David Noton / Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, and train Nr Nottingham, England Energy and railways.

Ashley Cooper / Ratcliffe on Soar coal fired power station near Nottingham, England, UK, December 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Ratcliffe on Soar coal fired power station near Nottingham, England, UK, December 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Ratcliffe on Soar coal fired power station near Nottingham, UK, showing the cooling towers and chimney rearing up from a mountain of coal

Phil Savoie / Cooling tower, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Nottingham UK, February.

Chris Mattison / Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) Willwell Farm Cutting, Nottingham, England, UK, May.

Chris Mattison / Willwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve, formed from a disused railway line. Nottingham, England, UK, May.

Chris Mattison / Common cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) adult. Nottingham, England, UK, May.

Chris Mattison / Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) eggs on Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) Nottingham, England, UK, May. Focus stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) eggs on Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) Nottingham, England, UK, May. Focus stacked image.

Alex Hyde / Nottingham Catchfly (Silene nutans), Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Turkeytail fungus (Trametes / Coriolus versicolor) growing on a dead alder tree stump. Nottingham, UK. February.