Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Pico Viejo volcano (2,909m) viewed from Montaa Samara at sunset, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Abandoned farmland fields with regenerating shrubs and trees, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia June 2012

Tim Fitzharris / Coniferous forest succession years after fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Adrian Davies / Cross section of the spathe of a Wild arum / Lords and Ladies / Cuckoo pint (Arum maculatum), showing in succession (from below) female flowers, male flowers, and sterile flowers forming a ring of hai...

Andy Sands / Second year stripped back patch of Heather to create bare ground, an important habitat for many Bees, wasps and also the Heath tiger beetle (Cicindela sylvatica), Iping Common, Surrey, UK, September

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Land abandonment near Vegas de Domingo Rey village, Salamanca Region, Castilla y Leon, Spain, May 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Land abandonment at Vegas de Domingo Rey village, Salamanca Region, Castilla y Leon, Spain, May 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Aerial view of land abandonment near Vegas de Domingo Rey village, Salamanca Region, Castilla y Leon, Spain, May 2011

Scott Leslie / Plant emerging from burnt tree stump after forest fire, Canada

Benoit Stichelbaut / Notre Dame de Monts, Vendée coast, France. August 2009.

Scott Leslie / Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) grove with sapling, Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada

Alex Hyde / Regeneration of lowland heath following major fire, with Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) growing in foreground and charred birch trunks in the background, Thursley Common National Nature Reserve, Surrey,...