Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wild arum / Cuckoo Pint (Arum maculatum) backlit in late eveing sunlight, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK. April

Markus Varesvuo / Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) male perched on branch, Finland May

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow plays with her spring cub outside their den in late winter, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow plays with her spring cub outside their den in late winter, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow plays with her spring cub outside their den in late winter, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Portrait of Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with spring cub, newly emerged from their den in late winter, Arctic coast, Alaska, USA

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with spring cub, newly emerged from their den in late winter, Arctic coast, Alaska, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hamblin / Deciduous woodland in late spring, Curonian Spit, Lithuania, June 2009

Nick Upton / Arable field with young Maize / Sweetcorn seedlings (Zea mays) growing in neat parallel rows, Wiltshire, UK, late spring 2009

Floris van Breugel / Late afternoon sunshine streams through green Valley Oaks (Quercus lobata Nee) Shell Ridge at the base of Mount Diablo, California, USA. April

MYN / Denis Palanque / Late spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora) grassland, Optevoz, Isere, Rhones-Alpes, France, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Denis Palanque / Late spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora) grassland, Optevoz, Isere, Rhones-Alpes, France, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Nature Production / Rice field with Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima) on edge of woodland, Shiga, Japan, late-April, fixed-point sequence 5/17

Kim Taylor / Lambs resting by a tree trunk in late spring. Surrey, UK, June.

Kim Taylor / Lamb resting on a field in late spring. Surrey, UK, June.

Florian Möllers / Small hut among flowering wild cherry and peach trees in late snow on a mountain slope, Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Qinling Mounains, Shaanxi, China, April 2006

Andy Sands / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) perched on old post in late evening, Isle of Coll, Scotland, UK, June

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit family and Huskies (Canis familiaris) using ice floe as raft to cross wide lead in late spring. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland, 1971.

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow walking over snow with her spring cub outside their den in late winter, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow plays with her spring cub outside their den in late winter, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow plays with her spring cub outside their den in late winter, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with spring cub, newly emerged from their den in late winter, Arctic coast, Alaska, USA

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with spring cub, newly emerged from their den in late winter, Arctic coast, Alaska, USA

Nick Upton / Arable field with young Maize / Sweetcorn seedlings (Zea mays) growing in neat parallel rows, Wiltshire, UK, late spring 2009

Andy Rouse / European badger (Meles meles) emerging from den in late spring snowfall, UK (non-ex)

Roy Mangersnes / Dawn at the southern most alpine region in Norway, Skykula in Bjerkreim, Rogaland, covered in late spring snow. April

Roy Mangersnes / Dawn at the southern most alpine region in Norway, Skykula in Bjerkreim, Rogaland, covered in late spring snow. April

Roy Mangersnes / Late spring meltdown of ice on lake Fjellfroskvann in Troms, Northern Norway. Rostafjellet Mountain is in the background. May

David Kjaer / Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) female amongst rocks in late spring, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) female in late spring, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male in late spring, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male in late spring, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK

Keith-Nels Swenson / Nacreous Mother of Pearl' clouds seen over Ross Island in late winter, early spring, Antarctica

Keith-Nels Swenson / Nacreous Mother of Pearl' clouds seen over Ross Island in late winter, early spring, Antarctica

Mike Potts / Lapwing {Vanellus vanellus} amongst grass in breeding territory, late spring, Upper Teesdale, North Pennines UK.

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late spring, Lancaster Sound, Canadian Arctic

Doug Allan / The cliffs and sea ice of Admiralty Inlet in late spring, sea ice melting, Canadian Arctic

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late Spring, Lancaster Sound, Canada Arctic

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late spring, Lancaster Sound, Canadian Arctic

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late Spring, Lancaster Sound, Canada Arctic

Doug Allan / Aerial view of sea ice breaking up in late Spring, Lancaster Sound, Canada Arctic

Larry Michael / Oak tree (Quercus sp) beside creek in late spring, Wisconsin, USA, sequence 3 / 6

Larry Michael / Oak tree (Quercus sp) beside creek in late spring, Wisconsin, USA, sequence 2 / 6

Richard Du Toit / Lions {Panthera leo} enjoying late afternoon sunshine whilst resting on termite mound, Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, Southern Africa

Sumio Harada / Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) mother and kid in late spring, Rocky Mountains, Glacier National Park, Montana

Norbert Wu / Staghorn Coral spawning, coral colonies release eggs and sperm one night a year after the late spring's full moon, Great Barrier Reef

Norbert Wu / Staghorn Coral spawning occurs on consecutive evenings starting five days after the late spring's full moon, Great Barrier Reef

Michael Quinton / Common Loon (Gavia immer) parent incubating its clutch undeterred by a late spring snowfall, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) crowding miles of gravel beach during seal breeding season in late winter and spring, St. Andrews Bay, Sout...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) crowding beach during seal breeding season in late winter and spring, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) crowd miles of beach during seal breeding season in late winter and spring, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia...

Mike Read / Trees affected by late spring frost Ossoue valley Gavarnie Pyrenees France