Mike Read / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair silhouetted on nest at sunset near Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, February.

Alex Hyde / Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) worker feeding on Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. July.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and killer whales / orcas (Orcinus orca) feeding on herring (Clupea harengus). Andfjorden, close to Andoya, Nordland, Northern Norway. January.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Crawshay's zebra (Equus quagga crawshayi) in evening light, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. March.

Roy Mangersnes / Three Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) surfacing with blows still visible, flying birds silhouetted, Arctic Ocean, West of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Eric Baccega / Two Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) on Peony flower (Paeonia suffruticosa) Alsace, France, May.