Bence Mate / Red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) two males on barbed wire. Costa Rica.

Markus Varesvuo / Flock of Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on wires, Helsinki, Finland, September

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migratory flock of forty birds perching on telephone wire, Poitou, France

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migratory flock perching on telephone wires along road, Poitou, France

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gathering on telephone wires pre-roost, Solway Firth, Scotland, UK, November. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Historically all starlings were known as Stares,...

Pete Oxford / Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) roosting on telegraph wires, Puerto Lopez, Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador

Stephen Dalton / Greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) perched on telegraph pole, South Africa

David Tipling / Flock of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) sitting on telephone wires, at pre-roost gathering in winter, Buckenham, Norfolk, England

David Tipling / Flock of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) sitting on telephone wires, at pre-roost gathering in winter, Buckenham, Norfolk, England

Michel Poinsignon / Electricity wires in front of cooling towers of Nuclear power station, Cattenom, France

Tony Heald / Pigtail Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) crossing purpose-built "primate wires" connecting isolated patches of forest, Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008

Dietmar Nill / Little Owl (Athene noctua) adult on telephone wires, Bulgaria

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lanner falcon {Falco biarmicus} dead, with jesses caught in electrical wires, Sohar, Oman

Nigel Cattlin / Cultivated Blackberries on Bramble (Rubus sp) plants supported by wires, ripe and unripe berries. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Sergio Hanquet / Electricity wires and Canary Island pine forest (Pinus canariensis) silhouetted by forest fire. Ifonche, Tenerife. Canary Islands, 2012.

Robin Chittenden / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) Zakynthos, Greece, August 2018

Ashley Cooper / Electrician works on a tangle of electric wires in Kathmandu, Nepal. December 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Electricity wires running through woodland near Ambleside in the Lake District, England, UK. May.

Doug Perrine / Lava from Kilauea Volcano erupts from a fissure on Pohoiki Road, near Pahoa, Puna District, Hawaii. Downed power poles and guy wires are embedded in the front of the lava flow as it pushes along the s...

Ann & Steve Toon / Eight Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) on telegraph wires, Caerlaverock Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Reserve, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, October.

Jean E. Roche / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) electrocuted on overhead wires, Salin de Giraud, Camargue, France, November.

Anup Shah / Zanzibar red colobus (Procolobus kirkii) using electricty wires to cross a road. Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, Zanzibar, Tanzania. May.

Ingo Arndt / Scientists implanting wires in the brain of a Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) to measure brain activity. University of Marburg, Germany. November 2013.

Ingo Arndt / Scientists implanting wires in the brain of a Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) to measure brain activity. University of Marburg, Germany. November 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Flock of Neotropic cormorants ( (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) on wire at sunset, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA. November.

Christophe Courteau / Snare confiscated by rangers, found in the Volcanoes National Park, home of the endangered Mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) Rwanda, October 2012.

Gabriel Rojo / Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) on barbed wire, La Pampa, Argentina

Terry Whittaker / Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) with house in background, Flatey Island, Breioafjorour, Iceland. July

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / House sparrows (Passer domesticus) large flock perched on wires with a single Common myna, Oman, December

Nick Upton / Rescued Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) resting and echolocating on wires of a flight cage where its recovery and ability to fly is being tested before being released back to the wild, North Devon...

Nick Upton / Rescued Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) resting on wires of a flight cage where its recovery and ability to fly is being tested before being released to the wild, North Devon Bat Care, Barnstaple,...

Nick Upton / Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) with a wing damaged by a cat resting on wires of a flight cage where its recovery and ability to fly is being tested at dusk as the wing heals, North Devon Bat Care,...

Andres M. Dominguez / Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra) singing, Prado del rey, Cadiz, Spain, March.

Angelo Gandolfi / White storks (Ciconia ciconia) nesting on telephone wires, beside an abandonned railway, Extremadura, Spain. April.

Nick Upton / Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) perched on telephone wires, Korfos, Greece, August.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Vineyard, with vines trained on trellising wires, Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Illegally set neck snare, Kibale National Park, western Uganda

David Tipling / Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) gathering prior to roosting, Buckenham, Norfolk, February.

David Tipling / Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) gathering prior to roosting, Buckenham, Norfolk, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Flock of Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on wires, Helsinki, Finland, September

Markus Varesvuo / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) on telephone wires, Latvia, June

Bert Willaert / Cherry picker removing a White stork (Ciconia ciconia) nest with juveniles from electricity wires, Belarus, July 2007.

Martin Gabriel / Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) in its nest, built amidst power and telephone cables, Costa Rica,

Dong Lei / Black-headed Greenfinches (Carduelis ambigua) perched on wires, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) dead after becoming trapped in a fence wires, Namib desert, Namibia.

Fabrice Cahez / Flock of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) roosting on wires, Vosges, France, September.

Shattil & Rozinski / Dead Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) caught on a barbed wire fence, Colorado, USA, September.

Robin Chittenden / Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris) singing on barbed wire in the rain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, April

Nick Upton / Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) standing on a clifftop fence post with the sea in the background, Polzeath, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) standing on a clifftop fence post with the sea in the background, Polzeath, Cornwall, UK, April.

David Pattyn / Sand martin (Riparia riparia) sitting on wires during migration. Greece. May

Loic Poidevin / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) on a telephone wire, Breton Marsh, West France, April

Laurent Geslin / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) flying with telegraph pylons and wires behind, Europe

Orsolya Haarberg / Old house and utility wires in falling snow. Veines, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway. February 2010

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) parent feeding begging fledgling, Bourgogne, France

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) group gather in Picardie, France before migrating to Africa

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migratory flock perching on telephone wire, Poitou, France

Cyril Ruoso / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) migratory flock perching on telephone wires, Poitou, France

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) mother grooming her young among barbed wire, Thailand

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) trio walking on telephone lines, Thailand

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) mother with two young walking among barbed wire, Thailand

Andy Trowbridge / Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) standing by a barbed wire stock fence. Katiki Point, Moeraki, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flock on telegraph wires, Islay, Scotland, UK

Philip Stephen / Peterhead registered fishing vessel "Harvester" winching the trawl wires onboard in calm conditions. June 2009. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / Fishermen guiding wires onto the netdrum while hauling the gear onboard a trawler, North Sea, January 2010.

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele"'s main mast and rigging, 2006. Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / Close up of SY "Adele"'s mast and rigging Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Rick Tomlinson / Close up of SY "Adele"'s guard rail fixture supported by a stanchion

Rick Tomlinson / Close up of SY "Adele"'s rigging

Petra Wegner / Woman and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy tricolour, 9 weeks, being told not to bite wires.

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, tricolour, 9 weeks, biting electrical wire.

Robin Chittenden / Woodchat shrike (Lanius senator) perched on wire fence, La Serena Steppes, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, March

Richard Du Toit / N14 road running through Northern Cape, South Africa, January 2011

Jeff Wilson / Electric wires surround the camp for filming Arctic wolves on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Iced up wires on board ship following rough passage, Antarctica, 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) researcher trying to free animal entangled in wire ropes from old whaling station, Leith Harbor, South Georgia Island

Pete Oxford / Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) roosting on telegraph wires at night, Puerto Lopez, Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Brown-chested martins (Progne tapera) roosting on telegraph wires, Puerto Lopez, Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador

Martin Gabriel / Hop field (Humulus lupulus) in autumn with starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gathered on wires, Hallertau, Bavaria, Germany, September

Nick Upton / Electricity cables, pylons and wind turbines at sunset. Near Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Nick Upton / Electricity cables, pylons and wind turbines at sunset. Near Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Pete Oxford / Leg-hold traps and wire snares which are used illegally to eradicate predators, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Nick Upton / Three Black kites (Milvus migrans) perched on telephone wires and pole, Spanish Pyrenees, Hecho valley, Huesca, Spain

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Aerial view of electricity pylons with wires crossing over a Norway spruce (Picea abies) plantation, Uppland, Sweden, September 2008

Onne van der Wal / Barbed wire, South Africa, 2009.

Michael Durham / Biglow Wind Farm near the Columbia River showing wind mills and traditional electric wires, Oregon

Roy Mangersnes / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) sitting on electric pole, Norway. Dangerous situation. May

David Kjaer / Corn Buntings (Miliaria calandra) and a female Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) on barbed wire in spring, Wiltshire, England

Michel Poinsignon / House martins (Delichon urbicum) gather on telephone wires, Lorraine, France

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Common / Indian mynahs {Acridotheres tristis} large flock on wires, Sohar, Oman.

George McCarthy / Barn swallows {Hirundo rustica} resting on wires, on migration. Island of Lesvos, Greece

Bernard Castelein / Rhesus macaque {Macaca mulatta} walking along wires, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Bernard Castelein / Rhesus macaque {Macaca mulatta} perching on wires, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lanner falcon {Falco biarmicus} dead, with jesses caught in electrical wires, Sohar, Oman