SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) growing on Garbh Eilean, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June, 2018

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) fledgling on first day out of nest, perched in swamp forest amongst Hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum). Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. May.

Philippe Clement / Common bulrushes (Typha latifolia) swaying wind, Belgium, January.

Sandra Bartocha / Photographer Sandra Bartocha with Werner Bollmann in field of cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium). Model released. Done!

Sandra Bartocha / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) and Pine trees (Pinus sp) Store Mosse NP, Sweden, May.

Phil Savoie / Yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia) collecting nesting material from Bulrush cattail (Typha sp) Bozeman, Montana. USA, June.

Erlend Haarberg / Photographer Orsolya Haarberg photographing flowering Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium). Sjaunja Nature Reserve, Laponia World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden. July 2013.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Harestail Cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum), Scotland, UK, May 2011.

Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium September

Bernard Castelein / Great skua (Stercorarius skua) and Common cottongrass in flower (Eriophorum angustifolium) at sunrise, Island Runde, Norway, July

Bernard Castelein / Common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) flowering, at sunrise, Island Runde, Norway, July

Ann & Steve Toon / Southern red bishop (Euplectes orix) perching on bullrush, Northern Cape, South Africa, February