Ann & Steve Toon / Cornfield annual summer wildflowers growing on one of the plant charity Landlife's National Wildflower Farms, St Helens, Merseyside, UK, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Wildflowers, including poppies (Papaver rhoeas), corn marigold (Glebionis segetum), cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) and corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), being grown for seed by Landlife, Fir Tree Fa...

Graham Eaton,Graham Eaton / Dog chasing and disturbing a flock of Knot (Calidris canutus) on a beach, Hoylake, Wirral

Alan Williams / Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) and Knots (Calidris canutus) in flight in early morning light, Dee Estuary, Merseyside, England, UK, February

Alan Williams / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) flower. Dee Estuary, Wirral, Mersyside, UK. July.

Alan Williams / Leafcutter bee (Hoplitis claviventris) feeding on Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) flower. Red Rocks Cheshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, Hoylake, Wirral, England, UK. July.

Alan Williams / Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly nectaring on Sea holly (Eringium maritimum), Dee Estuary near Hoylake, Wirral, England, UK. July.

TJ Rich / Chocolate working cocker spaniel amongst sand dunes. Formby, Merseyside, UK

TJ Rich / Chocolate working cocker spaniel sleeping amongst sand dunes. Formby, Merseyside, UK

TJ Rich / Two cocker spaniels running through surf, Formby Beach, Merseyside, UK

Alan Williams / Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing on sand dunes by shore of Dee Estuary near Hoylake, Wirral, UK, July.

Graham Eaton / A view of Perch Rock Lighthouse and the River Mersey, from New Brighton, Wirral, England, UK, April