Philippe Clement / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) collecting cotton wool for nest building before flying out of frame, Belgium, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) flowering, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) growing on Garbh Eilean with the Isle of Lewis behind, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June.

Suzi Eszterhas / Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), three climbing tree. Northern Colombia.

Suzi Eszterhas / Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), adult with two week old baby on back. Northern Colombia.

Floris van Breugel / Young California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) in sunshine among older palms in a remote oasis in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Orsolya Haarberg / Flowering cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) in a wetland area with midnight sun. Sjaunja Nature Reserve, Laponia World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden. July 2013.

Bernard Castelein / Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Jussi Murtosaari,Jussi Murtosaari / Frigga Fritillary (Boloria frigga) in habitat over cotton grass (Eriophorum) Finland, June

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum), backlit in late evening light, bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? During World War One, Cotton...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum), backlit in late evening light, bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum), backlit in late evening light, bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? The fluffy white fronds of cotton-grass have been used as pillow stuffing and also as wound dre...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? Cottongrass was formerly used to stuff pillows and as dressings for wounds.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Harestail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) in flower, Flow Country, Forsinard, Caithness, Highland, Scotland, UK, May

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Suilven in early morning light, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Suilven, early summer morning, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Child reaching for Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June 2011 Model released

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Panoramic view of Ballynahone Bog at dawn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, June 2011

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Bog wetlands with Suilven mountain in the background at dawn, Assynt mountains, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Bernard Castelein / Cotton Grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing in water. Goldenstater Moor, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Daniel Heuclin / Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) with maturing bolls. Near Buckeye, Arizona, USA, September.

Kevin Schafer / Four people lying on ground photographing Arctic / Scheuchzer's cotton grass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) Edgeoya (Edge Island) Svalbard, Norway 2010

Lisa Hoffner / Wild Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) appears to fly through the air as it jumps from branch to branch in the dry tropical forest of Colombia, South America. IUCN List: Critically Endangered

Lisa Hoffner / Wild Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus Oedipus) on vine, in tropical dry forest of Colombia, South America. IUCN List: Critically Endangered

Lisa Hoffner / Wild Cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) climbing up fallen branches in dry tropical forest of Colombia, South America. IUCN List: Critically Endangered

Lisa Hoffner / Wild Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) hanging from hind legs (never before observed behaviour) in the dry tropical forest of Colombia, South America. IUCN List: Critically Endangered

Lisa Hoffner / Portrait of two wild Cotton-top Tamarins (Saguinus Oedipus) resting on vine in tropical dry forest of Colombia, South America. IUCN List: Critically Endangered

Lisa Hoffner / Portrait of wild Cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) standing on a branch in dry tropical forest of Colombia, South America IUCN List: Critically Endangered

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Cotton grass (Eriophorum) growing in wetland bog at sunset, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Sven Zacek / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) in sunlight on wetland, Estonia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Jensen / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) near coastal settlement, Saqqaq, Greenland, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Cotton grass (Eriophorum) growing in bog at sunset, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Jose B. Ruiz / Arty-shot of Cotton grass blowing in wind, in a meadow, Picos de Europa, Spain.

Rod Williams / Cotton-top tamarin {Saguinus oedipus} portrait. Captive, from Colombia.

Thomas Marent / Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) with red pollen after feeding on flower nectar, Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) in tree, northern Colombia

Claus Meyer / Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), Colombia

Graham Eaton / Cottongrass (Eriophorum sp) flowering beside Riffelsee, Matterhorn reflected in lake. Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland. September 2019.

Suzi Eszterhas / Local student planting Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) sapling at Sloth Conservation Foundation tree planting project. Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limon Province, Costa Rica. 2010.

Philippe Clement / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) collecting dry moss and cotton wool as nest building material in spring, Belgium. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) being swabbed with a cotton swab to check for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus DNA, Hallerbos, Belgium. October 2014.

Edwin Giesbers / Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) being swabbed with a cotton swab to check for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus DNA, Hallerbos, Belgium. October 2014.

Doug Gimesy / Emily Small,one of the founders of the Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, sits on the veranda of her house, with her ragdoll cat ‘Cotton', shortly after the 2019/20 bushfires devastated the area. Emily's...

Doug Gimesy / Emily Small,one of the founders of the Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, sits on the veranda of her house, with her ragdoll cat ‘Cotton', shortly after the 2019/20 bushfires devastated the area. Emily's...

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Cotton pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) on water, Tadoba National Park, Maharashtra, India. March.