Foreword by Gordon Buchanan This beautiful book accompanies the photographic competition celebrating the best bird photography of the year. The Bird Photographer of the Year competition celebrates the artistry of bird photography, and this beautiful book reflects this. A celebration of avian beauty and diversity, it is a tribute to both the dedication and passion of the photographers as well as a reflection of the quality of today’s modern digital imaging systems. The book includes the winning and short-listed images from the eighth year of this annual competition, showcasing some of the finest bird photography and with a foreword by wildlife presenter and film-maker, Gordon Buchanan. A proportion of the profits from the book goes directly to Birds on the Brink to support their conservation work. The advent of digital technology has revolutionised photography in recent years, and the book brings to life some of the most stunning bird photography currently on offer. It features a vast variety of photographs by hardened pros, keen amateurs and hobbyists alike, reflecting the huge diversity of bird enthusiasts and nature lovers which is so important in ensuring their conservation and survival.

Among the most popular and endearing of Britain's wild creatures, otters inhabit not only the full length of the British and Irish coasts but also many river systems and lochs. Formerly hunted almost to extinction, they are one of conservation's great success stories. In this essential book, Andy Howard opens their lives to us with a perfect combination of words and images: how they hunt, the beauty of their movement, fierce battles over territory, and how they raise their young. From the Scottish Highlands to Vancouver Island, Andy's stunning photography will amaze and enlighten.

From the vast polar ice caps to windswept mountains and frozen seas, come face to face with one of Earth's greatest resources: ice.

Packed with stunning CGIs, illustrations, and photography, Ice will take you on an amazing journey to our planet's most beautiful but threatened environments. Discover how glaciers form, journey alongside intrepid polar explorers, and learn about the impact of climate change.

See also how people and other animals use and interact with ice. Travel from the ice ages to modern day and walk with mighty mammoths, patrol with leopard seals, witness icebergs calve, and navigate the treacherous Northwest Passage.

Ice shows you extraordinary frozen worlds and the animals, plants, and humans that make them their home.