Images can range from animal portraiture, action or behaviour, as well as the wider habitats of wildlife, to artistic interpretations of the natural world. They will be judged on their quality, style ...

Big-eyed and famously sleepy, the dormouse is a woodland and fairy tale icon, but it is a species in decline. Once widespread, the animals have now disappeared from 17 English counties.

Lorenzo Shoubridge (Italy) uses a long exposure on a camera trap to catch a dormouse mid-air, trying to snatch a meal. Lorenzo used small camera traps to scout the forest before discovering an area ...

Many animals burrow into dens to avoid freezing ... The final champion of hibernation in our list is the gray garden dormouse ...

Hedgehogs, dormice and bats are the only species in the UK that fully hibernate, with the little creatures building up fat ...

Known for their big eyes, and for being famously sleepy, the hazel dormouse species has declined nationally by 70% since 2000. Once widespread, the animals have disappeared from 20 English ...