August & September 2012 Highlights156

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We've got 2 months of great new images to share with you. Here are some of the highlights:

� Graphic and moody landscapes from Jack Dykinga and David Noton

� Camargue horses and flamingos from Konrad Wothe

� All manner of rarities including Irrawaddy dolphins from Roland Seitre

� Rare Chinese wildlife from Shibai Xiao

� British wildlife from Danny Green and Fergus Gill

� Cute marmots from Edwin Giesbers and crafty raccoons from Bertie Gregory

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Alex Hyde / Various pollen grains from several species of UK plant. False coloured scanning electron micrograph. Digital composite.

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Alex Hyde / Various rockpool animals and seaweeds, photographed on a white background. Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, March. Digital composite.

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David Shale / Pencil urchin (Cidaroid). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.

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Solvin Zankl / Dragonfish (Melanostomias melanops) - deep sea specimen from 2000m depth, nr Cape Verde Islands, North Atlantic

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Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Blackdevil fish (Melanocetus murrayi) female anglerfish specimen.

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Nick Garbutt / Wallace's Flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) male from lowland dipterocarp rainforest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo. Photographed in situ in makeshift studio in the forest.

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Mark Taylor / Blue tabby kitten playing with a common European toad (Bufo bufo). NOT AVAILABLE FOR BOOK USE

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Daniel Heuclin / Deathstalker / Palestine Yellow Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) against white background. Tunisia, Africa.

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Kim Taylor / Dobsonfly (Chloronia mexicana) from Costa Rica

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Shibai Xiao / Hainan leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus hainanensis) young photographed on white background, China.

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Danny Green / Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) portrait in winter coat. Norway, Captive, March.

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Steven Kazlowski / Two curious young Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), Barter Island, off the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, October 2011

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Carol Walker / Two white horses of the Camargue, running through the sea, Camargue, Southern France

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Carol Walker / Two white horses of the Camargue, interacting, greeting head to head in marshes, Camargue, Southern France

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Roy Mangersnes / Lioness (Panthera leo) moving her newborn cub, Okavango, Botswana, November.

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Danny Green / Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) hibernating amongst leaves and acorns. Captive. Leicestershire, UK, October.

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Edwin Giesbers / RF- Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) close up Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria. July. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

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Bertie Gregory / Raccoon (Procyon lotor) standing up investigating camera, portrait, Stanley park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Cananda, September.

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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Old male Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) with mouth wide open showing worn teeth, Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, England, UK, May. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Grey seals have double in populat...

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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Portrait of a young Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, North Sea, July

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Roland Seitre / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis). The Bahamas.

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Roland Seitre / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) swimming in unison, seen from above. Azores.

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Sharon Heald / Common zebra (Equus quagga) foal in dusty sunset, Etosha National Park, Namibia Photo by Sharon Heald

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Danny Green / Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) hind in early morning mist. Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, UK, September.

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David Noton / The Col de Bavella at dawn, Corsica, France. June 2011.

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Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / A misty morning over a mixed woodland in autumn, Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, Perthshire, Scotland, November 2011. Highly commended in the Wild Woods Category of the British Wildlife Photography Award...

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Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight over the River Tay. Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, Perthshire, Scotland, November.

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Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Close up of colourful mixed woodland in autumn, ~Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, Perthshire, Scotland November 2011.

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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Sunrise through deciduous woodland with beech trees casting long shadows. Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, October. Did you know? There are 20 million visitors to the New...

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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Sun shining through mist in woodland at dawn. Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, November.

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David Noton / Poppies flowering in a field, near Norcia, Umbria, Italy. May 2005.

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Konrad Wothe / Mandara Lakes in the dunes of Ubari, oasis Um el Ma, Libyan desert, Libya, Sahara, North Africa, December 2007

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Jack Dykinga / Scalding hot water continuously spouting behind layers of mineral deposits, Fly Geyser, Black Rock Desert, Great Basin Desert, Nevada, USA

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Jack Dykinga / North Rim at Cape Royal with sunset storm light streaming in rays, backlighting the canyon ridges, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

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Steven Kazlowski / Green Aurora borealis over the Beaufort Sea, seen from the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, October 2011

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Juan Carlos Munoz / Man studying the geological rock formations in the sandstone cliffs of Jaizkibel Beach, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, May 2012

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Jack Dykinga / Eroded Aztec sandstone, dating back to the Jurassic, 160 million years ago, colourful banding with fins and dikes produced by erosion, Mojave Desert near Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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Jack Dykinga / Cenote Noh-Moson, is ringed with ficus trees with ten meter long roots reaching toward the blue water below, state of Yucatan, Mexico

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Nick Garbutt / Gulik Falls, edge of southern plateau, Maliau Basin, Sabah's 'Lost World', Borneo (digitally stitched image)

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Roy Mangersnes / African blood lily (Scadoxus katharinae) flowering the the mist forest around Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, November

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David Noton / Hottentot fig (Carpobrotus edulis) on the cliff at Lizard Point, the most southerly point in mainland Britain, Cornwall, England, UK. November 2011.

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David Noton / Moon over Cathedral Cove at dawn, near Hahei, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand. December 2006.

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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Mollusc shells washed up on a beach in the Cairns of Coll, Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, North Atlantic Ocean, June 2011

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Jack Dykinga / Colorado River Delta, with watercourse sculpted patterns eroded into the salt / silt flats near the Sea of Cortez, La Reserva del Golfo, Baja, Mexico

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Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of salt pans coloured red by cyanobacteria, Lake Natron, Rift Valley, Tanzania, August 2009

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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Water channels making patterns in saltmarsh, seen from the air. Abbotts Hall Farm, Essex, UK, April 2012. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Water channels making patterns in saltmarsh, seen from the air. Abbotts Hall Farm, Essex, UK, April 2012.

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Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view saltmarshes of Bahia de Cadiz Natural Park, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, March 2008