Carol Walker / Wild pinto Mustang mare and foal running in Sand Wash Basin, Colorado, USA.

Andy Rouse / African Leopard (Panthera pardus) jumping across river Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. August.

Will Watson / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) leaping a weir, Shrewsbury, River Severn, Shropshire, England, UK. November.

Claudio Contreras / Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female digging nest on beach at night, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Terre S...

Pedro Narra / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Terre Sau...

Solvin Zankl / Springtail (Dicyrtomina ornata) on oak tree leaf. Niedersechsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Elbe Valley, Lower Saxony, Germany, December.

Wim van den Heever / Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) in flight, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

Bence Mate / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flight with nesting material, Hungary, July. Nominated in the Telephoto category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

Staffan Widstrand / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) male, Batsfjord village harbour, Varanger Peninsula, Norway.

Sven Zacek / Otter (Lutra lutra) walking in fresh ice, Southern Estonia, January.

Cyril Ruoso / Tenrec (Echinops telfairi) walking across leaf litter, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

Cyril Ruoso / Close up of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) female close up, part of a breeding program, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata fuscata) rare white furred baby jumping, Jigokudani Valley, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. June.

Konstantin Mikhailov / Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) group of four flying against blue sky, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, August.

Andy Rouse / Galapagos flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) diving for fish underwater, Galapagos.

George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) in flight, Florida, USA, March.

Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) adult running in wintery landscape. Derbyshire, UK, January.

Andy Rouse / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus cristatus) with young chick on back, Cardiff, UK, April.

Staffan Widstrand / Two Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) fighting; antlers shedding velvet; Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September

Espen Bergersen / Razorbills (Alca torda) in flight, with Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) behind, Hornoya, Norway. March

Danny Green / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight with snowy background, Rausu, Japan, February

Danny Green / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Japan, February

Danny Green / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) carrying young on back through snow, Nagano, Japan, February

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) charging against boat on Lake Chamo. Nechisar National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014

Cyril Ruoso / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) walking through grassland, Kanha National Park, India. Non-ex

Franco Banfi / Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) subspecies of blue whale, Mirissa, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean. Endangered species.

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 / Green heron (Butorides virescens), Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, June

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Nazca booby (Sula granti) in flight with rainbow behind, Galapagos.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Tasmanian native hen (Gallinula mortierii) walking through grass, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. Endemic.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) in flight, Svalbard, Norway, August.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) in flight, Norway, July.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa lapponica) in flight, close up, Finland, March.

David Pattyn / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) taking off from water, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February. Vulnerable species.

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

Jussi Murtosaari / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) in flight, Jyvaskyla, Keski-Finland / Central Finland, Finland, September.

Andy Trowbridge / Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) walking up a sand dune towards its nest. Otago Peninsula, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. February. Endangered Species.

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with two juveniles walk along the ice edge during autumn freeze up, Beaufort Sea, off Arctic coast, Alaska

Markus Varesvuo / Gannet (Sula bassana) diving, July UK Shetland.

Denis-Huot / Male black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) silhouetted against clouds, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. March.

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

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) portrait of an adult approaching a mosquito on the water surface while foraging. The Netherlands. April 2014

Markus Varesvuo / Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus) in flight over snowy landscape, Utsjoki, Finland April

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) in flight over snow, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Markus Varesvuo / Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) in flight, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Mark Taylor / Bengal male cat stalking.

Ben Cranke / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in flight, Finland. February.