Diane McAllister / Coastal Brown bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) female and her cub standing in the long grass. She is looking warily at an approaching boar. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA, July

Rolf Nussbaumer / White Prickly Poppy (Argemone albiflora) flowering in wildflower meadow, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coniferous forest and northern coastal prairies near coast, Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coniferous forest and northern coastal prairies near coast, Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay, California

Jack Dykinga / Towering Coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) rising from forest understory of sword ferns and sorrel, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, May.

Jack Dykinga / Towering Coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) rising from forest understory of Wood sorrel (Oxalis), Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, May.

Ernie Janes / Cowslips (Primula veris) in flower, Norfolk Coastal Downland, UK, April.

Gerrit Vyn / Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) hunting from a fence post on the coastal prairie of Cameron Parrish, Louisiana, USA, December

Andrew Parkinson / Curlew (Numenius arquata) portrait standing in coastal meadowland, in evening light. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July (non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Curlew (Numenius arquata) calling, and standing in coastal meadowland, in evening light. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July (non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Curlew (Numenius arquata) calling, and standing in coastal meadowland, in evening light. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July (non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Curlew (Numenius arquata) standing alert in coastal meadowland, in evening light. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July (non-ex)