Mike Read / Sea kale (Crambe maritima) growing on shingle beach, Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) in flower, King Barrow Quarry Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Hazel (Corylus avellana) unripe nuts on tree, Powerstock Common Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Royal fern (Osmunda regalis), Stoborough Heath National Nature Reserve, Isle of Purbeck, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Red clover (Trifolium pratense) flowering in abundance on chalk downland, Eggardon Hill, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Primrose (Primula vulgaris) flowering on coastal cliffs, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. May.

Mike Read / Burnt orchid (Neotinea ustulata) flowering on chalk downland, Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. May.

Mike Read / Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus) flowering on chalk grassland, Fontmell Down Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) flowering on roadside verge, Dunnet Head, Caithness, Scotland, UK. May.

Mike Read / Autumn lady's tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) flowering on dew covered grassland, Wilverley Plain, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. August.

Mike Read / Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) berries, Steart Marshes Nature Reserve, Somerset, England, UK. August.

Mike Read / Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) female, feeding in mud at edge of a pool, Catcott Lows Nature Reserve, Somerset, England, UK. March.

Mike Read / Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti) standing in grass, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset, England, UK. March.

Mike Read / Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male, head portrait, Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England, UK. February.

Mike Read / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) male, perched on branch with dead Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) prey, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. February.

Mike Read / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) male, perched on branch mantling prey, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. February.

Mike Read / Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) flock, in flight, Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. December.

Mike Read / Three Red-billed choughs (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) drinking from puddle, Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. December.

Mike Read / Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) drinking from puddle, Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. December.

Mike Read / Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) perched amongst scrub and gorse, singing, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. May.

Mike Read / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) feeding amongst marsh vegetation, Loch Stiapabhat RSPB Reserve, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. May.

Mike Read / Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male, perched on branch with with food for chicks in beak, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. May.

Mike Read / European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) day roosting in tree, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) pair, mutual preening on cliff ledge, at breeding cliffs, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. May.

Mike Read / Common eider (Somateria mollissima) male, on water, Loch Fleet National Nature Reserve, Sutherland, Scotland, UK. May.

Mike Read / Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male, perched on bird feeder in a garden, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) female, approaching nest hole in Alder (Alnus glutinosa) tree, with food for chicks, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) female, at entrance to nest hole in Alder (Alnus glutinosa) tree, with food for chicks, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) male, at entrance to nest hole in a fungi covered dead tree, with food for chicks, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) female, perched near nest hole in a fungi covered dead tree, with food for chicks, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) male, taking flight from nest hole, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) perched on a lichen covered twig in woodland, near Bransgore, Hampshire, England, UK. February.

Mike Read / Grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) on the water in Fishtail Pond, Lymington and Keyhaven Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. February.

Mike Read / Brent goose (Branta bernicla) feeding on vegetation in lake, Mount Lake, Keyhaven Marshes, Hampshire, England, UK. December.

Mike Read / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) nectaring on Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) flower, King Barrow Quarry Nature Reserve, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes venatus) resting on grass stem, Powerstock Common Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Purple hairstreak butterfly (Quercusia quercus) male, nectaring on Alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) flower, Alners Gorse Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. August.

Mike Read / Brown hairstreak butterfly (Thecla betulae) nectaring on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flower, Alners Gorse Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. August.

Mike Read / Brown hairstreak butterfly (Thecla betulae) female, resting on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Alners Gorse Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. August.

Mike Read / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) flowers, Powerstock Common Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) resting on a grass stem, Clubman's Down, near Compton Abbas, Dorset, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) pup on a shingle bank, Blakeney Point National Nature Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK. September.

Mike Read / Sika deer (Cervus nippon) juvenile stag, standing in tall coastal grass, Arne RSPB Reserve, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. August.

Mike Read / Western hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) walking beside a garden wall, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Mike Read / Fallow deer (Dama dama) herd of does, in open scrubland, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. March.

Mike Read / Fallow deer (Dama dama) herd of does, in open scrubland, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. March.

Mike Read / New Forest ponies (Equus caballus) running across grassland, being herded by a rider on horseback during the annual 'New Forest drift', near Brockenhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshi...

Mike Read / New Forest ponies (Equus caballus) running across grassland, during the annual 'New Forest drift', near Brockenhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. September.

Mike Read / Butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) in flower, Garsten Wood RSPB Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. April.

Mike Read / Buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus) berries, Radipole Lane RSPB Reserve, Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK. September.

Mike Read / Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria) growing amongst the leaves of Ramsons (Allium ursinum) in woodland, near Wareham, Dorset, England, UK. March.

Mike Read / Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria) growing amongst the leaves of Ramsons (Allium ursinum) in woodland, near Wareham, Dorset, England, UK. March.

Mike Read / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) and Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) in flower, covering the woodland floor, Garsten Wood RSPB Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. April.

Mike Read / Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon argentatum) flowering in deciduous woodland, Garsten Wood RSPB Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. April.

Mike Read / Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon argentatum) flowering in deciduous woodland, Garsten Wood RSPB Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. April.

Mike Read / Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) flowering along roadside, Compton Valance, Dorset, England, UK. February.

Mike Read / Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) fowering in the grounds of Holy Trinity Church, Turners Puddle, Dorset, England, UK. February.

Mike Read / Nodding bur marigold (Bidens cernua) in flower, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. September.

Mike Read / Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) in flower, Alners Gorse Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. August.

Mike Read / Yellow horned-poppy (Glaucium flavum) with Sea kale (Crambe maritima) growing on shingle beyond, Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Mike Read / Common mallow (Malva sylvestris) flowering on shingle beach, Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Roger Powell / Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) standing on tidal mud. Lindisfarne Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. January.

Roger Powell / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) catching Lugworm (Arenicola marina). Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. January.

Roger Powell / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) probing seaweed for food. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) probing seaweed for food. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) walking across sand looking for food. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) walking across sand looking for food. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) catching small crab. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) probing mud for food. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) probing mud for food. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Common redshank (Tringa totanus) walking in low winter sunshine, to new feeding spot on shoreline. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. January.

Roger Powell / Common redshank (Tringa totanus) resting at shoreline, on seaweed covered rock. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. March.

Roger Powell / Common redshank (Tringa totanus) resting at shoreline, with feathers blowing backwards in wind. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. March.

Roger Powell / Two Common redshanks (Tringa totanus) probing mud for food collectively at shoreline. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Group of Common redshanks (Tringa totanus) probing mud for food collectively at shoreline. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. November.

Roger Powell / Sanderling (Calidris alba) walking across coastal sand. Boulmer Beach, Northumberland, UK. January.

Roger Powell / Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres), male, searching for food in pile of seaweed. Low Newton beach, Northumberland, UK. March.

Roger Powell / Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres), male, searching for food in pile of seaweed. Low Newton beach, Northumberland, UK. March.

Roger Powell / Two Red knots (Calidris canutus), in winter plumage, searching for food in tidal pool. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. January.

Roger Powell / Red knot (Calidris canutus), in winter plumage, consuming food from tidal pool. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. January.

Roger Powell / Red knot (Calidris canutus), in winter plumage, searching for food in tidal pool. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. January.

Roger Powell / Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) on breeding pasture. Druridge Pools Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. May.

Roger Powell / Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) on breeding pasture. Druridge Pools Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK. May.

TJ Rich / New Forest pony (Equus caballus) sleeping in morning sun, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / New Forest pony (Equus caballus) yawning, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / New Forest pony (Equus caballus) resting in morning sunshine, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / New Forest pony (Equus caballus) pregnant mare, portrait, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / Pink footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) coming into roost at wetlands, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) on water in an aggressive posture, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / Bewick's swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) preening, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in flight, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) displaying, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, UK. January.

TJ Rich / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing at burrow entrance along a footpath during breeding season, with people walking close by, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. June.

TJ Rich / Fallow deer (Dama dama) walking across grassland at dusk, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. May.

TJ Rich / Fallow deer (Dama dama) juvenile, at dusk, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England. UK. May.

TJ Rich / Fallow deer (Dama dama) melanistic, standing on grassland at dusk, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. May.