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.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) by entrance to its burrow amongst flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on saltmarsh at the south end of Achnahaird Bay, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on saltmarsh at the south end of Achnahaird Bay, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on saltmarsh at the south end of Achnahaird Bay, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Andrew Parkinson / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) head portrait, and single flower of Thrift (Ameria maritima) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July (non-ex)

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

Ross Hoddinott / Bedruthan Steps on Cornish coast, with flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima), Cornwall. UK

John Cancalosi / Fulmar on nest, Shetland Islands, Scotland, among Thrift flowers (Armeria maritimus)

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

Ernie Janes / Thrift (Armeria maritima) growing on sandy beach, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine thrift (Armeria alpina) in flower, Abruzzo, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Slender thrift (Armeria gracilis) growing on the boarders of the seasonal lake on Campo Felice, Abruzzo, Italy. June.

John Waters / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) pair huddled together at nesting site, with tussocks of Sea pinks (Armeria maritima) and a perched Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in background, Orkney, Scotland, UK, May.

Jeff Foott / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on lava during spring, Iceland, June.

Jeff Foott / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on lava during spring, Iceland, June.

Jeff Foott / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering near a seabird eggshell on lava during spring, Iceland, June.

Mike Potts / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) resting at its nesting site surrounding by Thrift flowers, South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, June.

Ross Hoddinott / RF - Gunver Head, near Longcarrow Cove, golden evening light and flowering sea pinks/thrift (Armeria maritima), Trevone, Cornwall, UK. May 2021. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or...

Dave Watts / Thrift-leaved triggerplant (Stylidium armeria). Tasmania, Australia. November.

Ross Hoddinott / RF - Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on cliff top with beach below, at sunset. Bedruthan Steps, North Cornwall, England, UK. May 2019. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royal...

Ross Hoddinott / RF - Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on cliff top with beach below, in evening light. Bedruthan Steps, North Cornwall, England, UK. May 2019. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed o...

Ross Hoddinott / Sea pink (Armeria maritima) on cliffs at Longcarrow Cove, view along coastline towards Trevose Head. Near Trevone, Cornwall, England, UK. May 2020.

Ross Hoddinott / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on cliff top at sunset. Hartland Quay, Devon, England, UK. May 2019.

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

Pal Hermansen / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) in flight over coastal wildflowers of Sorrel (Rumex sp) and Thrift (Armeria maritima). Hallands Vadero, Scania, Sweden. June.

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 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.

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.