'Beach Waste' by Matthew Ware, from the USA. Highly Commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism. From a distance, the beach scene at Alabama’s Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge looked appealing: blue sky, soft sand and a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. But as Matthew and the strandings patrol team got closer they could see the fatal noose around the turtle’s neck attached to the washed-up beach chair. Matthew Ware / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Touching Trust' by Thomas P Peschak, from Germany/South Africa. Highly Commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism category. This shot, which was Highly Commended, shows a curious young grey whale approaching a pair of hands reaching down from a tourist boat. In San Ignacio Lagoon, on the coast of Mexico’s Baja California, baby grey whales and their mothers actively seek contact with people for a head scratch or back rub. Courtesy Thomas P Peschak / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Last Gasp' by Adrian Hirschi, from Switzerland. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Mammals category. A hippo protects her days-old calf in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, after an attack by a large bull. Courtesy of Adrian Hirschi / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Canopy Hangout' by Carlos Perez Naval, from Spain. Highly Commended in the Young Wildlife Photographers: 11-14 years old category. This shot shows a brown-throated three-toed sloth in Panama’s Soberania National Park. Courtesy Carlos Perez Naval / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Cool Drink' by Diana Rebman, from the USA. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Birds category. This shot shows a Hokkaido long-tailed tit nibbling the tip of an icicle on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Courtesy Diana Rebman / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Jelly Baby' by Fabien Michenet, from France. Highly Commended in the Under Water category. A juvenile jackfish peers out from inside a small jellyfish off the coast of Tahiti in French Polynesia. With nowhere to hide in the open ocean, it has adopted the jelly as an overnight travelling shelter, slipping under the umbrella. Courtesy Fabien Michenet / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Circle of Life' by Alex Mustard, from the UK. Highly commended in the Black and White category. In the clear water of the Red Sea, at the tip of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, a shoal of bigeye trevally circle 25 metres down at the edge of the reef. Courtesy Alex Mustard / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'If Penguins Could Fly' by Eduardo Del Alamo, from Spain. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Mammals category. A gentoo penguin – the fastest underwater swimmer of all penguins – flees for its life as a leopard seal bursts out of the water. Courtesy Eduardo Del Alamo / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'The Hair-Net Cocoon' by Minghui Yuan, from China. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category. A Cynamoth pupa builds its cocoon on a wall. Courtesy Minghui Yuan / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Sleeping Like a Weddell' by Ralf Schneider. Highly Commended in the Black and White category. A Weddell seal relaxes on fast ice (ice attached to land) off Larsen Harbour in South Georgia. Courtesy Ralf Schneider / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Big Cat and Dog Spat' by Peter Haygarth, from the UK. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Mammals category. In a rare encounter, a lone male cheetah is set upon by a pack of African wild dogs in Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa. Courtesy Peter Haygarth / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'The Freshwater Forest' by Michel Roggo, from Switzerland. Highly Commended in the Plants and Fungi category. Slender stems of Eurasian watermilfoil, bearing whorls of soft, feathery leaves, reach for the sky from the bed of Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. Michel Roggo / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Lucky Break' by Jason Bantle, from Canada. Highly Commended in the Urban Wildlife category. An ever-adaptable raccoon pokes her bandit-masked face out of a 1970s Ford Pinto on a deserted farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. Jason Bantle / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Beach Waste' by Matthew Ware, from the USA. Highly Commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism. From a distance, the beach scene at Alabama’s Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge looked appealing: blue sky, soft sand and a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. But as Matthew and the strandings patrol team got closer they could see the fatal noose around the turtle’s neck attached to the washed-up beach chair. Matthew Ware / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Touching Trust' by Thomas P Peschak, from Germany/South Africa. Highly Commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism category. This shot, which was Highly Commended, shows a curious young grey whale approaching a pair of hands reaching down from a tourist boat. In San Ignacio Lagoon, on the coast of Mexico’s Baja California, baby grey whales and their mothers actively seek contact with people for a head scratch or back rub. Courtesy Thomas P Peschak / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Last Gasp' by Adrian Hirschi, from Switzerland. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Mammals category. A hippo protects her days-old calf in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, after an attack by a large bull. Courtesy of Adrian Hirschi / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Canopy Hangout' by Carlos Perez Naval, from Spain. Highly Commended in the Young Wildlife Photographers: 11-14 years old category. This shot shows a brown-throated three-toed sloth in Panama’s Soberania National Park. Courtesy Carlos Perez Naval / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Cool Drink' by Diana Rebman, from the USA. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Birds category. This shot shows a Hokkaido long-tailed tit nibbling the tip of an icicle on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Courtesy Diana Rebman / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Jelly Baby' by Fabien Michenet, from France. Highly Commended in the Under Water category. A juvenile jackfish peers out from inside a small jellyfish off the coast of Tahiti in French Polynesia. With nowhere to hide in the open ocean, it has adopted the jelly as an overnight travelling shelter, slipping under the umbrella. Courtesy Fabien Michenet / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Circle of Life' by Alex Mustard, from the UK. Highly commended in the Black and White category. In the clear water of the Red Sea, at the tip of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, a shoal of bigeye trevally circle 25 metres down at the edge of the reef. Courtesy Alex Mustard / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'If Penguins Could Fly' by Eduardo Del Alamo, from Spain. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Mammals category. A gentoo penguin – the fastest underwater swimmer of all penguins – flees for its life as a leopard seal bursts out of the water. Courtesy Eduardo Del Alamo / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'The Hair-Net Cocoon' by Minghui Yuan, from China. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category. A Cynamoth pupa builds its cocoon on a wall. Courtesy Minghui Yuan / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Sleeping Like a Weddell' by Ralf Schneider. Highly Commended in the Black and White category. A Weddell seal relaxes on fast ice (ice attached to land) off Larsen Harbour in South Georgia. Courtesy Ralf Schneider / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Big Cat and Dog Spat' by Peter Haygarth, from the UK. Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Mammals category. In a rare encounter, a lone male cheetah is set upon by a pack of African wild dogs in Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa. Courtesy Peter Haygarth / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'The Freshwater Forest' by Michel Roggo, from Switzerland. Highly Commended in the Plants and Fungi category. Slender stems of Eurasian watermilfoil, bearing whorls of soft, feathery leaves, reach for the sky from the bed of Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. Michel Roggo / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Lucky Break' by Jason Bantle, from Canada. Highly Commended in the Urban Wildlife category. An ever-adaptable raccoon pokes her bandit-masked face out of a 1970s Ford Pinto on a deserted farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. Jason Bantle / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
'Beach Waste' by Matthew Ware, from the USA. Highly Commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism. From a distance, the beach scene at Alabama’s Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge looked appealing: blue sky, soft sand and a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. But as Matthew and the strandings patrol team got closer they could see the fatal noose around the turtle’s neck attached to the washed-up beach chair. Matthew Ware / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
