Nick Upton / White-legged snake millipede (Tachypodoiulus niger) crawling over on an insect hotel in a garden at night, Wiltshire, UK. October.

Nick Upton / False darkling beetle (Melandrya caraboides) on driftwood in coastal sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. May.

David Pike / Magpie (Pica pica) perched on a public footpath sign, Essex, UK, April.