SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Puffin (Fratercula arctica), with Thrift (Armeria maritima) in the foreground, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Ernie Janes / Sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) growing in saltmarsh, with Blakeney Village in the background, Norfolk, England, UK, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima). Portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) with wings out stretched with a beak full of sand eels. Close-up portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) sitting on Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) with beak full of sand eels. Close-up portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

David Pattyn / Flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima) photographed on Great Saltee with a view of the island behind. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) and Sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides) growing on regenerated saltmarsh habitat, with rainbow, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK, July 201...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Established saltmarsh with Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) growing on saltmarsh, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, UK, July

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) and Common glasswort (Salicornia europaea) on saltmarsh, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare), Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK, July 2011

Laurie Campbell / Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on cliff, Handa Island, Sutherland, Scotland, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Thrift (Armeria pungens) flower close up, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009