A woman in a shop selling pearl necklaces, shows how she selects the pearls from the oysters. © Gerry Atkinson/shotbywomen

A customer choosing from the Timbits donuts being handed out to the early morning queues waiting for the 7am opening of the first London branch of the multinational Canadian fast food chain Tim Horton... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

White-breasted nuthatch selecting the choice seeds from a caring hand at Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts © Mirena Chavdarova/shotbywomen