Nick Upton / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) pulling up an Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) from a lawn, near Bude, Cornwall, England, UK, June.

Sylvain Cordier / Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) castings on ground, Provence, France

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris), Mannheim, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris), Mühldorferstrasse, Mannheim, Germany. August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Jan Hamrsky / Large red damselfly nymph (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) with a sludge worm prey, Europe, October. Controlled conditions.

Loic Poidevin / Red wing (Turdus iliacus) with earthworm prey, Finland, April.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) Gelderland, The Netherlands, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Common earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) Gelderland, The Netherlands, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) Gelderland, The Netherlands, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Williams / European robin (Erithacus rubecula) with earthworms, UK, April.

Jan Hamrsky / Sludge worm (Tubifex tubifex) hiding in the sediments, Europe, May, controlled conditions

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) Crete, Greece Meetyourneighbours.net project