If you’re planning to enter our Animal Kingdom round, which launches next week, take these tips from three of last year’s top ten photographers

We get close to woodpeckers, birds of prey and raccoon dogs in Estonia, in the company of wildlife pro Paul Browning

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Join Mark Johnson for an evening in nature, as he captures the beauty of foxes bathed in evening sun

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Landscapes category