Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September. Did you know? The unique culture, history and dialect of Yorkshire is celebrated on th...

Ernie Janes / Moon rising over winter landscape, stubble field and Oak trees, Gimingham, Norfolk, UK,

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) three 18 month juveniles, 'Bart', 'Christine' and 'Gilbert', released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, calling in Barley stubble fiel...

Ernie Janes / Snow on stubble field at dusk with Southrepps Church in the background, North Norfolk, UK, Winter

David Tipling / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) sitting out blizzard in stubble field, Norfolk, England January

Michel Poinsignon / Cooling towers of Nuclear power station with farmland and straw bales in the foreground, Cattenom, France

David Tipling / Two cock Pheasant {Phasianus colchius} in stubble field, Norfolk, UK, January

Andrew Parkinson / Wood pigeon (Columba palambus) flock takes flight from a field of corn stubble, Derbyshire, UK, January

John Waters / Winter stubble, maize field, Somerset, UK, 2008

John Waters / Large flock of Common starlings {Sturnus vulgaris} feeding and flying over winter stubble field, Somerset, UK, 2008

Gary K. Smith / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in wheat stubble, Norfolk, UK, August.

Jack Dykinga / Stubble fields after the wheat harvest, Palouse, Steptoe Butt State Park, Washington, USA

Nick Upton / Elephant grass (Miscanthus giganteus) standing and recently harvested, grown as an energy crop for use in biomass boilers, Willtshire, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Elephant grass (Miscanthus giganteus) standing and recently harvested, grown as an energy crop for use in biomass boilers, Willtshire, UK, March.

Ernie Janes / Springer Spaniel retrieving shot common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) during pheasant shooting in stubble field, Essex, November

Ernie Janes / Springer Spaniel retrieving shot Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in stubble field, Essex, November

Ann & Steve Toon / Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) in stubble field, Islay, Scotland, UK, October

Ann & Steve Toon / Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) and White fronted geese (Anser albifrons), in stubble field, Islay, Scotland, UK, October

Ann & Steve Toon / White fronted geese (Anser albifrons) in stubble field, Islay, Scotland, UK, October

Ernie Janes / Round straw bale in stubble field after harvest, with Salthouse Church in distance, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Salthouse Church, stubble field and straw bales after harvest Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Stubble field and round straw bales after harvest with church tower in background, Glandford Norfolk, UK August

LYNN M. STONE / African Geese (Anser anser), in corn stubble; an old domestic breed whose name is misleading because the breed's wild progenitor was the Swan Goose of Southeast Asia. Calamus, Iowa, USA, October.

LYNN M. STONE / African Geese (Anser anser), in corn stubble; an old domestic breed whose name is misleading because the breed's wild progenitor was the Swan Goose of Southeast Asia. Calamus, Iowa, USA, October.

LYNN M. STONE / African Geese (Anser anser), in corn stubble; an old domestic breed whose name is misleading because the breed's wild progenitor was the Swan Goose of Southeast Asia. Calamus, Iowa, USA, October.

LYNN M. STONE / African Geese (Anser anser), in corn stubble; an old domestic breed whose name is misleading because the breed's wild progenitor was the Swan Goose of Southeast Asia. Calamus, Iowa, USA, October.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Oat straw in field awaiting baling, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, August

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Stubble left in fields after harvest, Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Winter stubble and conservation margin around arable land with Teasels (Dipsacus fullonum) seedheads, RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, February 2011.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Winter stubble and conservation margin around the field at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, February 2011.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Landscape view of RSPB's Hope Farm reserve showing Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) crop growing with winter stubble in the foreground and Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) hedgerow in blossom in the backgrou...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) sown in to cereal crop before harvesting, now growing through stubble, providing habitat beneficial for wildlife, RSPB Hope Farm reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, May

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Landscape view of RSPB's Hope Farm reserve showing Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) crop growing with winter stubble in the foreground and Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) hedgerow in blossom in the backgrou...

Laurie Campbell / Greylag geese (Anser anser) wintering flock taking flight from stubble field, Inverness-shire, Scotland, October

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) showing Stubble mutation (hairs are shorter and thicker than wild type) and If mutation (irregular facets, a dominant mutation that results in small eyes wit...

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) showing Stubble (hairs shorter and thicker) and Drop (very small eyes) mutations. Mutations used as genetic markers. Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute...

Ernie Janes / Wilton windmill, in distance across stubble field, near Hungerford, Berkshire, UK, August 2005

Ernie Janes / Wilton windmill, in distance across stubble field, near Hungerford, Berkshire, UK, August 2005

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / 'Squidgy' an 18 month female Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus), dancing in Barley stubble as male crane 'Mennis' looks on and calls and 'Twinkle' forages in the background, flock of birds released b...

Ernie Janes / Straw Bales and rainbow at Wareham, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Traditional Romany caravan, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Salthouse church and village with farmland in the foreground and grazing marshes in the background, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Harvesting crop of Oil seed rape with combine harvester and trailer, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Harvesting crop of Oil seed rape with combine harvester and trailer, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Black headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) following tractor ploughing stubble, Langham, Norfolk, UK, Winter

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / 'Squidgy' an 18 month female Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus), dancing in Barley stubble as male crane "Mennis" looks on and "Twinkle" forages in the background, within the flock of birds released...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / 'Squidgy' an 18 month female Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) dancing in Barley stubble near two males 'Mennis' and 'Bart', within the flock of birds released by the Great Crane Project onto the So...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / 18 month Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) 'Reg', released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, walks through Barley stubble as a recently released immature bird preens in...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / 18 month Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) 'Reg', released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, calling in Barley stubble field along with a recently released immature bird...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Mixed flock of 18 month and brown headed 6 month Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus), released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, foraging in Barley stubble field at dawn...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Mixed age flock of 18 month and six month Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus), released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, taking off from Barley stubble field, with elect...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Juvenile Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus), 'Elle' released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, walking with wings raised after chasing another bird through Barley stubble...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) three 18 month juveniles, 'Bart', 'Christine' and 'Michael', released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, calling in Barley stubble fiel...

Ernie Janes / Young Little owl (Athena noctua) in stubble field, UK

Ernie Janes / Stubble and round straw bales after harvest, Cley, Norfolk, UK, July

Ernie Janes / Stubble and round straw bales after harvest, Cley, Norfolk, UK, July

Alan Williams / Twite (Carduelis / Acanthis flavirostris) flock in flight over stubble field. Islay, Scotland, March.

Alan Williams / Twite (Carduelis / Acanthis flavirostris) flock in flight over stubble field. Islay, Scotland, March.

David Maitland / Field pansy (Viola arvensis) and Common field speedwell (Veronica persica) reaching upwards towards the light amongst the stubble of a harvested barley field. Feltwell, Norfolk, UK, October. Highly...

Ernie Janes / Aerial view of bales of straw in stubble field after harvest, Buckinghamshire, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Stubble field and round straw bales after harvest, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Farmer ploughing with a pair of Heavy shire horses, UK, September 2008

Ernie Janes / Border Collie, working dog in stubble field, Wales, UK

Andrew Parkinson / Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) and Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) mixed winter flock taking flight from a frost covered field of crop stubble, Derbyshire, UK, January (non-ex)

Nick Upton / Combine harvester harvesting maize (Zea mays), near Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany, October.

Nick Upton / Combine harvester harvesting maize (Zea mays), near Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany, October.

Nick Upton / Combine harvester harvesting maize (Zea mays), near Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany, October.

Neil Lucas / Large flock of White fronted geese (Anser albifrons) feeding and flying in stubble field, with wind turbine, the Netherlands, February 2010

Neil Lucas / Large flock of White fronted geese (Anser albifrons) feeding in stubble field, with wind turbines, the Netherlands, February 2010

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) foraging for insects and worms in stubble field, Rugen-Bock-Region, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, July

Nick Upton / Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) flock taking off from maize stubble field, during autumn migration period, near Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany, October 2009

Nick Upton / Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) flock in flight over maize stubble field near Baltic Sea shore, where extra grain has been scattered for cranes to feed on, during autumn migration period, Hohendor...

Nick Upton / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) taking off from maize stubble field near Baltic Sea shore, during autumn migration period, near Hohendorf, Rugen-Bock-Region, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Octo...

Nick Upton / Corn being spread from tractor at maize stubble feeding site for Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) during autumn migration period, near Hohendorf, Rugen-Bock-Region, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany...

Chris Gomersall / Female Cirl bunting (Emberiza cirlus) feeding in winter stubble field, South Devon, UK

Chris Gomersall / Farmland and winter stubble, typical Cirl bunting habitat, South Devon, UK, January 2009

Chris Gomersall / Male Cirl bunting (Emberiza cirlus) feeding in winter stubble field, South Devon, UK

David Tipling / Straw bales on stubble field, Kelling, Norfolk, UK, August 2006

Alan Williams / Pink footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) flock feeding on stubble on farmland with other flocks flying in to land, Lancashire, UK February

Andy Rouse / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck resting on corn stubble after rut, Wiltshire, UK (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) crouching in autumn stubble field, UK (non-ex)

Nick Upton / Female Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) hunting low over a harvested Maize field (Zea mays), near Lac du Der-chantecoq, Champagne, France.

John Waters / Large flock of Common starlings {Sturnus vulgaris} feeding and flying over winter stubble field, Somerset, UK, 2008

John Waters / Large flock of Common starlings {Sturnus vulgaris} feeding and flying over winter stubble field, Somerset, UK, 2008

John Waters / Rain clouds over winter stubble, maize field, Somerset, UK, 2008

Ross Hoddinott / Round straw bales and stormy morning sky, near Bradworthy, Devon, UK. September 2008.

Ross Hoddinott / Round straw bales and stormy morning sky, near Bradworthy, Devon, UK. September 2008.