Juergen Freund / Green turtle baby rushes to sea {Chelonia mydas} Turtle Island, Phillippines

Philippe Clement / Flowering Grass rush {Butomus umbellatus} France

Kim Taylor / Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) male, UK. Captive.

Niall Benvie / Fallen Oak leaf on rushes, autumn, Scotland

Rick Tomlinson / Wave rushes through the crew on deck of "Team EF" in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-1998.

Rick Tomlinson / Wave rushes through the crew on deck of "Team EF" in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-1998.

Rick Tomlinson / Wave rushes towards "Team EF", Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-1998.

Rick Tomlinson / Water rushes past the crew on deck of "EF Language" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-1998.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Water reservoir and bull rushes, Palouse Hills, Washington

Richard Flack / Lesser swamp warbler (Acrocephalus gracilirostris) perched among Rushes (Juncaceae), Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Nigel, Gauteng, South Africa.

Bruce Thomson / Eastern ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) feeding in dense rushes, Melaleuca, Tasmania, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) sitting on rushes. Elsternwick Nature Reserve, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. May.

Doug Gimesy / Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) prepares to land on rushes.Elsternwick Nature Reserve, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. May.

Nick Upton / Spotted crake (Porzana porzana) juvenile foraging among rushes in marshland, RSPB Greylake reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, October.