Ingo Arndt / Compilation of various corals including many Fan corals (Gorgonacea sp) from collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Fan Coral (Echinogorgia sp) from Indo-Pacific, in collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly, Hesse, Germany

Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) butterfly, Hesse, Germany

Nick Upton / Autumn leaves falling from trees, Marburg, Hesse, Germany, October.

Martin Grimm/ BIA / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying over water, Hesse, Germany

Duncan Usher / European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on Teasel (Dipsacus sp) thistle in winter, Hesse, Germany

Duncan Usher / Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) butterfly male feeding on Susan (Rudbeckia sp) flower nectar, Hesse, Germany

Duncan Usher / Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) on flowering Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas), Hesse, Germany

Volker Hesse/ BIA / Iago Sparrow (Passer iagoensis) male, Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde Archipelago, Portugal

Kerstin Hinze / Two Hazel dormice ( Muscardinus avellanarius), in nest, Hesse, Germany, October.

Martin Grimm/ BIA / Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) field, Hesse, Germany