Steve Nicholls / Violet helleborine (Epipactis purpurata) flowering in ancient deciduous forest, Lower Woods Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, August

Steve Nicholls / Violet helleborine (Epipactis purpurata) flowering in ancient deciduous forest, Lower Woods Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, August

Steve Nicholls / Common glowworm larva (Lampyris noctiluca) crawling over snail shell in an ancient deciduous forest, Lower Woods Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK

Nigel Bean / Early purple orchid {Orchis mascula} Lower Woods, Wickwar, Avon UK

Nigel Bean / Dryad's saddle fungi {Polyporus squamosus} Gloucestershire, UK Lower Woods Nature Reserve

Nigel Bean / Dryad's saddle fungus {Polyporus squamosus} Gloucestershire, UK Lower Woods Nature Reserve