Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) grazing in bushTarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) adult at night digging for prey among the roots of Retam broom shrub. Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia. Taken with remote camera trap.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) foraging at night, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia. Taken with remote camera trap.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) pups playing outside of den, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Sven Zacek / Moose (Alces alces) herd on a cold -18 C morning amongst frozen willow bushes, with snow, in Tartumaa, Estonia. January. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT competition 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Eurasian dwarf cornel (Cornus suecica) leaves, Sarek National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Lapland, Sweden, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum hermaphroditum) with berries, Sarek National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Lapland, Sweden, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Mountain bearberry (arctostaphylos alpinus) Sarek National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Lapland, Sweden, September 2008

Jack Dykinga / Brittlebush growing from granite rocks in Diamond Creek, West-Hualapai Indian Reserve, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Signal Hill petroglyphs at sunset with Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) and Tucson Mountains in the background, Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Organ Pipe Cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) amongst flowering Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) and Teddy Bear Cholla (Opuntia bigelovii), with the Ajo Mountains in the background Organ Pipe Cactus National...

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunrise, Cabeza Prieta NW Refuge, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Teddy Bear Cholla (Opuntia bigelovii) and Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) lit by the afternoon light in the Sand Tank Mountains, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / View overlooking the badlands from Scenic Loop Drive, Theodore Roosevelt NP, North Dakota, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Basalt rock-formations on a hillside above Lenore Caves, Sun Lakes State Park, Washington, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Clay formation in the prairies near Round Up Camp, Theodore Roosevelt NP, North Dakota, USA

Duncan Mcewan / Broom flower with seed pod (Cytisus scoparius). Scotland, UK, Europe

Morley Read / Giant grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata) taking off from a leaf in the Amazon rainforest, Santo Domingo Province, Western Ecuador. (non-ex)

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man wildlife watching in Faia Brava Reserve. Archaeological Park of the Coa Valley, Western Iberia, Portugal. April 2016.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Star Camp holiday accommodation overlooking valley. Faia Brava Reserve, Archaeological Park of the Coa Valley, Western Iberia, Portugal. April 2016.

Nick Upton / Branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus). Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June.

Nick Upton / Branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus). Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June.

Nick Upton / Branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus). Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June.

Nick Upton / Supramonte mountain range with Urzulei village below. Sardinia, Italy. June 2018.

Nick Upton / Limestone plateau with garrigue scrubland vegetation, Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy, June 2018.

Nick Upton / Sardinian cotton lavender (Santolina insularis) flowering in garrigue / maquis scrubland, Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June 2018.

Nick Upton / Prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) bush, berries ripening. In garrigue / maquis scrubland, Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June 2018.

Nick Upton / Montpellier cistus (Cistus monspeliensis) flowering in garrigue /maquis, Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June 2018.

Nick Upton / Montpellier / Narrow-leaved cistus (Cistus monspeliensis) bushes flowering in the Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy, June 2018.

Nick Upton / Monte Caroddi / Aguglia limestone rock pinnacle on coast, Cala Goloritze, Gulf of Orosei, Gennargentu National Park, Baunei, Sardinia, Italy. June 2018.

Robin Chittenden / Great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) perched in thorny bush. Cyprus. April.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Spanish juniper (Juniperus thurifera), Sabinar de Hornuez, Castille and Leon, Spain. October.

Nick Upton / Balsam spurge / Sweet tabaiba (Euphorbia balsamifera) bushes growing on ancient lava flows with Monte Corona volcanic peak in the background, Malpais de la Corona, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February.

Sven Zacek / European elk (Alces alces), three standing together near frost covered Willow (Salix sp) bushes with Suur Emajogi River beyond. Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. January 2011.

Mike Read / Tower of l'Osse on coast, Cagnano, Cap Corse, Haute-Corse, France. May 2017.

Mike Read / Dwarf juniper (Juniperus procumbens nana) growing over rocks with Mount Etna barberry (Berberis aetnensis). Restonica Valley, Regional Natural Park of Corsica, France. July.

Steven David Miller / Red-collared lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) feeding on flowering shrub. Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia.

Staffan Widstrand / Dwarf birch (Betula nana) and Lichen in tundra. Dovrefjell National Park, Norway. September 2018.

David Fleetham / View of Kalaupapa Peninsula and Kalaupapa National Historical Park from the Pali Trail. Molokai, Hawaii. July 2017.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), pair billing amongst coastal scrub. Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos. May 2016.

Tui De Roy / Red-footed booby (Sula sula) perched in bush, Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Red-footed booby (Sula sula) perched on rock. Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Red-footed booby (Sula sula) two perched on rock with sea in background. Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos. December 2015.

Robin Chittenden / Spectacled warbler (Sylvia conspicillata orbitalis), male perched in shrub, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. February.

Nick Upton / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion non-scriptus) and Common gorse (Ulex europaeus) flowering on coastal grassland, Pentire Head, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare) bush in coastal scrubland with clusters of berries, Cornwall, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare) bush in coastal scrubland with clusters of berries, Cornwall, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare) bush in coastal scrubland with clusters of berries, Cornwall, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Red Campion (Silene dioica), Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion non-scriptus) and Common gorse (Ulex europaeus) flowering on coastal grassland, Pentire Head, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Red Campion (Silene dioica), Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion non-scriptus) and Common gorse (Ulex europaeus) flowering on coastal grassland, Pentire Head, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Hawthorn blossom (Crataegus monogyna), Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Hawthorn blossom (Crataegus monogyna), pink form, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Hawthorn blossom (Crataegus monogyna), pink form, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Hawthorn blossom (Crataegus monogyna), Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Red Campion (Silene dioica), Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion non-scriptus) and Common gorse (Ulex europaeus) flowering on coastal grassland, Pentire Head, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion non-scriptus) and Common gorse (Ulex europaeus) flowering on coastal grassland, Pentire Head, Cornwall, UK, May.

Olga Kamenskaya / Halberd willow (Salix hastata) in flower, Vaygach Island, Arctic, Russia, July

Dave Bevan / Male Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) perched in a bush, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Sea grape / Uvas de mar (Zygophyllum / Tetraena fontanesii) bushes growing in gulley in volcanic rock cliffs leading down to a beach, La Pared, Fuerteventura, May.

Dave Bevan / Large flock of House sparrows (Passer domesticus) resting in bushes before flying out of frame, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, September.

Jussi Murtosaari / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus), hiding in bushes, Finland, July.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Starry night over Atlantic Ocean, from a wooden pier with Mangrove tree beside it, Orango Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Charlie Summers / Ashy starling (Cosmopsarus unicolor) perched on bush, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

Russell Cooper / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag thrashing hawthorn bush. Surrey, UK, September.

Francois Savigny / Faial Island, the Azores, Portugal, Europe.

Martin Gabriel / Desert rose (Adenium obesum), flowering in February, Dhofar mountains, Sultanate of Oman, February.

Martin Gabriel / Accumulation of land snails (Euryptyxis labiosa), escaping the desert heat by resting on a shrub's bark, Ayn Sahnawt, Sultanate of Oman, February.

David Pattyn / Tree covered in ice and frost during snowfall with heavy wind, Hohneck mountain, Vosges, France, January

David Pattyn / Tree covered in ice and frost during snowfall with heavy wind, Hohneck mountain, Vosges, France, January

Gary K. Smith / Winter flowering Daphne odora in garden, England, UK. February.

Gary K. Smith / Butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus). England, UK. February.

Nick Upton / Large-fruited juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa), with ripening seed cones in coastal maquis scrubland, Kos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, August 2013.

Nick Upton / Bushes heavily grazed and shaped by goats on a limestone ridge on Mount Didymo, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, August 2013.

Nick Upton / Large-fruited juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa), with ripening seed cones in coastal maquis scrubland, Kos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, August 2013.

Nick Upton / Bushes heavily grazed and shaped by goats on a limestone ridge on Mount Didymo, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, August 2013.

Nick Upton / Western Gorse (Ulex gallii) bushes flowering on a coastal cliff edge above a rocky shore, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, UK, September.

Constantinos Petrinos / Greek spiny spurge (Euphorbia acanthothamnus) Mount Hymettus, Kessariani Aesthetic Forest, East-Central Attica, Greece, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Tree medick (Medicago arborea) bushes in flower, Athens, Greece, Mediterranean, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Tree medick (Medicago arborea) bush in flower, Tourkovounia hill, Athens, Greece, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Jerusalem sage (Phlomis fruticosa) growing rocky outcrop, Tourkovounia hill, Athens Greece, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Spiny broom (Calicotome villosa) Tourkovounia hill, Greece, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Spiny broom (Calicotome villosa) Tourkovounia hill, Greece, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) among tall trees and bushes near a small river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, East Africa, August 2012.

Constantinos Petrinos / St. John's wort bush (Hypericum revolutum) in bloom with yellow flowers. Simien Mountains National Park, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Africa, March 2009.

Gerrit Vyn / Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) female hidden in sage landscape. Sublette County, Wyoming. June.

Bruno D'Amicis / Vegetation on Tana Qirqos island on Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia.

Pascal Pittorino / Sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) bush in full blossom, Var, Provence, France, May.

Daniel Heuclin / Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) in bush, Panamint mountains, Death Valley National Park, California, USA. May.

Nick Upton / Western Gorse (Ulex gallii) bush growing on a large granite boulder flowering on Bodmin moor, Cornwall, UK, July.

Dong Lei / Rhododendron flowers (Rhododendron sp) covered in raindrops, Lijiang Laojunshan National Park, Yunnan Province, China. April.

Dong Lei / Rhododendron flowers (Rhododendron sp) covered in snow in mist, Lijiang Laojunshan National Park, Yunnan Province, China. April.

Dong Lei / Rhododendrons (Rhododendron sp) in flower on mountainside, Lijiang Laojunshan National Park, Yunnan Province, China. April.

Dong Lei / Rhododendrons (Rhododendron sp) in flower on mountainside, Lijiang Laojunshan National Park, Yunnan Province, China. April 2010.

Dong Lei / Rhododendron flowers (Rhododendron sp) with mountain landscape in the background, Lijiang Laojunshan National Park, Yunnan Province, China. April.

Markus Varesvuo / Willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Inari, Finland, September.

Edwin Giesbers / Arid landscape with Launaea arborescens in flower, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. April 2013.