Edwin Giesbers / Sword-grass moth (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus). Cyprus. April.

Ingo Arndt / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male at courting bower, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Andres M. Dominguez / Dew on spiderweb with Grey-leaved cistus (Cistus albidus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

Andres M. Dominguez / Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens) Linares, Cantabria, Spain, August.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) on the Forca Canapine, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Ernie Janes / Small Tortoisehell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) on cone flowers (Echinacea) in garden with greenhouse in background England, UK, August.

David Pattyn / Flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima) photographed on Great Saltee with a view of the island behind. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A diver and a hydrothermal chimney. Note that he is obscured by the different temperature waters (from the chimney and the surrounding water) which are unable to mix. The sea water was 4 degrees Celsi...

Ernie Janes / Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) in tulip field, Norfolk

Juan Carlos Munoz,Juan Carlos Munoz / Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) flock in lake Nakuru, Kenya

Niall Benvie / Tulip fields about to be deadheaded, Texel, the Netherlands May 2012. No release available.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Flock of Pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) feeding on sugar beet tops in a field, Norfolk, England, UK, December