Andres M. Dominguez / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, April.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female, The Netherlands, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Claudio Contreras / Green heron (Butorides virescens), Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, June

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green-backed heron (Butorides striatus) jumping, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Bert Willaert / Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides) nesting next to a hiking trail in Mocha Island National Reserve, Mocha Island, Chile, December

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) jumping to catch dragonfly prey, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Bernard Castelein / Great green bushcricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on plant amongst seedheads. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on flowerhead. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Bernard Castelein / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) covered in dew droplets, on flowerhead. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated heron (Butorides striata) with Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) in beak, standing on rock. Oman, November

Ann & Steve Toon / Greenbacked heron (Butorides striatus) peering from perch, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Greenbacked heron (Butorides striatus) walking through water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.