Andy Rouse / African Leopard (Panthera pardus) walking. Masai Mara, Kenya. February.

Claudio Contreras / Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) flowers at twilight, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Bence Mate / Two Great egrets (Ardea alba) face to face against white sky, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

John Cancalosi / American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) swimming near Water lilies (Nymphaea sp) Washington DC, USA. July.

Pascal Pittorino / Horned pansy (Viola cornuta) in botanic garden, Var, France, March.

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

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) swimming on the sea, Commander Island, Russia, September.

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

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii exisa) displaying, Galapagos Islands.

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

Chris & Monique Fallows / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), feeding and cleaning.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), feeding and cleaning.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cornfield annual summer wildflowers growing on one of the plant charity Landlife's National Wildflower Farms, St Helens, Merseyside, UK, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Wildflowers, including poppies (Papaver rhoeas), corn marigold (Glebionis segetum), cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) and corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), being grown for seed by Landlife, Fir Tree Fa...

David Tipling / Red campion (Silene dioica) flowering in woodland amongst Bluebells and Greater stitchwort. Thursford Wood, North Norfolk, UK, May.

David Tipling / Fern growing among Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Foxley Wood, Norfolk, UK, April.

Nick Garbutt / Giant Water Lily (Victoria amazonica) flower in a lagoon at Porto Jofre, off the Cuiaba River, northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, South America.

Dong Lei / Golden bush-robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus) with insect prey, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) close-up of an adult with two young chicks. The Netherlands. June 2014

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) and Poet's daffodil (Narcissus poeticus) on the Piano Grande, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Tony Phelps / Parachute daisies (Ursinia anthemoides) flowering, Vergelegen, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa, July.

Dave Watts / Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus) Tasmania, Australia

Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Mangrove trees (Rhizophora) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

Ernie Janes / Magnolia 'Rustica rubra' in flower in garden, UK, May

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) adult in flight against stormy seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.

Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Globeflowers (Trollius), Lauterbrunnen Valley, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, June 2012.

David Pattyn / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male in flight during snowfall, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. January

David Pattyn,David Pattyn / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male in flight during snowfall, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. January

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Yellow tulip (Tulipa australis) in flower, above Piano Grande, Sibillini, Appennines, Umbria, Italy, May 2011

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower, Vallee des Cailles, Eure-et-Loir, France, April.

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) in flight. Southern Estonia, December.

Edwin Giesbers / RF- Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) in profile, calling. The Netherlands. June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Kim Taylor / RF- Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) taking off, sequence. UK, digital composite. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Kjaer / Bewick's swan (Cygnus columbianus) in flight with rainbow, Gloucestershire, England, UK, February.

LYNN M. STONE / RF - Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping, wild and natural. Boca Ciega Bay (part of Tampa Bay), Florida, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free....

Ross Hoddinott / RF - Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) flower close-up, Lanhydrock woodland, Cornwall, UK. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Peter Cairns / Person holding Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) sapling / seedling before planting, Scotland, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / RF- Grape hyacinths (Muscari) and Daffodils (Narcissus sp) in flower, Norfolk, UK, March. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Peter Lewis / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) near Wickham, Hampshire, England, UK. April 2013.

Georgette Douwma / RF - Soft coral polyps (Clavularia). West Papua, Indonesia. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Nick Turner / Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) flowering on hillside, Pasqueflower Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT) nature reserve, UK. April.

Klein & Hubert / Flowering Hydrangea macrophylla, France.

Klein & Hubert / Flowering "Mousmee" ( Hydrangea macrophylla), France.

Sandra Bartocha / Bergons serapias orchid (Serapias bergonii), Pollino National Park, Italy. May 2009.

Melvin Grey / Purple-throated mountain gem hummingbird (Lampornis calolaemus) hummingbird adult female in flight, Atlantic Rainforest, Costa Rica.

Ernie Janes / Garden chair with Ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) and potted Pelargoniums.

Pascal Pittorino / Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) flowers, in botanic garden, Var, Provence, France, July.

Andy Rouse / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus cristatus) on lake at dawn, Cardiff, UK, March.