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

Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) flock in flight a dawn, Barycz Valley Landscape Park, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021 Category Winner - Artistic.

Mateusz Piesiak / Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) feeding on sunflower seeds in a field that could not be cut due to high water levels, Lower Silesia, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021, Categ...

Mateusz Piesiak / Two Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) foraging in mud in thick fog, Lower Silesia, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021, Category Winner - Bird in all its states.

Mateusz Piesiak / Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) flock in flight, Lower Silesia, Poland.

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

Mateusz Piesiak / European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) two perched on branch, Lower Silesia, Poland.

David Pattyn / Great white egret (Ardea alba) fishing in shallow pond, with Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) and other Great white egrets in background, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

David Tipling / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) doe with fawns in stubble field after harvest, mid summer, North Norfolk, UK. July.

Graham Eaton / Barn owl (Tyto alba) flying at night over track between trees, Pwllheli, Wales, UK. April. Runner-up in Nature and Wildlife category of Monivisions Photography Awards 2021.

David Fleetham / A Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) at surface to breathe, over shallow reef, Hawaii USA.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) with young chicks on the back among Fringed water lilies (Nymphoides peltata) Lake Kerkini, Greece, July.

Klein & Hubert / Male Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sitting in high grass in shade of acacia tree in savanna, Kenya, Africa.

Klein & Hubert / African lioness (Panthera leo) with her cub in savanna, Kenya, Africa.

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

Klein & Hubert / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) close up of jaw and teeth, Chobe River, Botswana, Africa.

Klein & Hubert / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with Yellow-billed oxpckers (Buphagus africanus) drinking at waterhole in dry season, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa.

Marie Read / Front view of an adult Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) in flight carrying a fish, Long Island, New York, USA. August. Awarded a Judges Choice in the Birds category in the 2020 North American Nature As...

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / A black phase critically endangered Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) snarling, Zoo Taiping, Malaysia. Captive.

Danny Green / Barn owls (Tyto alba) perched on tree branch, late evening. Northamptonshire, UK, May.

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

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.

Klein & Hubert / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf playing in savanna, Kenya, Africa.

Chris Mattison / High-casqued chameleon / Von Hoehnel's chameleon (Trioceros hoehnelii) female and young on branch, Kenya, Africa.

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) surfing wave, Plazas Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Roland Seitre / Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) showing small tusks, United Arab Emirates

Roland Seitre / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair jumping, France

Daniel J. Cox / Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) male, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf, Maui, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Maui, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male and female, Maui, Hawaii