John Chan / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) taking flight from a Pride of madeira (Echium candicans) after contact with a Honey bee (Apis mellifera), Southern California, USA, April.
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Jack Dykinga / Purplemat (Nama demissum) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) growing through pebbles of a dry streambed. Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA. 25th March 2019.
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Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...
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Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...
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Michael Hutchinson / Slow motion clip of a Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding from a Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flower, Bristol, England, UK, September.
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Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2, and Orange fiddle neck 1+Amsinckia intermedia+2 The Temblor Range, also carpeted in flowers, in evening light in the back...
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Jack Dykinga / Whipple Mountain foothills, with flowering Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) and Heartleaf evening primrose (Camissonia cardiophylla) with the Riverside and Big Maria Mountains in the back...
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Jack Dykinga / Whipple Mountain foothills, with flowering Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) and Heartleaf evening primrose (Camissonia cardiophylla) with the Riverside and Big Maria Mountains in the back...
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Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) blooming around Desert agave (Agave desertii) in Glorieta Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA, March 2017. These plants are flowering during...
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Jack Dykinga / Whipple Mountain foothills, with flowering Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) and Heartleaf evening primrose (Camissonia cardiophylla) with the Riverside and Big Maria Mountains in the back...
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Pal Hermansen / Artwork 'Give colours to the food-desert' by by Benedicte Lyssand. Purple tansy (Phacelia tanacetifolia) planted in corrected perspective of stripes 2m in foreground 7m in distance. Valer, Ostfold Cou...
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Pascal Pittorino / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Borage (Borago officinalis) Var, Provence, France, March.
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Nick Upton / Tree echium / Giant viper's bugloss (Echium pininana) four metre tall flowering spike in a garden, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Bumblebee (Bombus sp.) visiting a flowering, four metre tall Tree echium / Giant viper's bugloss (Echium pininana) in a garden, The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) flowering beside a footpath, Bath, UK. April.
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Nick Upton / Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) flowering in a hedgerow, Wiltshire, UK. March.
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Nick Upton / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) nectaring on Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) flowering on sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. May.
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Nick Upton / Bumblebee (Bombus sp.) visiting Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowers on sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) seedheads and a late flower, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) seedheads maturing on a plant in sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) flowering on coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. May.
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Nick Upton / Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) flowering on sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. May.
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Nick Upton / Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) flowering on sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. May.
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Nick Upton / Common gromwell (Lithospermum officinale) flowering on coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) in flower, Umbria, Italy. July.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine turf with Alpine forget-me-nots (Myosotis alpina), Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) and a few Dark grape hyacinths (Muscari commutatum), Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) recently reintroduced to Santiago island where it had become extinct, feeding on Yellow cordia (Cordia lutea) leaves, Santiago Island, Galapagos, South...
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Tui De Roy / Darwin's small tree finch (Camarhynchus parvulus) feeding on seeds (Tournefortia sp.), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.
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Tui De Roy / Darwin's medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) feeding on wild seeds (Tournefortia sp), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.
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Tui De Roy / Darwin's medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) feeding on wild seeds (Tournefortia sp), Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.
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Pal Hermansen / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) flying in meadow with Common bugloss (Anchusa officinalis) flowering, Norway.
GDT European Nature Photographer of the Year Competition 2021, Highly commended -in Other Animals c...
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Sergio Hanquet / La Gomera blue tajinaste (Echium acanthocarpum), an endemic plant of La Gomera, with bee, Canary Islands.
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Edwin Giesbers / Red giant tajinaste / Mount Teide bugloss / Towers of jewels (Echium wildpretii) La Catedral viewpoint, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Edwin Giesbers / Red giant tajinaste / Mount Teide bugloss / Towers of jewels (Echium wildpretii) Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Edwin Giesbers / Red giant tajinaste / Mount Teide bugloss / Towers of jewels (Echium wildpretii) close up of flowers, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Edwin Giesbers / Red giant tajinaste / Mount Teide bugloss / Towers of jewels (Echium wildpretii) close up of flowers, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Sergio Hanquet / Honeybee (Apis melifera) visiting Tajinaste rojo (Echium wildpretii), is an endemic Tenerife plant. Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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Sergio Hanquet / Tajinaste rojo (Echium wildpretii), Teide National Park, World Heritage Site. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Endemic to Tenerife.
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Sergio Hanquet / Tajinaste rojo (Echium wildpretii), Teide National Park, World Heritage Site. Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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Sergio Hanquet / Tajinaste blue (Echium auberianum) Teide National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Endemic plant.
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Sergio Hanquet / Tajinaste blue (Echium auberianum) Teide National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Endemic plant.
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Sergio Hanquet / Tajinaste rojo (Echium wildpretii),Teide National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Endemic.
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Sergio Hanquet / Tajinaste rojo (Echium wildpretii),Teide National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Endemic.
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Sergio Hanquet / Honeybee (Apis melifera) Tajinaste rojo (Echium wildpretii), Teide National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Endemic.
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Rod Williams / Water Forget-me-nots (Myosotis scorpioides) Sutcliffe Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK.June
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John Chan / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeding from a Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans), Southern California, USA, April.
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata) male perched on Mexican olive (Cordia boissieri). South Padre Island, Texas, USA.
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Nick Upton / Common gromwell (Lithospermum officinale) with tough white fruits or nutlets on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and North-east Somerset, UK, September.
