For people throughhout the UK, 2021 was a year of pandemic lockdowns and restrictions which continued to disrupt lives and upset routines.
But in the animal kingdom - from farms to zoos, moors, beaches and bogs - it was very much business as usual.
Here are some of the highlights caught on camera:
January
![Baby gorilla at Bristol Zoo Gardens](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/a9c2be6b45ad9e096a0f6d239772e0a7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5Mzg4NjE5/2.57410657.jpg?w=640)
February
![Valentine’s at the Wildwood Trust](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/d8380da724dfc6114541d77561850d5cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5Mzg4NzAw/2.57988656.jpg?w=640)
![Murmuration of starlings](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/ed4b5f5ed73b63a63ec0a43e110a2c79Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5Mzg4NzE1/2.58053027.jpg?w=640)
March
![Newborn lambs in Warwickshire](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/1c4334315d369800af3c3bb31d4fbc31Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5Mzg4ODE4/2.58702523.jpg?w=640)
April
![Easter 2021](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/b241dbdee97f27cb106887c46c73f718Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5Mzg4OTEx/2.58933927.jpg?w=640)
May
![Yorkshire Wildlife Park new sea lion complex](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/965dbc95bcb8f969f30254a080ed653eY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5Mzg5MDAw/2.60003997.jpg?w=640)
June
![Hazel dormouse reintroduction](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/171b566692201541ece003e8109623adY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5Mzg5MTQz/2.60405412.jpg?w=640)
July
![Highland Wildlife Park tiger cubs](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/a4dd92aee8e9c82235e7b1c4a543c44dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5Mzg5MjAx/2.61184847.jpg?w=640)
August
![ZSL London Zoo annual weigh-in](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/86cee03a1324610809a7bcb966e61c8dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5NTU0MDQ3/2.61978036.jpg?w=640)
![Geronimo the alpaca](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/b73bdfad886e5471a3f56eee54a28441Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5MTMxNzI0/2.61960701.jpg?w=640)
September
![ZSL Whipsnade Zoo rhino calf](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/562f49a60a24b3858d36349ae8cacfcdY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5NDY1NTY3/2.62233359.jpg?w=640)
October
![World Lemur Day](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/b2b4701df35e4ddb85b128d0a60e46a2Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5NDY1Njgy/2.63384290.jpg?w=640)
November
![Grey seals return to Donna Nook National Nature Reserve](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/d35de294703524537505b35dbf27c7ecY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5NDY1Nzg2/2.63895568.jpg?w=640)
December
![Hilton dog menu](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/fb1b5671bcb185ebb401676cbed5a227Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5NDY1ODQ3/2.63906375.jpg?w=640)
![Penguins visit care home residents](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/466f083ad208de0c5952fa535506af00Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjM5ODM5MzA3/2.64317395.jpg?w=640)
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