David Noton / Palm trees line the beach at Pigeon Point, Tobago

Ross Hoddinott / Large red damselfly beside nymphal case {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} Cornwall, UK

Fabio Liverani / Eggs of Agile frog {Rana dalmatina} Italy

Edwin Giesbers / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating amongst flowers. The Netherlands. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Gardeners delight, Cherry tomato seedling just germinated with cotyledons above the soil

Nigel Cattlin / Gardeners delight, Cherry tomato seedling just germinated with cotyledons above the soil

Nigel Cattlin / Gardeners delight, Cherry tomato seedling just germinated with cotyledons above the soil

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) diving for fish, split level shot, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) diving for fish, split level shot, Shetland, Scotland, UK, September.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) egg shell on sea ice. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), baby turtle walking towards sea, South Padre Island, South Texas, USA. July

Laurie Campbell / Common / Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) mother with young. Burnmouth, Berwickshire, England, UK.

Markus Varesvuo / Female Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) with newly hatched chick on nest, Kuhmo, Finland, June.

Sven Zacek / Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) white morph and normal blue morph, Southern Estonia, April.

Fabrice Cahez / Morning mist over the countryside, Aubrac, France, July 2015.

Nick Garbutt / Madagascar sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) resting on tree. Masoala Peninsula, north east Madagascar. Controlled conditions.

Staffan Widstrand / Moss covered fallen trees in old mixed conifer and broadleaf forest, Punia Forest Reserve, Lithuania, May.

Sven Zacek / Aerial view at sunrise of fog over bog forest, Tartumaa, Estonia, May 2013.

Richard Du Toit / Black wildebeest (Connochaetus gnou) bull silhouetted at dawn, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) emerging from shell, Dalyan delta, Turkey, July.

MYN / Tim Hunt / Composite of Caddisfly (Trichoptera) larva and cases, Worcestershire, England, UK, May.

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

Andy Rouse / Sunrise in forest, silhouetting trees. Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, India.

David Tipling / Common frog (Rana temporaria) and spawn in pond. West Runton, North Norfolk, England, UK, March. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA Awards 2015.

Alex Hyde / Orange tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) on Cuckoo flower / Lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis). Peak DIstrict National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.

Alex Hyde / Frogspawn from Common Frog (Rana temporaria), fisheye view showing pond habitat. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March.

Georgette Douwma / Crinoid (Crinoidea) on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling swimming to the sea still in the shallows of the beach. Anano Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) silhouetted at sunrise, Galapagos Islands. Endemic.

Simon Colmer / Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) below, on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Sussex, UK. June.

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

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Soy beans (Glycine max) against white background

Chris & Monique Fallows / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony at sunrise. Grytviken, South Georgia Island.

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

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

Klein & Hubert / Three Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks walking on pack ice in front of blue iceberg, Antarctica

Orsolya Haarberg / View over the Lysefjorden from the Preikestolen / Pulpit rock, Forsand, Rogaland, Norway. June 2012.

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), at sunrise, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. March.

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

Erlend Haarberg / Lysefjorden viewed from the Preikestolen (Pulpit rock) on misty summer morning with sun rays shining down, Forsand, Rogaland, Norway.

Chris Mattison / Spotted reed frog (Hyperolius pucticulatus) tadpoles, captive, endemic to Tanzania.

Jack Dykinga / Sun shining through mesquite bosque forest with lush winter rain-fed grasses covering the forest floor at sunset, Catalina State Park, Arizona. February 2014.

Floris van Breugel / Two Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) at edge of lake with Cuernos del Paine beyond. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, June 2014.

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) silhouetted at sunrise, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Hougaard Malan / Green desert valley in morning light after plentiful rains. Namib Rand, Namibia. April 2011.

Pascal Kobeh / Female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with its very young calf at the surface, Rurutu island, Australs Archipelago, French Polynesia. Pacific Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Bioluminescent fungi (Omphalotus nidiformis / Pleurotus nidiformis) glowing on tree trunk in rainforest at night, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia,