Brian Bevan / Male Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) feeding young at nest hole, shot looking up trunk, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Brian Bevan / Juvenile Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) leaving nest hole, shot looking up trunk, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Brian Bevan / Male Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) feeding young at nest hole, shot looking up trunk, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Hermann Brehm / Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) juvenile, Hungary. June

Andy Rouse / Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) feeding on ground. UK. July.

Paul Hobson / Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) female on tree stump. May.

Paul Hobson / Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) female on tree stump in woodland. May.

Brian Bevan / Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) chick begging for food from parent at nest hole, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Brian Bevan / Male Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) feeding young at nest hole, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Brian Bevan / Male Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) feeding young at nest hole, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Hermann Brehm / Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis ) male, Germany, December.

Hermann Brehm / Green woodpecker (Picus viridis ) male, Germany, December.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Queen annes lace / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) flower, Stenje region, Lake Macro Prespa, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating on Wild carrot (Daucus carota carota) flower, Hvblege, Mn, Denmark, July 2009

Niall Benvie / Two Carrots (Daucus carota) intertwined, crossed over while they were growing, Wester Ross, Scotland, October

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Wild carrot plant (Daucus carota), Europe. When ripe, the seeds form a concave umbel unlike the flat umbel of the flower when in bloom. Spines on the seeds attach to the furry feet of mammals...

Mark Moffett / Giant Weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) female being fed a carrot by researcher Mike Meades, Little Barrier Island, New Zealand

Nigel Cattlin / Carrot root fly (Psila rosae) on Carrot (Daucus carota), a serious pest to this crop.

Nigel Cattlin / Spotted snake millepede (Blaniulus guttulatus) inside a damaged Carrot (Daucus carota) root.

Nigel Cattlin / Carrot root fly (Psila rosae) on Carrot (Daucus carota), a serious pest to this crop.

Konrad Wothe / Assorted vegetables, Germany

Ernie Janes / Carrots (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) just picked in seive

Sue Daly / Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) Isle of Man, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) with ripe gonads, Shetland, Scotland, UK, May.