Cats, UK marine life and deserts feature strongly in the highlights of the last month. Alex Mustard reveals the many unexpected gems that live beneath Britain's seas, Paul Williams has a range of wild cats big and small from the BBC Big Cats series, and we welcome new contributor Ugo Mellone who specialises in documenting desert ecosystems and wildlife. We also have new images of David Attenborough and some dramatic energy images.
Alex Mustard / Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) crawling on top of Common sea urchin (Echinus esculentus), Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.
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Alex Mustard / Leach's spider crab (Inachus phalangium) sheltering beneath the stinging tentacles of Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis). Swanage, Dorset, UK, English Channel.
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Alex Mustard / Young Long clawed squat lobster (Munida rugosa), portrait, Loch Linnhe, The Highlands, Scotland, UK.
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Alex Mustard / Detail of a St John's stalked jellyfish (Calvadosia cruxmelitensis) growing on seaweed, Chesil Beach, Dorset, UK, English Channel.
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Alex Mustard / A tangle of Spaghetti seaweed / Thong weed (Himanthalia elongata) growing beneath the straight basalt columns outside Fingal's Cave. Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, Atlantic Ocean. Augus...
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Alex Mustard / Spider crab (Hyas sp.) scaling the stipe of Cuvie kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) up into the canopy of the kelp forest. Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.
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Alex Mustard / Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) porpoising at the surface to breathe, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, Atlantic Ocean. August.
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Alex Mustard / Grey top-shell (Gibbula cineraria) grazing on Golden kelp (Laminaria ochroleuca). Pendennis Head, Cornwall, UK, English Channel.
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Alex Mustard / Male Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) swimming through Kelp forest (Laminaria hyperborea), Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.
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Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Fjordia lineata) crawling amongst the legs of a Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.
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Alex Mustard / Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) feeding on a Flame shell (Limaria hians) in a kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK..
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Alex Mustard / A large herbivorous Seahare (Aplysia punctata) crawling around a Common eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow, Helford River Estuary, Cornwall, UK.
