Steve Nicholls / Huge flock of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying in to roost over the reed beds at dusk, Ham Wall nature reserve, Somerset, UK, January

Steve Nicholls / Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) grazing, Cradle mountain, Tasmania, Australia, February

Steve Nicholls / Huge flock of Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) flying in to roost over the reed beds at dusk, Ham Wall nature reserve, Somerset, UK, January

Steve Nicholls / Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) Gwent, Wales, UK, June

Steve Nicholls / Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) Gwent, Wales, UK, June

Steve Nicholls / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) Wales, UK

Steve Nicholls / Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) Gwent, Wales, UK, June

Steve Nicholls / Seeds of Common lime tree (Tilia x europaea)

Steve Nicholls / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Knapweed flower, Rodborough common, Glos, UK, June

Steve Nicholls / Common glowworm larva (Lampyris noctiluca) crawling over snail shell in an ancient deciduous forest, Lower Woods Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK