A male Scorpion Fly (Panorpa communis) with an impressive scorpion-like tail sits motionless on the leaf of a bramble bush in the British countryside.
An adult Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) forages messily for food morsels amongst fallen branches, roots and debris in a dried lake bed near to Melbourne, Australia.
A beautiful sub adult female grizzly bear stands at the rocky waters edge in British Columbia, Canada whilst scavenging for food in rockpools.