Alex Hyde / Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) and Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus sp.) flowering in ancient alpine hay meadow. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

Melvin Grey / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) hummingbird adult male, approaching flower to feed, Tandayapa, Ecuador

Sven Zacek / Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) white morph and normal blue morph, Southern Estonia, April.

Richard Du Toit / Longtailed widowbird (Eupletes progne) male perched in flowers, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa.

Pascal Pittorino / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Borage (Borago officinalis) Var, Provence, France, March.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Heartsease / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) flower, Norway, May.

Dong Lei / Mrs Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii) male feeding from Chinese wild peach flowers (Prunus davidiana) Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. May.

Dong Lei / Mrs Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii) male hanging upside down and feeding from Chinese wild peach (Prunus davidiana) male blossom, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yun...

Rod Williams / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding on wild aster, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK, September.

Terry Whittaker / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub on railway embankment with train passing behind, Kent, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Mixture of flowers, including Marigolds (Calendula officinalis) sown to attract wild bee species grown on roundabout / underpass of Motorway, M32, in inner city Bristol, Avon, UK, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common peony (Paeonia officinalis) close up of stamens and stigma, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Ashley Cooper / Workman fitting solar thermal panels for heating water, to a house roof, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK,. June 2012

Jeff Vanuga / Group of people from Wyoming Game and Fish Department attaching a radio collar to a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) for research purposes, Wyoming USA. March, 2016.

Jeff Vanuga / Group of people from Wyoming Game and Fish Department attaching a radio collar to a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) for research purposes, Wyoming USA. March, 2016.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Conservationists and scientists attaching radio collar on a female, tuskless Elephant (Loxodonta africana) as part of a study about the evolution of tuskless elephants, Gorongosa National Park, Mozamb...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Conservationists and scientists attaching radio collar on a female, tuskless Elephant (Loxodonta africana) as part of a study about the evolution of tuskless elephants, Gorongosa National Park, Mozamb...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Two Bureau of Land Management workers attaching a GPRS tag onto a female Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) at night, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA. March, 2018.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Researchers fitting radio transmitter to juvenile Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) chick, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Weathered clay nest built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) attached to Gorse bush (Ulex sp.) after emergence of wasp, Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Two completed clay nests built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) attached to Gorse bush (Ulex sp.), Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Completed clay nest built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus), sealed, attached to Ling heather bush (Calluna vulgaris), Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Completed clay nest built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus), sealed, attached to Ling heather bush (Calluna vulgaris), Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) about to stock clay nest pot attached to Gorse bush (Ulex sp.) with paralysed Pug moth (Eupithecia sp) caterpillar, Devon, UK. September.