Mike Read / Mountains in the Restonica Valley, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica, France, April 2010.

Mike Read / View of the Col de Bavella, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica, France, April 2010.

Mike Read / View of the Aiguilles de Bavella, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica, France, April 2010.

Erlend Haarberg / Rocky landscape in the Lomsdal-Visten National Park, Vistenfjord, Helgeland, Nordland, Norway, September 2008

Erlend Haarberg / Frost-covered trees, Straumen, Inderoya, Norway, January 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Pine trees on the bank of the frozen Reisaelva River, Reisa National Park, Troms, Norway, February 2007

Roland Seitre / European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Andalucia, Spain, June.

Kerstin Hinze / Tulips (Tulipa), 'Synaeda Orange', cultivated, Schwerin, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / Tulips (Tulipa) 'Synaeda Orange', cultivated, Schwerin, Germany

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Remains of tree in 'dead zone' where virtually nothing grows, around the town of Monchegorsk. Kola Peninsula, Northwest Russia, 2005.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Trunks of trees, Alonissos island, Greece, September 2008

John Cancalosi / Barbary ape with juvenile {Macaca sylvanus} Gibraltar

Bernard Castelein / Bog asphodel in flower {Narthecium ossifragum} Kalmhoutse Heide, Belgium.

John Cancalosi / Fossil fern {Pecopteris sp} Germany

John Cancalosi / Harvesting cork from Cork oak tree {Quercus suber} Spain

Bernard Castelein / Viper's bugloss flower {Echium vulgare} Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Early spider orchid {Ophrys sphegodes} Crete, Greece

Mike Read / Mistle thrush {Turdus viscivorus} feeding on {Pyracantha coccinea} berries UK

DAVID TIPLING / Lousewort in flower {Pedicularis sylvatica} Sheltand Is Scotland UK

Bernard Castelein / Green winged orchids {Orchis morio} France