Willem Kolvoort / Water filled ditch with shadow of a tree on water with Fringed waterlily (Nymphoides peltata) Star duckweed (Lemna trisulca) Netherlands. July 2015. Commended in the Underwater World Category of the G...

Nick Garbutt / Sun beam at sun rise over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yelllowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January 2016

Phil Savoie / Radnor lily (Gagea bohemica) the rarest flower in the UK at sunset, Stanner Rocks National Nature Reserve, Powys, Wales, UK, February. Commended in the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Compe...

Niall Benvie / Leaves emerging on European beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) Angus, Scotland, UK. May.

Alex Hyde / Canopy of a Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) in autumn through a circular fisheye lens. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / View up to Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland canopy in winter, photographed with a circular fisheye lens. Derbyshire, UK. December.

Andres M. Dominguez / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

Andres M. Dominguez / Common stonechat (Saxicola torquata) perched on bramble, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, November.

Andres M. Dominguez / Orchid (Orchis langei) in sunset light, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Heart shaped lip dactylorhiza orchid (Orchis cordigera) in flower, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Frozen Elmleaf blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) in a small pond, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, January.

Andres M. Dominguez / Holm oak tree (Quercus ilex) in snowfall, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, January.

Andres M. Dominguez / Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) in Poplar woodland (Populus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain. October.

Ingo Arndt / Fakahatchee grass (Tripsacum dactyloides), Everglades, Florida, USA. January.

Inaki Relanzon / Neptune grass bed (Posidonia oceanica), Mediterranean Sea.

Edwin Giesbers / Agave (Agave felgeri) leaves, close up. Endemic plant to Mexico. Meise National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Belgium, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Orchid (Bulbophyllum sp) on white background, Botanic Garden Leiden, Netherlands, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of bark of Himalayan birch (Betula jacquemontii). Occurs in the Himalayas. TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of Calathea bachemiana leaf. Occurs in Brazil. TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Prayer plant (Calathea plowmanii) close up of leaf, TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Cappadocian navelwort (Omphalodes cappadocica) native to Turkey and the Caucasus. Utrecht University Botanic Garden, the Netherlands, May.

Colin Varndell / Ivy (Hedera helix) covered tree trunks in Knight Wood, Hampshire, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sun rays over Birch trees (Betula pendula) and mountain landscape, Loch Leven, Glencoe, Highlands of Scotland, UK, January 2016., UK, March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest in evening light, Abernethy, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK,June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots Pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) reflected in loch, Abernethy Forest, Scotland, UK, November.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunlight rays splintering through pine forest at dawn, Strathspey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Patchwork of upland heather moorland, Deeside, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, April 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Oak sapling (Quercus robor) growing in tree guard on newly planted area of woodland protected by deer fence, near Duthil, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver birch (Betula pendula) tree in winter , Scotland, UK. December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver birch (Betula pendula) trees in winter , Scotland, UK. December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) two chicks in pine tree nest site, Scotland

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Night sky through gap in the canopy of Scots pine and Silver birch, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Night-blooming cereus cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus), flower bud opening at night, Texas, USA. Sequence 7 of 7. August

Rolf Nussbaumer / Night-blooming cereus cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus), flower bud opening at night, Texas, USA. Sequence 3 of 7 August

Rolf Nussbaumer / Night-blooming cereus cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus), flower bud opening at night, Texas, USA. Sequence 1 of 7. August

Christophe Courteau / Giant honey bee nest (Apis dorsata) up in a giant Mengaris tree (Koompassia excelsa) dipterocarp forest in Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Christophe Courteau / Oil palm (Elaeis sp) plantations covering landscape, Sabah, Borneo. Malaysia.

Will Watson / Common hawker nymph (Aeshna juncea) on Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum), captive, Breconshire, Wales.

David Pattyn / Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro), dead in winter landscape with Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) silhouet behind, Gran Paradiso national park, Italian Alps, Italy, January

Nick Garbutt / Cluster of Burnt or Burnt-tip Orchids (Neotinea ustulata) in a Alpine meadow. Tyrol, Austria.

Nick Garbutt / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) showing sticky droplets on the end of glandular hairs that trap insects. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, July.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) legs, next to Water lettuce (Pistia) Lake Ziway, Rift Valley. Ethiopia

Jean E. Roche / Sterile oat (Avena sativa sterilis) Lecque, Alpilles, Provence, France.

Jean E. Roche / Sea chamomile (Anthemis maritima), Sea stock (Mattiola sinuata), and Shrubby Everlasting (Helichrysum stoechas) flowers in sand dunes, Camargue, France. May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in woodland, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Misty dawn over Loch Morlich, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, March 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine marten (Martes martes) walking along tree trunk in pine woodland at night, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in wintry Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) tree, calling, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Regenerating Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) woodland on River Feshie floodplain, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, January 2015.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Birch (Betula sp) woodland, Kyle of Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Soft focus Silver birch (Betula pendula) tree branches and leaves in autumn woodland, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver birch (Betula pendula) woodland in autumn, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October 2014.

Richard Du Toit / Crinum lily (Crinum sp), Gauteng, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens) in PomPom weed (Campuloclinium macrocephalum) Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa.

Nick Upton / Six spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) taking off after nectaring on Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) in a perennial wildflower meadow planted around university Halls of Residence by Bristo...

Terry Whittaker / Birch (Betula pendula) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest around Loch Affric in dramatic light, Glen Affric, Highlands, Scotland, UK February

Terry Whittaker / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) half way up Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) Black Isle, Scotland, UK. October

Terry Whittaker / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) resting on (Pinus sp) Black Isle, Scotland, UK April

Juan Carlos Munoz / Arborescent ferns (Cyatheaceae) in Kells Bay Gardens, Ring of Kerry, Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. September 2015.

Loic Poidevin / Great tit (Parus major) sitting on Hazel (Corylus) with catkins, Loire Atlantique, France, January

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica) leaves in river, i Rurununi savanna, Guyana, South America

Alex Hyde / Eyelash pit viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) yellow morph on Heliconia, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Nick Upton / Three metre tall Mount Teide bugloss / Tower of jewels / Red Tajinaste (Echium wildpretii) flowering beside Teide wallflowers (Erysimum scoparium) on misty mountainside, Teide National Park, Tenerife,...

Nick Turner / Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydrayas aurinia) feeding on Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) at Strawberry Banks, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT), Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. May.

Nick Turner / Leafless Oak tree (Quercus robur) and sheep flock (Ovis aries), Withington, Gloucestershire. April 2015.

Chris Mattison / Spider webs covered in dew, on a flowering Gorse bush, Peak District National Park, UK October

Richard Du Toit / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) amongst Pompom weed (Campuloclinium macrocephalum) flowers, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa, January.

Andy Sands / Marsh helleborine (Epipactis palustris) close up of two flowers showing front view, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June . Focus stacked image

Ernie Janes / Dahlias in flower, seen through foggy cottage window, Ringshall, Hertfordshire, England, UK, September.

Ernie Janes / Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis) seedhead at sunset, England, UK, July.

Alex Hyde / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) close up of seedhead or 'clock', Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

Alex Hyde / Carthusian Pink flower (Dianthus carthusianorum) detail of two stigmas, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

Mike Read / Red-barked dogwood (Cornus alba) individual leaf on lightbox Ringwood Hampshire UK October

Solvin Zankl / Red algae (Microcladia coulteri) from Brady's beach, Vancouver, Canada, April. Preserved specimen.

David Pattyn / Pine trees in mist, Ballons des Vosges Regional Natural Park, Vosges, France, October 2014.

Andres M. Dominguez / Man orchid (Orchis anthropophora) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Benaocaz, southern Spain, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, September.

Andres M. Dominguez / Giant orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Benaocaz, southern Spain. February.

Andres M. Dominguez / Fly caught on Portugese sundew (Drosophyllum lusitanicum) an insectivorous plant, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, southern Spain, November.

Andres M. Dominguez / Holm oak (Quercus ilex) in the mist, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, December.

Andres M. Dominguez / Orchid (Orchis olbiensis), Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Benaocaz, southern Spain, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Poplar trees (Populus sp) in autumn, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, October.

Andres M. Dominguez / Holm oak tree (Quercus ilex) in snowfall, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, January.