Andy Sands / Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina) two young toadstools growing up from mossy log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, September

David Kjaer / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched in tree. Buckinghamshire, UK, June.

David Kjaer / Portrait of a Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in a frosty field. Buckinghamshire, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Combine harvester harvesting Barley field, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Domestic sheep, lambs playing in field, Goosehill Farm, Buckinghamshire, UK, April 2005

Ernie Janes / Aylesbury ducks following in a line on village green, Weedon, Buckinghamshire, UK, October

Andy Sands / Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) male in full song, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Andy Sands / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male perched among apple blossom, Buckinghamshire, England. UK

David Kjaer / Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) pair mating, Buckinghamshire, England

David Tipling / Bluebells {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} flowering in Beech woodland, Buckinghamshire, UK, April

David Tipling / Bluebells {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} flowering in Beech woodland, Buckinghamshire, UK, April

David Tipling / Bluebells {Hyacinthoides non-scripta} flowering in Beech woodland, Buckinghamshire, UK, April

David Tipling / Barn owl in window of derelict house {Tyto alba} Buckinghamshire, UK

Mark Payne-Gill / Seagulls flying around above truck unloading rubbish on landfill site, Buckinghamshire, England

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Comatricha lurida) super close-up image of 2mm sporangia well developed with peridium breaking open, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March - Focus stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Didyium karstensii) three tiny sporangia on a holly leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) fully developed sporangia along the edge of a beech leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Photographer Andy Sands searching for slime moulds in woodland, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January

Andy Sands / Photographer Andy Sands searching for slime moulds in woodland, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Photographer Andy Sands searching for slime moulds in woodland, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Comatricha elegans) 1/2mm tall sporangia forming on a tiny piece of woodchip, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) growing on tiny twig held in hand to show scale, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) growing on tiny twig held in hand to show scale, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March.

Andy Sands / Fungi (Neodasyscyopha cerina) tiny cup fungi growing on rotting beech log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Comatricha lurida) 2mm tall sporangia growing on the surface of a leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March - Focus stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Comatricha lurida) 2mm tall sporangia growing along the edge of a rotting beech leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March - Focus stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime moulds (Didymium squamulosum and Lamproderma scintillans) a pair of didymium squamulosum growing either side of Lamproderma scintillans on the edge of a holly leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK,...

Andy Sands / Wood ant (Formica rufa) Lamproderma scintillans) wood ant in front of beech leaf covered in Lamproderma scintillans slime moulds showing scale, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Fungi (Bisporella subpallida) tiny cup fungi growing on rotting beech log, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia on beech leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January- Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) sporangia growing along the edge of a beech leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January- Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia, one showing peridium breaking open to reveal capillitium and spore mass inside, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia on a beech leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Metatrichia floriformis) pair of sporangia close up, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould Plasmodium (Unknown species) small plasmodium searching for food on rotting leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, January Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Craterium minutum) tiny sporangia in various stages of development on tiny twig, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) group of sporangia beginning to mature and develop the iridescent peridium, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) sporangia developing on beech leaf demonstrating their hydrophobic peridium, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) new sporangia beginning to develop on leaf edge with mite, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Comatricha lurida) close up of single 2mm tall sporangia with moisture droplets, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March - Focus stacked.

Andy Sands / Elfin saddle fungus (Helvella lacunosa) growing on woodland floor, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus stacked..

Andy Sands / Conifer cone cap fungi (Baeospora myosura) growing from old pine cones, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus stacked.