Flora
Backlit weeds
RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire, England
Backlight enhances the prickly shape of a teasel
Berlin, Germany
Grasses on the rooftop terrace of Bikini Berlin
The first snowdrop haughtily raises its head
Datchworth, Hertfordshire, England
When autumn puts on its winter coat: fiery red maple leaves are framed by the first nocturnal frost
Enspijk, Betuwe, Netherlands
Sugar snap peas in full flower
Cave Wood, Datchworth, Hertfordshire, England
An ancient forest floor covered in a carpet of bluebell flowers
A catkin as a symbol of new life blossoming in springtime
Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
An agave leaf
Leaf of a spinach beet, where the nerves are spread out like a lava stream
River Avon, Wiltshire, England
Purple loosestrife blossoms on the riverbank
A sweet pea provides an intense bright burst in the fading autumn garden
Limburg, Netherlands
Redlining: a poppy field near the town of Valkenburg, in the southern tip of the Netherlands
Emperor's Plume: a poppy in disguise
Niedermoorwiesen am Tegeler Fließ, near Berlin, Germany
An onslaught of dandelions at this nature reserve on Berlin's northern fringe