Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Male Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) hunting over burning steppe fields, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Andy Sands / Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) close up of flower, Upper Teesdale, County Durham, England. England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) female on nest camouflaged, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Blanket Bog on upland grouse moor, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Blanket Bog on upland grouse moor, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Blanket Bog on upland grouse moor, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) feeding young at nest, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Merlin (Falco columbarius) Female dead in nest predated by Stoat, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) feeding young at nest, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) feeding young at nest, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Merlin (Falco columbarius) Male perched on small post, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Merlin (Falco columbarius) five chicks in nest among heather on grouse moor at two days old, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) portrait in upland hay meadow, Upper Teesdale, CO Durham, England, UK, June