Excellent Wildlife and Nature Pictures

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A marbled white butterfly (top) and a six spot burnet moth on a scabious flower, England. Wildlife lovers have the chance to spot both the rarest ever British butterfly and the commonest as part of the biggest butterfly count in the world. Photograph: Lindsay Constable/Alamy

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A rescued cheetah at Ensessakotteh Centre in Ethiopia. The rising trade in cheetahs for luxury pets in the Middle East is helping to drive critical populations of the wild cats to extinction, according to new research. Photograph: Chris Grodotzki/Corbis

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After several poor summers, Scotland's puffins are gearing up to leave the country after a good breeding season, experts have said. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

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A European brown bear in Finland. Photograph: Daniel Trim/Rex Features

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Ghost bats undergo a health check at a wildlife park in Darwin, Australia. Ghost bats are native to Australia and are named for the extremely thin membrane of their wings that makes them appear ghostly at night. Photograph: Katrina Bridgeford/Rex Features

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A stork is silhouetted against the supermoon in its nest in downtown Arriate, in the southern Spanish province of Malaga. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

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A white rhino drinking at a water hole with her small calf in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi park. Plans for an opencast coalmine on the boundary of South Africa's Hluhluwe-Imfolozi reserve could pave the way for even greater poaching and pollution. Photograph: Jeffrey Barbee

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Howler monkeys at the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, Mexico. One of the most important cities of Mayan civilisation, Calakmul has been named by Unesco as Mexico's first "mixed natural and cultural" World Heritage Site.

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A mating pair of common five-ring butterflies in Alipurduar, India. The butterfly population in West Bengal is facing serious threats due to habitat loss, usage of pesticides and rapid urbanisation.

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