Heather Angel / Bee-fly (Bombylius sp) nectaring on Rock soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides), blue pollen on head. Alpes Maritimes, France. May.

Sylvain Cordier / Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) Maritime Alpes, France.

Robert Thompson / Mountain stream running through Vallee de Rio Freddo, Maritime Alps, Italy, July 2014.

Pascal Pittorino / Bow winged grasshopper (Chortippus biguttulus) rose morph juvenile, on the rock, Gorge of Daluis, Maritime Alps, France, August

Robert Thompson / Landscape of Vallee de Sant Anna, Maritime Alps, Italy, July 2014.

Robert Thompson / Landscape of Vallee de Sant Anna, Maritime Alps, Italy, July 2014.

Robert Thompson / Landscape of Vallee de Rio Freddo, Maritime Alps, Italy, July 2014.

Steve Nicholls / White Asphodel (Asphodelus albus) flowering, Alps maritime, France, April

Martin Dohrn / Red Lily flowers {Lilium pomponium} Maritime Alps, France

Doug Perrine / Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) at sunset, with Maritime Alps in background, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean, Italy