Ben Hall / Fallow deer (Dama dama) in woodland clearing at dawn, Cheshire, UK November

Ben Hall / Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) in flight against autumn colours, Czech Republic, November. Captive.

Ben Hall / Red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) silhouetted against sky at dusk, Cheshire, October 2014

Ben Hall / Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) pair, one perched on branch and one hovering in snowfall, Derbyshire, February.

Ben Hall / Eagle owl (Bubo bubo) in flight through forest, backlit at dawn, Czech Republic, November. Captive.

Ben Hall / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on rock with lava lizard sitting on its head, Galapagos Islands, May.

Ben Hall / Orcas (Orcinus orca) pair in sea surrounded by mountains, Iceland, January.

Ben Hall / Orca (Orcinus orca) swimming in sea surrounded by mountains at sunset, Iceland, January.

Ben Hall / Kirkjufell mountain at dawn with ice in foreground, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, January 2014

Ben Hall / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) peering from behind tree with bluebells in foreground, Cheshire, June.

Ben Hall / White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight over mountain landscape at dusk, Iceland, January.

Ben Hall / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on rock taken with slow shutter speed to show motion in the water, Galapagos islands, May.

Ben Hall / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) mother and young touching noses, Galapagos Islands, May

Ben Hall / Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) flying low over snow covered grouns with trees in background, Czech Republic, February. Captive.

Ben Hall / Kirkjufell mountain, landscape at dawn with waterfall in foreground, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, January 2015

Ben Hall / Stunted oak woodland covered in moss, Wistman's Wood, Devon, UK. August. Highly Commended in the Wild Woods category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.

Ben Hall / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with perch in its beak, Cheshire, UK, October. Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.

Ben Hall / Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) alighting on water at dawn, Cheshire, UK, November. Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.

Ben Hall / Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight, artistically blurred photograph, Cheshire, UK, February. Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013....

Ben Hall / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking flight, artistically blurred photograph. Cheshire, UK, October. Highly honoured in the Art in Nature category of the Nature's Best Windland Smith...

Ben Hall / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing courtship displaying at dawn, backlit and surrounded by mist, Cheshire, UK, April. Highly honoured in the Birds Category of Nature's Best Windl...

Ben Hall / Eurasian Eagle owl (Bubo bubo) in flight through dense forest, Czech Republic, January

Ben Hall,Ben Hall / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) sitting in flowering heather, Peak District, UK, September

Ben Hall / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) stretching its wings backlit at dawn, Poynton, Cheshire, UK, December. Highly honoured in the Bird Category of the Windland Awards of Natures Best Photography Competition 2016...

Ben Hall / Orcas (Orcinus orca) pod feeding on herring, wide shot showing surrounding landscape, Iceland, January 2013

Ben Hall / Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight against a waterfall, Iceland, January

Ben Hall,Ben Hall / Aurora Borealis display over mountains at night, West Icelend, January 2013

Ben Hall,Ben Hall / Red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) in heavy snow, Cheshire, UK, March

Ben Hall,Ben Hall / Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing courtship displaying, Cheshire, UK, March

Ben Hall / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing courtship display at dawn, backlit with surrounding by mist, Cheshire, UK, March

Ben Hall / Northern gannets (Morus / Sula bassanus) portrait of individual with a courting pair in foreground, UK, Bass Rock, Scotland, Portrait category winner in the British Wildlife Photography Awards BWPA co...

Ben Hall / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight over mountain peaks with glacier in the distance, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. Winner of Landscape category, Nature's Best / Windland S...

Ben Hall / Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) in flight over mountain peaks, Torres Del Paine National park, Chile.

Ben Hall / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in snowfall. Martin Mere Wetlands Trust, Lancashire,UK, January. 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photographer Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Ben Hall / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) group in flight at dusk, Lancashire, UK December

Ben Hall / Sanderlings (Calidris alba) group feeding on beach with sunrise on the horizon, Lincolnshire, UK December

Ben Hall / Sanderling (Calidris alba) along shorline, Lincolnshire, UK December

Ben Hall / Curlews (Numenius arquata) group flying over the sea during storm. Wales, UK December. Highly commended, 'Habitat' division, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Ben Hall / Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) performing their elaborate courtship ritual at dawn, Cheshire, UK November

Ben Hall / Fallow deer (Dama dama) in woodland clearing at dawn, Cheshire, UK November

Ben Hall / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags fighting at dusk during rutting season, Cheshire, UK October

Ben Hall / Fallow deer (Dama dama) in woodland clearing, Cheshire, UK August

Ben Hall / Eider (Somateria mollissima) male swimming, Northumberland, UK

Ben Hall / European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) juveniles emerging from burrow, Cheshire, UK May

Ben Hall / Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) performing courtship ritual at dawn, Cheshire, UK April

Ben Hall / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) in flight at dusk, Lancashire, UK

Ben Hall / Long tailed tits (Aegithalos caudatus) pair perched on pine branch in snowfall, Cheshire, UK March

Ben Hall / Shelducks (Tadorna tadorna) pair in flight at dusk, Lancashire, UK