Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding on plankton in the surface waters around the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The largest Basking sha...

Edwin Giesbers / Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) sitting, holding two young. One is her own offspring, the other was rejected by its birth mother, and so this female has adopted it. Both young are 3 months old.Capt...

Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Gavin Hellier / Traffic lights and office buildings illuminated at dusk, part of new urban development, modern architecture skyscrapers in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin,...

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) perched on branch of a Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia), with berries, Clwyd, Wales, UK, November. Did you know? The Rowan tree's old Celtic name was 'fid na ndruad' which mean...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small group of flowering Wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), with out of focus flowers in the background, Dunsdon Wood Devon Wildlife Trust Reserve, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK,...

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on a post, Essex, England, UK, June. Did you know? The Latin name of the Little owl, Athene noctua, comes from the Greek goddess of wisdom Athena, whose symbol was a...

Mark Carwardine / Yangtze / Chinese river dolphin / Baiji {Lipotes vexillifer} Critically endangered - officially declared extinct late 2007. This individual (a male called Qi-Qi) was photographed in captivity in 1988...

Georgette Douwma / Dead surgeonfish being 'cleaned' by a Bleusreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Many fish observed dead or dying on reefs in the Maldives, April 2012. Another episode of dying fish was in 2007....

Konrad Wothe / Wooden hut of the polar explorer Sir Wally Herbert which was dismantled and transported to the Falkland island Museum, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean. No release available.

Paul D Stewart / Landscape of the Triassic coastal environment with reconstructions of dinosaurs and marine reptiles, 'Dr. Schubert's Naturgeschichte - Geologie, Mineralreich, Palaontologie'. Published in Stuttgart 18...

Paul D Stewart / Restoration of the Iguanodon by Alice B. Woodward from Lydekker's The Royal Natural History' Frederick Warne and co, 1896. This is one of the first reconstructions to correctly show the Iguanodon's th...

Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...

Paul D Stewart / 'Martha' the last passenger pigeon, (Ectopistes migratorius), who died Cincinnati Zoo, September 1st, 1914. This portrait of her published in March 1915 as the Frontispiece to William Hornaday's 'The...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of 'The Entomologist'. Rare copper print with original hand colouring, drawn by George Spratt, printed by George Madely, and sold individually as part of a series through Charles Tilt's F...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) attacking a ship, 1815 copperplate engraving from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur kinder' 16 plate 5. with contemporary colour. 'Colosal Polypus' (octopus) a...

Paul D Stewart / 1853 illustration of Gorilla, contemporary coloured copperplate engraving from 'Das Buch der Welt' John Weik, Stuttgart. The lowland Gorilla was first accurately described outside Africa by the missio...

Paul D Stewart / Skull of Moa or Dinornis discovered by Mr. Walter Mantell on the North Island of New Zealand. Plate with later tinting, from Gideom Mantell's petrifactions and their teachings (1851) published by Henr...

Paul D Stewart / Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) from the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris' 'A History of British Birds' by the printer Benjamin Fawcett circa 1853. Morris was instrumental in founding the Royal Society for th...

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) beneath waterfall. Ambleside, Lake District, UK, November. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012. Did you know? I...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest lowland in mist at dawn. Vereley Hill, Burley, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Before the New Forest was made a roya...

Kristel Richard / A herd of Retuerta mares trotting, Guadiamar scientific reserve, Donana National Park, Andalusia, Spain. This breed of horse was close to extinction in the 1990s with only 5 individuals left, but now...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) alighting at pool to collect mud for nest building. Inverness-shire, Scotland, June .Did you know? Due to the distances that Swallows travel, it was traditional for sail...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Phragmites reeds (Phragmites australis) at dawn in late autumn sun, Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, October. Did you know? Woodwalton Fen is an example of ancient fen, most of which disappeared...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) perched on snowy branch. Perthshire, Scotland, February. Did you know? Beethoven's pupil claimed that the famous 'fate motif' of his 5th Symphony was inspired by the...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Feral pigeon (Columba livia) on ground, with people's feet in the background, South Bank, London, England, UK, September. Did you know? In the 16th Century England pigeon guano was the only source of...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) feeding on Moon jellyfish (Aurilia aurita), which they have captured. Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? Loch Long was previously used as...

Staffan Widstrand / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) close up in snow with Red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Photographed at a wildlife watching facility, the fox was shot by local hunters as a standard wildlife management practi...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Close up of acorns and autumnal foliage ofEnglish oak (Quercus robur), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Did you know? In Greek mythology the oak tree was sacred to the god Zeus.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Wheat grain running through hands in the grain store at Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, August. Did you know? Wheat was one of the first cultivated plants, which humans began farm...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Crew on the pelagic trawler 'Charisma' landing a small catch of mackerel, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October 2011 Model Release available. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know...

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck silhouetted at twilight, with church spire, Berkshire, England, UK, November. Did you know? In the original book 'Bambi' was a Roe deer, however in the later anima...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) swimming in harbour, viewed from underwater, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. Did you know? In Scotland and Ir...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? Cottongrass was formerly used to stuff pillows and as dressings for wounds.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum), backlit in late evening light, bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? During World War One, Cotton...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) in bright summer mating colours, peering out from his home in a discarded tube, where he was guarding his eggs (not visible in this photo), Swanage Pier, Dorse...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Bell heather (Erica cinerea) in flower, Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July. Did you know? Heather was once used for brewing ale and making baskets, ropes and mattresses.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) three 18 month juveniles, 'Bart', 'Christine' and 'Gilbert', released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, calling in Barley stubble fiel...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010. Photographer quote: 'Driving home for the dentist I saw the most amazing display of wood anemones. It w...

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Pool and Stac Pollaidh, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The peak of Stac Polliadh is very severely weathered and it is thought that during the last...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Amphibious bistort (Polygonum amphibium) in flower on lake, Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011. Photographer quote: 'This was the best display of amphibious bistort...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View south with willow trees over Walton Moor on the Somerset Levels from Walton Hill on a misty winter evening with snow on the ground, Somerset, UK, December 2010. Photographer quote: 'The temperatu...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Cowslip flowers (Primula veris), Catcott SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, April. Photographer quote: 'Finding a perfect group of cowslips takes time, as does washing all your clothes when yo...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Winter sunset over the Somerset Levels from Walton Hill on a misty evening with snow on the ground. View includes Butleigh Moor, Somerton Moor, Street Moor, Low Ham Moor, Walton Moor, Pitney Moor, Hui...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Four-spotted chaser dragonfly (Libellula quadrimaculata) in rain, Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June. Photographer quote: 'Photographing in wet conditions can often result in inte...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female crossing forest track, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Did you know? In heraldry the boar is supposed to symbolise courage and a white boar was the badge of K...

Roger Powell / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) male in full display. This was the dominant male at the lek. Varanger, Norway, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair displaying on water at dawn, Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April. Photographer quote: 'During the Rutland Water 2020VISION iWitness I was really struggling...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dramatic 'Undulatus asperatus' cloud formation as a storm builds at dawn over Qaanaaq, Inglefield Bay. Northwest Greenland, September 2008. This cloud formation was first proposed as a new type of clo...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) amongst visitors in Regent's Park, London, UK, April 2011. Photographer quote: 'It was fascinating to watch public reaction to the large numbers of herons in London's parks...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaeetus) in flight, fishing at dawn, Rothiemurchus forest, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: ""This female, caught at first light, has two hungry chicks waiting...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in winter coat, running across snow, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, January 2010. Photographer quote: "After 4 hours of trudging through deep snow I was completely exhausted an...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female in woodland undergrowth smelling air for scent of human, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: 'I am not sure if it was my lack of smelly shower...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) swimming in lake with cub, Wales, UK, October. Photographer quote: "Rain, rain and more rain, a typical Welsh summers day,but even though I was soaked through I was...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / English oak tree {Quercus robur} acorn sprouting a fresh shoot, Beacon Hill Country Park, The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK, November. Did you know? In Norse legend the Oak tree was sacred to T...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) two 4-5 month kits running along branch of tree in caledonian forest, The Black Isle, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: 'Watching a family of young pine ma...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Silhouette of Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) perched on rock against winter sun, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February. Photographer quote: 'At -20c and with fog rolling across the mountain...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in pine forest in snow blizzard, Alvie Estate, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March. Photographer quote: "At times I couldn't see this red deer stag such was th...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) adult in flight over Irish sea off Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, UK, August 2010. Did you know? Hitchcock's film 'The Birds' was partly inspired by an incident in Mon...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in late evening light, Fife, Scotland, UK, November. Photographer quote: 'The last rays of winter sunshine caught this mute swan as it emerged from a reedbed. The light was as...

Konstantin Mikhailov / Birch trees weighed down by weight of ice, which formed after rain in December, and was then covered with snow. Many trees have broken and branches are bent to the ground by the weight. This unusual...

Konstantin Mikhailov / Trees weighed down by weight of ice, which formed after rain in December, and was then covered with snow. Many trees have broken and branches are bent to the ground by the weight. This unusual phenom...

Christophe Courteau / 'Xamse', a young Kalahari bushman, drinking water from an ostrich's egg in the dry season, egg was buried underground during the rainy season, Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008

Christophe Courteau / 'Xamse', a young Kalahari bushman, drinking water from an ostrich's egg in the dry season, egg was buried underground during the rainy season. Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of oiled Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on a beach behind an oil covered containment boom. This nesting colony is the largest in Louisiana and was heavily contaminated by the BP Deepwat...

Stephen Dalton / Green mosaic / Rancho grande harlequin frog (Atelopus cruciger) walking along tree trunk, Henri Pittier NP, Venezuela, South America, Critically endangered, thought extinct until a gravid female was f...

Tim Laman / Split level of Spotted sea hare {Aplysia dactylomela} on root of Red mangrove tree {Rhizophora mangle} where it was grazing on algae. Tunicate Cove, Belize.

Piotr Naskrecki / European Spotted Amber Ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) was accidentaly introduced to South Africa in 1967, this species feeds mostly on aphids, South Africa

Doug Perrine / Greenland sleeper shark (Somniosus microcephalus) St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada NB: this shark was wild and unrestrained

Doug Perrine / Greenland sleeper shark (Somniosus microcephalus) St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada NB: this shark was wild and unrestrained

Doug Perrine / Greenland sleeper shark (Somniosus microcephalus) swimming over Anemones, Sea stars and Whelks, St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada NB: this shark was wild and unrestrained

Jabruson / Young Mountain gorilla {Gorilla beringei} peers into camera, Virunga NP, Dem Rep of Congo. Silverback "Rugabo" in background was killed by militia roaming the park during the Rwandan refugee crisis.

David Tipling / X-ray of Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) shot illegally by hunter and shows broken left wing - bird was put down by vet. During BirdLife Malta Springwatch, Malta, April 2013

Gavin Hellier / The Icelandic parliament, the Alping, was convened here for the first time in AD 930, wooden church, Pingvellir, Southwest Iceland 2006

Gavin Hellier / Piata Sfatului, the centre of medieval Brasov, the main landmark in Brasov is the Black Church (Biserica Neagra), the largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul, still used by German Lutherans...

Gavin Hellier / Painted section of the Berlin Wall left standing in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubble by air raids and heav...

Gavin Hellier / Low angle view of traffic sign and skyscrapers, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubble by air rai...

Gavin Hellier / Interior of the Sony Center, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubble by air raids and heavy artille...

Gavin Hellier / Painted section of the Berlin Wall left standing in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubble by air raids and heav...

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, illuminated at dusk, Old Town, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzego...

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, illuminated at dusk, Old Town, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzego...

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, Old Town, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, 2007

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, Old Town, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, 2007

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, Old Town, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, 2007

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, Old Town, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, 2007

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, Old Town, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, 2007

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, 2009

Gavin Hellier / The famous 'Old Bridge' of Mostar built in 1566 was destroyed in 1993, the 'New Old Bridge' as it is known was completed in 2004, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans 2009

Gavin Hellier / New urban development, modern architecture skyscrapers in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubbl...

Gavin Hellier / New urban development, modern architecture skyscrapers in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubbl...

Gavin Hellier / Siegessaule monument, also know as the Victory Column the monument was constructed to commemorate the German victories over Denmark in 1864, Austria is 1866 and France in both 1870 and 1871, Berlin, G...

Jabruson / Area cleared of forest to make way for petroleum oil extraction. The town of Gamba was set-up after Shell discovered oil in the region back in the 1960s, Gamba town, Ogooue-Maritime / Nyanga, Gabon, F...

Nick Upton / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) young standing on rooftop where it was raised, Looe, Cornwall, UK, August.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) adult male grooming. Scotland, UK, March. Did you know? In Greek mythology King Nisus was turned into a Sparrowhawk.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Thrift / Sea pink (Armeria maritima) in flower, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK, May. Did you know? It was once believed Thrift could cure lead poisoning.