David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) with young chicks on the back among Fringed water lilies (Nymphoides peltata) Lake Kerkini, Greece, July.

Nick Upton / Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) nectaring on a Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flowerhead among many Common daisies (Bellis perennis) on a lawn left unmown to allow wild flowers to bloom t...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Species rich alpine meadow with Orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum), Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) and Yellow rattle (Rhinathus sp). View towards Campitello di Fassa and mountains, Fassa Valley, Dolomit...

Guy Edwardes / Field of flowering Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) at sunrise, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy. May 2019.

Phil Savoie / Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida) feeding on Dandelion (Taraxacum offinicale) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April

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...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with lupins intermixed. Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve...

Jack Dykinga / Foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) flowers. Carrizo Plain, California, USA. 30th March 2019.

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...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) carpet the hillside, with flowering Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) in the forground. Antel...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Clay Bolt / Central bumble bee (Bombus centralis) pollinating wildflowers in the Bridger Range, Bozeman, Montana. August.

Stephen Dalton / Horse fly (Tabanus sp) male taking off from poppy seed-head (Papaver rhoeas) Sussex, UK

Floris van Breugel / Mid summer flowers abound in the mountains surrounding Mono Lake, California, USA, July

Floris van Breugel / Paintbrush (Castilleja parviflora) flowering in withered sage bush, White Mountains, California, USA, July

Floris van Breugel / California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) extend as far as the eye can see, Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, California, USA

Floris van Breugel / California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) extend as far as the eye can see, Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, California, USA

Floris van Breugel / Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) wanders through spring wildflowers of the Anza-Borrego desert, California, USA March

Floris van Breugel / Dune primrose, Sand verbena, and Desert gold emerge from the sand after brief spring rains in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Floris van Breugel / Dune primrose, Sand verbena, and Desert gold emerge from the sand after brief spring rains in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Alex Hyde / Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) and Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus sp.) flowering in ancient alpine hay meadow. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Claudio Contreras / Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) flowers at twilight, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Juan Carlos Munoz / Honeybee (Apis melifera) visiting Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) in lavender fields, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, July.

Dave Watts / Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on pink clover, south west France.

Richard Du Toit / Longtailed widowbird (Eupletes progne) male perched in flowers, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Michael Hutchinson / Dandelion (Taraxacum) seed head in grass meadow, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Field poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Corn Chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) growing in organic Barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop, Norfolk, England, UK. July.

David Woodfall / Mixture of flowers, including Marigolds (Calendula officinalis) sown to attract wild bee species grown on roundabout / underpass of Motorway, M32, in inner city Bristol, Avon, UK, September.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cornfield annual summer wildflowers growing on one of the plant charity Landlife's National Wildflower Farms, St Helens, Merseyside, UK, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Wildflowers, including poppies (Papaver rhoeas), corn marigold (Glebionis segetum), cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) and corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), being grown for seed by Landlife, Fir Tree Fa...

George Sanker / Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) feeding on flowers, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June.

Terry Whittaker / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub on railway embankment with train passing behind, Kent, UK, July.

David Tipling / Red campion (Silene dioica) flowering in woodland amongst Bluebells and Greater stitchwort. Thursford Wood, North Norfolk, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Alpine meadow, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July 2014.

Alex Hyde / Wildflowers and hut in alpine meadow, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Alex Hyde / Cable cars at Fiss, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, June 2014.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Neubrandenburg, Germany, April.

Alex Hyde / Alpine meadow in flower including Scabious flowers. Austrian Alps at 1700 metres altitude, North Tyrol, Austria, June

Tony Phelps / Parachute daisies (Ursinia anthemoides) flowering, Vergelegen, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa, July.

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) abstract, Upper Lusatia Heath and Pond Landscape, Upper Lusatia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Germany

Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Globeflowers (Trollius), Lauterbrunnen Valley, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, June 2012.