David Woodfall / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), grazing amongst Purple vipers bugloss, (Echium plantagineum) Cornwall, England, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Strips of purple Vipers bugloss( Echium plantagineum) and Corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) with Cornish coast in background background . Bosregan Meadows,St Just Cornwall,England ,UK

Mark Carwardine / New Zealand robin (Petroica australis) male, ringed by researchers, South Island race, Ulva Island, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand, June

Mark Carwardine / New Zealand robin (Petroica australis) male, ringed by researchers, South Island race, Ulva Island, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand, June

Stephen Dalton / Purple Vipers Bugloss (Echium plantagineum) Extremadura, Spain

Brent Stephenson / Moon peeking out from cloud over the sea, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, New Zealand, November 2011.

Loic Poidevin / Purple vipers bugloss (Echium plantagineum) in flower, with Garland chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium) in flower, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Loic Poidevin / Purple vipers bugloss (Echium plantagineum) flowers, Alentejo, Portugal, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum) wild in garden at Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, May.

MYN / Jose Antunes / Purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum) Portugal, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Jose Antunes / Purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum) Portugal, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Konrad Wothe / Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) in meadow full of Paterson's Curse