Andy Sands / Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina) two young toadstools growing up from mossy log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

David Kjaer / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched in tree. Buckinghamshire, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Combine harvester harvesting Barley field, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, UK, August

David Kjaer / Portrait of a Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in a frosty field. Buckinghamshire, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Aylesbury ducks following in a line on village green, Weedon, Buckinghamshire, UK, October

Ernie Janes / Domestic sheep, lambs playing in field, Goosehill Farm, Buckinghamshire, UK, April 2005

Andy Sands / Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) male in full song, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Andy Sands / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male perched among apple blossom, Buckinghamshire, England. UK

David Kjaer / Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) pair mating, Buckinghamshire, England

Mark Payne-Gill / Seagulls flying around above truck unloading rubbish on landfill site, Buckinghamshire, England

David Tipling / Barn owl in window of derelict house {Tyto alba} Buckinghamshire, UK

David Tipling / Bluebells {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} flowering in Beech woodland, Buckinghamshire, UK, April

David Tipling / Bluebells {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} flowering in Beech woodland, Buckinghamshire, UK, April

David Tipling / Bluebells {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} flowering in Beech woodland, Buckinghamshire, UK, April

Peter Lewis / Path leading through through woodland with Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) flowering in spring, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) growing on the Chiltern Hills Buckinghamshire, England, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Open wooden gate leading to wild flower meadow Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) growing on the Chiltern Hills Buckinghamshire, England, UK, April.

Andy Sands / Red Kite (Milvus milvus) with food on ground after snowfall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Red Kite (Milvus milvus) on ground after snowfall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Red Kite (Milvus milvus) calling with food on ground after snowfall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Red Kite (Milvus milvus) two birds feeding on ground,Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January

Andy Sands / Red Kite (Milvus milvus) feeding, on ground, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January

Andy Sands / Red Kite (Milvus milvus) feeding on ground, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January

Andy Sands / Orange birch bolete (Leccinum versipelle) fungus growing under Silver Birch trees, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October

Andy Sands / Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) growing from fallen Beech tree, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October

Andy Sands / Magpie (Pica pica) standing on lawn after light snowfall, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) single fruiting body growing among Beech litter, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Larch Bolete fungus (Suillus grevillei) young specimen growing under Larch trees, Buckinghamshire, England, UK - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) distinctive black and yellow hoverfly visiting Wild Parsnip flower, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, July

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) distinctive black and yellow hoverfly visiting Wild Parsnip flower, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, July

Andy Sands / Hornet (Vespa crabro) hanging by one leg whilst dis-membering prey, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, July

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Microdon devius) a rare species of chalk grassland who's larvae live in Ants nests, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans) bumblebee mimic species, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Fluted Bird's Nest (Cyathus striatus) an unusal fungus with small cup-shaped nests that when open contain peridioles looking like tiny eggs, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October - Focus Stacked I...

Andy Sands / Fluted Bird's Nest (Cyathus striatus) Unusal fungus with small cup shaped nests that when open contain peridioles that look like tiny eggs, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October - Focus Stacked Im...

Andy Sands / Dunnock (Prunella modularis) On the ground in snow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Downland bee-fly (Villa cingulata) female, this rare southern species is usually seen on calcareous grassland in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Downland bee-fly (Villa cingulata) female, this rare southern species is usually seen on calcareous grassland in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Downland bee-fly (Villa cingulata) male, this rare southern species is usually seen on calcareous grassland in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Microdon devius) a rare species of chalk grassland who's larvae live in Ants nests, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Microdon devius) a rare species of chalk grassland who's larvae live in Ants nests, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Stocking webcap fungus (Cortinarius torvus), group of toadstools on woodland floor, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungi (Cordyceps militaris) Excavated to show caterpillar with fungi fruiting from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungi (Cordyceps militaris) Excavated to show caterpillar with fungi fruiting from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Buzzard (Buteo buteo) With food on ground in snow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Bishop's mitre shieldbug (Aelia acuminata) on grass seedhead, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Buzzard (Buteo buteo) Calling from ground in snow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Vermillion Waxcap (Hygrocybe miniata) Group of three toadstools, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) excavated egg, sometimes known as a witches egg, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

Andy Sands / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) with flies and Wood ants on cap, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) Egg sometimes known as a witches egg growing among leaf litter, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

Andy Sands / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) With flies on cap, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) With flies on cap, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) excavated egg sometimes known as a witches egg cut in half, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

Andy Sands / Spatula Fungi (Spathularia flavida) A small fungi that fruits under Larch trees, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October

Andy Sands / Shaggy Scalycap (Pholiota squarrosa) Group growing from base of Beech tree, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) perched among blossom, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) perched on lichen covered twig, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male perched on mossy twig, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) perched on ground, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Coal tit (Periparus ater) perched among spring blackthorn blossom, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Hare'sfoot inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus) with caps closed, . Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Inkcap (Coprinus ephemeroides) dung dwelling inkcap that is usually found on Horse dung, it is unusual in that it has a annulus (stem veil) not usually seen on an inkcap, Buckinghamshire, England, UK,...

Andy Sands / Flame shield fungus (Pluteus aurantiorugosus) an uncommon fungus found on fallen or pollarded trees often Poplar, Ash or Elm, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Red kite (Milvus milvus) feeding on chicken carcass on garden lawn, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Red Kite (Milvus milvus) perched on chicken carcass on garden lawn, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungi (Cordyceps militaris) found on grass at woodland edges this ascomycete parasitises its host a caterpillar or pupae and fruits from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Octo...

Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungus (Cordyceps militaris) found on grass at woodland edges, this ascomycete parasitises its host, a caterpillar or pupae, and fruits from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK,...

Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungi (Cordyceps militaris) found on grass at woodland edges this ascomycete parasitises its host, a caterpillar or pupa, and fruits from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Oc...

Andy Sands / Sessile Earthstar fungus (Geastrum fimbriatum) in beech leaf litter, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, November - Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Vermilion waxcap fungi (Hygrocybe miniata) Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September - Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trunk with autumn leaves, Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October

Andy Sands / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) female perched among blossom, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) female perched among blossom, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) female perched on mossy twig, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male walking along mossy twig, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male perched, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male perched on mossy branch, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Hare'sfoot inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus) beginning to deliquesce, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Horn of plenty fungus (Craterellus cornucopioides) trumpet shaped fungi growing among moss under deciduous trees, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Jellybaby fungus (Leotia lubrica) inedible fungi that resemble jellybabies, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Plums and custard fungus (Tricholomopsis rutilans) group of three fruiting funguss, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October - Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Sessile earthstar fungus (Geastrum fimbriatum) old specimen which has released most of it's spores, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, November. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Amethyst deceiver toadstools (Laccaria amethystina) growing up from mossy log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Young girl in trunk of ancient pollarded European beech (Fagus sylvatica) Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October Model released.

Andy Sands / Conical brittlestem fungus (Parasola conopilus) large group growing among fallen deciduous leaves, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

Andy Sands / Conical Brittlestem (Parasola conopilus) two small groups showing cap colour change in older specimens, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September. Focus Stacked Image.

Andy Sands / Hare'sfoot inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus) deliquescing, caps dissolving into liquid 'ink', Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Horn of plenty fungus (Craterellus cornucopioides) trumpet shaped fungi growing among moss under deciduous trees, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Focus Stacked Image.

Andy Sands / Juniper shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

Andy Sands / Plums and custard fungus (Tricholomopsis rutilans) two fruiting funguss with Beech leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Upright coral fungi (Ramaria stricta) growing up from dead wood among Beech leaf litter, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image

Gary K. Smith / Cobstone windmill above Turville Village, The Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. September.

Gary K. Smith / Turville Village showing the gravestones and Cobstone windmill in th distance, The Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. September 2016.

Gary K. Smith / Turville Village with gravestones and in the distance, Cobstone windmil, The Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. September 2016.

Pascal Pittorino / Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalski) head portrait, captive, Lozere, France, December.

Jussi Murtosaari / European robin (Erithacus rubecula) adult with autumn leaves in background, Punkaharju, Etela-Savo / Southern Savonia, Ita-Suomi / Eastern Finland, Finland. September

Dong Lei / Chestnut-headed Tesia (Tesia castaneocoronata) perched, Sichuan Province, China.

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) head portrait. Vauldalen, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, April.

Angelo Gandolfi / Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) buck in velvet standing by flowering tree, Pantanal, Brazil

Fiona Rogers / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) mature male 'Halik' aged 26 years lying down - portrait. Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. Apr 2012. Rehabilitated and released (or descended from thos...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Close up portait of three children, Askole village (3,000m), Braldu Valley, Karakoram Range, Pakistan, July 2007.

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) hauled out on a beach at sunrise, Donna Nook Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Reserve, Lincolnshire, England, UK, January.

Dave Watts / Pyrenean chamois {Rupicapra rupicapra pyrenaica} Pyrenees, France

Ashley Cooper / Syrian migrants, refugees fleeing the war, Lesvos Island, Greece. September 2015.

Laurie Campbell / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) close up of eye, Cairngorms Reindeer Herd, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, December. Introduced species.

Richard Robinson / A Blue shark (Prionace glauca) just below the surface, with nictitating membrane partially shut to protect its eye, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, June.