Stephen Dalton / Leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) leaping from pond. Contolled conditions.

Edwin Giesbers / Dalmatian pelican (Pelicanus crispus) group squabbling over fish, Lake Kerkini, Greece.

Dave Bevan / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) scratching before jumping into the water, alarmed, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, July.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Norway, November.

Danny Green / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) running through water, portrait. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA. September.

Gabriel Rojo / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) diving, with tail fluke splash. Monumento Natural Ballena Franca Austral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Valdes Peninsula, Patagonia, Argentina.

Espen Bergersen / Killer whale / orca (Orcinus orca) splashing with tail fluke. Kvaloya, Troms, Norway October Sequence 4 of 7

John Chan / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on a Striped bass (Morone saxatilis), Southern California, USA.

George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) diving head into water to catch prey, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 1/2.

Marie Read / American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), adult in breeding plumage foraging by sweeping its bill from side to side through shallow water, Orange County, California, USA, April.

Marie Read / Canada geese (Branta canadensis) two during territorial fight in early spring, Ithaca. New York, USA

Marie Read / Western Grebe (Aechmorphus occidentalis), pair during 'rushing' courtship display in which they run across water's surface in synchrony, near Escondido, California, USA, January.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Black and white image of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) mud bathing, Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya. Editorial use only. Other uses need clearance.

Andy Rouse / RF - Kingfisher, (Alcedo atthis), diving for fish, UK

Tony Heald / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) splashing in pool in evening light. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

Guy Edwardes / Godrevy Lighthouse, Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2012.

Ann & Steve Toon / Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole drinking at night. One spraying water from trunk, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Nick Hawkins / Harbour porpoise, (Phocoena phocoena) Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, September

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) executing a dramatic tail slap, throwing up a cascade of water with its powerful fluke, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whales (Megaptera novangliaea) unusual scene with two adults tail-slapping together in rough seas, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novangliaea) executing an energetic tail slap, creating a cascade of seawater, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Neil Aldridge / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) bull charging through the shallows of the Selinda Spillway, with another behind, northern Botswana, August.

Neil Aldridge / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) erupts from the water after an unsuccessful dive into the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Andy Rouse / Slow motion clip of a Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) catching a fish, Scotland, UK, January.

Carol Walker / Two white Camargue horses in ocean of Camargue, France, Europe. May.

Danny Green / Coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos) fishing, Lake Clarke National Park, Alaska, September

Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, July.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) porpoising, Puerto Madryn, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina, December.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Orca (Orcinus orca) breaching whilst hunting Common dolphin, False Bay, South Africa, April.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) porpoising, Puerto Madryn, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina, December.

Andy Rouse / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) emerging from pool with fish, UK, December. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Michel Poinsignon / Great white egret (Egretta alba) catching fish in lake, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April

Loic Poidevin / Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) fighting in water, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August

David Pattyn / European flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) bathing Camargue, France, May.

Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) group with one shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, October.

Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) two at water's edge, one shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, October.

Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) with fish prey, with water splashing around, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July.

Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.

Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) group, with one shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.

Bence Mate / European otters (Lutra lutra) feeding at water?s edge with splashing water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.

Bence Mate / European otter (Lutra lutra) shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.

Bence Mate / European otters (Lutra lutra) at water's edge, one shaking off water, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.

Bence Mate / Two European otters (Lutra lutra) one shaking off water and the other feeding on fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. October.

Bence Mate / Three Pygmy cormorants (Microcarbo pygmeus) drying themselves, one by shaking off water, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary

Brent Stephenson / Type B Killer whale (Orca orcinus) surfacing, close-up, Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic, January.

Jeff Vanuga / White horses of the Camargue galloping through marshes in the Camargue, France. April.

Staffan Widstrand / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) bull emerging from water to charge, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal National Park. South Africa. Specially commended in the Animal Portraits category of...