Phil Savoie / Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida) feeding on Dandelion (Taraxacum offinicale) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April

Guy Edwardes / Barn owl (Tyto alba) in flight above post and wildflowers, in morning light. The Hawk Conservancy Trust, Hampshire, England, UK. July. Captive.

Guy Edwardes / Field of flowering Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) at sunrise, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy. May 2019.

Jeff Foott / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers,superbloom, Antelope Valley, California

Jeff Foott / Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers, super bloom, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Jeff Foott / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers,super bloom, Antelope Valley, California

Jeff Foott / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers, super bloom, Antelope Valley, California

Tim Fitzharris / Wildflowers and cacti, Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas

Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) carpet the hillside, with flowering Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) in the forground. Antel...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with lupins intermixed. Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve...

Jack Dykinga / Foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) flowers. Carrizo Plain, California, USA. 30th March 2019.