1900m in the Julian Alps near Mount Vogel, with several c2000m high peaks in the background, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010...

Nick Upton / Overview of the north end of Lake Bohinj from 1535m at the top of the Vogel cable car lift, with 2864m Mount Triglav, the highest peak in the Julian Alps, in the background, Triglav National Park, Slo...

Nick Upton / Carpet of Yellow and white Oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium, Leucanthemum sp.) growing on karst limestone mountain ridge alongside Dwarf pine trees (Pinus mugo) at 1700m near Mount Vogel, with...

Nick Upton / Deer Botfly / Nasal Botfly (Cephenemyia stimulator) male waiting for females on a rock. Mount Vogel, 1800m, Bohinj, Slovenia, July.

Michael D. Kern / Vogel's pit viper (Viridovipera / Trimeresurus vogeli) captive, from SE Asia

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) carrying nesting material, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) flying, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany