Guy Edwardes / Wimborne Minster at dawn, Dorset, England, UK. August 2015.

Robin Chittenden / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past spire, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, UK, June.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck silhouetted at twilight, with church spire, Berkshire, England, UK, November. Did you know? In the original book 'Bambi' was a Roe deer, however in the later anima...

Eric Baccega / Early morning mist and autumn colours in Grande Piles Village and St Maurice river. Quebec, Canada, October 2010

Jack Dykinga / Silhouette of lone Ponderosa pine on a sandstone spire at dusk, with crescent moon, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

Gavin Hellier / Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia cathedral, still under construction, Barcelona, Catalunya

Jack Dykinga / Buff coloured sandstone spire at sunset, at the rim of Escalante and Calf Creek sandstone wilderness Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2018.

Ashley Cooper / Climber on Stac Pollaidh in Assynt, Scotland, UK. September 2006.

Nick Upton / Common swift (Apus apus) two flying over the weathercock on the spire of Holy Trinity Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Common swift (Apus apus) two flying past the weathercock on the spire of Holy Trinity Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic Termite (Amitermes meridionalis) mound, detail of spire, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic termite (Amitermes meridionalis) mound, detail of spire, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Nick Upton / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on an ornamental pinnacle of St. John's church spire, feeding on a Feral pigeon (Columba livia), Bath, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) juvenile perched on an an ornamental pinnacle of St. John's church spire, Bath, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) perchet on an ornamental pinnacle of St. John's church spire, plucking a Feral pigeon (Columba livia) it has caught, Bath, UK, April.

Gary K. Smith / Santa Maria Della Presentazione church, Zitelle on Giudecca island, Venice, Italy.

Nick Turner / The Cotswolds village of Bisley, Gloucestershire, UK. October 2015.

Nick Turner / Village of Painswick - 'the Queen of the Cotswolds' - Gloucestershire, UK. April 2015.

Nick Turner / Village of Painswick - "the Queen of the Cotswolds", Gloucestershire, UK. April 2015.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Assumption of Mary Pilgrimage Church, in twilight, reflected in Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia, October 2014.

David Noton / Spire of one of the Temples of Bagan, Myanmar, November 2012.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) pair on top of modern cathedral spire. Bristol, UK. October.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) on top of modern cathedral spire with wings spread. Bristol, UK. September.

Floris van Breugel / A stone spire at sunrise in the eastern Cascades of Washington, USA. April 2014.

Floris van Breugel / A stone spire at sunrise in the eastern Cascades of Washington, USA. April 2014.

Inaki Relanzon / Romanesque Church of Santa Maria of Arties church, Vall d'Aran / Aran Valley, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, October 2012.

Floris van Breugel / Hiker and Pigeon Spire, Bugaboo Provinial Park, British Columbia, Canada, August 2013. Model released.

Robin Chittenden / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past spire, another perched, Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, June.

Robin Chittenden / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past spire carrying prey, Norwich, Norfolk, Cathedral, June.

Jouan Rius / Monolithic spire, Colorado Plateau, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah, USA November 2012

Ernie Janes / Azaleas flowering in gardens of Ashridge House with church in the background, Hertfordshire, UK, May

Thomas Lazar / Weavers Needle rock spire and surrounding Boulder canyon with Spiked cactus on rocks in foreground, Superstition Mountains, Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA, March 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past a spire of the Sagrada Familia Cathedral, designed by Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past a spire of the Sagrada familia cathedral carrying prey (pigeon) in its beak, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past a spire of the Sagrada familia cathedral and a crane, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009

Gary K. Smith / Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / Spiked spire of bethlehem / Bath asparagus {Ornithogalum pyrenaicum} UK

David Noton / Edale at Dawn with church spire in mist, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, UK

Jack Dykinga / Kaibab limestone spire, North Kaibab trail, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA with Pinyon pine {Pinus edulis} and Utah juniper {Juniperus osteosperma}

David Noton / Mist over River Nadder at dawn, Salisbury cathedral spire in background, Wiltshire, UK

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / Shipton's Spire viewed from Trango Towers, Karakorum range, Northern Pakistan

Colin Varndell / Village landscape in morning mist, Cattistock, Dorset, UK. Church spire, houses and surrounding countryside.

Michael Hutchinson / Hallgrimskirkja church, Reykjavik, Iceland

Niall Benvie / Reine church with magpie on spire Lofotens Norway

Nick Turner / Painswick churchyard with Yew trees, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Colin Monteath / Cerro Torre, a famous rock and ice spire, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Skier passing iced-up rock spire, Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Colin Monteath / Skier passing iced-up rock spire, Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Colin Monteath / Morning clouds lifting from Lobsang Spire at 5,700 meters elevation, above Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Colin Monteath / Skiers under rock spire, unnamed peak near Concordia, Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Colin Monteath / Skiers under rock spire, unnamed peak near Concordia, Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Michio Hoshino / Cathedral Spire and mountain range, Alaska

Tui De Roy / Dedo de Deus, gigantic granitic spire jutting from moist highlands in Atlantic Forest, Serra Dos Orgaos National Park, Brazil

Jose B. Ruiz / Giralda cathedral, Seville, Andalucia, Spain

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / One of the Great Trango spire, Karakorum, Pakistan

Gavin Hellier / Gaudi's Casa Batillo roof facade floodlit at night, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Jeff Foott / Rock formations, Middle Cathedral Rock, Lower Cathedral Rock, Higher Cathedral Spire, Yosemite National Park, California

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Golden-shouldered Parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius) nest hole in spire-shaped termite mound, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Golden-shouldered Parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius) nest hole in spire-shaped termite mound, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

Angelo Giampiccolo / Eerily floodlit St. Patrick Cathedral, New York City.

Roberto Rinaldi / The spire of St Paul's church and the Carmelites Dome, Valletta, Malta

Roberto Rinaldi / The spire of St Paul's church and the Carmelites Dome, Valletta, Malta

Will Watson / New Zealand mud snail / Jenkin's spire snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum), Malvern pond, Worcestershire, England, UK. March. Controlled conditions.