Tui De Roy / Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) setting out to hunt in grassland at dusk. Serra da Canastra National Park, Brazil.

Oliver Wright / A female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) fishing through an ice hole in winter, emerging with prey in beak. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. January.

Oliver Wright / A female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) fishing / diving into an ice hole in winter. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. January.

Bence Mate / Two Great white egret (Ardea alba) in winter, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. December.

Markus Varesvuo / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) carrying a red berry in its beak as it takes off, Parainen Uto, Finland. October.

Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) diving into sea, hunting shellfish, Baltic Sea, Poland. Vogelwarte Photo Competition 2021, Finalist.

Mateusz Piesiak / Great-crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair courtship display, Lower Silesia, Poland.

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) running in snow on mountain ridge. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. December.

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) running in snow on mountain ridge. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. December.

Uri Golman / Iceberg showing submerged section when viewed from above, Greenland's National Park, Northeast Greenland. August 2015.

Klein & Hubert / Siberian / Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) walking in snow at sunrise, captive, occurs Far East and Northeast China.

Eduardo Blanco / Volcanic eruption with silhouette of tree, Cumbre Vieja Volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands. September 2021

Eduardo Blanco / Volcanic eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano, La Palma,Canary Islands. September 2021.

Danny Green / European badger (Meles meles) in late evening light, Scotland, UK, August.

Danny Green / Long tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) perched on hawthorn. Hampshire, UK, May.

Danny Green / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), juvenile, with its prey on fence post in late evening light. Hampshire, UK, June.

Danny Green / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) feeding on teasel in falling snow, Leicestershire, UK, February.

Oscar Dewhurst / Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) landing on water. Gloucestershire, England, UK. March

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Red Sea anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) above the tentacles of a Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) on a coral reef. Daedelus Reef. Egypt. Red Sea.

Ben Cranke / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking back to their breeding colony. Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island

Ben Cranke / Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) subadult males practice sparring. St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia Island

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chicks in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick on the back preening in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May. GDT European Wildlife Ph...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult grebe shaking chick off its back to go fishing for itself. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult grebe shaking young off its back to go fishing for itself. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick next to it in backlight early in the morning. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) young playing with a feather next to one of the parents. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult in a heavy summer rainstorm. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird trying to rest with one of its young that keeps begging for food. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with one of its young that keeps begging for food. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird feeding a feather to one of its young. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chick on its back and one next to it in the water; portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlan...

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird feeding fish to to its chicks with the other parent bird, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back busy with jockeying for the best position on the back Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on nthe back busy with jockeiing for the best position on the back Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on its back competing for the best position. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May