Nick Upton / Great capricorn / Great oak longhorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo), one of the largest beetles in Europe, on tree trunk, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, June.

Nick Upton / Shoal of young sardines (Sardina pilchardus) swimming in various directions close to the shore in a shallow sandy bay, viewed from above water. Eastern Lesbos /Lesvos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Shoaling young sardines (Sardina pilchardus) swimming in shallow water in a sandy bay, casting shadows on the seafloor, viewed from above water. Eastern Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Common tern (Sterna hirundo) flying through grassland at dusk, Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) in flight over long grasses at dusk, Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / Small flock of Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) wading on inland Kalloni lake, Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / Silhouette of Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) standing on exposed rock over water, with reflections, Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / Grecian streamertail / Threadwinged antlion (Nemoptera coa) on flower, Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / Portrait of Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) at rest on flower, Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), swimming with head above water, Lesbos, Greece

David Kjaer / Female Red footed falcon {Falco vespertinus} Lesbos, Greece