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Eyecatchers are show-stopping and surprising standalone images from the natural world, accompanied by the photographers’ stories from behind the lens. This gallery is a great place to look for those special one-off images, suitable for double-page spreads or simply for inspiration and ideas.

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Markus Varesvuo / Golden Eagle adult (Aquila chrysaetos) silhouetted in tree after sunset, Kuusamo, Finland, January.

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Guy Edwardes / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) landing on Lake Kerkini, Greece

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Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) attacking a hornet (Vespa crabro). Honeybees survive a 1 degree Celsius higher body temperature than hornets. When they attack the hornet, they cover it, heat their own bod...

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Sergey Gorshkov / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) female territorial marking by rubbing cheek against ancient Manchurian fir tree, Land of the Leopard National Park, Far East Russia, November. Taken with remo...

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Tony Wu / Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) feeding on icicle formed from sap of Painted maple tree (Acer pictum). Hokkaido, Japan. February.

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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on drifting sea ice. Svalbard, Norway.

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Andy Sands / Slime mould (Physarum robustum), in mature reproductive phase. Close-up of erupted fruiting bodies (sporangia), bearing thousands of spores. UK. The much smaller fruiting bodies in the bottom of the f...

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Jen Guyton / A white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), habituated after being fed by locals and tourists, sticks its head into the photographer's car in New Brunswick, Canada.

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Sandra Bartocha / Multiple exposure of a cherry tree (Prunus sp) in blossom. Potsdam, Germany. April. Created using 10 exposures.

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Shane Gross / Waves crashing on beach and carrying sediments back out to sea, aerial view. The Bahamas.

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Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) with backlit wings, and water spray, Norway, October

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Alex Mustard / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) female probably heavily pregnant, resting/bottling at the surface in shallow water, head above water, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK

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Yashpal Rathore / Schneider's leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideros sperosis) in half submerged old temple ruins. Hampi World UNESCO Heritage Site, Karnataka, India

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Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub defending its kill,a large Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) from another cub, North London, UK. August. Highly commended in the Behaviour : Mammals Category of the Wildlife Ph...

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Ben Hall / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) shaking its wings with slow shutter speed to reveal movement, Martin Mere WWT Reserve, Lancashire, UK.

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Espen Bergersen / Lilliehook glacier, calving sequence 1/2. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. 25th July 2020.

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Guy Edwardes / Waves crashing against sea wall and Porthcawl Lighthouse during Storm Ciara, people storm watching surrounded by waves. Mid Glamorgan, Wales, UK. February 2020.

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Jack Dykinga / Lightning caused fire on Mount Lemmon, Forest Service Fire suppression Wildland Firefighters use helicopters to 'bomb' the hot spots to control the spread. Mount Lemmon's north palisades,...

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Shane Gross / Artichoke coral (Scolymia cubensis), close-up of mouth. Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.

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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) playing with pufferfish, Mosquera Islet, Galapagos.

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Robert Thompson / Saturniid moth (Aurivillius triramis), Laraganga Mole National Park, Ghana, Africa

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Magnus Lundgren / Neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii) producing ink, Balayan Bay, off Anilao, Batangas, Philippines, Pacific Ocean. Magnus

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Shane Gross / Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) swimming in mangrove habitat near blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), a prey species for the shark. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

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Doug Gimesy / Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, wildlife rescuer and carer, working in her Melbourne inner-city apartment, with an orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) na...

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Andy Rouse / Beautiful Demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx virgo), male flying, Wales, UK.

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Tony Wu / Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) male sitting in tree, portrait. Hokkaido, Japan. March

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George Sanker / American Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) on tree trunk drinking in a beaver pond. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA.

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Guy Edwardes / Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise over Colmer's Hill , Bridport, Dorset, UK. July 2020

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Sandra Bartocha / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) 'tortuosa' or twisted variety. Ruegen, Germany, March.

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Ross Hoddinott / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) dragonflies resting on backlit reeds close to the water's edge, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. May.

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Cyril Ruoso / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs, three sleeping near den. Yonne, France. May.

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Andy Sands / Longhorn beetle (Leiopus nebulosus) showing the long antennae, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June - Captive - Focus Stacked

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Neil Aldridge / A lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) flying over grassland habitat at night. Devon, UK.

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Brandon Cole / Spectacled caiman (Caiman yacare), split level view in the Pantanal wetlands region, Brazil, South America.

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Magnus Lundgren / Brown paper nautilus (Argonauta hians) surfing on a jellyfish, Balayan Bay, Luzon, Philippines. The nautilus uses its jellyfish host both as a food source, and as a defensive weapon. Photographed at n...

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Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti) biting at Vampire ground finch (Geospiza septentrionalis) which was feeding on its blood, Wolf Island, Galapagos.

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Juan Carlos Munoz / Gerra beach and sea, Oyambre Natural Park, San Vicente de la Barquera, Cantabrian Sea, Cantabria, Spain. February.

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John Shaw / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) landing at its nest in a Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) draped with epiphytic Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA. April.

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Olga Kamenskaya / Young Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica) at breathing hole Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. April.

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Olga Kamenskaya / Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica) pup on ice, endemic species. Lake Baikal, Russia, April.

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Jussi Murtosaari / White-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos), female excavating nest in birch tree, expelling wood chips from hole, Finland, April.

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Jack Dykinga / Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) cacti silhouetted against morning sun. Optical phenomenon known as glory in sky caused by sun burning off ground fog. Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, USA....

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Klein & Hubert / Young Eagle hunter (Berkutchi) with his Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) portrait, Altai, Mongolia. Model released.

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Olga Kamenskaya / Amphipod (Acanthogammarus victorii), Lake Baikal, Russia. June. Endemic to Lake Baikal.

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Oliver Wright / Striped Slender Robberflies (Leptogaster cylindrica) Ledston, Yorkshire, June. Focus stacked image.

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Terry Whittaker / Pine marten (Martes martes) running over moss in coniferous forest. Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland, UK. September. Camera trap image.

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Ann & Steve Toon / Oxeye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) in upland hay meadow, Northumberland National Park, UK, June.