Floris van Breugel / Sand dunes reflecting pink and orange glowing colours from the sky at sunset. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. November 2009. Highly Commended in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photoga...

Ross Hoddinott / Female chalkhill blue butterfly (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August 2016.

Roland Seitre / Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) flock, Djoudj National Park, St Louis du Senegal, Senegal

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

Cyril Ruoso / Puya flowers (Puya sp) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru.

Solvin Zankl / Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis) close up of tentacles, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Pete Oxford / Three granite peaks of Paine mountain range, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Andy Rouse / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) with wings raised defensively at sunrise, Wales, UK, April.

Andy Rouse / Great egret (Ardea alba) flying across lake, Ranthambhore National Park, India

Ross Hoddinott / Kimmeridge Bay ledges at sunset, Dorset, UK. September 2014.

Ross Hoddinott / Corfe Castle, early morning llight and mist, Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK. September 2014.

Peter Cairns / Northern lights (Aurora borealis) over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadoya, Lofoten, Norway. March 2015.

Alex Hyde / Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male resting on Bluebell (Endymion / Hyacinthoides nonscriptus). Peak DIstrict National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) with out of focus Lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) standing behind, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

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

Martin Gabriel / Firefly crocus (Crocus sieberi) flowers in snow, Bavaria, Germany, March.

Jack Dykinga / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chicks in nest in Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunset, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, USA, May.

Andy Sands / Newly emerged Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), Bedfordshire, England, UK. June

Orsolya Haarberg / Northern lights above the pine forest, Gjenvollhytta, Klaebu. Sor-Trondelag, Norway. March 2013.

Espen Bergersen / Fluke of diving Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with full moon low on the horizon during polar night time, with blow from second whale in the background, Kvaloya, Troms, Northern Norway. Novem...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water, to feed on plankton. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult male at sunset. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

David Pattyn / Flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima) photographed on Great Saltee with a view of the island behind. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Ireland, June.

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.

Adrian Davies / Monkshood (Aconitum), Surrey, England, UK, June.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) males displaying, lake Nakuru, Kenya

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) males in display, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Floris van Breugel / The granite mountains of the high sierra, with clouds at sunset. Royce Lakes seen from Feather Peak, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California, September 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) flock in Lake Bogoria, Rift valley, Kenya

Benjamin Barthelemy / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), Vallee de l'Eure (Eure Valley), Eure-et-Loir, France, August

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flower head against white background. Scotland, UK, August.

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / Two bull Moose (Alces alces) sizing each other up during the annual rut, after sunset with migrating geese in flight. Western Estonia, September.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Ragged robin {Silene flos-cuculi} Devon, UK, June.

Sandra Bartocha / Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) in flower in pine woodland, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Pasrk, Scotland, UK

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Pink-footed Geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) in flight at dusk. The Wash. Norfolk, January.

Erlend Haarberg / Fog over Landmannalaugar at sunset from Hrafntinnusker, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland, August 2010

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Dew covered spider's web with pink flowering heather in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? Spider’s silk is one of the strongest materials in nature, equalli...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Bell heather (Erica cinerea) in flower, Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July. Did you know? Heather was once used for brewing ale and making baskets, ropes and mattresses.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Mute swan {Cygnus olor} on water with reflection, Shapwick Heath (Somerset Wildlife Trust) Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. March

Stefan Huwiler / Matterhorn at sunrise in autumn with reflection in the Riffelsee. Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, Europe, October 2008.

Jeff Vanuga / Sunset over the Grand Teton and the Teton Range. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, June 2007.

Diane McAllister / Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), Bachelor buttons / Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus), and Common poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in a small meadow. Nevada, USA, July

Orsolya Haarberg / The Varangerfjord at Skallelv at sunset, Varanger peninsula, Vadso, Finnmark, Norway, February 2006.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of Lake Natron, Rift Valley, Tanzania, Africa, August 2009

Peter Cairns / Flooded birch and alder woodland in autumn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, November, RUNNER UP: In Praise of Plants category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2010

Ross Hoddinott / Burton Bradstock beach at sunset, looking toward West Bay, West Dorset, UK. January 2010.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Detail of Pointed Phlox (Phlox cuspidata) flower, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA