Images that illustrate the natural world and include everything, which occurs naturally.

Excludes domestic animals and pets, garden plants and any hybrids produced as a result of human interference.

Entries should be correctly named.

The subject should be clearly identifiable and shown in its natural habitat or similar.

Captive subjects can be accepted providing there is no obvious indication of their captivity.

An exception can be made for photographs which illustrate a detailed part of a subject where such detail is of interest or necessary for identification.

Fossils are also acceptable. 

Editing should be limited to contrast and colour corrections, cropping/re-sizing and cleaning up the single image where necessary. 

This should not alter the main content of the original photograph.