Robert Thompson / Four spotted chaser (Libellula quardrimaculata) Montiaghs Moss NNR, Aghalee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, June.

Alex Hyde / Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) gills. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.

Alex Mustard / Backlit detail of branching fire coral (Millepora alcicornis) showing the hair like polyps, filled with stinging nematocysts. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Hyde / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) backlit at sunset. Isle of Mull, Scotland. June. Highly commended in the Botanical Britain Category of the British Widllife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competi...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hut in Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) fields, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, June 2015.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Palm tree branch dipping towards water, Puerto Jimenez, Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Cyril Ruoso / Fruit of a Dipterocarp tree (Dipterocarpaceae) seed falling to the ground, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Ross Hoddinott / Ice on black volcanic sand beach with waves, Jokulsarlon, Southeast Iceland, February.

Dong Lei / Poppy (Meconopsis punicea) in habitat, Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. August.

Dong Lei / Poppy (Meconopsis racemosa) flower in habitat. Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. August.

Gabriel Rojo / Close up of Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea) La Pampa, Argentina.

Pal Hermansen / Composite of flying butterflies (Lepidoptera) on sphere.

Jurgen Freund / Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in flower at night, with The Milky Way behind, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Sierra Estrella Mountain Wilderness, Arizona, USA, May.

Claudio Contreras / Boat on canal between chinampas, a wetland agricultural system. Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, September

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Heartsease / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) flower, Norway, May.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / White anemone (Anemone nemorosa) against pink background, Ringerike, Norway, May.

Jack Dykinga / Low angle view of Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with twisted lowered arms drooping to the ground, a result of frost damage. Honey Bee Canyon, Oro Valley, Arizona, USA. February.

Erlend Haarberg / Herb-paris (Paris quadrifolia), Norway, June.

Alex Hyde / Egg sac of European Cave Spider (Meta menardi) suspended from roof of limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Paul Williams / View from plane of eroded salt dome, Kavir Desert, Iran, December.

Stephen Dalton / Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axiridis) on end of leaf, invasive species. Sussex, England, UK. March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Chromodorid nudibranch (Chromodoris annae) on Sea Squirt (Polycarpa aurata) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Human botfly (Dermatobia hominis), adult and larva. Cayo District, Belize. Composite image. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Cup fungus (Cookeina sp) Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Stephen Dalton / Close-up of holly leaf (Ilex aquifolium).

Willem Kolvoort / White waterlily (Nymphaea alba) in Naardermeer bog lake, Holland. May.

Chris Mattison / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seedhead, focus stacked image.

Olga Kamenskaya / Wide angle view of vehicle parked on ice on lake surface. Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March 2007.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi girls, with their family's ancestral clan mark painted in reindeer blood on their face, a ritual during the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer' during which young reindeer are sacrificed....

Olga Kamenskaya / Ice fragment reflected in the ice of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Ice fragment reflected in the ice of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Ice fragment on crack in Lake Baikal ice, Siberia, Russia, March.

Alan Williams / Domestic pigeons (Columba livia) flock in flight over houses, Cheshire, UK, June.

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilidae) case built out of sticks and bark fragments, Germany, November.

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilus sp.) case built of sticks, wood fragments, seeds, snail shells and plant stems, Germany, November.

Mark Taylor / Car park flooded by River Wey, with cars almost completely submerged during Christmas 2013 flooding, Guildford. Surrey, England, UK. 25th December 2013.

Jane Burton / Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) 'phantom' coloured male displaying to a female, captive from Malaysia and Thailand.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A child sitting by wall with empty glass bottles, in the small village of Khumnu. Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women reaping the harvest in the fields adjacent to the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tourists riding domesticated Indian Elephant (Elephas maximas) on safari, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. October 2011.

Eric Medard / Little owl (Athene noctua) on water pump in garden, taken at night with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France.

Jabruson / Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) juvenile confiscated from poachers by national park authorities from poachers, awaiting release to the wild in wooden crate, Djomba, Virunga National Park,...

Jabruson / Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) confiscated juvenile recovered by National Park authorities from poachers, awaiting release to the wild in wooden crate, with hand reaching out, Djomba, Vir...

Ernie Janes / Abstract photo of Tower Bridge, with blurred motion red bus, London, June 2013. Digitally manipulated.

Ernie Janes / Big Ben and Union Jack Flag, Westminster, London, England, UK, June 2013.