Peacock sitting on brick wall in the gardens at Powis, with closed tail

A peacock on Brownsea Island

A charming terrier in the breathtaking landscape overlooking Wastwater at Wasdale, Cumbria

A red squirrel on Brownsea Island

White ducks at Lyveden New Bield, Peterborough, Northamptonshire

A view of some red squirrels at Formby Point, foraging for food in woodland

A Canada Goose flexing its wings on the lawn by the Turf Bridge at Stourhead, Wiltshire, UK

Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on Red valerian (Centranthus ruber) at Trelissick Garden, Cornwall, in June

Sheep in the grounds at Lyveden New Bield, Peterborough, Northamptonshire

Early Spider-orchid (Ophrys spegodes, previously Ophrys aranifera) at Dancing Ledge, Dorset, in April

Misty morning with Fallow deer (Dama dama) in autumn, in the magnificent 700-acre deer park at Petworth House, West Sussex

Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis) at Studland, Dorset