Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Walkers on footpath in farmland from Wiveton Downs, North Norfolk, UK, March

Paul Harcourt Davies / Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) and poppies (Papaver rhoeas) growing on fallow fields near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. June 2010

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flower head against white background. Scotland, UK, August.

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Alto cumulus clouds. Angus, Scotland, August 2012.

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of rays with contemporary hand colouring from 'Bilderbuch fur Kinder' by F.J. Bertuch, Weimar, 1795. This book set out to explain and illustrate a range of topics for children.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) on white background, Scotland, UK, June meetyourneighbours.net project

Diane McAllister / Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), Bachelor buttons / Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus), and Common poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in a small meadow. Nevada, USA, July

Florian Möllers / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)warming up, Berlin, Germany, July

Markus Varesvuo / Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) feeding on seed head, Finland, October

Alex Mustard / A young California sealion (Zalophus californianus) swims in a shallow pool. Los Isotes, La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.

John Cancalosi / Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) head portrait, South Dakota, USA

Michel Poinsignon / Red helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra) in flower, Lorraine, France, June