Robin Chittenden / Sea kale (Crambe maritima) in flower along shingle beach, Suffolk, England, UK. June.

Axel Gomille / Rapeseed (Brassica napus) crop in flower, with trees and Mistletoe (Viscum sp.), Saxony, Germany. May, 2021.

Nigel Cattlin / Farmer covering Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis) seedlings with polythene, Lincolnshire, UK, April.

Nigel Cattlin / Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis) with flowering curd, Devon, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis) bought cut and trimmed from supermarket, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Three harvested 'Amadeus' Cauliflowers (Brassica oleracea botrytis) placed beside plant in field, Lincolnshire, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis) with flowering curd, Devon, August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dyer's alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria), Basket of gold (Alyssum saxatile) and Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) in flower on rocky ground, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rosy cress (Arabis collina) in flower, Santa Maria di Pulsano, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Gargano aubrieta (Aubrieta columnae italica) in flower on limestone rock, Monte Sant Angelo, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Golden alyssum (Alyssum saxatile) in flower on rocky limestone ground, nr Monte Saint Angelo, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Gargano pansies (Viola heterophylla graeca) with Golden alyssum (Alyssum saxatile) in flower at edge of woodland, nr San Giovanni Rotondo, Gargano Peninsula, Italy. April.

Robin Chittenden / Little cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) near water, Sri Lanka.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) taking off from the sea, Oman, August

David Pattyn / Darters (Anhinga melanogaster) and Little cormorants (Phalacrocorax niger) sitting on a dead tree in a lake, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

David Pattyn / Darters (Anhinga melanogaster) and Little cormorants (Phalacrocorax niger) sitting on a dead tree in a lake, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

David Pattyn / Darters (Anhinga melanogaster) and Little cormorants (Phalacrocorax niger) sitting on a dead tree in a lake, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Little cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger), Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Indian shag / cormorant {Phalacrocorax fuscicollis} on water, Tamil Nadu, India

Bernard Castelein / Javanese cormorant (Microcarbo niger) drying wings on a tree trunk, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Flip de Nooyer / Blue-eyed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) colony on Bird Island, Faro Les Eclaireurs lighthouse in the background, Beagle Channel off of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Doug Gimesy / Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) standing on intertidal rocks, feeding on fish prey, Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Loic Poidevin / Long-tailed cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus) perched on Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus). Uganda. July.

Roland Seitre / Three Little black cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) perched on a branch, Kerala, India.