Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned houses, Madzharovo canyon, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Tintiava abandoned village, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Tintiava abandoned village, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Tintiava abandoned village, close-ups of roof tiles, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Tintiava abandoned village, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Tintiava abandoned village, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Tintiava abandoned village, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned houses and cars in street, Studen Kladenets, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned house, Plevun, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned house, Plevun, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned house in Plevun, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Pal Hermansen / Blackbird (Turdus merula) nest with eggs in engine of abandoned car, car graveyard, Vrmland, Sweden

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Oil tanks from an old whaling station, Deception Island, Antarctica.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Old abandoned buildings from a whaling station. Deception Island, Antarctica

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Old abandoned building from a whaling station. Deception Island, Antarctica

Pal Hermansen / Panoramic of abandoned cars in a 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden. April

Pal Hermansen / Young wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in old abandoned car in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) feeding chicks at nest in abandoned Opel car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pal Hermansen / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) at nest in abandoned Opel car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pal Hermansen / Old abandoned cars stacked on atop the other in 'car graveyard' at night, Bastnas, Sweden April

Pal Hermansen / Old abandoned cars stacked on atop the other in 'car graveyard' at night, Bastnas, Sweden April

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) nesting in an old abandoned Opel car in a 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Abandoned rusty car in 'car graveyard' acting as a greenhouse with plants growing inside, Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Abandoned rusty car in 'car graveyard' acting as a greenhouse with plants growing inside, Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) nesting in abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Blue tit (Cynasites caeruleus) landing at nest in old car, in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pal Hermansen / Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) on the bonnet of a rusty old car, Varmland, Sweden, February

Pal Hermansen / Lichen-covered steering wheel, in old abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Northern Wall Brown (Lasiommata petropolitana) resting on an old abandoned car in a 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden. June

Pal Hermansen / Common frog (Rana temporalia) inside abandoned Volkswagen in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, May

Pal Hermansen / Common frog (Rana temporalia) inside abandoned Volkswagen in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, May

Pal Hermansen / Old car covered in snow in 'Car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, December

Pal Hermansen / Tree growing from inside abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, December

Pal Hermansen / Ferns growing between abandoned cars, in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Trees growing through abandoned cars in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, December

Pal Hermansen / Rear view of old abandoned car covered in snow, in 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden. December

Pal Hermansen / Buttercups (Ranunculus sp) flowering amongst abandoned cars, in 'car graveyard', Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) in flower by abandoned car in 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden. July

Pal Hermansen / Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) in flower by abandoned car in 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden. July

Pal Hermansen / Wall lizard (Zootoca viviparia) basking on rusty abandoned car in Car graveyard, Bastnas, Sweden.

Pal Hermansen / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) on bonnet of a rusty abandoned car in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, April

Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pal Hermansen / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) feeding sat on moss covered car in 'car graveyard' , Bastnas, Sweden. January

Pal Hermansen / One car headlight visible through a tangle of branches in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden. January

Pal Hermansen / Abandoned cars in a 'car graveyard' with moss and lichen covered trees growing between, Bastnas, Sweden, January

Pal Hermansen / Young wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) silhouette, inside an old abandoned Volkswagen car, Varmland, Sweden, July

Paul D Stewart / Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1 August 1744 - 18 December 1829) portrait when old and blind. A later hand coloured frontis engraving by Lizars from his Cabinet Cyclopaedia series. Lamarck was a french pre-Da...