Nigel Bean / Cheddar Gorge after snowfall. Somerset, UK, February 2009.

Nigel Bean / Meadow Wax Cap {Hygrocybe pratensis} in grassland, Ashton Court, Bristol, UK.

Nigel Bean / Crimson Waxcap {Hygrocybe punicea} growing in grasslands, Ashton Court, Bristol, UK.

Nigel Bean / Whistling / Tundra swan {Cynus columbianus} portrait

Nigel Bean / Mute swan {Cynus olor} portrait, UK.

Nigel Bean / Canada goose portrait {Branta canadensis} Surrey, UK

Nigel Bean / Brown rat in garden {Rattus norvegicus} Bristol, UK

Nigel Bean / Male Alpine Ibex silhouetted {Capra ibex ibex} Eilat Mountains Reserve, Israel

Nigel Bean / Robin Erithacus rubecula} perched in Dogwood, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK

Nigel Bean / Garry River with Meadowsweet flowering on bank{Filipendula ulmaria} Highlands, Scotland, UK

Nigel Bean / Wheatear female {Oenanthe oenanthe} Sheltand Is, Scotland, UK

Nigel Bean / Przewalski horse and young grazing {Equus ferus przewalski} Equine Sanctuary, USA

Nigel Bean / Przewalksi horse group in USA - native to Asia

Nigel Bean / Gannet {Morus bassanus} flock in flight over nest colony site, Bass Rock , Scotland

Nigel Bean / Black tailed prairie dogs at burrow entrance{Cynomys ludovicianus} Colorado, USA

Nigel Bean / Caribou / Reindeer {Rangifer tarandus} walking through snow near Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada.

Nigel Bean / Formentor peninsula, Majorca, Spain, Europe.

Nigel Bean / Purple Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad.

Nigel Bean / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in snow. Near Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada

Nigel Bean / Temperate rainforest of Mount Kilum, Cameroon, West Africa

Nigel Bean / Goldcrest, England UK

Nigel Bean / Nightingale (Luscinia megarhychos) singing. England, UK, Europe

Nigel Bean / Common (House) sparrow female in spring, England, UK

Nigel Bean / Blackbird (Turdus merula), male on lawn. Kent, England, UK, Europe

Nigel Bean / Wilmott's Whitebeam (Sorbus wilmottiana) leaves, Avon Gorge, Bristol, UK, May

Nigel Bean / Wilmott's Whitebeam (Sorbus wilmottiana) leaf, Avon Gorge, Bristol, UK, May

Nigel Bean / Wilmott's Whitebeam (Sorbus wilmottiana) leaf, backlit, Avon Gorge, Bristol, UK, May

Nigel Bean / Wilmott's Whitebeam (Sorbus wilmottiana) in flower, Avon Gorge, Bristol, UK, May

Nigel Bean / Wilmott's Whitebeam (Sorbus wilmottiana) in flower, Avon Gorge, Bristol, UK, May

Nigel Bean / Common whitebeam (Sorbus aria) close up of underside of leaf, Somerset, UK, May

Nigel Bean / Common whitebeam (Sorbus aria) flower, Somerset, UK, May

Nigel Bean / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) chicks in nest, mouths open begging, Norfolk, UK, June

Nigel Bean / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) chicks in nest, Norfolk, UK, June

Nigel Bean / Church of St Leonard, Shipham, after heavy snowfall, Somerset, February 2009

Nigel Bean / Ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi) flowers, Norfolk, UK, June

Nigel Bean / Ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi) flowers, Norfolk, UK, June

Nigel Bean / Ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi) flowers, Norfolk, UK, June

Nigel Bean / Parrot waxcap fungi (Hygrocybe psittacina) at various growth stages, Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Orange birch bolete fungi (Leccinum versipelle) growing in woodland, choice edible species, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Honey waxcap fungi (Hygrocybe reidii) Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Honey waxcap fungi (Hygrocybe reidii) Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) adult in water, winter plumage, Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) adult in water, winter plumage, Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Golden waxcap fungi (Hygrocybe chlorophana) growing in grass, Brownsea Island, Dorset, UK, October

Nigel Bean / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) with Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) prey wrapped up on web, Somerset, UK, September

Nigel Bean / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) with Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) prey wrapped up on web, Somerset, UK, September

Nigel Bean / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) with Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) prey wrapped up on web, Somerset, UK, September

Nigel Bean / White willow trees (Salix alba) covered in hoar frost, Somerset Levels, UK, December 2010