Wild Wonders of Europe / Liodden / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus hyperborea) in snow, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, March 2009

Espen Bergersen / Svalbard rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea). Svalbard, Norway. April

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) in winter at Svalbard, Norway April.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) in winter at Svalbard, Norway April.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) female, mid-moult in autumn light. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus hyperborea) male at sunrise, Svalbard, Norway, March.

Roy Mangersnes / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) in autumn as the first snow arrives on Svalbard, Norway, April.

Roy Mangersnes / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) still in winter plumage in early July, outside Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.

Roy Mangersnes / Svalbard Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) male flying, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, March.

Roy Mangersnes / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) feeding, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, March.

Roy Mangersnes / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) in snow with winter plumage, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, March.

Pal Hermansen / Svalbard ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus hyperborea) high angle view of breeding plumage, Svalbard, Norway.

Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Great mullein (Verbascum thapsus) at night with startrails, Monti Sibillini National Park, Umbria, Italy, May 2009. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Philippe Clement / Great mullein / common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) in flower, Belgium, August

Robin Chittenden / Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) viewed from directly above, Iceland June

Niall Benvie / Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) growing on cliffs, Lunga, Scotland, UK, May.

Philippe Clement / Golden root (Rhodiola rosea) in flower, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, June

Alex Hyde / Rose-root (Rhodiola rosea) growing on sea cliff, Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Scotland, June.

Alex Hyde / Rose-root (Rhodiola rosea) growing on sea cliff, Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Scotland, June.

Chris Mattison / Great mullein (Verbascum thapsus) growing alongside railway line, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, August.

Chris Mattison / Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) growing from cliff, Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Scotland, June.