Danny Green / Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) hibernating amongst leaves and acorns. Captive. Leicestershire, UK, October.

Nigel Cattlin / Peach leaf curl (Taprina deformans) fungal disease distortion of leaves on a young Peach tree, Berkshire, September.

Nigel Cattlin / Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae) disease lesions on Rice (Oryza sativa) crop, Luzon, Philippines

John Shaw / Large leaves on Pacific blackberry (Rubus ursinus) above bracken fern and horsetail, is a small wet area. Oregon, USA. June.

Marie Read / Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) holding an acorn in its bill whilst perched on tree stump, with autumn foliage, New York, USA, October.

Ernie Janes / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) and Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves, England, UK, May.

Steve Downer / Timelapse of Sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaves developing, UK. March. Controlled conditions.

Jack Dykinga / Fremont cottonwood trees (Populus fremontii) with autumnal leaves, Coyote Gulch,Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.

Dave Bevan / Large white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars eating Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaves, with Small white (Pieris rapae) caterpillars, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. September.

Dave Watts / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), eating Eucalyptus leaves, Victoria, Australia.

Alastair MacEwen / Timelapse of frost forming on European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves, controlled conditions, Somerset, England, UK.

Ingo Arndt / European beech seedling seed leaves {Fagus sylvatica} Germany Sequence 2/2