Barrie Britton / Lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor). Lake Bogoria, Kenya. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Life" TV Series, May 2008

Barrie Britton / Sunset over winding river in Bayinbuluke Swan Lake Nature Reserve. Xinjiang, China. Picture taken during filming of BBC "Wild China" TV Series, June 2006.

John Waters / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult female taking off, flying over mountain landscape, trained bird photographed during filming in Glenveagh National Park, Donegal, Ireland. August 2010

Hugh Pearson / BBC Producer, Hugh Pearson, recording sound of Cape gannets (Morus capensis) Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Cameraman, Alberto Saiz, filming for Wild Wonders of Europe, with Mariina Skala in the distance, Rynartice, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, November 2008

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Producer Neil Nightingale and film crew filming David Attenborough on Ellesmere Island, Canada, presenter of BBC 'Private Life of Plants', 1994

John Downer Productions / 'Plopcam' - remotely controlled video camera disguised as dung, used to film elephant herd for BBC television film 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

John Downer Productions / Elephant using foot to explore dungcam - remotely controlled video camera used for filming BBC television programme 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

Angela Scott / Jonathan Scott, presenter, with camerman watches lion pride feeding from landrover, Masai Mara NR, Kenya. BIG CAT DIARY 2000

John Downer / Lion cubs investigate Bouldercam remote control camera, Masai Mara, Kenya. Filming for 'Lions: Spy in the Den' a John Downer production for BBV tv. 2000

John Downer / Mike Richards filming in cage beside vehicle Africa

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Filming saguaro cactus flowers Arizona, USA

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) being filmed in the wild. DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) being filmed in the wild. DR Congo (formerly Zaire) Central Africa

Jabruson / Silverback Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) inspects film camera, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Doug Allan / Doug Allan filming under sea ice in Lancaster Sound, Arctic Canada

Neil Lucas / Richard Ganniclifft filming bush fire in Western Australia, on location for BBC series 'Private Life of Plants' 1993

John Downer / Golden eagle with special video camera to film while in flight

John Downer / Remote control "lion buggy" used to film Lion pride in BBC television series "Supersense", 1989

Doug Allan / Cameraman Doug Allan on location to film polar bears. Norway 1997 Hopen Island, Svalbard -25C

John Downer / Remote camera in protective housing and bait used to film wild lion close up for BBC television series 'Lifesense'

Georgette Douwma / Martha Holmes with Giant Clam during filming of BBC television series 'Seatrek' 1991

Ben Osborne / Ian McCarthy in Antarctica filming Blue-eyed cormorants for BBC television series 'Life in the Freezer'

Neil Lucas / Tim Shepherd filming Royal Water Lilies in Brazil for the BBC series The Private Life of Plants in December 1993. Model released

Ben Osborne / Film crew film on location in South Georgia for BBC television series Life in the Freezer ,1992. Alastair Fothergill producer (left) and presenter Sir David Attenborough

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Secondary school student interviewed by TV channel about the release of juvenile Chinese horseshoe crabs (Tachypleus tridentatus) that have been artificially-bred by City University of Hong Kong, and...

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wildlife photographer Staffan Widstrand interviewed by Sichuan TV, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wildlife photographer Staffan Widstrand being interviewed by Sichuan TV, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wildlife photographer Staffan Widstrand being interviewed by Sichuan TV, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wildlife photographer Jed Weingarten being interviewed by Sichuan TV, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Paul Williams / Cameraman filming a North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), Vermont, USA. (Habituated rescued individual returned to the wild)

Paul Williams / Filming a Raja Brookes Birdwing butterfly (Trogonoptera brookiana), Borneo

Devon Wildlife Trust / Release of Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) into River Otter, assisted by Martin Hughes-Games with camera crew filming. Part of escaped population re-released to the wild following veterinary check ups...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / SVT TV host and film crew documenting the transportation of European bison / Wisent (Bison bonasus) from the Avesta Visentpark in Sweden to the Armenis area in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. May 2...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Kristjan Jung, Communications Manager at Rewilding Europe, filming European bison / Wisent (Bison bonasus) released into the Tarcu mountains nature reserve, Natura 2000 area, Southern Carpathians, Rom...

Barrie Britton / 'Grandmother' Baobab Tree (Adansonia rubrostipa) with green foliage of rainy season. Close up of bark Lac Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar. Photograph taken during filming for BBC 'Wild M...

Barrie Britton / Producer Mary Summerill and Field Assistant Jonathan Fiely using crane to film 'Grandmother' Baobab Tree (Adansonia rubrostipa), showing green foliage of rainy season. Lac Tsimanampetsotsa, Madagasca...

Barrie Britton / Cameraman Barrie Britton filming blind cave fish in limestone cave, Lac Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar. Photograph taken on location during filming for BBC 'Wild Madagascar' Series, Febru...

Barrie Britton / Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) leaping between trees in Spiny Forest, Ifotaka, Madagascar. Photograph taken during filming for BBC 'Wild Madagascar' Series, September 2009.

Jeff Wilson / Wild Arctic wolf (Canis lupus) marking fuel containers in camp during filming of Frozen Planet, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Wild Arctic wolf (Canis lupus) in camp during filming of Frozen Planet, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Summer

Jeff Wilson / Wild Arctic wolf (Canis lupus) near camp during filming of Frozen Planet, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Summer

Barrie Britton / Mountain flower meadow, Mount Changbai National Park, North-east China. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Wild China" TV Series, July 2006.

Barrie Britton / Yellow Lily (Lilium sp.) in mountain meadow, Mount Changbai National Park, North-east China. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Wild China" TV Series, July 2006.

Barrie Britton / Heaven Lake on border between China and North Korea, Mount Changbai National Park, North-east China. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Wild China" TV Series, July 2006.

Barrie Britton / Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus), Western China. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Wild China" TV Series, June 2006.

Barrie Britton / Rosy starling (Sturnus roseus) by nesting hole in stone wall, Western China. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Wild China" TV Series, June 2006.

Barrie Britton / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in Bayinbuluke Swan Lake Nature Reserve. Xinjiang, China. Picture taken during filming of BBC "Wild China" TV Series, June 2006.