SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Puffin (Fratercula arctica), with Thrift (Armeria maritima) in the foreground, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Ernie Janes / Sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) growing in saltmarsh, with Blakeney Village in the background, Norfolk, England, UK, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima). Portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) with wings out stretched with a beak full of sand eels. Close-up portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) sitting on Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) with beak full of sand eels. Close-up portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

David Pattyn / Flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima) photographed on Great Saltee with a view of the island behind. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Ireland, June.

Adam Burton / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on the cliff tops above Hartland Quay at sunset, North Devon, England. Spring (June) 2013.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) and Sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides) growing on regenerated saltmarsh habitat, with rainbow, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK, July 201...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) and Common glasswort (Salicornia europaea) on saltmarsh, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Established saltmarsh with Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) growing on saltmarsh, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, UK, July

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare), Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK, July 2011

Laurie Campbell / Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on cliff, Handa Island, Sutherland, Scotland, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Thrift (Armeria pungens) flowers, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Thrift (Armeria pungens) in flower on beach, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Thrift (Armeria pungens) flower close up, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly on Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima), Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly on Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima), Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Robert Thompson / Thrift (Armeria maritima) Great Salteee Island, Co. Wexford, Ireland, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mountain thrift (Armeria alpina). Col Rodella, Dolemites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Guy Edwardes / Thrift (Armeria maritima) on cliff top. Great Saltee Island, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. June 2006.

Nick Upton / Dwarf statice / sea Lavender (Limonium minutum) flowering on limestone cliff tops, Majorca south coast, May.

Nick Upton / Dwarf statice / sea Lavender (Limonium minutum) flowering on limestone cliff tops, Majorca south coast, May.

Linda Pitkin / Sea-lavender (Limonium recurvum), Portland Bill cliff top, Dorset, England, July. Vulnerable in England.

Nick Upton / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) flowering in profusion on a saltmarsh, Landimore Marsh, The Gower, Wales, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) flowering beside a saltmarsh creek at low tide, Landimore Marsh, The Gower, Wales, UK, August.

Nick Garbutt / RF - Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on shoreline of Loch Na Keal, Isle of Mull, Scotland, June 2011 (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Linda Pitkin / Thrift (Armeria maritima), naturalized Dorking Cemetery, Surrey, England, June.

Guy Edwardes / Thrift (Armeria maritima) in foreground looking over Hope Cove at sunset, Bigbury Bay, Devon, England, UK. November 2016.

Guy Edwardes / Bedruthan Steps coastline with flowering thrift in spring, St. Eval, Cornwall, England, UK, May 2010.

Jean E. Roche / White horse feeding on Sea lavender (Limonium narbonense), Verdier Marshes, Sambuc, Arles, France. August.

Jean E. Roche / White horses feeding on Sea lavender (Limonium narbonense), Verdier Marshes, Sambuc, Arles, France. August.

Philippe Clement / Sea thrift / sea pink (Armeria maritima) in flower and sailing boat anchored in the mist in front of sandy beach, Shetland, Scotland, UK. May

Philippe Clement / Sea pink / thrift (Armeria maritima) in flower in spring on cliff top, Eshaness / Esha Ness, Northmavine, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, May. Digital composite

Nigel Cattlin / Thrift (Armeria maritima) and Sea kale (Crambe maritima) on shingle, Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Thrift (Armeria maritima) on shingle, Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Thrift (Armeria maritima) growing on the Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June.

Pedro Narra / Thrift (Armeria pungens) flowers, with a grasshopper, Sado Estuary. Portugal. October

Adrian Davies / Thrift (Armeria maritima) growing amongst pebbles. Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK. June.

Ross Hoddinott / View of Godrevy island / lighthouse with flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) in the foreground, near Hayle, Cornwall, UK. May.

Guy Edwardes / Thrift (Ameria maritima) in front of Levant Mine, Trewellard, Cornwall, England, UK. May 2011.

Nick Upton / Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) clump flowering on an old wall, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on clifftop, Trevose Head, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on an old wall bordering coastal grassland, Constantine Bay, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on an old wall bordering coastal grassland, Constantine Bay, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on clifftop, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) and Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) flowering on clifftop, Trevose Head, Cornwall, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) resting on cliff edge among flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) at dusk during the Spring migration period, Cornwall, UK, May.

David Pattyn / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) among coastal thrift (Armeria maritima). Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Ireland, June.