Dong Lei / Poppy (Meconopsis punicea) in habitat, Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. August.

Dong Lei / Blue poppy (Meconopsis lyrata) Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China.

WILLIAM OSBORN / English oak tree in summer {Quercus robur} Wilts, UK Seasons sequence 2/4

Bernard Castelein / Marsh helleborine (Epipactis palustris) flowers, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium, June.

Chris Mattison / Ivy leaved cyclamen (Cyclamen hederifolium) in flower, Italy, November.

Ross Hoddinott / Common poppies (Papaver rhoeas) backlit in evening light, Polly / Porth Joke, Pentire, Newquay, Cornwall, UK, July.

David Kjaer / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on teazel head, Wilts, UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / Monkshood flowers {Aconitum napellus} Wilts, UK. Poisonous

David Kjaer / European larch plantation in autumn (Larix decidua) Longleat Wilts England, UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / Monkshood flowering in woodland {Aconitum napellus} garden escape, Wilts, UK. Poisonous

David Noton / Solitary tree in Oil Seed Rape field. Salisbury Plain, Wilts. England.

WILLIAM OSBORN / Great spotted woodpecker {Dendrocopos major} male feeding on a peanut feeder, Wilts, UK