Tui De Roy / Small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) female foraging for grass seeds. Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, November.

Tui De Roy / Large cactus finch (Geospiza conirostris), cracking open spiny armored Trebulus seeds. Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, May.

Tui De Roy / Green warbler finch (Certhidea olivacea) foraging for seeds, Gardner Bay, EspanÞola (Hood) Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Tui De Roy / Small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) opening seed with beak. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, December.

Tui De Roy / Medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) foraging on seeds. Isabela, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Tui De Roy / Medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) feeding on seed. Isabela, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Tui De Roy / Medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) foraging on seeds. Isabela, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Will Watson / Achiote (Bixa orelliana) seed capsules, used to make the red dye annato for food colouring. Manabi Province, Ecuador, February

Philippe Clement / Common Broom flowers and seed pods (Cytisus scoparius scoparius), La Brenne, France, May

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Sausage tree (Kigelia africana) fruit silhouetted at dusk, Uganda, East Africa

Sandra Bartocha / Dandelion seed head (Taraxacum officinale) with seeds blowing away, Germany, May

Sandra Bartocha / Dandelion seeds (Taraxacum officinale), May

Sandra Bartocha / Dog Rose (Rosa canina) with rose-hips climbing through tree, Germany, January

Sandra Bartocha / Meadow Salsify (Tragopogon pratensis) seeds, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, July

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Willow (Salix fragilis) seed dispersal, Rutland Water, Rutland, England, UK, April. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Eric Baccega / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed blowing in the wind Alsace, France

Andy Rouse / Cross section of Lily seed head, Bamarru Plains, North West Territories, Australia

Pete Oxford / Achiote (Bixa orellana) fruit with seeds, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) juvenile and infant feeding on African Grape (Pseudospondias microcarpa) seeds from other chimpanzee's feces, western Uganda

Alex Hyde / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed-head. The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK, May.

Martin Willis / Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) feeding on seeds, Tasmania, Australia

Philippe Clement / Tractor sowing seeds with seed drill machine, Cap Gris Nez, Côte d'Opale / Opal Coast, France March

Colin Varndell / Grey willow tree (Salix cinerea) female catkin inflorescence releasing seeds, UK, May

Carol Walker / Wild horses / Mustangs, close up of mane tangled up with burrs and grass seeds, South Dakota, USA

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fossil of Scale tree (Lepidodendron) from the carboniferous period, Guadiato, Spain

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Stinking hawk's beard (Crepis foetida) seed heads and dried out flowers, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Juvenile Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) feeding on thistle seeds, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Kim Taylor / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on teazel seedhead (Dipsacus sp) in winter, Surrey, UK, December

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Umbellifer plant seed heads, West Canvey Marsh RSPB reserve, Essex, England, UK, November 2011

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Dried poppy seed heads at the Country Living Wildlife Roadshow, Sandwell Park Farm, West Bromwich, West Midlands, August 2011.

Dave Watts / Seeds contained in faeces of Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) sprouting on rainforest floor, World Heritage National Park rainforest of the Wet Tropics, north Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Seeds contained in faeces of Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) sprouting on rainforest floor, World Heritage National Park rainforest of the Wet Tropics, north Queensland, Australia

Stephen Dalton / Holly Farm Lawn Meadow. A normal lawn left to nature uncut. This will be scythed end of July and left to dry and seeds to drop before being raked and allowed to revert to lawn and the cycle repeated t...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) male perched on reeds, Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire Fens, UK, February

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Silhouette of Teazel heads (Dipsacus fullonum) at dawn, Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, December

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit Panurus biarmicus Portrait of an adult male perched on a bullrush Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Winter stubble and conservation margin around arable land with Teasels (Dipsacus fullonum) seedheads, RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, February 2011.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Close-up of green ear of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) grown at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Conservation margin around arable land with Teasels, RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, February 2011.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Close-up of green ear of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) grown at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male and female perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult female with legs stretched between Bullrush (Typha latifolia) and reed stem, feeding on bullrush seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, Lond...

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult female perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult female and male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult female perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male and female perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February. Did you know? Bearded tit...

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult female in flight through Bullrushes (Typha latifolia), Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male on Bullrush (Typha latifolia) feeding on seeds, Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Bearded tit / reedling / parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) adult male perched on reed stem amongst Bullrushes (Typha latifolia) Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, London, UK, February

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) taking seeds from hand, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, January, Model released. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Every Robin has a unique breast pattern - howe...

Shibai Xiao / Mangrove seedling with cement plant in the background, Guangxi Province, China, April 2012.

Ross Hoddinott / Young girl blowing a Dandelion seedhead (Taraxacum officinale) UK, April 2011. Model released

George Sanker / Least Chipmunk (Tamius minimus) feeding on the seeds of a thistle bush during a snowstorm, Grand Teton NP, Wyoming, USA, October

Adrian Davies / Red campion (Silene dioica) seeds in pods, England, August.

Petra Wegner / Removing grass awn from inside of ruby Cavalier King Charles Spanieldog's ear with tweezers, model released

Petra Wegner / Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with grass awn in ear

Petra Wegner / Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with grass awn sticking out from between toes

Petra Wegner / Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with grass awn sticking out from between toes

Petra Wegner / Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with grass awn sticking out from between toes

Roland Seitre / Dipterocarpus (Dipteryx panamensis) nuts, showing carpum and seed; an important food of the Great Green / Buffon's Macaw. Boca Tapada, Biological Corridor San Juan La Selva, Costa Rica. 2008.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) eating sun flower seeds, Ivalo, Finland, April

Rolf Nussbaumer / Small flower desert chicory (Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus) close up of seed head, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Loic Poidevin / White throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) perched on grass, Quebec, Canada, October

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Close up of acorns and autumnal foliage ofEnglish oak (Quercus robur), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September

Martin Willis / Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) male feeding on seeds, Mirrabooka, New South Wales, Australia

Ernie Janes / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on Teasel stem, UK

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) group feeding on seeds in snow, Jigokudani, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) feeding on seeds in snow, Jigokudani, Japan

Andy Sands / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) feeding on apple seed on frosty grass. Hertfordshire, England, UK, January.

Andy Sands / Male Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) feeding on dock seeds. Hertfordshire, England, UK, January.

Roy Mangersnes / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) in autumn colours covering Adventsdalen at sunset, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Roy Mangersnes / Photographer Roy Mangersnes photographing Cottongrass (Eriophorum sp) in autumn colours, Adventsdalen, outside Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Roy Mangersnes / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) in autumn colours covering Adventsdalen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Nick Upton / Four-spotted leaf beetle / Ant bag beetle (Clytra laeviuscula) a parasite of wood ant nests, resting on a grass seedhead, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July

Konrad Wothe / American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) female feeding on flower seeds, Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, USA, November

Laurie Campbell / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) cone, Abernethy Forest RSPB Reserve, Strathspey, Scotland, June

Stephen Dalton / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) raiding garden bird feeder, UK, September

Stephen Dalton / Common quaking grass (Briza media) seed heads, UK

Stephen Dalton / Common quaking grass (Briza media) seed heads, UK

Stephen Dalton / Wide variety of birds at garden bird feeder, Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), Great tit (Parus major), Blue tit (Parus caeruleus), Chaffinch (Fringilla co...

Colin Varndell / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) seed pods, Chesil beach, Dorset, UK, August

Colin Varndell / Sea kale (Crambe maritima) seed pods, Chesil Beach, Dorset, UK, August

Laurie Campbell / Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) germinating, Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, May

Adrian Davies / Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium angustifolium) seeds blowing from plant, UK, August