John Shaw / Abandoned house in middle of a wheat field. Palouse farming area, south eastern Washington, USA, August.

Franco Banfi / Floating, abandoned net in the ocean, Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

Derek Galon / Shipwreck washed ashore by hurricane Maria. Dominica, December 2017. Stitched panorama. Wrecks like this appear picturesque but may release toxic materials from the hulls.

Axel Gomille / Wolf (Canis lupus), sitting in front of wrecked tank, military training area, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Bernard Castelein / Remnants of old military railway, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, July 2013.

Guy Edwardes / Doorway in abandoned cottage, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Stove in abandoned cottage, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Old Swanage Pier, Swanage, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. December 2014.

Ross Hoddinott / Crowns Engine house, abandoned mining buildings, on coastasl cliffs at Botallack head, Cornwall, UK. February 2017.

Jack Dykinga / Abandoned homes in the diamond mining ghost town. Kolmanskop, near the Skeleton Coast, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Abandoned homes in the diamond mining ghost town. Kolmanskop, near the Skeleton Coast, Namibia. June 2013.

Niall Benvie / Abandoned shelter near Stokkness, Iceland, September 2015.

Gerrit Vyn / Great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) roosting in an abandoned barn. Idaho, USA. February.

Eric Medard / Barn owl (Tyto alba) flying in old chapel at night, taken with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France, November.

Angelo Gandolfi / Gannets (Morus bassanus) courtship behavior on nest on abandoned boat, La Spezia Gulf, Italy. Mediterranean Sea. July.

Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea.

Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea.

Pal Hermansen / Birch tree (Betula sp) growing up through old rusting car at night. Bastnas car graveyard, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Snow falling in Bastnas car graveyard Varmland, Sweden, December. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Jabruson / Non biodegradable rubbish in abandoned forest camp. Lokoue, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2004.

Jean E. Roche / Flooded cars in scrapyard in Arles city flooded by the Rhone in December 2003. Camargue, France.

Pal Hermansen / Young wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in an old abandoned car in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) with grub prey on the dashboard of an abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks at nest in old abandoned car, in a 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blackbird (Turdus merula) nest with eggs in motor of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, May

Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pal Hermansen / Meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) and brambles (Rubus) growing on the dashboard of the abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Old abandoned car in 'car graveyard' surrounded by trees in winter, Bastnas, Sweden, December

Pal Hermansen / Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) growing in the boot of an old abandoned car in 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition...

Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) chasing away and Black tit (Periparus ater) in car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, December

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Car covered in a tangle of lichen covered branches in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden. March

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Silhouette of a Blue tit (Cyanistes / Parus caeruleus) seen through the windscreen of an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, December. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of...

Pal Hermansen / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, January. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Natur...

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks in a nest in an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Urban Wildlife Category at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) 2013. Winner...

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) with food in its beak at the entrance to its nest in the exhaust pipe of an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, June. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013...

Pal Hermansen / Wood ants (Formica rufa) around the edge of a broken window in an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in...

Pal Hermansen / Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) inside an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, February. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature...

Pal Hermansen / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) taking off in the snow, with old cars in the background, Bastnas, Sweden, February. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portf...

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Discarded nets, bangka canoe and other garbage at the beach, Guindacpan Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Jabruson / Old abandoned Oil Palm trees (Elaeis guineensis), on the edge of plantation limits, at the edge of Korup National Park, South West Cameroon.

Philippe Clement / Water in the abandoned red marble quarry of Carriere de Beauchateau in the Belgian Ardennes, Belgium, August 2012

Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in a drifting abandoned net, Mediterranean Sea. (Winner of the One Earth Award, WPY Competition 2010 )

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demsersus) chick hatching inside a small incubator at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) which collects abandoned eggs fro...

Tony Phelps / Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) female snake emerging from burrow. The snake often lives in abandoned mammal nests. deHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Ingo Arndt / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in old Whaling Station, South Georgia, February

Ernie Janes / Yellow Labrador (Canis familiaris) portrait, UK