Nick Upton / Sand-loving / Square-headed wasp (Tachysphex costae) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.

Guy Edwardes / Lanyon Quoit ancient burial chamber, Madron, Cornwall, England, UK. September 2015.

Ross Hoddinott / Trevose Lighthouse at dusk, long exposure at high tide, Trevose, Cornwall, UK. January 2015.

Philip Stephen / Rough weather on the seashore at Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Scotland, January 2014. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Christophe Courteau / Light of the Creac'h Lighthouse at night. Ile d'Ouessant / Ushant, Finistere, Brittany, France, September 2011.

Michael Pitts / Diver on the wreck of the US Submarine tender USS Macaw, sunk in the World War II due to a navigation error, Midway atoll, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Philippe Clement / Poitou donkey (Equus africanus asinus) with shaggy coat on the island Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France

Philippe Clement / Medieval fish lock at low tide on the island Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France September 2011

Edwin Giesbers / Sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing in sand dune, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Eryngium dilatatum in flower, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009 WWE BOOK. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Nigel Cattlin / Sea campion (Silene uniflora). Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) amongst red granite rocks on coast. Isola Rossa, Sardinia, September.