Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male House sparrow (Passer domesticus) perched on a Red hot poker (Kniphofia rufa) stalk, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK, May.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common snail (Helix aspersa) crawling over edge of a low retaining wall in a garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Rose aphids (Macrosiphum rosae) feeding on rose bud (Rosa sp.) in garden with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Juergen Freund / A thatched house built in amongst the mangrove roots on stilts. Northern Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Bungalows of Misool Eco Resort as night falls. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Tim Laman / Dog walking along bridge walkway, and homes in Waifoy Village, Mayalibit Bay, Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / White willow (Salix alba) trees in flooded area near a graveyard and a house, Northern Livanjsko Polje (karst plateau) Kazanc area, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Kerstin Hinze / Bromeliad flower (Guzmania sp) flowering indoor house plant

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Splitting Brazil nut tree {Berthilletia excelsa} timber for house roofing. Maraba, Brazil

Juergen Freund / Rest house for fishermen on beach, Pamilacan Is, Philippines

Gavin Hellier / Government Hill in Charlotte Amalie's historical district offers places to visit like the Government House, the 99 Steps, Blackbeard's Castle and the Haagensen House museum, St Thomas, US Virgin Islan...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Home plants, mainly geraniums, outside house in Letea, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Vegetable plot outside house in Crisan, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, May 2012

Pat Tuson / Plantlock Secure Bike Storage with bikes outside house in snow, Highbury, London Borough of Islington, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male House sparrow (Passer domesticus) eating seeds from a Red hot poker (Kniphofia rufa), Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK, May.

Benjam Pontinen / Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) sat in tree at dusk with house in the background, Seinajoki, Finland, August

David Woodfall / Native Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) with house fly, Gilfach Nature Reserve, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, Powys, Wales, UK

Andy Trowbridge / Glade House at the start of the Milford Track, a famous hiking route. Fiordland National Park, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand. November, 2006.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) inside house in cage, feeding on watermelon, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland. January 2008.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) growing in the wall of the Mayor's House, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France, August 2010

Rolf Nussbaumer / Digital composite of Cardinal, Mockingbird, Green jay, House finch, Pine warbler, Golden-fronted woodpecker, Chipping sparrow, birds landing on Texas prickly pear cactus (Opuntia lindheimeri), Dinero,...

David Woodfall / Oak tree felled in order to make way for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted areas in UK at risk of floodin...

Onne van der Wal / Small boat house on an icy lake in Mount Tremblant. Quebec, Canada, 2008.

Nick Turner / Water butt next to house wall for harvesting rainwater, September 2008.

Philippe Clement / Traditional tea house along pond and Smooth Japanese maples (Acer palmatum) showing leaves in colourful red and orange autumn colours at Japanese garden in Hasselt, Belgium October 2011

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) crawling over Ivy leaf (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) crawling over Ivy leaf (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) crawling over Ivy leaf (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax), a honey bee mimic, basking in sun on Ivy leaf (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Sun fly / Striped hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus), feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Cluster fly (Pollenia sp.) feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) worker feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) worker feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common snail (Helix aspersa) crawling over edge of a low retaining wall in a garden with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released. Did yo...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) crawling over Ivy leaf (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released. Did you know? Snails sometimes mov...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Great pied hover fly (Volucella pellucens) visiting Cotoneaster flowering in a garden, with a house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Hover fly (Eristalis tenax) on a Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata) flowering in a garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vicina), feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax), a honey bee mimic, feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vicina), feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) worker feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.

Roger Powell / English Stonecrop (Sedum acre) flowering on the wall of a ruined house, Great Blasket Island, Co.Kerry, Republic of Ireland, June

David Woodfall / Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) flowering on waste ground next to house, UK

David Woodfall / Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) flowering on waste ground next to house, UK

Florian Möllers / Corn (Zea mais / mays), lined up in the frontyard of a town house in Pingyao, China, September 2006.

Ernie Janes / Flower bed of succulent plants in garden, Norfolk, UK, March

Ernie Janes / Flower pot of succulent plants in garden, Norfolk, UK, June

Ernie Janes / Formal gardens with fountain at Ascott house, Buckinghamshire, UK, April

Ernie Janes / Plane tree and summer house in garden with bluebells, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Knot garden at Waterperry House, Oxfordshire, UK

Ernie Janes / Penstemons flowering in herbaceous flowerbed in walled garden, Claydon house, Buckinghamshire, UK

Ernie Janes / Azaleas flowering in gardens of Ashridge House with church in the background, Hertfordshire, UK, May

Diane McAllister / Male House finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) perching on profusion crabapple branch with blooms, in a backyard in Reno. Nevada, USA, May

Juergen Freund / West Papuan fishermen in their outrigger house boat. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Ross Hoddinott / Coastal path leading to Towanroath Engine House in the late evening light. Wheal Coates, near St Agnes, Cornwall, UK, August 2010

Orsolya Haarberg / Window in traditional wooden house with wild flowers, Moskenes, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway.

Orsolya Haarberg / Owner standing outside traditional old wattle house, autumn, Izvoare, Harghita, Romania.

Orsolya Haarberg / Calf amongst birch trees with traditional wattle house in the background, Izvoare, Harghita, Romania.

Petra Wegner / Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) white and tan, short coated, on roof of its house, on garden lawn

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tall palm tree growing up through roof in narrow courtyard, Palacio del Marques de Tamaron, 17th Century mansion house, Vejer de la Frontera, Nr Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain, August 2008

Nick Upton / Three male Face / Autumn House Flies (Musca autumnalis) sun basking and waiting for females to fly past. Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Aggregations of male Face / Autumn House Flies (Musca autumnalis) sun basking and waiting for females to fly past. Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Male Face / Autumn house flies (Musca autumnalis), taking off from all-male gathering as a female flies past. Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Face / Autumn house flies (Musca autumnalis) pair mating, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Robert Thompson / Broad-barred white moth (Hecatera bicolorata) camouflaged, resting on stone wall, Murlough House, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, June

Stephen Dalton / Common house fly (Musca domestica) flying from fruit bowl, UK

Stephen Dalton / Front door, entrance to house, with standard flowering tree in pot, England, UK

Jouan & Rius / Traditional timber-frame house with shutters and window box, Kaysersberg village, Upper Rhine, Alsace, France, May 2009

Jouan & Rius / Traditional timber-frame house in Kaysersberg village, Upper Rhine, Alsace, France, May 2009

Robert Thompson / Cobweb house-leeks {Sempervivum arachnoideum} in flower, alpine meadows above Lac du Mount Cenis, Alps, France, July

Robert Thompson / Cobweb house-leek {Sempervivum arachnoideum} in flower, alpine meadows above Lac du Mount Cenis, Alps, France, July

Robert Thompson / Cobweb house-leek {Sempervivum arachnoideum} in flower, alpine meadows above Lac du Mount Cenis, Alps, France, July

Robert Thompson / Lichen {Nephroma laevigatum} and moss on branch, Temple House, Ballymote, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, February

Robert Thompson / Crom Estate, house and parkland with large oak tree, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, summer

Robert Thompson / Lichen {Hypogymnia tubulosa} Temple House, Ballymote, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, February

Juan Manuel Borrero / Courtyard of Salvador Dali's house-museum, Port Lligat, Cap de Creus Natural Park, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain. March 2009.

Nick Upton / Anemone Clematis (Clematis montana) flowering on the side of a house, garden, Wiltshire, UK, spring.

Oriol Alamany / Nootka lupines (Lupinus nootkatensis) in flower near a wooden house, Saint George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA

Will Watson / Storm damage to Oak tree (Quercus robur) broken branch, Packwood House (National Trust), Warwickshire, England. June 2008

Alan Williams / Male House sparrow (Passer domesticus) at entrance to nest hole in Elm tree, Isles of Scilly, UK, May

Alan Williams / Male House sparrow (Passer domesticus) at entrance to nest hole in Elm tree, Isles of Scilly, UK, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Large house at forest edge, Rynartice, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, November 2008

Tim Martin / Male Common / House sparrow (Passer domesticus) perched on sunflower. Isles of Scilly, UK. August

Bernard Castelein / Traditional painting of plants and animals on mud wall of house during Diwali festival, Bada Gaire Killa village, South of Tonk, Rajasthan, India

John Cancalosi / Damage caused by tree falling on house in Hurricane Katrina, Waveland, Mississippi, USA. August 2005

Kerstin Hinze / Blossom of Cultivated apple tree (Malus pumila cv. Niedzwetzkyana- Aldenham Purple) created 1925 in Aldenham House, Elstree, England

Inaki Relanzon / Terrace garden with flowers outside traditional village house, Roussillon, Provence, France, June 2004

Jouan Rius / Traditional house with grass growing on its roof in front of Gasholmur Island, Faroe Islands

Jouan Rius / Door of a trader's house in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK