Andres M. Dominguez / Blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) adult at night digging for prey among the roots of Retam broom shrub. Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia. Taken with remote camera trap.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Aerial view of Clashach Cove surrounded by flowering Gorse (Ulex europaeus) Hopeman, Scotland, UK, May.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri), adult male feeding on Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) flowers growing with Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis), Hill Country, Texas, USA. April

Chris Mattison / Spider webs covered in dew, on a flowering Gorse bush, Peak District National Park, UK October

Jean E. Roche / Couple carrying brooms through flood waters, Arles, December 2003 floods, Camargue, France.

Loic Poidevin / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) in a bush Gorse (Ulex) flower, Breton Marsh, West France, March

Ernie Janes / Gorse (Ulex europaeus) blooming, Norfolk, April

Theo Bosboom / Lupins (Lupinus) in flower, at Jokulsarlon estuary, Iceland, June

Juergen Freund / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) - Siswi the Queen of the jungle of Camp Leakey saws a piece of firewood then sweeps the floor to clean away sawdust. Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, C...

Jean E. Roche / Spanish broom in flower {Spartium junceum}, Camargue, France

Nigel Cattlin / Witch's or witches' broom (Taphrina betulina) deformed clumps of twigs on Silver birch tree in winter, Berkshire, February