SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) flowering, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) growing on Garbh Eilean with the Isle of Lewis behind, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June.

Piotr Naskrecki / Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) being eaten by Fishing Spider (Pisauridae), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) at dawn among Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium

Adrian Davies / Lesser pond sedge (Carex acutiformis) releasing pollen.

Loic Poidevin / Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, May.

Orsolya Haarberg / Flowering cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) in a wetland area with midnight sun. Sjaunja Nature Reserve, Laponia World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden. July 2013.

Bernard Castelein / Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Piotr Naskrecki / Yellow-spotted Tree Frog (Leptopelis flavomaculatus), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Eric Baccega / Grizzly bear cub (Ursus arctos horribilis) resting in the sedges, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega,Eric Baccega / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing up in alert and looking around, while feeding on sedge, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Jussi Murtosaari,Jussi Murtosaari / Frigga Fritillary (Boloria frigga) in habitat over cotton grass (Eriophorum) Finland, June