Doug Gimesy / Ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) licks water droplets from a train station bench at night.
Gardenvale train station, Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia. September.
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Edwin Giesbers / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male resting in dappled light created by dew droplets. The Netherlands. April.
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Erlend Haarberg / Fogbow over sea ice. Fogbows are similar to a rainbow, but produced by very small droplets in fog or cloud, which diffract light, instead of large raindrops which do not, Svalbard, Norway, July.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Holm oak (Quercus ilex) in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Benaocaz, southern Spain, November.
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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.
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Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) resting on stem, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.
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Guy Edwardes / Green elf-cup / wood-cup (Chlorosplenium aeruginascens), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. October.
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Michel Poinsignon / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking off, detail of legs and water droplets, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April
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Steve Downer / Newly hatched slug (Gastropoda) approaching a water droplet on a leaf before bursting it and retracting its eyestalks, Birmingham, England, UK. Controlled conditions.
Ingo Arndt / Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) web with dew drops, at sunrise, Germany, August.
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Felicity Lanchester,Felicity Lanchester / Cloud iridescence forming above a cumulonimbus cloud, caused by light refraction through individual water droplets and ice crystals at high altitude, Sierra Leone.
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Barrie Britton / Mantellid Frog Tadpoles (Guibemantis species) developing on leaf overhanging pond.
Association Mitsinjo Reserve, Andasibe, Madagascar.
Photograph taken on location for BBC 'Wild Madagascar' Series,...
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Katrina Martin / 2020VISION / Flowering Common bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) with dew, Cumbernauld Glen SWT reserve, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, May. 2020VISION Book Plate.
Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Abstract patterns in Phragmites reedbed. Scotland, November.
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Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / European Hare (Lepus europaeus) leveret feeding on grass. Wales, UK, May.
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David Tipling / 2020VISION / European hare (Lepus europaeus) running across game cover on edge of large arable field, Norfolk, England, UK, April. Did you know? Although the courtship behaviour of boxing has led to the name 'Mad...
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) covered in dew, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Dew covered spider's web with pink flowering heather in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August . 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.
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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? silk is one of the strongest materials in nature, equallin...
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) in early morning light, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September
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Graham Eaton / A split-level image of a mountain stream, in autumn, with water droplets on lens, Nant Ffrancon Valley, Snowdonia NP, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, October
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Greater sundew (Drosera anglica) close-up, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) with insect caught in leaves, growing in sphagnum moss, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanagria galathea) resting on grass with spider's web at dawn, Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, July
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Alex Hyde / Cape sundew (Drosera capensis) close-up of sticky droplets on leaf hairs that trap invertebrate prey, originating from South Africa.
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Bert Willaert / Great Sundew (Drosera anglica) peduncles, with sticky droplets to ensnare insects. Belarus, Europe, July.
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Sven Zacek / Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana) with dew. Estonia, Europe, May.
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Blue-tailed damselfly {Ischnura elegans}, male on flower spike, Cornwall, UK. June
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small red damselfly {Ceriagrion tenellum} resting on willow herb flower spike, covered in morning dew, Arne (RSPB) Nature Reserve, Dorset, UK. August
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Spider's web covered in dew, Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June. Photographer quote 'Always an appealing subject, but only on rare occassions is the air still enough to allow clos...
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Four-spotted chaser dragonfly (Libellula quadrimaculata) on Foxglove flowers, Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Black-tailed skimmer dragonfly (Orthetrum cancellatum), Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella) flat against reed stem, only eyes visible, Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Four-spotted chaser dragonfly (Libellula quadrimaculata), Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June. Did you know? Dragonflies can fly backwards.
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Banded Demoiselle Damselfly (Calopteryx spendens) on grass stem, backlit in morning light Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK, May. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition. 2020VISION Boo...
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaeetus) in flight, fishing at dawn, Rothiemurchus forest, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: ""This female, caught at first light, has two hungry chicks waiting...
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Markus Varesvuo / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) bathing in water with droplets making trails against sunlight. Hungary, July. Magic Moments book plate, page 39.
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Grzegorz Lesniewski / Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) in wet grass lit by dawn light. Biebrza National Park, Biebrza marshes, Poland, May.
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Fergus Gill / Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) male on a loch, with others in the background. Scotland, January