Loic Poidevin / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of Salin de Giraud, Camargue, France, July.

Loic Poidevin / wo juvenile Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)peched on a twig and begging for food, Indre-et-Loire , France, June.

Adrian Davies / Trail left in a Bramble leaf by the larvae of a Pygmy eyecap moth (Stigmella aurella), scanned on a flatbed scanner, Surrey, England, UK.

Loic Poidevin,Loic Poidevin / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) diving at prey, Breton Marsh, West France, April

Loic Poidevin,Loic Poidevin / Northern Goshawk(Accipiter gentilis) on a branch, Bulgaria, February

Juan Carlos Munoz / Group of male Common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in flight, Iceland, June.

Jean E. Roche / Arial view of coloured salt pans, colour is determined by the concentration of various elements, Salins de Giraud, Camargue, Southern France

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of old basins used for concentrating magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) in the salt pans at Salin de Giraud, Camargue, Southern France

John Downer Productions / Peacock flounder attempts to simulate the squares of chessboard (Bothus lunatus) - Resolution restriction due to image digitised from film - 'Weird Nature' BBC tv series.

Juergen Freund / Coral growing in marine tank where impacts of complex environmental changes are researched. National Sea Simulator, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, Australia. 2019.

Guy Edwardes / Tartini's Square, Piran, Slovenia, April 2009.

Shane Gross / In 5mm squares micro-fibers are sorted by a scientist. The sample was taken in International Waters in an area of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Sargasso Sea.

Shane Gross / In 5mm squares micro-pastics are sorted by a scientist. The sample was taken in International Waters in an area of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Sargasso Sea.

Shane Gross / In 5mm squares micro-pastics are sorted by a scientist. The sample was taken in International Waters in an area of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Sargasso Sea.

Stefan Christmann / Pancake ice on Southern Ocean as sea ice forms. Atka Bay, Antarctica. April.

Stefan Christmann / Pancake ice on Southern Ocean as sea ice forms. Atka Bay, Antarctica. April.

Stefan Christmann / Pancake ice on Southern Ocean as sea ice forms. Atka Bay, Antarctica. April.

Sven Zacek / Tallinn old town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, in evening light. Harjumaa, Estonia. May 2011.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Girl with umbrella, Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, China. July 2016

David Fleetham / Spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) swimming above sea floor. Hawaii.

Ashley Cooper / Boreal forest trees clear felled to make way for a new tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The tar sands are responsible for the second fastest rate of deforestation on the planet....

Loic Poidevin / Salt evaporation ponds on Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Atlantic Coast. July 2017. The colours are produced by the concentration of algae or halobacteria that live in the ponds which indicates...

Loic Poidevin / Salt evaporation ponds on Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France, Atlantic Coast. July 2017. The colours are produced by the concentration of algae or halobacteria that live in the ponds which indicates...

Loic Poidevin / People collecting salt from salt evaporation ponds and child waving, Olonne, Vendee, France, July.

Loic Poidevin / Looking down at salt evaporation ponds surrounded by the Salt Marshes of Olonne, Vendee, France, July 2017. The colours are produced by the concentration of algae or halobacteria that live in the pond...

Loic Poidevin / Looking down at salt evaporation ponds and salt piles surrounded by the Salt Marshes of Olonne, Vendee, France, July 2017. The colours are produced by the concentration of algae or halobacteria that l...

Loic Poidevin / Man harvesting salt from salt evaporation pond, La Vendee, France, July 2017.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Colourful painted house facades in Sneem Village, Ring of Kerry Trail, Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland, Europe. September 2015.

Gary K. Smith / Flower and pottted plants for sale at Campo Santa Margherita, Market Square Venice, Italy, April.

Loic Poidevin / Group of men shearing sheap, Almodovar Region, Alentejo, Portugal. April 2015.

Loic Poidevin / Redwing (Turdus iliacus) feeding chicks earthworms in the nest, Finland, April.

Loic Poidevin / Small flock of Black headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) perched in a tree, Finland, April.

Loic Poidevin / Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) female brooding on nest, Finland, April.

Loic Poidevin / Great bustard (Otis tarda) in flight, Extremadura, Spain, April.

Loic Poidevin / Great bustard (Otis tarda) in flight, Extremadura, Spain, April.

Loic Poidevin / Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra) perched on branch, Spain, April

Loic Poidevin / Crested lark (Galerida cristata) on ground with insect prey, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Loic Poidevin / Poitou donkeys in field, looking over fence, Vendee, France, May.

John Waters / River Brue, at dawn with Glastonbury Tor in background, Somerset, UK, August. Digital composite.

Fred Olivier / Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) displaying, Antarctica.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of an eye of a leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus henklei).

Stephen Dalton / Compound eyes of Southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea), UK.

Stephen Dalton / Panther chameleon (Furcifer / Chamaeleo pardalis) close up of tail, controlled conditions, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of a pill woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare) curled up, UK.

Fred Olivier / Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) portrait of two with group behind, Antarctica.

Jack Dykinga / White flowering birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides), yellow evening primrose (Oenothera primiveris) and Coulter's globemallow (Sphaeralcea coulteri) with the Sierra Pinta Mountains in the...

David Noton / Town of Cassis at dusk, Bouches-du-Rhone, Cote d'Azur, Provence, France, October 2012.